Jailton Almeida made it look pretty easy in his first UFC main event as he submitted Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the first round at UFC Charlotte. How close is Almeida to a UFC Heavyweight Championship opportunity?
MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee, and Jed Meshew react to Almeida’s thrilling performance in the main event, discussing where he goes from here, and what – if anything – we learned about Almeida. In addition, they discussed Johnnie Walker’s decision to beat Anthony Smith in the co-main event and how the performance affected the division, Ian Machado’s impressive Gary first-round finish of Daniel Rodriguez, the controversy surrounding the preliminary fights between the G.I. Yoon Kim and Mandy Boom, along with Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Cody Stamman, and more.
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