Neil Magny TKOs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC Vegas 108

Welterweight record-holder Neil Magny was paired up with the always dangerous Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos in main card action at UFC Vegas 108 on Saturday.

Magny was coming off his first back-to-back losses since 2013, the same year he joined the UFC. On his current skid, he’d dropped fights to Michael Morales and Carlos Prates, while Elizeu Zaleski was coming off a single loss to Chidi Njokuani.

The first round started with Dos Santos pressing the action landing good kicks to the legs of Magny. Dos Santos attempted multiple takedowns in the opening five minutes but none of them landed. Magny was on the defensive for the majority of the round, while Dos Santos looked for takedowns against the fence.

In the second round Dos Santos finally landed his first takedown, dragging Magny to the floor with over four minutes remaining. Magny attempted to reverse position, but was unable to get the Brazilian off of him. With two minutes left, Magny returned to his feet and momentarily landed a takedown of his own. Both fighters returned to the feet before Magny landed another takedown after a solid knee, this time quickly transitioning to back control. With thirty seconds left in the round Magny started unloading with bombs on top pouring down punches on a defenseless Dos Santos.

Veteran referee Mark Smith called a stop to the action as Magny picked up the thirtieth win of his career. This TKO victory moved Magny into second all time in UFC victories with 23 tied with four other fighters. Magny holds many division records at Welterweight and earned a stoppage victory one day before his 38th birthday.

Official Result: Neil Magny def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos by TKO, Round 2, 4:39