UFC Long Island 2022 results and recap: Rodriguez gains victory after Ortega injury; Lemos submits Waterson

Main
Event:
Ortega
vs
Rodriguez

The
main
event
between
top
featherweight
contenders
#2
Brian
Ortega
and
#3
Yair
Rodriguez
was
pure
action
from
the
opening
bell.

In
an
exchange
on
the
ground,
the
unfortunate
end
came
early
as
Ortega
dislocated
his
shoulder
while
trying
to
escape
a
triangle,
giving
Rodriguez
the
TKO
victory.

Following
the
bout,
Rodriguez
said,
“I
think
it
was
pretty
tied,
he
was
doing
a
good
job
of
keeping
me
on
the
cage,
I
was
trying
to
do
damage
so
I
could
take
away
his
movement.
It’s
unfortunate
he
dislocated
his
shoulder.
I
already
told
him
we
can
run
it
back
any
time.”

Co-main
Event:
Waterson
vs
Lemos

When
women’s
strawweights
No.
10
ranked
Michelle
Waterson-Gomez
and
No.
11
ranked
Lemos
got
warmed
up,
it
was
fast
and
furious
fireworks.

In
jockeying
for
a
takedown
position,
Lemos
was
able
to
get
a
guillotine,
and
forced
Waterson-Gomez
to
tap.

After
the
win,
Lemos
said,
“It
was
the
(championship)
defeat
that
motivated
me
to
fight
again.
I
want
to
stay
busy.
I
love
Michelle,
we
trained
together
in
the
past.
She’s
a
class
act,
but
we
knew
our
paths
would
cross
at
some
point,
and
I
came
here
for
the
victory.”

Other
Main
Card
Action

China’s
No.
13
ranked
welterweight
Li
Jingliang
finally
faced
Muslim
Salikhov
after
a
decade
of
anticipation
between
the
two
Sanda
champions.

With
two
rounds
of
testing
each
other
on
the
feet
and
on
the
ground,
Li
was
able
to
put
together
several
successful
combinations
to
knock
out
Salikhov
at
the
end
of
the
second
round.

A
fantastic
flyweight
fight
took
place
between
No.
8
ranked
Schnell
(representing
Korea)
and
No.
12
ranked
Sumudaerji
(representing
China)
that
looked
to
be
over
multiple
times,
but
the
two
warriors
kept
it
going.

Sumudaerji
knocked
down
Schnell
repeatedly,
but
Schnell
rallied,
bloodied
Sumu
on
the
ground,
and
put
him
out
with
a
triangle
choke.

No.
14
ranked
featherweight
Shane
Burgos
and
Charles
Jourdain
delivered
an
entertaining,
face-paced
fight
that
swung
wildly
from
one
to
the
other.
When
it
came
to
the
scorecards,
Burgos
earned
the
majority
decision.

In
the
women’s
flyweight
bout
that
opened
the
main
card,
Lauren
Murphy
earned
the
points
on
the
judges’ scorecard
for
a
unanimous
decision
win
against
Miesha
Tate.

Preliminary
Card
Action

Punahele
Soriano
got
back
in
the
win
column
with
a
big
win
over
Dalcha
Lungiambula
by
KO
in
the
beginning
of
round
two.

No.
12
ranked
bantamweight
Ricky
Simon
took
away
the
undefeated
record
of
No.
14
ranked
Jack
Shore
with
a
tremendous
show
of
wrestling
and
a
perfect
punch
that
set
up
a
session
of
ground
and
pound,
and
ultimately
Shore
tapped
to
an
arm
triangle
in
the
second
round.

Bill
Algeo
turned
the
tables
on
slick
grappler
Herbert
Burns
in
an
exciting
featherweight
bout,
showing
surprising
superior
prowess
on
the
canvas
and
getting
the
TKO
victory
when
Burns
did
not
have
the
strength
to
continue.

Also,
Dustin
Jacoby
knocked
out
Da-Un
Jung
in
the
first
round
of
a
light
heavyweight
bout
after
Dustin
Stoltzfus
and
Emily
Ducote
earned
decision
wins
over
Dwight
Grant
and
Jessica
Penne
in
their
respective
middleweight
and
women’s
strawweight
bouts.

UFC
Long
Island
2022
Final
Results

Main
Card

1.
Featherweight
Bout:
Yair
Rodriguez
defeated
Brian
Ortega
by
TKO
(injury)
at
4:11
of
Round
1

2.
Women’s
Strawweight
Bout:
Amanda
Lemos
defeated
Michelle
Waterson
by
submission
(guillotine
choke)
at
1:48
of
Round
2

3.
Welterweight
Bout:
Li
Jingliang
defeated
Muslim
Salikhov
by
TKO
(strikes)
at
4:38
of
Round
2

4.
Flyweight
Bout:
Matt
Schnell
defeated
Sumudaerji
by
submission
(triangle
choke)
at
4:24
of
Round
2

5.
Featherweight
Bout:
Shane
Burgos
defeated
Charles
Jourdain
by
majority
decision
(29-28,
29-28,
28-28)

6.
Women’s
Flyweight
Bout:
Lauren
Murphy
defeated
Miesha
Tate
by
unanimous
decision
(30-27,
30-27,
29-28)

Preliminary
Card

1.
Middleweight
Bout:
Punahele
Soriano
defeated
Dalcha
Lungiambula
by
KO
(right
hand)
at
0:28
of
Round
2

2.
Bantamweight
Bout:
Ricky
Simon
defeated
Jack
Shore
by
submission
(arm-triangle
choke)
at
3:28
of
Round
2

3.
Featherweight
Bout:
Bill
Algeo
defeated
Herbert
Burns
by
TKO
(retirement)
at
1:50
of
Round
2

4.
Light
Heavyweight
Bout:
Dustin
Jacoby
defeated
Da-Un
Jung
by
KO
(right
hand)
at
3:13
of
Round
1

5.
Middleweight
Bout:
Dustin
Stoltzfus
defeated
Dwight
Grant
by
unanimous
decision
(29-28,
29-28,
29-28)

6.
Women’s
Strawweight
Bout:
Emily
Ducote
defeated
Jessica
Penne
by
unanimous
decision
(29-28,
29-28,
30-27)