UFC Vegas 59 received whittled right down to 10 fights on Saturday, however all of them delivered! The sunshine heavyweight headliner was scrappy, and the welterweight co-headliner resulted in violent trend.
The preliminary portion of the card started oddly after Mayra Bueno Silva submitted Stephanie Egger with an armbar that went unseen by referee Chris Tognoni. ’Sheetara’ was adamant she felt a faucet, therefore her speedy launch of the armbar on Egger. Upon reviewing the replay and polling the judges (choose Ron McCarthy stated he “completely 100%” noticed a faucet), Tognoni declared Silva the winner. Cory McKenna returned to the win column with a second-round Von Flue choke of Miranda Granger. ‘Poppins’ additionally etched her title in UFC historical past as she grew to become the primary feminine fighter to win by that submission. Good! Bryan Battle starched Takashi Sato with a brutal head kick in lower than a minute. The Final Fighter 29 winner then gave probably the greatest post-fight interviews of the night time and challenged both Ian Garry or Bryan Barberena for his subsequent struggle. Michal Oleksiejczuk was profitable in his debut at middleweight, dropping Sam Alvey twice and ending him earlier than referee Herb Dean waved off the motion. With that loss, ‘Smilin’ is now on a nine-fight winless streak, the longest in UFC historical past.
The main portion of the card noticed Terrance McKinney add one other first-round end to his resume, snatching up a standing rear-naked choke on Erick Gonzalez. ’T. Wrecks’ advised Michael Bisping that he desires to struggle once more both at UFC 280 or UFC 281 and towards a fellow up-and-coming title within the light-weight division: Paddy Pimblett. Serghei Spivac dominated Augusto Sakai on the bottom and received a second-round TKO. The ‘Polar Bear’ would favor a top-ten opponent for his subsequent look. Juliana Miller grew to become the primary TUF 30 winner after punishing Brogan Walker-Sanchez on the bottom with punches and elbows. Mohammed Usman slept Zac Pauga with a sickening left hook and follow-up hammerfist to win the heavyweight crown of TUF 30. Enjoyable reality: Mohammad and his older brother Kamaru — present UFC welterweight champion — are the primary pair of brothers to win The Final Fighter! Geoff Neal confirmed off his ‘Handz of Metal’ with a shocking third-round TKO of Vicente Luque, who had by no means been completed by strikes in his skilled profession. The No. 13 welterweight used his time on the microphone to ask for one more contender in Gilbert Burns.
Jamahal Hill scored a fourth-round TKO of Thiago Santos in a back-and-forth affair. ‘Candy Goals’ was examined by ‘Marreta,’ however he finally overwhelmed the Brazilian and received his third straight end.
Efficiency of the Evening: Bryan Battle, Geoff Neal, and Mohammed Usman
Mayra Bueno Silva def. Stephanie Egger by submission (armbar) at 1:17 of Spherical 1
Cory McKenna def. Miranda Granger by submission (Von Flue choke) at 1:03 of Spherical 2
Bryan Battle def. Takashi Sato by KO (head kick) at :44 of Spherical 1
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Sam Alvey by way of TKO (punches) at 1:56 of Spherical 1
Terrance McKinney def. Erick Gonzalez by submisison (standing rear-naked choke) at 2:17 of Spherical 1
Serghei Spivac def. Augusto Sakai by TKO (punches) at 3:42 of Spherical 2
Juliana Miller def. Brogan Walker-Sanchez by TKO (strikes) at 3:57 of Spherical 3
Mohammed Usman def. Zac Pauga by KO (punch) at :36 of Spherical 2
Geoff Neal def. Vicente Luque by KO (punches) at 2:01 of Spherical 3
Jamahal Hill def. Thiago Santos by TKO (strikes) at 2:31 of Spherical 4
Combat of the Evening: Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill
