An exciting matchup in the UFC’s bantamweight division went down in the prelims of UFC Des Moines on Saturday night as Gaston Bolaños and Quang Le set up a battle of Peru vs. Vietnam.
Bolaños (8-4) run in the UFC thus far has him at 2-1. Coming off a decision victory over Cortavious Romious last November the Peruvian fighter hopes to continue the win streak for his country.
Le (8-2) has had a couple rough outings as of late dropping two fights in a row. Losses to Chris Gutierrez and Long Xiao had him possibly on the chopping block unless he got past Bolaños in Iowa.
Round 1 Bolaños came out firing on Le trying to discourage the takedown. That did not work at all as Le flew in and got a quick takedown and worked to keep Bolaños down. Le took the back early in the first round forcing him to fight the hands.
Bolaños was able to get back to his feet, but Le wasn’t letting him off the hook staying on him and taking him right back down. Le took the back as Bolaños continued to defend the position.
Round 2 Bolaños came out on fire throwing bombs at Le and forcing him to strike with him. He landed big shots on Le, but the got taken down rather easily. Le put pedal to the metal on the submission, grabbed the rear-naked choke and ended Bolaños’ night in the second round.
Official Result: Quang Le def. Gaston Bolaños via R2 SUB (RNC), 1:54
