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Max GriffinMax Griffin Wins Decision Over Carlos Condit at UFC 264 - The New York Times.
Carlos ConditFifty minutes after midnight Sunday morning, Carlos Condit became the new UFC interim welterweight champion in a unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 143 in Las Vegas. It was a close fight, and at least one person didn't agree with the judges' decision—one Nick Diaz.
Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz via unanimous decision.
Michael Chiesa has been experiencing a bit of a career resurgence since making a move to the welterweight division in 2018. "Maverick" added to his momentum on Wednesday with a unanimous decision victory (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) over Neil Magny in a welterweight Fight Night headliner on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
Carlos Condit, former UFC interim welterweight champion, retires from MMA.
Holloway dominated Kattar via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-43, 50-42) at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in one of the most one-sided main events in UFC history. Holloway is a former UFC featherweight champion and the most decorated 145-pound fighter of all time.
Carlos Condit just went with his gut instinct when he decided to call it a career. After more than 15 years and 46 professional fights, former UFC interim and WEC champion Condit (32-14 MMA, 9-10 UFC) announced his retirement last week.
As expected, it’s Lawler who took the center of the cage first while Condit immediately looked to circle and make Lawler chase him. Condit’s strategy worked as Lawler absorbed several leg kicks and counters while closing the distance.
Condit threw an insane 497 counted strikes in this fight, which doesn’t tell us whether he won or not, it’s just a wild number. He landed 176 total significant strikes to Lawler’s 92.
The media saw this one for Condit. Fifteen media scorers on MMA Decisions had Condit as the winner, with Sherdog.com giving Condit a 49-46 score. There were also three 48-47 Lawler scores and two draws.
The fan vote on MMA Decisions is also heavily in Condit’s favor. The top result is 48-47 Condit at 63.9 percent, with Lawler 48-47 second at 14.3 percent. Another 6.2 percent have it 49-46 Condit, giving him over 70 percent of the vote.
Round 1: 10-9 Condit. He mixed up his techniques beautifully and set the tone early.
The wrong man won, I’m convinced of that. But I’m not convinced the judges didn’t have grounds to score the fight the way they did.
Robbie Lawler was pumped up after concluding his fight with Rory MacDonald at UFC 189. Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Carlos Condit connects with an elbow on Thiago Alves' face. Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
Robbie Lawler defends a Johny Hendricks' takedown attempt. Alex Trautwig/Getty Images
Carlos Condit narrowly misses locking up a triangle on Georges St. Pierre. Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
As mentioned earlier, Condit does get taken down quite a bit. That is surely something Lawler will have in the back of his mind and something he could potentially rely on to keep the gold around his waist. Condit needs to improve his takedown defense for this fight.
Will Carlos Condit become the next UFC welterweight champion? Jonathan Ferrey/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images