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The judges gave the victory to the Brazilian by unanimous decision after a fierce fight
“El Guapo” Gutiérrez, with Guatemalan and Colombian roots, knew how to recover quickly after falling to the canvas in the first round and managed to defend himself for more than two minutes from his opponent. In the second round, Chris managed to balance the scales, but he was not superior.
During the third round, the Guatemalan fighter did not want to take risks and was not proactive. In the fourth round, Chris, through various moves, tried to turn the fight in his favor, but time did not allow.
During the event in T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, The public demanded that the fighters take more risks. For his part, at the end of the fight, Pedro Munhoz said that it was something very special to beat someone like Gutierrez for being a “very strong and talented” person.
Chris Gutiérrez is living the best moment of his career, up until this fight he had an undefeated streak of six fights in the bantamweight division at UFCHe won 10 of his last 12 bouts, nine by knockout and one by submission.
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