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Earns contract with impressive kick
Tulio defeated Matthieu Duclos via TKO (spinning back kick) at 2:38 of Round 2 at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. After the show, he was one of four fighters to be awarded a UFC contract.
ANALYSIS
The first round was a back-and-forth affair in which both men had their moments, and despite Duclos finishing the round in top position, the frame likely went to Tulio due to an earlier knockdown and slight advantage in significant strikes. Tulio turned up the pressure in Round 2, accumulating a 24-to-7 edge in significant strikes before finding the spinning body kick that crumbled his opponent and led to the finish. As a result, the 29-year-old Brazilian becomes the latest addition to the UFC's middleweight division. It's what was expected given he entered the night as a heavy betting favorite of roughly (-500).
The first round was a back-and-forth affair in which both men had their moments, and despite Duclos finishing the round in top position, the frame likely went to Tulio due to an earlier knockdown and slight advantage in significant strikes. Tulio turned up the pressure in Round 2, accumulating a 24-to-7 edge in significant strikes before finding the spinning body kick that crumbled his opponent and led to the finish. As a result, the 29-year-old Brazilian becomes the latest addition to the UFC's middleweight division. It's what was expected given he entered the night as a heavy betting favorite of roughly (-500).