In the main event of ACB 87, Scotland’s Robert Whiteford came out on top in the battle of the UK featherweights to earn a close split decision victory over England’s Kane Mousah.
From the outset, both fighters would look to press the action, with neither Glasgow’s Whiteford or his Mancunian counterpart Mousah willing to concede any ground to each other.
But it would be the 35-year old, 6-fight UFC veteran who would edge the grappling exchanges pressing the man nicknamed “The Danger” up against the fence and repeatedly taking him to the ground, then controlling a game Mousah to take the win on two of the three judges scorecards.
For the Allpowers Gym trained Mousah he would give as good as he got during the 15-minutes fight, displaying some crisp striking while showing he was not out of his depth when the fight hit the deck but it would not be enough for him to get the nod in the eyes of the judges.
The 14-fight card which took place at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England marked the promotions 5th appearance in the United Kingdom and the full results can be found below:
ACB 87: Robert Whiteford vs. Kane Mousah Results
Robert Whiteford def. Kane Mousah via split decision
Piotr Strus def. Fernando Gonzalez via split decision
Takeya Mizugaki def. Pietro Menga via unanimous decision
Ibragim Chuzhigaev def. Mike Rhodes via unanimous decision
Rob Emerson def. Shamil Shakhbulatov via unanimous decision
Andre Winner def. Adam Aliev via submission (RNC) at 1:55 of Round 2
Alex Gilpin def. Adlan Mamaev via submission at 0:55 of Round 3
Stanislav Vlasenko def. Sam Boult via split decision
Stephen Martin def. Regis Sugden via submission (arm-triangle) at 2:15 of Round 3
Dean Garnett def. Dominique Wooding via split decision
Adam Proctor def. Ashley Reece via unanimous decision
Carlos Abreu def. Chris Miah via split decision
Kevin Mullen def. George McManus via TKO at 1:44 of Round 2
Murad Magomedov def. Paulinho Capoeira via unanimous decision.
