Mithc Rapaso edged out a close fight against Marcos Degli tonight at UFC Fight Night 239 by decision.

Round One

Rapaso with an early leg kick. Punch over the top from him. Now a body kick. Degli looking to work his jab while circling on the outside.

Degli steps into a punch that misses and Raposo fires back. Grazing right hand from Raposo as Degli works an elbow.

Body kick for Raposo. Nice check hook from Degli connects. Raposo presses forward and fires off a straight punch.

Step-in elbow from Degli. Right hand for Raposo. Head kick attempt from Degli is blocked.

Body punch from Raposo. Now a body kick. Raposo tries to go over the top. Degli feeds him the jab.

Degli attempts a takedown, but Raposo stuffs it and so he ends up in the clinch against the cage instead. Raposo pushes him away.

Body kick for Raposo. Spinning backfist from Degli misses. Body punch for Raposo.

Round Two

Low kicks exchanged. Right hand for Raposo. Raposo applying pressure and lands a body kick.

Calf kick for Raposo. Punch and a low kick for him. Now an inside leg kick as he continues to press the action.

Right hand for Raposo. Degli waiting to counter, but needs to stay active. More punches for Raposo.

Rip to the body for Degli. Head kick attempt from Raposo is blocked. Low kick from Raposo and a punch. He lands a right and then a quick flurry behind it as Degli is up against the cage.

Degli presses forward. Big miss on the hook though. He lands a left hand. Raposo with a flurry of punches and while most don’t connect clean it continues to frame him as the more active fighter.

Jab for Degli. Raposo misses a head kick attempt.

Round Three

Calf kick for Degli. Grazing left hook for him. Right hand for Raposo. Good elbow from Degli open up a cut to the side of Raposo’s head.

Leg kick for Degli. Now a jab. Right hand from Raposo. Right from Raposo now. Left hook for Degli.

Degli slips momentarily. Leg kick for him. Body punch from Raposo. Solid left hook from Degli.

Body kick for Degli. Now a leg kick. Degli misses a head kick and Raposo counters with a body kick.

Solid body punch for Raposo. Body-head combo for Raposo. Leg kick from Degli. Brief flurry from Raposo. Body punch for Degli. One-two from Raposo.

Raposo comes forward and lands to the head then body. Right hand from Degli. Series of hooks to the midsection and head from Raposo.

Inside leg kick from Raposo. Low kick for Degli. Degli tries for a takedown, but Raposo takes him down instead right at the end of the fight, which could be important.

Decision

A close fight then, with the opening round being close, before Raposo upped his work-rate to get the better of the second. Then Degli opened up a significant cut with a nice elbow in the final five minutes, but Raposo was again more active and landed that late takedown to help seal a unanimous decision victory (29-28 x3).