Paddy Pimblett Wins Yet Again And Five Takeaways From UFC 282

Another action-packed Ultimate Fighting Championship card came to pass over the weekend in the desert. Fans witnessed a surprising split draw, a fan favorite remained undefeated, and a UFC debut from one of the youngest fighters in UFC history inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday at UFC 282.

Here are 5 results you should know about at UFC 282

Paddy Pimblett Still Undefeated?

Paddy Pimblett (20-3), is still undefeated in UFC after a tightly contested judge's decision victory over Jared Gorden (19-6) at T-mobile Arena over the weekend. Undeniably his toughest victory yet, Pimblett managed to raise eyebrows at the controversial victory, which many fans believe was scored unfairly, according to givemesport.com.

In his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Pimblett said he was confident he won the first two rounds and just “coasted” in Round 3, via mmajunkie.com.

"I've never seen a guy more comfortable in front of a crowd. This guy was dancing, this kid went out there and he got it done," said Daniel Cormier, MMA analyst for ESPN. "As expected Jared Gorden was his toughest test to date. He got through this test but going forward there are some things he has to do in order to reach the level of the last star we had from overseas Conner Mcgregor. The one thing Conner did besides being funny and exciting, was he won at a championship level."

Dareen Till 3rd straight loss

On the main card of UFC 282, Dricus Du Plessis (18-2) picked up the biggest victory of his mixed martial arts career, despite a nerve-wracking second round in which it appeared Dareen Till (18-5) was close to a comeback victory.

Darren Till fell to his third straight defeat inside the Octagon. Du Plessis landed a takedown and ended up immediately in full mount. Du Plessis quickly took Till’s back and sunk in the rear-naked choke for the quick tapout. The back-and-forth battle earned both fighters Fight of the Night honors.

Till, 29, is now 1-5 in his past six fights, and UFC 282 his only chance to display his talents in 2022 due to an injury. Three of those four losses were finishes — 2 submissions and 1 KO/TKO. Despite his recent losing streak, Till remains No. 10 in the UFC’s middleweight rankings. Many fighters and experts tuned in to UFC 282 including former UFC fighter, Nate Diaz. Diaz did not hold back and felt "Damn Till sucks" over social media, according to bjpenn.com.

Du Plessis, 29, is on 5-fight win streak and Ranked No. 14 in UFC’s middleweight rankings for the South African, according to sportsbookwire.usatoday.com.

Raul Rosas Jr. makes a splash

Raul Rosas Jr. (7-0) became the youngest mma fighter to win a UFC fight during the featured bout of the preliminary card of UFC 282.

Rosas Jr., 18, made quick work of Jay Perrin (10-7) with 2:44 minutes left in the opening round. The Las Vegas, Nevada native sunk in a rear-naked choke on Perrin.

Rosas, a senior in high school, made his UFC debut after earning a promotional contract through Dana White’s Contender Series this past summer while he was still 17, according to mmajunkie.com.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik 1st round KO

UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-4), 34, made the earth shake in the preliminary card Saturday as he knocked out Chris Daukaus (12-6) 23 seconds into the first round.

Rozenstruik came into UFC 282 with back-to-back losses and desperately needed a win, as his future in the UFC was in question. He did just that in remarkable fashion.

Daukaus withstood the flurry of punches from the Surinamese fighter, before a vicious left hand brought the referee into the action and stopped the fight. Rozenstruik, nicknamed "Bigi Boy "told Joe Rogan in their post-fight interview that there’s more to come, according to yahoosports.com.

Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev split draw

The result of UFC 282 light heavyweight main event between Polish mixed martial arts fighter Jan Blachowicz (29-9-1) and Russian MMA fighter Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-1) shocked many, including one of the participants.

The light heavyweight title remained vacant Saturday after the judge's decision was a split draw. A decision so controversial that both fighters, Blachowicz and Ankalaev, agreed Ankalaev should have won the belt, according to the Las Vegas Sun. One judge awarded Blachowicz the fight, one judge gave it to Ankalaev, and the final judge scored it a draw. Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev was the fifth draw in UFC championship history, via mmajunkie.com.

Czech mixed martial artist, Jiri Prochazka vacated the title prior to UFC 282 due to an injury. Currently, the UFC light heavyweight division is without a champion.