Rapid Results for UFC 245
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada hosts UFC 245. The event features a triple serving of championship contests. The UFC women’s bantamweight, men’s featherweight, & men’s welterweight titles are on the line.
The UFC Welterweight championship is on the line in the main event. Kamaru Usman makes his first title defense in the main event against former interim champ Colby “Chaos” Covington. These two athletes have a true dislike for each other. Including a very public incident in a buffet line. Making this a genuine grudge match. Usman is currently on a 14-fight win streak. Covington is on a seven-fight win streak and is 10-1 inside the octagon.
Max “Blessed” Holloway looks to defend the UFC featherweight championship for the fourth time against Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski. Holloway has won 14-fights in a row. Volkanovski is on an incredible 17-fight win streak and is 7-0 in the octagon.
Multiple division women’s champion “The Lioness” Amanda Nunes defends her bantamweight championship against “The Iron Lady” Germaine de Randamie. The two have met before at UFC Fight Night 31, Nunes comes away with the first round TKO victory. Nunes is on a nine-fight win streak coming off a fourth successful defense of the bantamweight title. Randamie is on a five-fight win streak, coming off a 16 second knockout of Aspen Ladd.
ESPN+ PPV
- Welterweight Title Bout: (retains) Kamaru Usman (16-1) def. Colby Covington (15-2) by TKO (punches) 4:10 R5
- Featherweight Title Bout: (new) Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) def. Max Holloway (21-5) by (50-45, 48-47 x2) unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Title Bout: (retains title) Amanda Nunes (19-4) def. Germaine de Randamie (9-4) by (49-44, 49-45, 49-46) unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Bout: Marlon Moraes (23-6-1) def. Jose Aldo (28-5) by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision
- Bantamweight Bout: Petr Yan (14-1) def. Urijah Faber (35-11) by KO (left high kick) 0:43 R3
ESPN2 Prelims
- Welterweight Bout: Geoff Neal (13-2) def. Mike Perry (13-6) by TKO (strikes) 1:30 R1
- Bantamweight Bout: Irene Aldana (12-5) def. Ketlen Vieira (10-1) by KO (left hook + punches on ground) 4:51 R1
- Middleweight Bout: Omari Akhmedov (20-4-1) def. Ian Heinisch (13-3) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
- Welterweight Bout: Matt Brown (22-16) def. Ben Saunders (22-13-2) by (ground & pound from guard) 4:55 R2
ESPN+ Prelims
- Featherweight Bout: Chase Hooper (9-0-1) def. Daniel Teymur (7-3) TKO (strikes from mounted triangle) 4:34 R1
- Flyweight Bout: Brandon Moreno (16-5-1) def. Kai Kara-France (20-8) by (30-27, 29-28 x2) unanimous decision
- Flyweight Bout: Jessica Eye (15-7) def. Viviane Araujo (8-2) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
- Middleweight Bout: Punahele Soriano (7-0) def. Oskar Piechota (11-3-1) by KO (left straight) 3:17 R1
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