UFC Vegas 99 Results: Anthony Hernandez Punishes Michel Pereira En Route to Late Finish
By FCF Staff
Anthony Hernandez continued to impress at UFC Vegas 99 on Saturday, as the middleweight punished the dangerous Michel Pereira en route to a fifth-round, stoppage.
Pereira appeared to hurt Hernandez in the early moments of the bout, but after that, “Fluffy” put his wrestling and top game to work. Hernandez proceeded to take Pereira down ten times in the contest and outscored the highlight reel striker by a margin of 219 to 29 strikes.
Finally in round five, the fight was stopped, as Hernandez continued to batter and bloody Pereira with a ground-and-pound assault.
The victory was Hernadnez’s sixth straight and moved his record to 13-2. Pereira had his eight-fight winning streak snapped and his record now stands at 31-12.
Here are the complete results for the card, which took place at the Apex facility.
UFC Vegas 99
Anthony Hernandez def. Michel Pereira via TKO (strikes) – R5, 2:22
Rob Font def. Kyler Phillips via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Charles Johnson def. Su Mudaerji via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Cameron Smotherman def. Jake Hadley via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27, 29-27)
Darren Elkins def. Daniel Pineda via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jean Matsumoto def. Brad Katona via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal via submission (rear-naked choke) – R3, 4:33
Elise Reed def, Jessica Penne via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Melissa Martinez def. Alice Ardelean via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Austen Lane def. Robelis Despaigne via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Results via MMA Junkie.com.