Review: 2014-03-23, good start and pretty good finish: CB Dollaway vs Cezar Ferreira gets three stars. CB Dollaway entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 middleweight in the world, last year he fought twice winning the first bout against Daniel Sarafian (=Dollaway vs Sarafian) but then he lost to Tim Boetsch (via split decision).
His opponent, Cezar ‘Mutante’ Ferreira, has a record of 7-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.62 in the same weight class, he is a black belt in bjj and he comes off three consecutive wins (all in Ufc). Dollaway vs Ferreira is on the undercard of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs Dan Henderson 2 – UFC Ufn 39. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 39: Shogun vs Henderson 2
Date: 2014-03-23
Where: Nelio Dias Gymnasium, Natal, Brazil
Division: middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg)
UFC Fight Night 39 fight card (main card):
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs Dan Henderson 2
CB Dollaway vs Cezar Ferreira
Norman Parke vs Leonardo Santos
Gian Villante vs Fabio Maldonado
Mairbek Taisumov vs Michel Prazeres
Steven Siler vs Rony ‘Jason’ Mariano Bezerra
Ferreira’s previous fight: Cezar ‘Mutante’ Ferreira vs Daniel Sarafian
Dollaway’s next fight: Francis Carmont vs CB Dollaway
Ferreira’s next fight: Andrew Craig vs Cezar Ferreira
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Video:
Official video
Official highlights
(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on BT Sport’s official Youtube channel)
That’s actually a beautiful sequence. Dolloway hits him with three hooks while he’s defensively backing up, and all the time he has his right hand glued to his chin, while having his left shoulder raised. Then he throws that right hook after a couple of punches miss the small target he is presenting. He was never in any trouble.
You can’t just rush a high level fighter, it’s like going into a meat grinder. I understand Dolloway is not a boxer, but that was extremely well done.