UFC Vegas 9 went down on Saturday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The card only featured seven bouts, after Thiago Moises and Marcos Rogerio de Lima tested positive for the coronavirus just hours before the card got underway.
In the main event, Alistair Overeem won an entertaining heavyweight contest, stopping Augusto Sakai in the first minute of the final round. In the UFC Vegas 9 co-main event, Ovince Saint Preux scored a spectacular knockout over Alonzo Menifield in the second round.
Elsewhere on the card Michel Pereira submitted Zelim Imadaev in the final minute of the fight, having dominated in entertaining fashion for three rounds. And Brian Kelleher needed less than a minute to submit Ray Rodriguez, who was a late replacement for Kevin Natividad.
Full results from UFC Vegas 9:
Main Card:
Alistair Overeem defeats Augusto Sakai via fifth round TKO (0:26)
Ovince Saint Preux defeats Alonzo Menifield via second round KO (4:07)
Michel Pereira defeats Zelim Imadaev via third round rear naked choke submission (4:39)
Andre Muniz defeats Bartosz Fabinski via first round armbar submission (2:42)
Brian Kelleher defeats Ray Rodriguez via first round guillotine choke submission (0:39)
Thiago Moises vs. Jalin Turner – Cancelled
Viviane Araujo defeats Montana De La Rosa via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Alexander Romanov vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima – Cancelled
Hunter Azure defeats Cole Smith via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
The UFC returns next Saturday night with UFC Vegas 10, which will see a fun strawweight matchup between Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill in the main event.
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