We have an absolutely stacked card of fights tonight starting at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT. We’ll have three fights on Fight Pass (6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT), four fights on ESPN (8pm ET/5pm PT), and then the final five will of course be on PPV (10pm ET/7pm ET).
This card is going to literally give us all we can handle with all the great matchups on it; from Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic going at it again, to Nate Diaz returning against Anthony Pettis, to Yoel Romero versus Paulo Costa finally happening, it’s going to be a great night.
Not to mention newer breed knockout artists like Sodiq Yusuff and Devonte Smith performing tonight, and against good competition. We have slick strikers like Gabriel Benitez and Drakkar Klose looking to get noticed in their respective showcases on ESPN and PPV. Ian Heinisch will get his first non BJJ black belt opponent in the UFC in Derek Brunson, this card is outstanding! Live Results posted below:
Stipe Miocic def. Daniel Cormier via TKO (punches) at 4:09 of round four
- Miocic improves to 19-3, Cormier falls to 22-2 (1 NC)
Nate Diaz def. Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Diaz improves to 20-11, Pettis falls to 22-9
Paulo Costa def. Yoel Romero via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Costa improves to 13-0, Romero falls to 13-4
Sodiq Yusuff def. Gabriel Benitez via KO (punches) at 4:14 of round one
- Yusuff improves to 10-1, Benitez falls to 21-8
Derek Brunson def. Ian Heinisch via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Brunson improves to 20-7, Heinisch falls to 13-2
Khama Worthy def. Devonte Smith via TKO at 4:15 of round one
- Worthy improves to 15-6, Smith falls to 10-2
Cory Sandhagen def. Raphael Assuncao via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Sandhagen improves to 12-1, Assuncao falls to 27-7
Drakkar Klose def. Christos Giagos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Klose improves to 11-1-1, Giagos falls to 17-8
Casey Kenney def. Manny Bermudez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Kenney improves to 13-1-1, Bermudez falls to 14-1
Hannah Cifers def. Jodie Esquibel via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Cifers improves to 10-3, Esquibel falls to 6-6
Kyung Ho Kang def. Brandon Davis via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
- Kang improves to 16-8 (1 NC), Davis falls to 10-7
Sabina Mazo def. Shana Dobson via unanimous decision (30-24, 30-25, 30-25)
- Mazo improves to 7-1, Dobson falls to 3-3
