Lightweights headline this week’s UFC essential occasion as MMASucka brings you reside UFC Vegas 49 outcomes all through the day. UFC Vegas 49’s essential occasion was initially a light-weight struggle between Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush. After Dariush was compelled to withdraw lower than two weeks in the past, Bobby Inexperienced stepped in to avoid wasting the principle occasion as he and Makhachev face off in a 160-pound catchweight struggle.
UFC Vegas 49 Outcomes – Primary Occasion
Islam Makhachev is proprietor to one of many longer win streaks within the light-weight division as he comes into his struggle in opposition to Inexperienced with 9 straight wins behind him. In his UFC profession, and profession general, he has solely misplaced one time. That loss occurred in his second UFC look when he suffered a primary spherical knockout loss to Adriano Martins at UFC 192. Since then, he has received 9 straight fights as he climbs his approach in the direction of a title shot, which ought to come if he defeats Inexperienced for his tenth straight victory. After not showing as soon as throughout 2020, Makhachev fought thrice in 2021 as he prolonged his win streak from six to 9 that yr. All three of these wins in 2021 had been by submission as the primary of them was a 3rd spherical arm triangle submission over Drew Dober at UFC 259. Following that win was a fourth spherical rear bare choke win over Thiago Moises in Makhachev’s first essential occasion at UFC Vegas 31. In his most up-to-date win, he picked up his third straight submission to enhance his win streak to 9 with a kimura win over Dan Hooker at UFC 267.
As for Inexperienced, in his final 4 outings, he has compiled a file of 2-2 having received his final two straight. Inexperienced had a stable yr in 2020 with three straight wins to kick issues off, however his final struggle that yr resulted in a unanimous determination loss to Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 181. He would find yourself shedding his subsequent struggle, making his shedding streak two in a row after one other unanimous determination loss, this time in opposition to Rafael Fiziev. Since dropping these two fights, Inexperienced has received his final two straight. Following the loss to Fiziev, Inexperienced went on to complete Al Iaquinta by first spherical TKO only a few months later. Inexperienced’s most up-to-date struggle befell only a couple weeks in the past at UFC 271 when he defeated Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous determination to enhance his streak to 2 in a row. Come Saturday, Inexperienced will look to tug off an enormous upset that might put him in an excellent place for a title shot.
UFC Vegas 49 Outcomes – Co-Primary Occasion
In Saturday evening’s co-main occasion, middleweight fighters Misha Cirkunov and Wellington Turman face off. Cirkunov might be coming into the struggle coming off two appearances in 2021. Sadly, he misplaced each appearances, the primary of them being a primary spherical TKO loss to Ryan Spann early within the yr at UFC Vegas 21. His subsequent look in 2021 was in opposition to Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Vegas 38. In that struggle, Cirkunov misplaced to Jotko by cut up determination. Cirkunov hopes to bounce again with a greater begin to his 2022 as he appears for a win in opposition to Turman.
For Turman, he additionally appeared two occasions throughout 2021 nevertheless he put collectively a file of 1-1 over these fights. Previous to these fights, Turman suffered a knockout loss to Andrew Sanchez within the final half of 2020. After that, he had two extra fights scheduled, one for the late months of 2020 and one for the early months of 2021, nevertheless he was compelled to tug out of each of these fights attributable to sicknesses. His first look in 2021 occurred in June when he suffered a primary spherical knockout loss to Bruno Silva at UFC Vegas 29. Since then, in his most up-to-date struggle, Turman picked up a win on the finish of the summer season with a cut up determination win over Sam Alvey at UFC Vegas 35.
UFC Vegas 49 Outcomes – Primary Card
Kicking off UFC Vegas 49’s essential card might be a middleweight struggle between Armen Petrosyan and Gregory Rodrigues. Petrosyan might be making his UFC debut after a profitable outing on final yr’s run of Dana White‘s Contender Series. In that struggle he completed Kaloyan Kolev by knockout within the first spherical from a head kick. As for his opponent, Rodrigues, he might be making his third look within the UFC after going 2-0 in his final two fights. The primary of these was a UD win over Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 28, adopted by a knockout win over Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41.
After that struggle might be a light-weight matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez. After shedding in his UFC debut, Tsarukyan has received his final 4 straight since. In his two fights throughout 2021, Tsarukyan first defeated Matt Frevola by UD at UFC 257, adopted by a primary spherical TKO win in his most up-to-date struggle in opposition to Christos Giagos at UFC Vegas 37. Similar to Tsarukyan, Alvarez additionally misplaced his UFC debut and since then has received his final 4 straight. He appeared simply as soon as throughout 2021 when he defeated Thiago Moises by first spherical TKO at UFC Vegas 42 for his fourth straight win.
Lastly, earlier than UFC Vegas 49’s co-main occasion, there might be a matchup within the girls’s flyweight division between Ji Yeon Kim and Priscila Cachoeira. Kim might be coming into the struggle with a file of 0-2 in her final two years of competitors. Throughout her solely look of 2019, Kim misplaced to Alexa Grasso by unanimous determination at UFC Fight Night 175. After that, she misplaced her second straight struggle by unanimous determination in her most up-to-date outing in opposition to Molly McCann at UFC Vegas 36. Cachoeira might be coming into the struggle with a 1-1 file throughout her 2021. To start out that yr off, she received he second straight struggle with a second spherical TKO win over Gina Mazany at UFC 262. In her most up-to-date struggle, her win streak was snapped after shedding to Gillian Robertson by first spherical submission at UFC 269.
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MAIN CARD (ESPN+ – 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST)
Islam Makhachev def. Bobby Inexperienced through TKO (Punches) at 3:23 of Spherical One
Wellington Turman def. Misha Cirkunov through Submission (Armbar) at 1:29 of Spherical Two
Priscila Cachoeira def. Ji Yeon Kim through Unanimous Resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Arman Tsarukyan def. Joel Alvarez through TKO (Punches) at 1:57 of Spherical Two
Armen Petrosyan def. Gregory Rodrigues through Cut up Resolution (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+ – 4 p.m. EST/1 p.m. PST)
Ignacio Bahamondes def. Rong Zhu* through Submission (Guillotine) at 1:40 of Spherical Three
Josiane Nunes def. Ramona Pascual through Unanimous Resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Terrance McKinney def. Fares Ziam through Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 2:11 of Spherical One
Jonathan Martinez def. Alejandro Perez through Unanimous Resolution (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Ramiz Brahimaj def. Michael Gillmore through Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 2:02 of Spherical One
Carlos Hernandez def. Victor Altamirano through Cut up Resolution (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
*Rong Zhu missed weight at 160 kilos and can forfeit 40 % of his purse
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