An early midweek card may have caught some fans off guard on Wednesday, Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny went to battle in the main event of a pretty eventful card overall. Check out all the highlight and the full results below.
Manon Fiorot made it look easy in her UFC debut in her strawweight fight with Victoria Leonardo. Fiorot, who fights out of Nice, France is definitely a fighter to look out for in the future.
Umar Nurmagomedov, cousin of lightweight champion Khabib, was also successful in his UFC debut. The Russian took on Sergey Morozov in the 135-pound division and got the win by rear naked choke in the second round.
Double Cage Warriors champion, Mason Jones and Mike Davis put on a fight for the ages in the lightweight division. Both fighter showed phenomenal grit and heart, going all three rounds with Davis getting the nod on all three scorecards. Terrific fight.
Francisco Figueiredo got the win in his over Jerome Rivera in the flyweight division. Figueiredo, who is the brother of 125-pound champion Deiveson, took home a unanimous decision in his UFC debut.
Su Mudaerji defeated Zarrukh Adashev on all three scorecards to take home a unanimous decision victory.
Ricky Simon put on a wonderful display in his bantamweight encounter with Gaetano Pirrello. Simon locked in an arm triangle forcing Pirrello to tap out in round two.
Middleweight’s Omari Akhmedov and Tom Breese kicked proceedings off on the main card. Akhmedov proved to be too much for the UK based fighter locking in an arm triangle in the second round of the fight.
Lerone Murphy remained undefeated in his professional career, taking home the unanimous decision win over Douglas Andrade and the featherweight looked very impressive doing so.
Matt Schnell and Tyson Nam went all three rounds in a super close fight. Schnell did just enough to get his arm raised, and take home the split decision victory.
Viviane Araujo dominated Roxanne Modafferi over three rounds winning a unanimous decision in the process. The Brazilian moves to 4-1 in the UFC and moves on up the ladder in the 125-pound division.
Ike Villanueva picked up a huge knockout victory over Vinicius Moreira in the first round in their light heavyweight contest.
Warlley Alves obliterated his opponent, Mounir Lazzez, in the co-main event of the evening. The Brazilian landed a trio of kicks, visibly hurting the fight favourite Lazzez to the body, in the very first round.
In the main event of the evening Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny fought all five rounds. It was a gruelling fight and an impressive grappling display from Chiesa, he continued his climb up the welterweight ladder.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Main Card
Michael Chiesa def. Neil Magny via Unanimous Decision (49-46 x3)
Warlley Alves def. Mounir Lazzez via knockout Round 1 (2:35)
Ike Villanueva def. Vinicius Moreira via Knockout Round 2 (0:39)
Ian O'Neill is the host of the SevereMMA UFC Preview show and one of the co-hosts of The Auld Triangle - Irish MMA podcast. You can find more of Ian's work on the SevereMMA Patreon where he co-hosts The Chasing Pack and The Contender. Follow him on Twitter and on Instagram @ioneillmma
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