Bilal Hasan KO's Nilson Rojas In 2nd Round At UFC Fight Night 286

Bilal Hasan lived up to the hype at UFC Fight Night 286 in Shanghai with a slick display of striking in a competitive battle with Nilson Rojas before KO’ing him with a powerful straight in the second round.

Round One

Hasan with a front kick to the body. Spinning attack from Rojas misses. Hasan with a spinning head kick attempt that misses.

Hard strikes in close from Hasan as Rojas also looks to trade. Big counter right from Hasan troubles Rojas.

Hasan with another front kick to the body that hurt Rojas, who is also bleeding from his nose. He hangs in there though and keeps fighting.

Punch from Rojas now lands and puts Hasan on his heels for a moment.

Nice takedown from Hasan in the center of the Octagon. He has Rojas stacked up and drops down a few punches. Now he’s down looking to secure the back as Rojas goes to his knees.

Rojas able to stand, but is helped on his way by a big knee upstairs from Hasan.

Exchange in close with Hasan landing a punch and a knee to the body.

Clean punch for Hasan. Now two big body kicks. Solid punch lands from Rojas that knocks Hasan off-balance.

They clinch up and Rojas lands a few knees to the body and a good elbow to the head.

Hasan works him over to the cage and lands a knee to the body and then one upstairs as the round comes to an end.

Round Two

Calf kick for Hasan and then one on the other side to the body. Rojas looking to pressure, but Hasan is able to counter off the back foot.

Good body kick from Hasan. Push kick to the face from Rojas puts Hasan down, but he’s quickly back up.

Rojas with a straight punch. Now a body punch for him. One-two for Hasan. Hasan blocks a kick and lands a couple of punches.

Body kick for Hasan. Now a left hand. Jab from Rojas. Hard body punch from Rojas. Body kick for Hasan.

Both fighters land their jab. Punches in close from Rojas. Another hard body kick from Hasan.

Hasan unleashes a powerful straight right down the pipe that floors Rojas and lands a single follow-up punch on the mat to seal an impressive KO finish in his UFC debut at 2:28mins of the second round.

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