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Gets no help from judges in defeat
Leal lost to Rinat Fakhretdinov via unanimous decision (28-29, 28-29, 27-30) at UFC 308 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.
ANALYSIS
You can't help but feel for Leal. Finally making his UFC debut after a long run in the PFL, he clearly won this fight, only to have his victory ripped away by incompetent judging. Leal won the total strike battle by a 146-119 count, in addition to stuffing 17-of 19 Fakhretdinov takedown attempts. It's literally impossible to explain how one judge, let alone all three, went the other way. The good news for Leal is that he's still just 30 years of age and proved in this fight he can get the better of a quality opponent on the biggest stage. He'll be back.
You can't help but feel for Leal. Finally making his UFC debut after a long run in the PFL, he clearly won this fight, only to have his victory ripped away by incompetent judging. Leal won the total strike battle by a 146-119 count, in addition to stuffing 17-of 19 Fakhretdinov takedown attempts. It's literally impossible to explain how one judge, let alone all three, went the other way. The good news for Leal is that he's still just 30 years of age and proved in this fight he can get the better of a quality opponent on the biggest stage. He'll be back.
Set for UFC debut
Leal will fight Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC 308 on Oct. 26, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Leal will get a chance to make his debut within the UFC after Nursulton Ruziboev (undisclosed) withdrew from his scheduled fight versus Fakhretdinov. The 30-year-old Neal owns a 21-5-0 record in his professional career and is currently enjoying a two-fight win streak that includes victories in UAE Warriors and LFA.
Leal will get a chance to make his debut within the UFC after Nursulton Ruziboev (undisclosed) withdrew from his scheduled fight versus Fakhretdinov. The 30-year-old Neal owns a 21-5-0 record in his professional career and is currently enjoying a two-fight win streak that includes victories in UAE Warriors and LFA.
Opens Bellator 190 with upset victory
Leal defeated Mihail Nica via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) at Bellator 190 on Saturday in Florence, Italy.
ANALYSIS
Leal came into this fight as the underdog and greatly overperformed. He spent most of this fight dominating from the top position. The European fighter seemed to have no answers for the Brazilian from the bottom and mostly ate strikes. Leal had never previously fought outside of his native Brazil before signing with Bellator and taking this fight. He improves to 11-3 as a professional. He will be an interesting lightweight to monitor in Bellator going forward.
Leal came into this fight as the underdog and greatly overperformed. He spent most of this fight dominating from the top position. The European fighter seemed to have no answers for the Brazilian from the bottom and mostly ate strikes. Leal had never previously fought outside of his native Brazil before signing with Bellator and taking this fight. He improves to 11-3 as a professional. He will be an interesting lightweight to monitor in Bellator going forward.