Ateba Gautier moved to 4-0 inside the Octagon with a gritty performance against Andrey Pulyaev at UFC 324.
Gautier came out swinging early and caught Pulyaev with a right hand that knocked the Russian down. Pulyaev popped back up and appeared to be struggling with Gautier’s constant pressure.
As the first round went on, Pulyaev found some success, connecting with a series of brutal body kicks and finding a home for his left. That appeared to slow Gautier down considerably in the latter half of the first and into the second stanza.
90 seconds into the second, Pulyaev had doubled the significant strikes of Gautier.