UFC Fight Night 221 Results – Yan vs. Dvalishvili

After Jon Jones’ triumphant return to the UFC final weekend at UFC 285, the UFC is again for a bantamweight showdown this Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night 221.

UFC Battle Night time 221 Outcomes – Foremost Occasion

In Saturday night time’s essential occasion, the second and third ranked bantamweight contenders will face off as former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan seems to be to snap a two battle shedding streak towards Merab Dvalishvili. After beginning his profession at 14-1, Yan turned the UFC’s bantamweight champion in his seventh UFC battle when he defeated former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251. In his first title protection, Yan confronted Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259. Sadly, Yan ended up shedding the belt that night time as he was disqualified for an unlawful knee to a downed opponent that left Sterling unable to proceed.

As Sterling was out nursing accidents for a couple of 12 months, Yan picked up a win earlier than his rematch with Sterling. That win got here towards Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267 as Yan gained that battle by unanimous resolution. Yan’s rematch with Sterling got here after that and Yan would find yourself shedding as soon as once more as Sterling beat him by break up resolution to stay the UFC bantamweight champion. Yan appeared to bounce again from that loss in a battle with Sean O’Malley at UFC 280, nonetheless O’Malley emerged victorious in that battle, defeating Yan by break up resolution. Now, Yan seems to be to snap a two battle shedding streak towards a person that has gained his final eight in a row.

Merab Dvalishvili made his UFC debut in 2017 and shortly misplaced his first two outings, placing his skilled file at 7-4. Nonetheless, since these two opening losses, Dvalishvili has not misplaced a battle since. From 2018 to 2021, he had gained six straight unanimous selections over the likes of Brad Katona, John Dodson, Cody Stamann, and extra. He picked up his first end within the UFC in a battle with former WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes. Dvalishvili completed Moraes by TKO within the second spherical of their matchup at UFC 266.

After that win, he picked up one more unanimous resolution win, this time over former UFC featherweight champion and bantamweight title challenger, Jose Aldo. Dvalishvili seems to be to select up a win that may put him in line to problem for the title. Nonetheless, his coaching associate and pal, Aljamain Sterling, at the moment holds the title, and the 2 have made it clear they won’t battle one another. Sterling has tossed round the opportunity of shifting as much as give Dvalishvili his probability, however with an upcoming title protection towards Henry Cejudo, it’s unclear what the long run holds.

UFC Battle Night time 221 Outcomes – Co-Foremost Occasion

In UFC Battle Night time 221’s co-main occasion, heavyweights collide as Alexander Volkov takes on Alexandr Romanov. When Volkov arrived within the UFC, the previous Bellator heavyweight champion shortly put collectively a file of 4-0 within the octagon. Since then, he has largely alternated wins and losses main as much as this weekend with one two battle win streak throughout that point as nicely for a file of 5-4 since 2018. That two battle win streak occurred on the finish of 2020 and starting of 2021 when he defeated Walt Harris and Alistair Overeem by TKO at UFC 254 and in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night 184.

Since then, Volkov has gone 2-2 as he went on to lose to Ciryl Gane by unanimous resolution in his subsequent outing, snapping his two battle win streak. After shedding to Gane, he picked up a unanimous resolution win over Marcin Tybura at UFC 267 earlier than struggling a submission loss to Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night 204. Volkov’s most up-to-date outing was final summer time when he completed Jairzinho Rozenstruik by TKO within the first spherical of their essential occasion at UFC Vegas 56.

Sitting at quantity fourteen within the UFC heavyweight rankings, Alexandr Romanov suffered his first skilled loss in his final battle after beginning his profession 16-0. He made his UFC debut in 2020 and shortly put collectively 5 straight wins. In his first two fights with the UFC, he picked up back-to-back submission finishes over Roque Martinez and Marcos Rogerio de Lima. In his third outing, he defeated Juan Espino by technical resolution at UFC Vegas 24.

Romanov then went on to select two extra finishes, defeating Jared Vanderaa by second spherical TKO at UFC Vegas 39 adopted by a submission win over Chase Sherman at UFC Vegas 53. In Romanov’s most up-to-date battle, his undefeated file of sixteen consecutive wins was snapped following a majority resolution loss to Marcin Tybura at UFC 278.

