Alexandre Pantoja 打ち勝つs 汚い 削減（する） and 抱擁する 戦う／戦い with unheralded 挑戦者 Steve Erceg at UFC 301 to 勝利，勝つ 決定／判定勝ち（する） after five-一連の会議、交渉／完成する thriller, as Brazilian 保持するs 肩書を与える in Rio
- Alexandre Pantoja held off 挑戦者 Steve Erceg to defend his フライ級選手 belt?
- Pantoja, fighting in his home country in Brazil, earned a scorecard clean sweep?
- But it was far from plain sailing with Pantoja 支えるing a 血まみれの forehead 削減（する）
Alexandre Pantoja 首尾よく defended his フライ級選手 肩書を与える after a 全員一致の 決定／判定勝ち（する） 勝利，勝つ against Steve Erceg in 前線 of his home （人が）群がる in Brazil at UFC 301.
Pantoja held off the 挑戦者 to 保持する his belt and earned a clean sweep on the scorecards (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) - but also 支えるd a 汚い 削減（する） on his 直面する.
The favourite was made to work against his unheralded 対抗者 in Rio de Janeiro, having started on 最高の，を越す in 一連の会議、交渉／完成する one before 存在 dragged into a 血まみれの war.
A valiant Erceg more than held his own across the pulsating 支援する-and-前へ／外へ 対決 but Pantoja's 支配（する）／統制する on the ground 最終的に 証明するd 決定的な.
'I'm in here to fight the best in the world and this guy's one of them,' Pantoja said.
Alexandre Pantoja overcame a 抱擁する 戦う／戦い with unheralded 挑戦者 Steve Erceg at UFC 301
Pantoja 保持するd his UFC フライ級選手 belt after a five-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 対決 in Rio de Janiero
'What a 堅い 対抗者 to have in here. I think I need to move my 長，率いる, these guys are hitting me too much. What an incredible guy, an incredible 対抗者.'?
Pantoja started 積極性 but Erceg, who （機の）カム so の近くに to a shock in 前線 of a raucous 十分な house, 反対するd 効果的に in a flurry of striking 交流s.
The defending 支持する／優勝者 苦しむd a 血まみれのd 直面する in the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, however, after Erceg landed a perfectly timed 肘 that 割れ目d against Pantoja's 長，率いる.
As the 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 ticked into the 選手権 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs, Pantoja looked to punish Erceg on the canvas にもかかわらず the 血 that 注ぐd 負かす／撃墜する his forehead and across his 直面する.?
With いっそう少なく than two minutes remaining, Pantoja 逆転するd an 試みる／企てるd takedown from his 対抗者 to 格闘する 支援する 支配（する）／統制する and clinically の近くにd out the fight.?
A 激しく disappointed Erceg rued the mistakes he made in the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.?
'I thought that if I could 勝利，勝つ the last 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at least, I'd give myself a chance,' he said.?
But the defending 支持する／優勝者 支えるd a 削減（する）, leaving 血 tricking 負かす／撃墜する his forehead
Erceg (left) rued the mistakes he made during the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and believes he 'blew it'
'I just blew it.'?
Earlier in the evening, Jose Aldo had electrified the （人が）群がる in the co-main event after his 支配的な victory against Jonathan Martinez on his return from 退職.?
Aldo was 支援する to his blistering best on his way to outpointing his 対抗者 and later 明らかにする／漏らすd he wants to re-調印する with the UFC for one final 発射 at the 肩書を与える.
