UFC 271 went down on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. In the main event, Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision to retain his middleweight title.
In the co-main event, Tai Tuivasa pulled off the upset by knocking out hometown hero Derrick Lewis in the second round, improving his winning streak to five in a row. Elsewhere on the UFC 271 main card, Jared Cannonier scored a huge second round TKO win over Derek Brunson in their potential middleweight title eliminator, Renato Moicano continued his impressive run at lightweight with a second round submission win over Alexander Hernandez, and Bobby Green bagged a second straight victory by beating Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous decision.
UFC 271 Results
Main Card
Israel Adesanya defeats Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
Tai Tuivasa defeats Derrick Lewis by second-round KO (1:40)
Jared Cannonier defeats Derek Brunson by second-round TKO (4:29)
Renato Moicano defeats Alexander Hernandez by second round rear naked choke submission (1:23)
Bobby Green defeats Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Prelims
Andrei Arlovski defeats Jared Vanderaa by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Casey O’Neill defeats Roxanne Modafferi by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Kyler Phillips defeats Marcelo Rojo by third round triangle armbar submission (1:48)
Carlos Ulberg defeats Fabio Cherant by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Early Prelims
Ronnie Lawrence defeats Mana Martinez by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-28)
Jacob Malkoun defeats AJ Dobson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Douglas Silva de Andrade defeats Sergey Morozov by second round rear naked choke submission (3:24)
Jeremiah Wells defeats Blood Diamond by first round rear naked choke submission (4:38)
Maxim Grishin defeats William Knight by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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