UFC 282 went down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main event between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev ended in a split draw. Both fighters had their moments. The Dagestani had a good first round, but struggled to deal with the former champ’s technical striking and low kicks in round two and three. Switching to wrestling midway through the fight, however, worked wonders for the Russian as he was able to control the fight on the mat for the final two rounds.
In the co-main event, Paddy Pimblett improved to 4-0 in the UFC with a controversial decision win against Jared Gordon. Elsewhere on the UFC 282 main card, Santiago Ponzinibbio returned to winning ways with a third round TKO win over Alex Morono, Dricus Du Plessis continued his impressive run in the promotion with a third round submission win over Darren Till and Ilia Topuria kept his perfect record intact with a submission win over Bryce Mitchell.
UFC 282 Results
Main Card
Jan Blachowicz vs Magomed Ankalaev declared a split draw (48–47, 46–48, 47–47)
Paddy Pimblett defeats Jared Gordon by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Santiago Ponzinibbio defeats Alex Morono by third round TKO (2:29)
Dricus Du Plessis defeats Darren Till by third round rear naked choke submission (2:43)
Ilia Topuria defeats Bryce Mitchell by second round arm triangle choke submission (3:10)
Prelims
Raul Rosas Jr. defeats Jay Perrin by first round submission (2:44)
Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Chris Daukaus by first round KO (0:23)
Edmen Shahbazyan defeats Dalcha Lungiambula by second round TKO (4:41)
Chris Curtis defeats Joaquin Buckley by second-round KO (2:49)
Early Prelims
Billy Quarantillo defeats Alexander Hernandez by second round TKO (4:30)
TJ Brown defeats Erik Silva by head/arm choke submission (3:41)
Cameron Saaiman defeats Steven Koslow by third round TKO (4:13)
