UFC Vegas 35 Ricky Turcios wins The Ultimate Fighter finals against Brady Hiestand

Publish date: 2024-06-15

The fourth fight on the main card of UFC Vegas 35 is here. It is an interesting bantamweight matchup of Ricky Turcios vs Brady Hiestand.

UFC Vegas 35 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is headlined by a spectacular featherweight bout between Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze. As far as this bout is concerned, this is The Ultimate Fighter’s bantamweight finals. Both the fighters are from Team Volkanovski. Ricky Turcios has a record of 10-2 in his MMA career. He has shown that he is a very exciting fighter inside the octagon and is not afraid to exchange with his opponent. Ricky will be looking to win that final.

Meanwhile, his opponent, Brady Hiestand has great wrestling and ground-and-pound. The fighter will be conscious of spending energy because he does not have the best cardio. He has a record of 5-1. Inactivity can cause some rust in his game in the fight against Ricky but there is no doubt this fight will be an amazing scrap. Continue reading to know how the main event of UFC Vegas 35 played out.

Ricky Turcios wins via split decision at UFC Vegas 35

Round 1: Turcios acts as the aggressor as the fight begins and opens with a low kick. Hiestand looking to stick to his strength and immediately goes for the takedown. The fight is taken to the canvas. Turcios manages to get back to his feet. Both the fighters get into a beautiful exchange and look like Hiestand is not stable. Turcios has hurt his opponent and signs of bleeding. Nevertheless, both the fighters go back and forth as the round ends.

Round 2: Both the fighters seem to be tired heading into the second round. Hiestand manages to have some great punches towards Turcios. Ricky tries his best to exchange and manages to clip Hiestand. Brady manages to stay on his feet. Not a lot of power is being generated by both the fighters as they are completely gassed out. Turcios walks right into a right hand to the chin. Great determination from both the fighters.

Round 3: Both the fighters come out to give it all and go to strike. Despite the lack of energy both the fighters go back and forth. Hiestand can barely stand on his legs with a lot of bleeding from his nose. Hiestand goes for the takedown but is not very successful. High kick from Turcios but does not land well.

Results: Ricky Turcios def. Brady Hiestand via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – to win “TUF 29”

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