Jon Jones

The UFC is reportedly considering Derrick Lewis for Francis Ngannou's first defense of the heavyweight championship.

Ariel Helwani of ESPN reported the promotion has "kicked the tires" on a rematch between the heavyweight stars for June 12, but the timeline does not work for Ngannou. Most expected the champion's first title defense to come against Jon Jones, who has been bulking up for a run in the heavyweight division.

UFC has been unable to come to financial terms with Jones for his next fight.

Helwani noted the fact that UFC President Dana White is considering a fight other than Jones-Ngannou indicates the promotion is open to moving on from the sought-after prizefight.

Lewis defeated Ngannou via unanimous decision at UFC 226 in what was seen as a major upset at the time. Lewis would go on to challenge Daniel Cormier for the heavyweight championship in a losing effort at UFC 230, concluding a 2018 that saw him fight four times, including a span of three fights in five months.

It seems Lewis has learned from overextending himself in 2018, with each of his past five fights carrying at least a three-month layoff. Lewis has reeled off four straight victories to move himself back up the heavyweight rankings. He most recently knocked out Curtis Blaydes at a UFC Fight Night event in February.

Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno look set to headline the UFC 263 pay-per-view set for June 12.

Jon Jones isn't getting back into the Octagon without a hefty payday. Based on Jones' recent comments, it doesn't seem like Dana White is anywhere near the pound-for-pound GOAT's asking price.

Jones sent out a series of tweets Wednesday saying UFC's $8-10 million offer for his next fight is "way too low":

I had a brief phone meeting with UFC‘s lawyer Hunter a few days ago. As of right now I expressed to him that anywhere around eight to $10 million would be way too low for a fight of this magnitude. That’s all that has been discussed so far.

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) March 31, 2021

I’ve been working my ass off for years, concussions, surgeries, fighting the Toughest competition UFC had to offer throughout my 20s for right around 2 million per fight. I’m just trying to have my payday, the fight that all of us fighters Believe is one day possible.

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) March 31, 2021

I tweeted show me the money and that evidently pissed off the boss. What a learning lesson. I feel like if Connor would’ve sent that same tweet there would have been whiskey night.

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) March 31, 2021

Jones' presumed next fight would be against Francis Ngannou, who won the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 260 with a second-round knockout of Stipe Miocic. Jones has been adding weight in anticipation of leaving the light heavyweight division to fight heavyweights.

"I don't know what exactly happened between Jon Jones and the UFC, but I think there's something wrong, and I also think he handled it maybe a little in the wrong way," Ngannou said on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show. "Listen, that's not my business.

"There's a lot of contenders ready to fight. For the first time, I'm the man who's making the call. I don't have to sit down and wait for people. They're waiting for me, and I'm ready. I can choose to fight, and I want to fight maybe two [more] times this year. I hope that [Jones] fight happens."

Jones is 26-1 (1) in his career, with his lone loss to Matt Hamill and his no-contest against Daniel Cormier both coming because of his own mistakes. He was disqualified against Hamill for illegal elbows, and his win over Cormier was thrown out over a positive drug test.

A head-to-head bout against Ngannou would be one of the most anticipated fights in UFC history. 

UFC President Dana White said two-time light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is the greatest fighter in the MMA promotion's history.

White told TMZ Sports in an interview released Saturday that while Jones is the all-time GOAT, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is the best active fighter, though his status is uncertain after he retired following an October title defense against Justin Gaethje.

He also lamented Jones' only career loss (26-1 with one no contest), a disqualification against Matt Hamill in December 2009 for illegal downward elbows, which he believes should have only been a point deduction.

"It shouldn't have happened that way," White said. "He shouldn't have a loss, so it's unfortunate."

Nurmagomedov has earned a place in the "greatest ever" conversation—a discussion that also includes the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva—with a series of impressive performances in recent years, including submission wins over Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.

Amanda Nunes is also starting to make her own case by reigning over both the women's featherweight and bantamweight divisions in recent years.

That said, it's hard to argue against White's selection of Jones. The way he performed at his peak, including four high-profile wins in a single calendar year in 2011 when he first won the light heavyweight belt, was a level of dominance that took the UFC by storm.

