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Steve Erceg didn’t walk away with the UFC flyweight crown, but the West Australian has won over a legion of new fans after a gutsy display against the undisputed champion Alexandre Pantoja in Rio de Janeiro. Pantoja won Saturday night’s bout by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the five-round contest 48-47, 48-47, 49-46. But Erceg had his chances to win, landing a series of heavy blows in rounds two, three and four to leave the champion bloodied and bruised.
The Australian was taken down again early in the second round but was able to get out of trouble and immediately went on the attack, landing a huge right elbow and left hook on the champion. Pantoja was left with blood streaming from his forehead after a huge right elbow from Erceg in the third round. The blood started getting into Pantoja’s left eye in a fourth round that Erceg largely controlled. But Erceg’s attempt to twice go for the take-down in the fifth ultimately brought him undone.
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