The judges scored it for 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 for London’s Wood after a tight fight contested in close quarters with both landing shots.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Tuivasa almost knocked Gane out in the second round but the French fighter somehow survived to punish Tuivasa with a string of body shots. Gane, a chiselled 247 pounds, repeatedly targeted the 266-pound Tuivasa’s soft midriff before felling him with a string of punches at four minutes 23 seconds of the round.
“I feel incredible at this weight class,” Wood, who improved to 6-2-0 in the UFC, said after the win. “I’ve had two years off for injuries. There’s a new boy in town at 145 .”“I trained for Charles like I was fighting, I don’t know, an absolute monster which he is ⦠Hats off to Charles, he’s one hell of a fighter,” he added.Article content
The Canadian ended on the ground again in the second round but got up quickly. Jourdain went to the body but ended back on the mat after a Wood trip. Referee Rich Mitchell stood the fighters up as the action stalled on the ground.Article content
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