The New York native took on every challenger the division had to offer over the course of a decade and never relinquished the belt via loss. He was stripped of the title three times but returned on each occasion to win it back in his next fight. He vacated the belt in August.

It's fair to argue Jones' legacy has been tarnished by failed drug tests and legal troubles, and his decision to vacate the title leaves his future up in the air.

Yet from a purely fighting standpoint, the UFC has never witnessed another fighter who could completely own a division filled with so many legitimate threats to his title for so long. It was an impressive run of both elite skill and terrific durability.

Now the question is exactly when, or perhaps if, he'll return to show he's still one of the best at age 33.

In a lousy year for everyone else, the UFC did just fine by comparison.

Though Dana White and Co. would surely have preferred fans in the stands, it's difficult to deny the mixed martial arts conglomerate gained ground on the rest of the sports world with week after week of seamless empty-house shows after its two-month hiatus during a pandemic-ravaged spring.

In fact, eight pay-per-view cards and another 25 Fight Night events were produced from May 9 forward at three separate sites, including the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., the company's own Apex facility in Las Vegas and the much-ballyhooed "Fight Island" venue at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi.

And while many of the promotion's top names—Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes and Khabib Nurmagomedov among them—were active and successful in 2020, they didn't steal the yearlong show.

Indeed, where there's 10 months worth of competitive smoke, there's bound to be fire.

Conveniently enough, that's just the way Khamzat Chimaev likes it.

And that's one of the reasons he's B/R's "Rising Star to Watch" of 2020. Truth told, though the year also included up-and-coming studs like Kevin Holland, Joaquin Buckley and Jiri Prochazka, it really wasn't close. 

Now 26, the brash Chechen had exclusively worked the international side of the street in the first two years of his career, fighting six times in five countries while recording four KOs and two submissions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQHgLHDiRM

But the rise began in earnest in mid-July on Fight Island, where Chimaev encountered 31-fight middleweight John Phillips—dubbed the "Welsh Wrecking Machine"—in his UFC debut. Rather than playing it safe against a seasoned foe, he got a takedown within 10 seconds, ran up a ridiculous 78-1 striking edge through the first round and finished things off via D'Arce choke barely more than a minute into the second.

He darted to the fence to chat up White in the aftermath and laid the groundwork in a post-fight interview for a chirpy, aggressive persona that's become his calling card heading into the new year.

"I'm gonna be champion here," Chimaev told Paul Felder on the ESPN broadcast. "Gimme a guy, I'm gonna smash him. I listened to my coach, he said 'Take him down and smash him.' I did that. It's the same thing (as other promotions). They're people. Like me. But I work harder."

Felder was an instant believer, saying "If he wasn't on your radar before, he should be now."

As it turned out, though, Chimaev's upward flight was just beginning.

He was back just 10 days later to pound welterweight Rhys McKee into a first-round pulp, establishing a new standard for the quickest turnaround between UFC victories and subsequently getting love from White for social media callouts of guys like Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal and McGregor.

And in his Las Vegas debut in September, it was a 17-second catchweight layout of Gerald Meerschaert.

Two-time UFC champ Dominick Cruz was on praise duty for ESPN for that one.

"This kid," Cruz said, "is the future of whatever division he chooses to be in."

Three fights. Three wins. Three Performance of the Night bonuses for the now 15th-ranked welterweight. And coming up in January, a Fight Night headliner with Leon Edwards, who's No. 3 at 170 pounds.

"This kid is one fight away from being a massive superstar," White said on the Jim Rome Show (h/t MixedMartialArts.com). "If he can beat Leon Edwards he's going to be a massive superstar in the UFC. I would say he's a super-confident Khabib. He wants to fight anybody, doesn't care. He'll move up one weight class, two weight classes.

"When you're a fight fan you love guys like that. Or you want to see a guy like that lose so it's good in every way, shape and form."

Good enough for us.

Jon Jones argued he's the greatest fighter in UFC history after Khabib Nurmagomedov retired with a 29-0 record following his victory over Justin Gaethje on Saturday.

