UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Pearson full fight video highlights

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Following an extended three-week break from face-punching action, the UFC returned with a fun fight card in its debut event in Bangor, Maine. The card was headlined by a main event between No. 8 ranked Ryan Bader and 10^th ranked Ovince Saint Preux and featured a co-main event between lightweights Gray Maynard and Ross Pearson.

Here is Dallas Winston’s play-by-play for the second round of the fight:

Maynard shoots but settles for some clinch control on the fence. Pearson circles off and lands a short knee and elbow before disengaging. They trade jabs. Maynard digs to the body with a right hook but Pearson pops him with a right hand on the way in and then finishes him off with a left hook.

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Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.