UFC 170 Results: Ernest Chavez defeats Yosdenis Cedeno to Open Up UFC 170

UFC 170 Results Ernest Chavez defeats Yosdenis Cedeno to Open Up UFC 170
by Chris Houten - @mrhouts

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A welterweight match up between Ernest Chavez (6-0) and Yosdenis Cedeno (9-2), both of who were making their UFC debuts kicked off UFC 170 to a largely empty Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas. The fans who have yet to arrive at the event need not worry though, as they didn't really miss much.

Round 1 started with the bookies favourite, Cedeno throwing a couple of hard body shots and landing with a couple of decent leg kicks, while Chavez looked to close the distance. Chavez offered little offense during the first round until around the 1.30 mark where he was able to capitalise on a missed wheel kick from Cedeno and get the fight to ground where Chavez quickly showed he was far more advanced than the Cuban black belt. Cedeno was able to stand up before the bell, Chavez showed great positioning to have achieved full mount and take the back of Cedeno, and assert some domination.

Round 2 started exactly how round 1 did. Cedeno came out looking to land big shots but Chavez was able to get the take down - again off a kick from Cedeno, and proceeded to look for the submission which show the BJJ purple belt again take the back of Cedeno, however a posistioning mistake from Chavez allowed the noticable tired Cereno to get to his feet.

Going into round 3 both fighters will have felt like the bout was even after 2 rounds, with the winner of round 3 winning the bout. The first couple of minutes of round 3 saw both men trade shots, with not much action. Cerano picked up the action in the last couple of minutes throwing a a couple of headkicks and some pretty hard punches which were mainly blocked. The round ended as it started with neither man looking like they wanted to push the other in an attempt to win the fight.

The judges scored the bout 29-28 Chavez, 29-28 Cedeno, & 30-27 Chavez who remains undefeated in his mixed martial arts career, extending his win streak to 7, while Cedeno moves to 9-3.