Ibirapuera Gymnasium is Sao Paulo Brazil, hosts the Ultimate Fighting Championship for UFC Fight Night 164. The main event has number 6 ranked contender Jan Blachowicz, from Poland, welcoming former Strikerforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza to the light heavyweight division.
Blachowicz has won five of his last six fights. In July Blachowicz spoiled the light heavyweight debut of Luke Rockhold knocking out the former middleweight champion at UFC 239. Brazil’s “Jacare” is a highly regarded grappler, whose racked up 22 stoppage victories, 14 by submission. We last saw Souza get his hand raised at UFC 230 stopping Chris Weidman with strikes in the third round.
The co-main event has former Pride & UFC champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua facing Scotland’s Paul Craig, who has all his UFC wins by submission.
UFC on ESPN+ 22 Main Card
- Main Event – 205: Jan Blachowicz (25-8) def. Ronaldo Souza (26-8) by (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) split decision
- Co-Main Event – 205: Mauricio Rua (26-11-1) vs. Paul Craig (12-4-1) is scored (29-28, 28-29, 28-28) split draw
- 155: Charles Oliveira (28-8) def. Jared Gordon (15-4) by KO (right uppercut) 1:26 R1
- 185: Andre Muniz (19-4) def. Anronio Arroyo (9-3) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
- 185: Wellington Turman (16-3) def. Markus Perez (11-3) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
Prelims
- 170: James Krause (27-7) def. Sergio Moraes (14-6-1) by KO (punch) 4:19 R3
- 145: Ricardo Ramos (14-2) def. Eduardo Garagorri (13-1) by submission (rear naked choke) 3:57 R1
- 155: Francisco Trinaldo (24-7) def. Bobby Green (24-10-1) by(30-27, 29-28 x2) unanimous decision
- 170: Randy Brown (12-3) def. Warlley Alves (13-4) by submission (triangle choke) 1:22 R2
- 145: Douglas Andrade (26-3) def. Renan Barao (34-9) by (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) unanimous decision
- 125: Ariane Lipski (12-5) def. Isabella de Padua (5-2) by (30-26, 30-26, 29-27) unanimous decision
- 135: Tracy Cortez (7-1) def. Vanessa Melo (10-7) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) unanimous decision
