UFC veteran Alessandro Costa returned to the cage at UFC Vegas 115 in a flyweight contest against Stewart Nicoll, in a matchup of talented 125-pound prospects.
To start the opening round Costa came out as the aggressor, backing Nicoll to the fence. A good leg kick landed by Nicoll as Costa answered with big hooks on the inside. Both fighters exchanged punches at distance in a very even round so far. Nicoll began to come forward looking for a takedown but was unsuccessful. Costa returned with a big right hand that got Nicoll’s attention. With thirty seconds left Costa stepped on the gas and began landing damaging blows to the head of Nicoll with powerful hooks upstairs.
After a wild ending to the first round, Costa came out pressing the action. Nicoll threatened some quality kicks to the body and legs looking to keep Costa off him. Costa forced the fight to the fence, dragging his opponent to the ground.
Quickly moving to the back, Costa was unable to maintain position with both fighters scrambling to their feet. Marching forward Costa was able to landed big shots near the minute mark that had Nicoll in significant trouble. With less than ten seconds left Costa landed a massive shot to the body that forced referee Chris Tognoni to stop the fight.
A beautiful left hook to the body that put Costa back in the win column in this talent rich Flyweight division.
Official Result: Alessandro Costa def. Stewart Nicoll by TKO (body shot), Round 2, 4:56
