After a unanimous decision against Brandon Lewis to receive a UFC contract Dana White’s Contender series In 2022, Marcos made his promotional debut at UFC 283 and quickly made himself known to fans by stopping Saimon Oliveira with punches in the second round.

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The undefeated fighter improved to 2-0 in the UFC after defeating Davey Grant before a match with Aoriqileng ended in a no contest due to a groin shot, but after defeating John Castañeda in June, Marcos was set up for a big fight with Yanez before the promotion’s end-of-year event in Tampa.

Yanez was an up-and-coming bantamweight prospect in his own right until he suffered back-to-back losses to Rob Font and Jonathan Martinez, and although he scored and snapped a first-round stoppage against Vinicius Salvador, the 31-year-old still found himself slipping found himself as an underdog against the undefeated Marcos.

Marcos landed a big punch early in the first round that seemed to have rattled Yanez before the action was stopped due to a simultaneous punch to the eye and groin, and when things got going again both bantamweights landed some heavy punches until they were beaten The round ended in the clinch against the fence.

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It was Yanez who stunned his opponent with a left hand to open an action-packed second round, and in the third frame the two men initially engaged in some wild exchanges before Marcos decided to use his grappling to secure a split decision victory .

UFC Tampa opened with four straight decisions before the final three preliminary bouts of the evening all ended by knockout, and prior to Marcos’ win, the main card also saw another undefeated fighter pick up a victory as Najavo Stirling defeated Tuco Tokkos in a light heavyweight contest.

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