Jones (26-1, one no-contest), posted a video (via TMZ Sports) pointing toward his number of wins in title fights as a stark advantage over Khabib in the GOAT conversation.

"I'm talking to all you Khabib fans out there," Jones said. "... Fifteen world titles to your guy's four? And you guys are really talking about who's the best fighter ever? You guys are joking, right? Fifteen to four. Are you guys kidding me?"

The former light heavyweight champion—he vacated the title in August—argued Nurmagomedov bolstered his record against lesser opponents.

"And, all you guys who are going with this, 'He's more dominant' argument, [Khabib] just recently started fighting elite-level competition," Jones said. "Could you imagine me against the No. 10-ranked guy?"

Nurmagomedov already owned a 16-0 MMA record when he arrived to the UFC, and it was up to 25-0 before he received his first title fight in the sport's biggest promotion. He defeated Al Iaquinta to win the lightweight belt in April 2018 and defended it against Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Gaethje.

Meanwhile, Jones' only loss came by disqualification for illegal elbows against Matt Hamill in 2009. His first title fight came in March 2011, a win over Mauricio Rua, and every fight he's taken since has been a championship bout.

As far as the 33-year-old New York native is concerned, Khabib isn't even the top contender for the GOAT crown, per TMZ.

"The only person that could possibly come back and challenge my record and what I've done in the UFC is possibly Georges St-Pierre," Jones said. "He would have to come back and win two championship fights to tie me, and I'm not even retired yet! I'm 33 years old. I've got a whole 'nother chapter to go through."

Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson and Fedor Emelianenko are among the other fighters who at least deserve a place in the greatest-of-all-time discussion.

Although Nurmagomedov ended his career with a bang, whether he has enough major wins over high-end opponents to earn the GOAT label is very much up for debate.

Jan Blachowicz won the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship Saturday night. Now he has his eyes set on the man who used to hold the belt.

Blachowicz called out Jon Jones in his post-match interview following his TKO win over Dominick Reyes at UFC 253.

"Jon Jones, where are you? Don't be a quitter. I'm here, this is how we do it in Poland. I'm waiting for you," Blachowicz said.

Jones defeated Reyes at UFC 247 in February but vacated the championship last month after being unable to come to terms on a contract for his next bout. The light heavyweight legend teased a return on Twitter following Blachowicz's victory.

"Would you guys be annoyed if I went back and grabbed my belt real quick?" Jones tweeted.

Blachowicz has won his last four fights to reach the pinnacle of his sport at age 37. He's one of the few light heavyweight stars who has never stood toe-to-toe with Jones. 

UFC President Dana White said several options are still on the table for Jon Jones, including the long-awaited clash with Israel Adesanya, pending the results at UFC 253 on Saturday.

White told TMZ Sports that Jones hasn't moved to the heavyweight division and could wait to see who's holding the belts after Saturday's card to make a decision:

"Jon hasn't moved up to heavyweight yet. We don't know what Jon's gonna do.

"If you're Jon Jones right now, you probably sit back and watch what happens this weekend, see who wins, how they win, and maybe make them defend the title and then you come back and try to regain it."

"Or you move up to heavyweight. Or if Adesanya wins this weekend, you fight Adesanya, I don't know. Jon Jones is in a really good position right now."

Jones vacated the light heavyweight title in August amid a contract dispute with UFC. Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz will battle for the vacant championship at UFC 253.

Meanwhile, Adesanya will defend his middleweight belt against Paulo Costa in the show's main event. He owns a 19-0 career record with three straight wins in title fights.

Jones, whose last fight was a unanimous-decision win over Reyes in February, has also teased a potential move to the heavyweight ranks.

The 33-year-old New York native remains a premier draw for UFC, and he's traded barbs with Adesanya over the past few years. A matchup between the two would generate plenty of hype.

That said, Jones does have plenty of options before he starts gearing up for his return to the Octagon. The outlook should become more clear based on Saturday's results.

It won't win awards for star power, but the latest UFC Fight Night show had its moments.

