UFC 302 Results

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey for UFC 302 where Islam Makhachev defends the UFC Lightweight title against Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier. Makhachev the pound for pound number one ranked fighter in the UFC heads into his third championship contest on a 13-fight win streak. Since winning the title at UFC 280 Makhachev has twice successfully defended taking down Alexander Volkanovski. A former interim champion Poirirer looks to take clam of the only prize to have alluded him.

In the co-main event, it’s a Middleweight bout between top contenders as former champion Sean Strickland faces number 7 ranked Paulo Costa.

We’re watching a great crave out his place in history. Islam Makhachev dominated for five-rounds and made an emphatic statement never reletting. Hunting for and getting the finish just after the halfway point of the 5^th round. The Dagestani fighter records his third title defense and 12^th career submission.

Former Middleweight champion Sean Strickland has positioned himself for another shot at the UFC title. The official decision will go down as split, but that was really only one man’s opinion. For five rounds Strickland walked down Costa with a multitude of fakes constantly forcing the Brazilian to question what weapon was coming from what angle at what time. Strickland’s fourth win in his last five fights is the 14^th decision win for the number 1 contender.

Kevin Holland returned to the Middleweight division and the win column collecting the 9^th submission win of his career. A left hand from Oleksiejczuk sat Holland down. The Polish fighter got himself in trouble following to the mat Holland taking the right arm for the victory.

UFC 302 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):

• UFC Lightweight Title (Champ) Islam Makhachev (26-1) def. Dustin Poirier (30-9) by Submission (D’Arce Choke) 2:42 R5
• Middleweight: Sean Strickland (28-6) vs. Paulo Costa (14-3) by (46-49, 49-46, 50-45) Unanimous Decision
• Middleweight: Kevin Holland (26-11) def. Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-8) by Submission (Armbar) 1:35 R1
• Welterweight: Niko Price (16-7) def. Alex Morono (24-10) by (29-28 x3) Unanimous Decision
• Welterweight: Randy Brown (19-5) def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-8-1) by (29-28 x3) Unanimous Decision

UFC 302 ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN2/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):

• Middleweight: Roman Kopylov (13-3) def. Cesar Almeida (5-1) by (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) Split Decision
• Heavyweight: Jailton Almeida (21-3) def. Alexandr Romanov (17-3) by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:27 R1
• Lightweight: Grant Dawson (21-2-1) def. Joe Solecki (13-5) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) Unanimous Decision
• Welterweight: Jake Matthews (20-7) def. Phil Rowe (10-5) by (30-27, 29-28 x2) Unanimous Decision

UFC 302 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET):

• Welterweight: Bassil Hafez (9-4-1) def. Mickey Gall (7-6) by (29-28, 30-27 x2) Unanimous Decision
• Women’s Bantamweight: Ailin Perez (10-2) def. Joselyne Edwards (13-6) by (30-27, 29-28 x2) Unanimous Decision
• Flyweight: Andre Lima (8-0) def. Mitch Raposo (9-2) by (30-27, 28-29, 30-27) Split Decision

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