#ufc-shanghai

#ufc-shanghai

Kavanagh started with an low leg kick early that got Johnson's attention. Johnson seemed considerably bigger in the cage but the lightning fast kicks of Kavanagh were finding a home. A short left hook by Kavanagh landed right on the eye of Johnson. Starting to retreat, Johnson seemed visibly affected by the shot. Midway through the round, Johnson entered the clinch but was pushed off by Kavanagh seconds later. The speed of Kavanagh was very impressive

Featherweights Yi Zha and Westin Wilson were the third fight in on Saturday's UFC Shanghai preliminary card. China's Zha, quite obviously with the crowd behind him on Saturday, was a Road to UFC winner who was looking to bounce back from a loss to Gabriel Santos. Wilson, meanwhile, had actually requested to fight overseas in China, a decision he would ultimately live to regret, not far into Saturday's opening round.

As it happened, the Shanghai show would be opened and closed by the 205lb division, with Johnny Walker and China's own Zhang Mingyang headlining. Saturday's prelim opener, however, found both Kyrgyzstan's Satybaldiev and Kazakhstan's Nurgozhay looking to pick up their first UFC win. Satybaldiev had debuted up a weight class in a heavyweight scrap with Martin Buday, while Nurgozhay had been submitted by Brazilian Brendson Ribeiro in a fight that had seen the Kazakh miss weight.

"Because his base is wrestle then Jiu Jitsu, my base is Jiu Jitsu then wrestle, I think it just has a different dynamic when it comes to the grappling aspect," Ortega told reporters on Wednesday. "He's looking for certain things, and I'm looking for other things."