After two scheduled three-rounders went the one-sided distance to begin Saturday's show from the UFC Apex, the rest of the night was a study in varied violence—featuring three submissions by three different maneuvers, a one-punch knockout and a back-and-forth bloodbath in the main event.

Heavyweight behemoths Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai met in that scheduled five-rounder, a match that featured certifiably outstanding moments for both before a crunching TKO whose winner you'll have to read on to discover.

The ESPN+ production was again captained by blow-by-blow man Jon Anik and seconded by analyst Daniel Cormier. Meanwhile, Brett Okamoto returned for the first time in a while as the backstage reporter and Joe Martinez filled in for Bruce Buffer as the man with the in-cage microphone.

It was over before 11 p.m. ET, which gave Cormier reason to grab the golf clubs.

"The driving range is open for another two hours," he said. "I could get used to this."

Bleacher Report was there from start to finish to take it all in and deliver the usual comprehensive collection of the card's true winners and losers. Take a look to not only find out about the aforementioned main event, but to see how your takeaways compare with ours.

        

Loser: Not Respecting Your Elders

FOUR DECADES IN THE GAME.@AlistairOvereem isn't afraid of some deep water 🌊 #UFCVegas9 pic.twitter.com/Nk0uRnqKsm

— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

Sakai came into Saturday's main event full of momentum and with nothing to lose.

He was 11 years younger than his opponent, hadn't lost a UFC fight in four outings and seemed poised to shave a few numbers off his prodigious No. 8 contender status in the heavyweight division.

And for a bit more than 10 minutes, everything was going to plan. The 29-year-old's edge in activity had him up two rounds, and he looked as if he'd retained enough energy against a somnambulant Overeem to push the pace for another three rounds.

But as it turned out, the 40-year-old was just getting started.

The ex-Strikeforce champion took the fight to the ground in the third and began making headway with ground-and-pound, battering Sakai in that position for nearly two full rounds before getting the stop against his bloody, exhausted foe just 26 seconds into the fifth.

It was the 47th victory and 42nd finish of his storied career, which included a failed UFC title try against Stipe Miocic four years ago. He's also one of only two fighters, joining former foe Aleksei Oleinik, with pro wins in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

"Augusto is a tough guy, an up and comer," he said. "But I was very well prepared, and we did it again, even at 40 years of age."

He said the pre-fight style was to let Sakai take the initiative, limit the punishment absorbed and be ready to step on the gas at the opportune moment. Indeed, by the time it was over, Overeem was landing elbows and hammer fists at will and Sakai was on his side covering up as referee Herb Dean implored him to "fight back" before subsequently intervening.

"My corner told me, 'Don't do too much. Don't gas yourself. The opening for the finish will present itself,'" said Overeem, ranked fifth at heavyweight. "I was just chilling, just cruising." 

Cormier suggested possible follow-up matches with No. 3 contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik or No. 4 Derrick Lewis, or perhaps a high-profile match with Jon Jones when he arrives from light heavyweight.

"Overeem's got options," he said. "But because he's fought everybody you don't know exactly where to go."

The winner, for his sake, seemed up for any of the challenges.

"I love fighting," he said. "It's been my passion for 23 years. I'm ready for more."

               

Winner: Stealing the Thunder

OUT COLD.

❄️ @003_OSP walkin' off in style tonight!

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— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

The smart money going in suggested that the light heavyweight bout between Alonzo Menifield and Ovince Saint Preux was a matchup of distinctly opposite styles.

Menifield was the burly slugger who'd be hunting for a fight-ending strike, while Saint Preux was the lanky veteran who'd try to coax his opponent into a slower, less dangerous scrap.

And through about nine minutes, it had unfolded exactly that way.

Menifield usually swung and missed, occasionally swung and landed, and always looked for a way to get his man into a firefight. And Saint Preux seemed content to counter and control distance with long kicks.

Until he decided to change tactics.

The former University of Tennessee football player leaned back to elude a winging right hand from Menifield as the second round entered its final minute, then turned and delivered his most precise reply of the night—landing a left hand flush on the side of Menifield's jaw and dropping him flat on his face for a sudden, one-shot finish at 4:07 of the session.

