Australian based Kiwi, Dylan Andrews gets an opportunity for his first official UFC fight this weekend when he meets Jimmy Quinlan, with both coming off The Ultimate Fighter – Season 17 reality show.
Last pick in the house, Dylan Andrews make it all the way to the semi-finals where he was defeated Urijah Hall while Jimmy Quinlan was submitted in the quarter-finals by Josh Samman.
Join Fight News Australia as we bring play-by-play action from the fight scheduled to start just after 9:30am AEST.
Round 1:
Nice early strikes for Quinlan who immediately attacks the single-leg. Gets the takedown but Andrews popped straight back to his feet. Quinlan still attacking the leg against the cage. Quinlan again gets the takedown and this time lands in side-control. Andrews bridges and again gets back to his feet, with Quinlan immediately attacking the single. Andrews lands elbows which makes Quinlan change sides. Referee separates the fighters due to inactivity. Andrews lands a big right that drops Quinlan. Andrews follows it up with more uppercuts. Quinlan drops to his knees and Andrews throws a barrage of punches to force the referee to stop the fight.
Dylan Andrews def Jimmy Quinlan via TKO (Punches), Rd 1, 3:22
