{"id":212409,"date":"2016-12-09T18:25:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T02:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=212409"},"modified":"2016-12-09T18:25:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T02:25:30","slug":"ufc-albany-results-gian-villante-vs-saparbek-safarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-albany-results-gian-villante-vs-saparbek-safarov\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Albany Results: Gian Villante TKO&#8217;s Saparbek Safarov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A light heavyweight bout between Gian Villante and Saparbek Safarov kicked off tonight&#8217;s UFC Fight Night 102 main card in Albany, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Round one begins and Safarov opens with a leg kick and then a stiff jab. Villante answers back with a hard leg kick of his own. Gian lands a nice shot that opens up a cut on Saparbek. Villante circles and then comes in with a nice body shot. Safarov with a nice leg kick. Villante comes forward and lands a big shot that drops Safarov. Saparbek gets back up and eats a huge uppercut for his efforts. He&#8217;s back on the floor and Gian comes in with punches from the top. Villante opts to let Safarov back up. Saparbek charges forward with punches. He lands a shot but then eats a right hand from Villante. Another crisp jab scores for Gian. Safarov throws a front kick and it connects low. We break so that Gian can recover from the groin shot. We restart and Villante lands a big shot. Safarov returns fire with a nice combination. He lands a big shot that drops Villante. Gian pops right back up but he eats another hard right hand. Saparbek presses him against the cage and works a knee. The fighters break off of the fence and Safarov lands another nice counter right hand. Gian with a leg kick. Saparbek with a right hand. Round one comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Round two begins and the fight was almost stopped between rounds as Safarov has an injured knee. Gian opens up with a leg kick. Safarov returns fire with a beautiful combination. Gian with another leg kick. He is targeting the injured leg. Safarov with a left hook. Gian with another leg kick. Saparbek charges forward with a combination. He lands a nice left hook. Gian circles and lands a right jab. He follows that up with a nice combo. Gian with a hard leg kick. Safarov shoots in for a takedown but it is not there. Villante with an uppercut. Safarov desperately shoots in for a takedown. He gets a hold of a leg but cannot score the takedown. Safarov presses forward with hooks. He misses and Gian connects with a big counter shot. He presses Safarov against the fence and begins unloading punches. 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