UFC Battle Night time 221 Outcomes – Foremost Card

Kicking issues off on Saturday for UFC Battle Night time 221 will probably be a matchup within the gentle heavyweight division as Vitor Petrino takes on Anton Turkalj. Petrino enters this battle with an undefeated file of 7-0 as he makes his UFC debut following a profitable outing on Dana White’s Contender Collection. Additionally a product of the Contender Collection, Turkalj has already made his UFC debut as he suffered a submission loss to Jailton Almeida at UFC 279.

Following the sunshine heavyweight contest will probably be a bantamweight battle between Mario Bautista and Guido Cannetti. Bautista is getting into this battle on a 3 battle win streak. Of these wins, he defeated Jay Perrin by unanimous resolution at UFC Vegas 48 adopted by back-to-back submission wins over Brian Kelleher and Benito Lopez. As for Cannetti, he has been combating professionally since 2007 as he enters 12 months sixteen of his MMA profession. Getting into his battle with Bautista, Cannetti has gained his final two in a row with a TKO win over Kris Moutinho at UFC Vegas 50 and a submission end over Randy Costa at UFC Vegas 61.

Foremost card battle quantity three options one other matchup within the bantamweight division as Mentioned Nurmagomedov takes on Jonathan Martinez. Nurmagomedov will probably be getting into this battle on a 4 battle win streak that features a resolution win over Douglas Silva de Andrade, plus two submissions over Cody Stamann and Saidyokub Kakramonov, and a knockout win towards Mark Striegl. Martinez can even be getting into this battle on a 4 battle win streak as his streak consists of three straight unanimous resolution wins towards Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Perez and Vince Morales. The fourth and most up-to-date win was a second spherical TKO win over Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62.

Lastly, earlier than the co-main occasion will get underway, there will probably be a catchweight battle occurring at 215 kilos that includes a matchup that was imagined to headline UFC Vegas 70. Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann had been set to satisfy in a 5 spherical essential occasion simply two weeks in the past, nonetheless, Krylov was forced out of the battle simply hours beforehand because of an sickness. Now the pair has been rescheduled for UFC Battle Night time 221 and they’ll now battle at a catchweight of 215 kilos versus combating at gentle heavyweight like they had been imagined to at UFC Vegas 70. Coming into this battle, Krylov has gained his final two fights together with a knockout win over Alexander Gustafsson adopted by a unanimous resolution win over Volkan Oezdemir. Spann has additionally gained his final two in a row together with a submission win over Ion Cutelaba adopted by a knockout win over former UFC gentle heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes.

UFC Battle Night time 221 Outcomes

MAIN CARD (ESPN+ – 6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PST)

Merab Dvalishvili def. Petr Yan by way of Unanimous Choice (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Alexander Volkov def. Alexandr Romanov by way of TKO (Punches) at 2:16 of Spherical One
Nikita Krylov def. Ryan Spann by way of Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:38 of Spherical One
Jonathan Martinez def. Mentioned Nurmagomedov by way of Unanimous Choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Mario Bautista def. Guido Cannetti by way of Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 3:18 of Spherical One
Vitor Petrino def. Anton Turkalj by way of Unanimous Choice (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+ – 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST)

Karl Williams def. Lukasz Brzeski by way of Unanimous Choice (30- 26, 30-26, 30-27)
Davey Grant def. Raphael Assuncao by way of Submission (Reverse Triangle) at 4:43 of Spherical Three
Josh Fremd def. Sedriques Dumas by way of Submission (Guillotine) at 3:00 of Spherical Two
Victor Henry def. Tony Gravely by way of Cut up Choice (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Ariane Lipski def. JJ Aldrich by way of Unanimous Choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bruno Silva def. Tyson Nam by way of Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 1:23 of Spherical Two
Carlston Harris def. Jared Gooden* by way of Unanimous Choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

*Jared Gooden missed weight at 177 kilos and can forfeit 30 p.c of his purse.

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