Fil-Am Phillipe Nover loses at UFC Fight Night 95

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Fil-Am Phillipe Nover loses at UFC Fight Night 95
Nover suffers a unanimous decision loss to former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao in their 3-round featherweight encounter

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-American fighter Phillipe Nover failed to hoist the Philippine flag aloft in the co-headliner of UFC Fight Night 95 on on Saturday, September 24 (Sunday, September 25 in Manila) at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasília, Brazil. 

Nover suffered a unanimous decision loss at the hands of former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao in their 3-round featherweight encounter, with the Brazilian earning the scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27. 

Although Barao had a slow start in his meeting with Nover, he found his groove in the succeeding rounds, where he outgunned and outwrestled his Fil-Am opponent. 

Barao bombarded Nover with a combination of lashing leg kicks and crisp counterpunching and kept his cage counterpart guessing by halting his momentum before it could build. 

In addition, Barao pulled off a brilliant approach of snatching away rounds from Nover in the dying seconds of each period with quick takedowns. 

With the impressive victory over Nover, Barao snaps his two-fight losing skid and improves his professional standing to 34-4, 1 NC. 

Meanwhile, Nover tastes his second-straight setback inside the Octagon and downgrades to a 11-7-1 prizefighting record. – Rappler.com

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