Tonight the first ever ESPN card in UFC history goes down, as Cain Velasquez returns after almost three years away to attempt taking out Francis ‘The Predator’ Ngannou. We also have more great fights throughout the card, from top bantamweights Jimmie Rivera and Aljamain Sterling, to Renan Barao against Luke Sanders, to James Vick returning to fight Paul Felder, to Kron Gracie making his UFC debut against TUF 12 veteran, Alex ‘Bruce Leeroy’ Caceres. The action starts on ESPN+ at 6 PM ET, then goes to ESPN at 7 PM ET for the rest of the night, stay tuned!
Francis Ngannou def. Cain Velasquez via KO (punches) in round 1
- Ngannou improves to 13-3, Velasquez falls to 14-3
Paul Felder def. James Vick via UD
- Felder improves to 16-4, Vick falls to 13-3
Cynthia Calvillo def. Cortney Casey via UD
- Calvillo improves to 8-1, Casey falls to 8-7
Kron Gracie def. Alex Caceres via submission (RNC) in round 1
- Gracie improves to 5-0, Caceres falls to 14-12 (1 NC)
Vicente Luque def. Bryan Barberena via TKO (knee and punches) at the end of round 3
- Luque improves to 15-6-1, Barberena falls to 14-6
Andre Fili def. Myles Jury via UD
- Fili improves to 19-6, Jury falls to 17-4
Aljamain Sterling def. Jimmie Rivera via UD
- Sterling improves to 17-3, Rivera falls to 22-3
Manny Bermudez def. Benito Lopez via submission (D’Arce choke) in round 1
- Bermudez improves to 14-0, Lopez falls to 9-1
Andrea Lee def. Ashlee Evans-Smith via UD
- Lee improves to 10-2, Evans-Smith falls to 6-4
Nik Lentz def. Scott Holtzman via UD
- Lentz improves to 30-9-2-1, Holtzman falls to 12-3
Luke Sanders def. Renan Barao via KO (punches) in round 2
- Sanders improves to 13-3, Barao falls to 36-8 (1 NC)
Emily Whitmire def. Aleksandra Albu via submission (RNC) in round 1
- Whitmire improves to 4-2, Albu falls to 7-1
Jessica Penne (12-5) was expected to face Jodie Esquibel (6-4) tonight, however Penne sprained her ankle warming up earlier today, and the bout has been scrapped considering.
