Cezary Oleksiejczuk defeated Cesar Almeida at UFC Vegas 112. Czarek scored a successful debut in the UFC organization.
Cezary Oleksiejczuk and Cesar Almeida faced each other in the fourth fight of the main card of UFC Vegas 112. The duel between the Pole and the Brazilian was contracted for three rounds in the middleweight division limit. For Cezary Oleksiejczuk it was his debut in the UFC organization.
Cezary Oleksiejczuk had been preparing for a long time to fight in the Brazilian club Fighting Nerds. The younger of the Oleksiejczuk brothers trained mainly with Caio Borralho. Cezary also had several opportunities to pair up with Alex Pereira, who has had several fights with Almeida in kickboxing in the past.
A quiet opening of the fight between the middle division fighters. Apart from single kicks, there was little action in the first minute. Cezary Oleksiejczuk apparently wanted to wait out his rival and moved brilliantly at pace for an overthrow. The Pole successfully moved the fight to the mat. Czarek stabilized his position and attacked his rival with short shoulder strikes. Good attacks by Oleksiejczuk, who also works elbows from the top. The Pole controls the course of the clash. At the end of the round Almeida managed to get up on the net. At the end of the round Oleksiejczuk treated his rival with a solid elbow in the standup.
Kicks performed by Almeida at the beginning of the second round. The Pole cleverly steps to the side without allowing himself to be closed on the net. A long straight from Cezary Oleksiejczuk, who after a short exchange decided to take the fight to the mat again. After returning to the stand-up, Czarek brilliantly threw his rival to the ground once again. Very good, calm and methodical work of Oleksiejczuk. Almeida unexpectedly sweeps dynamically and the Pole has to work from his back. Cezary, however, responds nicely and also reverses the situation. Oleksiejczuk works to pin the crucifix. It fails, however, the Pole locates several punches on the head of his rival.
A quick perfect overthrow after elevating his rival in the air by Cezary. The Pole thundered his rival hard against the mat. Unfortunately an accidental foul by Oleksiejczuk, who hit his rival with an elbow to the crotch. Resumption of the fight and Cezary locates a straight on his rival’s head. Another quick, good takedown performed by our representative. A moment of downtime in the duel. The talented Pole controls his opponent on the mat. Good work by Czarek. Cezary Oleksiejczuk ended the duel with a strong elbow. Cezary Oleksiejczuk defeated Cesar Almeida by unanimous decision of the judges.