The UFC evening begins: Nzechukwu knocks out Chris ‘El Maño’ Barnett, the other Spaniard at UFC 308

Ilia Topuria I was not the only Spaniard on the UFC 308 card. Chris ‘El Maño’ Barnett (23-9), a heavyweight fighter born in Zaragoza, also made an appearance on the preliminary card to face Kennedy Nzechukwu (13-5). After cancel your fight two weeks ago against Junior Tafa, the company found a place and rival for him for this numbered event. However, ‘Beastboy’ barely lasted one assault on the Nigerian, conditioned by a left leg injury in the presentation of the fight that conditioned him until the intervention of the referee to stop the fight.

The first round began with both rivals showing respect to each other. Barnett attempted his trademark spinning kick, passing close to Nzechukwu’s head. However, the bad news for ‘El Maño’ they arrived much earlier, since while Bruce Buffer was doing the introduction, Chris made a jump that He ended up with his left leg battered.

This was a too big condition, since in the middle of the first round Barnett he began to resent, which led to a volume of blows from his rival that was gradually increasing. With the fight practically decided, The pain was palpable in the Spaniard’s face. Nzechukwu realized, He raised the pace of his combinations, and the referee was finally forced to stop the fight.

Barnett can’t get out on his own two feet

After more than two years of hiatus, The return of ‘Beastboy’ has not been as expected, after seeing how he was canceled his last fight by a hurricane in Florida and two weeks later adds another defeat on his record. We will have to see the extent of his injury and analyze when he will be able to return to the octagon, since At 38 years old, everything costs more.

At the end of the fight, Barnett had to be helped to retire to the locker room, since He couldn’t get out on his own. At the moment, the extent of the injury is unknown, since he first put his hand on his own foot and later to the back of the thigh.