"Boom," Cormier said. "Menifield was going for it all and he got it, but not the way he was looking for."

It was his second straight loss after he'd begun his pro career with nine finishes (eight KOs and one submission) in nine fights, while Saint Preux put at least a temporary stop to a prolonged skid that had seen him lose four of six fights since 2018.

He's now 25-14 as a pro and 13-9 in the UFC.

"I'm feeling good," Saint Preux said. "I feel so good now it's crazy."

           

Loser: Acting Tough at Weigh-Ins

An exclamation point to a stellar night - @UFCPereira, take a bow 👏

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— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

Zelim Imadaev talked the talk.

Or to be more accurate, he shoved the shove.

But while the Russian might have eked out a split decision with his tough-guy antics at Friday's weigh-in, he was in way over his head by Saturday night.

Brazilian dynamo Michel Pereira was a whirling dervish of entertaining violence across a scheduled three-rounder at welterweight, landing all manner of strikes before pouncing on his man at the end at getting a submission by rear-naked choke at 4:39 of the third.

"I came to give the show I told everyone was planning to give," Pereira said. "I was ready for wherever that fight was going to do. I dance the way the music plays."

The winner was unpredictably dominant for nearly every moment leading up to the finish, landing flying strikes off the cage, jumping high knees and open-hand slaps at various spots. He got behind Imadaev for a belly-to-back suplex in the finishing sequence, then locked in the choke and got the intervention from referee Chris Tognoni.

Some debate surrounded the finish, with Imadaev appearing to suggest he hadn't tapped but instead was moving his hands to fight off the choke.

Pereira, meanwhile, went immediately to the post-fight callout and declared his intention to chase Jorge Masvidal for the much-hyped BMF belt.

"I knew it was coming. I was focused. I knew I was going to get it and I got it," he said. "I want the BMF belt. Jorge Masvidal beware. You are next."

     

Winner: Turning 20 in Las Vegas

HE GOT IT DONE 😤

🇧🇷Muniz gets the armbar submission in RD 1.

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— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

Andre Muniz already had 12 submissions, 12 first-round finishes...and 19 career victories.

So where better to turn 20 than a Saturday night in Las Vegas?

The Brazilian was a slight underdog to streaking Polish import Bartosz Fabinski as their middleweight bout began, but it was quickly apparent that his varied submission skill set would be decisive.

Muniz defended a takedown attempt with a guillotine choke that Fabinski was able to escape, but in doing so, he soon fell victim to an armbar that yielded a tap out at 2:42 of Round 1.

Once Fabinski got out of the guillotine he moved to top position as Muniz instantly transitioned toward a try at a triangle choke, Fabinski spun toward his right to escape that hold but his left arm stayed locked in and Muniz finished things off with the armbar.

"He gave him a triangle look and when his opponent tried to circle out of the triangle, he put himself right into a finish," Cormier said. "He set him up perfectly with that position."

It was Muniz's 20th win in 24 pro bouts and his second in a row in the Octagon.

Fabinski had won eight of nine fights coming in but fell to 3-2 in the UFC.

"I was expecting him to strike more," Muniz said. "I felt that his hand was under my armpit [as he turned]. My intention was to use the armbar. I told the ref that it was going to break."

        

Loser: Skipping the Scouting Reports

WATCH YOUR NECK! 😳@BrianBoom135 only needs SECONDS to end it!

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— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

Ray Rodriguez was predictably anxious.

The Texan took a featherweight fight with Brian Kelleher on less than a full day's notice, and as Dean waved the two together, the newcomer seemed ready to make an instant UFC impact.

He immediately charged Kelleher and changed levels for a quick takedown attempt but probably regretted not researching the move about a split-second after he'd made it.

Long known as a master of the guillotine choke, Kelleher defended the attack with his signature maneuver, cinching his left arm around Rodriguez's neck and tightening the grip until his foe was forced to tap out after just 39 seconds of competitive combat.

