Elves Brener even had a good fight, but was defeated by Myktybek Orolbai on the preliminary card of the UFC 301, at Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27).
The disciple of Charles do Bronx he had to undergo a very heavy weight cut before the fight and showed visible signs of fatigue from the beginning of the fight, which meant that the Kyrgyz athlete was in control from the beginning.
At the end of the second round, the Brazilian even improved and managed to dominate a little on the ground, but too late to make up the difference. Orolbai also had a point deducted for holding the fence during the assault.
In the third, Elves showed a huge heart to keep trying, but it wasn’t enough to win the third round and take advantage of the deducted point to at least get a draw.
UFC 301 results
Main card
Alexandre Pantoja x Steve Erceg – for the flyweight belt
Jonathan Martinez x José Aldo – bantamweight
Anthony Smith x Victor Petrino – light heavyweight
Michel Pereira x Ihor Potieria – middleweight
Paul Craig x Caio Borralho – average weight
Preliminary Card
Jack Shore x Joanderson Brito – featherweight
Karolina Kowalkiewicz x Iasmin Lucindo – strawweight
Myktybek Orolbai defeated Elves Brener via unanimous decision – lightweight
Drakkar Klose beat Joaquim Silva by unanimous decision – lightweight
Mauricio Ruffy beat Jamie Mullarkey by TKO at 4:42 of the 1st round – lightweight
Dione Barbosa beat Ernesta Kareckaite by unanimous decision – flyweight
Ismael Bonfim beat Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision – lightweight
Alessandro Costa defeated Kevin Borjas by technical knockout at 1:35 of the 2nd round – flyweight
