Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann 2 Highlights (Evening The Score) #ufc #mma #CarlosCondit #punch

#ufc #mma #CarlosCondit #punch #ko #combatsports #martialarts #kickboxing UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 27) was a mixed martial arts event held on August 28, 2013, at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. The main event was a rematch between Martin Kampmann and former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion and former WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit. In their first encounter at UFC Fight Night 18 in 2009, Kampmann defeated Condit (who was making his promotional debut) via split decision. The last time Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann squared off, it was a three-round thriller that left us wanting more. More Condit, more Kampmann and more fights just like that one. The good news? We've got five-round main events in mixed martial arts now, which means that when Condit and Kampmann stepped in the cage for a rematch at UFC Fight Night 27 in Indianapolis Wednesday, we weren't going to be limited by silly 15-minute time limits. And that was a good thing, because we were treated to three-plus rounds of thrilling action. Kampmann opened up the fight by playing to his strengths, immediately pulling a Chael Sonnen and wasting no time in shooting for a takedown. Condit defended for a time, but Kampmann eventually put the former interim welterweight champion on his back. He wasn't able to keep him there, but it was a clear sign that Kampmann was willing to target Condit's biggest weakness: his takedown defense.  The good news for Kampmann didn't last. He came out tired in the second round, and Condit began to take over the striking game. Kampmann slowed down significantly in the third round, and "The Natural Born Killer" started picking him apart with strikes. Condit also came close to securing a fight-ending rear-naked choke, but Kampmann was able to endure. After the third round, we got our first real close-up of Kampmann's face; it was a bloody, brutal mess, with a nasty cut above his right eye that left me thinking we might be in store for an unfortunate doctor stoppage of an exhilarating fight. Luckily for us, that wasn't the case, but that may have been a better scenario for Kampmann than what followed in the fourth round. Condit, a fighter known for throwing strikes in volume, hadn't really opened up much through the first three rounds. In the fourth, that changed. Greg Jackson urged his fighter to step on the gas, and he did just that, landing punches and kicks at will. Finally, with a staggered Kampman standing in front of him, Condit drilled the Xtreme Couture product with a left hook to the liver that hurt Kampmann in a bad way. Condit followed up with a left hook, a right hook and three unanswered knees that sent Kampmann to the canvas for the TKO win avenging his previous loss. The fight also earned Condit his third consecutive (and fourth overall) Fight of the Night bonus award.