"That's his move," Cormier said. "He understands that if you take a bad shot against him, he takes out that guillotine, and he has a squeeze like few others."

Indeed, it was the 10th submission win of Kelleher's career and the seventh by guillotine. Its speed also tied for the fourth-fastest submission in the UFC's featherweight division history.

Kelleher, on the short list of fighters with three UFC wins this year, said he got the official word he'd be facing Rodriguez—after two other scheduled opponents were scrubbed—on Friday night.

As soon as the fight was waved off, he ran to the cage and challenged Cormier to a golf date.

"I had a lot of nerves coming in," he said, "and I want to say thanks to him for stepping up and still giving me the chance to fight tonight. I've been a company guy, taking fights on short notice against last-second replacements, and I'm looking forward to fighting at least once more this year."

         

Winner: Women's Flyweight Fans

The striking of @ViviAraujoMMA was BRUTAL 😳 #UFCVegas9 pic.twitter.com/bWzDoxn3jC

— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2020

Women at 125 pounds have provided some of the most compelling recent bouts in the UFC.

And if Brazilian striker Viviane Araujo is any indication, the future will be pretty good, too.

The 33-year-old was athletic, menacing and violent in her fourth outing in the Octagon, leaving No. 11 contender Montana De La Rosa a bloody mess by the end of a unanimous victory in the second of the night's seven bouts.

Now 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the UFC, Araujo moved in and out and peppered her 25-year-old foe with kicks to the left leg and left jabs and overhand rights to the face—leaving her less mobile and gradually more beaten up as blood oozed from her nose and assorted nicks on the face.

De La Rosa was plenty game and hung in there with heavy strikes of her own, but Araujo's work rate was far superior and her blows more impactful as the fight wound through 15 minutes.

She won by tallies of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 on the scorecards.

"That was a fantastic performance. I thought she won the first round and the third round very clearly," Cormier said. "Her grandmother [who died earlier this year] would be very proud of her tonight."

Araujo, who arrived ranked eighth in the division, landed 78 significant strikes and had a 44 percent connect rate with strikes to the head.

"I feel great. This year was very hard for me. This victory goes to my grand mom," she said. "She's very hard. A very hard opponent. I'm very happy."  

           

Loser: Staying on Script

An update on tonight's fight card: https://t.co/FzFo3WfUI2 #UFCVegas9

— UFC (@ufc) September 5, 2020

Less than 12 hours before the first fight was ready to go, the Fight Night card was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and was to include nine fights. By the time 6 p.m. rolled around, however, it was culled to seven fights, an opponent in another match was changed and the start time was pushed back 60 minutes.

A UFC statement said the changes were related to COVID-19 issues, and the adjustments left the show with just seven fights—the lowest total for a UFC card since another seven-fight show in 2005. 

A scrubbed heavyweight bout between Alexander Romanov and Marcos Rogerio De Lima had been set for the preliminary card, while a lightweight contest matching Thiago Moses and Jalin Turner that would have been the second bout on the show's main portion was also nixed.

As a result, the preliminary card was scrapped and the event went off as one seven-bout event.

Also, Kevin Natividad was pulled from a scheduled featherweight bout with Kelleher and replaced with Rodriguez, who'd appeared previously on Dana White's Contender Series.

                       

UFC Fight Night 176 Full Card Results

By UD! 🙌

Azure secures the first win of the night 29-28 (x3)

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— UFC (@ufc) September 5, 2020

Alistair Overeem def. Augusto Sakai by TKO (punches), 0:26, Round 5

Ovince Saint Preux def. Alonzo Menifield by KO (punch), 4:07, Round 2

Michel Pereira def. Zelim Imadaev by submission (rear-naked choke), 4:39, Round 3

Andre Muniz def. Bartosz Fabinski by submission (armbar), 2:42, Round 1

Brian Kelleher def. Ray Rodriguez by submission (guillotine choke), 0:39, Round 1

Viviane Araujo def. Montana De La Rosa by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Hunter Azure def. Cole Smith by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

       

Performances of the Night

Brian Kelleher, Andre Muniz, Michel Pereira, Ovince Saint Preux