Web page, who has spent nearly all of his profession at welterweight, fought Magomedov at middleweight for the primary time since 2012.
He has one win and one defeat since becoming a member of the UFC final 12 months and, whereas he intends to maneuver again right down to welterweight, the prospect to combat the 30-year-old Magomedov was too good to go up.
The Russian has received all 15 of his skilled bouts, and went viral after a spectacular spinning backfist knockout in his final combat in October.
Chants for Magomedov greeted the beginning of the combat as noise ranges rose, with followers excited on the prospect of the bout between the 2 flamboyant strikers.
With each fighters trying to management distance, the early phases had Magomedov attacking with leg kicks and his opponent trying to land some massive proper palms.
Web page’s motion and counter-striking began to show problematic for Magomedov with stats displaying within the second spherical that the Briton had landed 12 unanswered strikes to the pinnacle.
Web page was discovering a house for his jab whereas avoiding something harmful from Magomedov, prompting the Russian’s crew to inform their fighter he needed to “depart all the things” within the remaining spherical.
An explosive flying knee from the Londoner introduced gasps from the group, earlier than the Russian utilized the late stress as the ultimate bell sounded.
After incomes a press release win, and largest of his brief UFC profession to this point, Web page hinted he might even keep at middleweight.
“One factor I knew popping out was my physique would not be used to this [weight]. I’ve acquired some work to do at 170lb – so be careful guys, as a result of I am coming,” he added.
