UFC on FX 8 Play-by-Play: Gleison Tibau vs. John Cholish

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Gleison Tibau vs. John Cholish

Round 1: Cholish bounces on the outside.  Both pump their jabs.  Tibau delivers a right hand to the body of Cholish.  Cholish goes to the body with a kick.  They exchange and Tibau connects with a right hand.  Cholish throws a kick that Tibau catches and gets the fight to the ground.  Cholish gets back to his feet.  Tibau catches another kick and lands a combination.  They stand on the center logo.  Cholish throws a kick to the body that’s caught and Tibau lands a left hand down the middle.  Tibau changes levels and secures a takedown with authority.  Cholish quickly gets back to his feet.  Tibau closes the distance looking for a double leg takedown.  Cholish defends the attempt.  The round ends.  MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Tibau.

Round 2: Tibau leaps in with a flying knee.  Cholish moves forward.  Not a lot of action through the first minute of the round.  They clinch.  Tibau presses Cholish to the cage, but Cholish circles away.  Cholish delivers an outside leg kick.  Tibau lands a huge counter left hand that hurts Cholish.  Cholish goes for a takedown.  Tibau applies a guillotine choke and pulls guard to tighten it down.  Cholish is forced to tap out to the arm-in guillotine choke.

The official time of the submission was 2:34 of the second round.

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