Loik Radzhabov and Trey Ogden both entered the octagon on Saturday in an attempt to grow their existing win streaks to two in a row at UFC Vegas 94.
Trey Ogden was last in the octagon back in March when he earned a unanimous decision victory over Kurt Holobaugh. Loik Radzhabov had last graced the octagon when he finished Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady in the final round of their bout in March.
The fight started out with Loik getting right to work. He landed a couple hard punches right away. Trey was able to land a takedown just seconds into the fight. Loik struggled to his feet, but Ogden dragged him right back down the mat, this time taking control of his opponent’s back against the cage. Radzhabov elected to go to his belly and absorbed a few strikes from his opponent. Midway thru the round and Ogden is using a half to control the head and neck of Loik before securing a body triangle. Trey began to look for the rear naked choke as Loik continued to valiantly hand fight to defend. Ogden would land short punches and look for the choke, unsuccessfully, until the end of the round.
Herb Dean gave a hard warning for fence grabbing to Loik before the start of the second. To begin the round Loik was swinging hard, committing to his punches, and even momentarily struck into the clinch. Ogden began to look uncomfortable as the fight continued on the feet. Radzhabov landed a few thudding punches and evaded a desperate takedown from Ogden. Trey continued to be on the back foot taking a few thudding punches against the cage before slowing down the pace and gaining some respect, temporarily, in the clinch. Midway thru the round and Loik was still coming forward and throwing strikes as Ogden initiated a clinch. From there, Ogden landed a slick takedown and immediately passed to full mount. Ogden looked for an arm triangle choke as he softened up his opponent with short strikes. Loik defended the choke and eventually Ogden narrowly lost the choke trying to finish it. Radzhabov explosively initiated a scramble, avoided a desperate head lock, and got right back to work striking till the end of the round.
To start the final round, Loik went right back to throwing heat with his hands. Ogden took no chances this time, and immediately seized the opportunity to land a well-timed takedown. In full mount, Ogden landed some punches and set up the head and arm choke once again. Midway thru the round and Trey is still trying to isolate the arm and shoulder of his opponent as he landed damaging annoying short strikes. Radzhabov was able to escape once again and eluded a guillotine attempt. Ogden stayed on the ground and looked absolutely exhausted. Loik rained down some ground and pound from a standing/kneeling position for the remainder of the round. With seconds left in the fight, Loik flew midway across the octagon from a pushing up kick from Ogden.
Official Result: Trey Ogden def. Loik Radzhabov by Unanimous Decision, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
