UFC on ESPN 1 Results
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in the Valley of the Rising Sun for the first UFC on ESPN event. The main event a Heavyweight collision pitting former champion Cian Velasquez vs. knockout artists & rising stat Francis Ngannou.
Velasquez the former 2-time UFC Heavyweight champion, will be competing for the first time since stopping Travis Browne with brutal ground & pound at UFC 200, in July of 2016. N’Gannou is 6-2 in the UFC with all his coming by knockout. “The Predator” comes in off stopping Curtis Blaydes in 45 seconds in the main event of UFC Fight Night 141.
Main Card (9pm ET, ESPN)
265: Francis Ngannou (13-3) def. Cain Velasquez (14-3) by KO (punches) 0:26 R1
155: Paul Felder (16-4) def. James Vick (13-3) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) unanimous decision
115: Cynthia Calvillo (8-1) def. Cortney Casey (8-7) by (30-27, 29-28 x2) unanimous decision
145: . Kron Gracie (5-0) def. Alex Caceres (14-12) by submission (rear naked choke) 2:06 R1
170: Vicente Luque (15-6-1) def. Bryan Barberena (14-6) by TKO (knees & punches) 4:54 R3
145: Andre Fili (19-6) def. Myles Jury (17-4) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
Preliminary Card (7pm ET, ESPN)
135: Aljamain Sterling (17-3) def. Jimmie Rivera (22-3) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
135: Manny Bermudez (14-0) def. Benito Lopez (9-1) by submission (D’Arce choke) 3:09 R1
125: Andrea Lee (10-2) def. Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-4) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
155: Nik Lentz (30-9-2) def. Scott Holtzman (12-2) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
Early Prelims (5:30pm ET, ESPN+)
135: Luke Sanders (13-3) def. Renan Barao (34-8) by TKO (punches) 1:01 R2
115: Emily Whitmire (4-2) def. Aleksandra Albu (3-1) by submission (rear naked choke) 1:20 R1
115: Jessica Penne (12-5) vs. Jodie Esquibel (6-4) Cancelled after Penne suffers ankle injury prior to the eevnt
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