UFC Fight Nights 53 and 54 are in the books. The results are as follows:
Fight Night 53 Results (h/t BloodyElbow.com’s Mookie Alexander):
Main Card
- Rick Story def. Gunnar Nelson via split decision (47-48, 49-46, 50-44)
- Max Holloway def. Akira Corassani via TKO (punches) at 3:11 of Round 1
- Jan Blachowicz def. Ilir Latifi via TKO (body kick and punches) at 1:58 of Round 1
- Mike Wilkinson def. Niklas Backstrom via KO (punches) at 1:19 of Round 1
Preliminary Card
- Magnus Cedenblad def. Scott Askham via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Nico Musoke def. Alexander Yakovlev via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Dennis Siver def. Charles Rosa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Cathal Pendred def. Gasan Umalatov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Krzysztof Jotko def. Tor Troeng via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-27)
- Mairbek Taisumov def. Marcin Bandel via TKO (punches) at 1:01 of Round 1
- Zubaira Tukhugov def. Ernest Chavez via TKO (punches) at 4:21 of Round 1
UFC Fight Night 54 Results:
Main Card
- Rory MacDonald defeats Tarec Saffiedine by TKO at 1:28 of the third round
- Raphael Assuncao defeats Bryan Caraway by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Chad Laprise defeats Yosdenis Cedeno by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Elias Theodorou defeats Bruno Santos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Nordine Taleb defeats Li Jingliang by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
- Mitch Gagnon defeats Roman Salazar via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:06 of the first round
Preliminary Card
- Daron Cruickshank defeats Anthony Njokuani by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeats Jake Lindsey via submission (inverted triangle choke) at 3:22 of the second round
- Paul Felder defeats Jason Saggo by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Chris Kelades defeats Patrick Holohan by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Albert Tumenov defeats Matt Dwyer by TKO 1:03 of the first round
- Pedro Munhoz defeats Jerrod Sanders via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:39 of the first round
Next up? Two weeks of nothing (well, unless you’re into Bellator) followed by UFC 179. The event is the latest Brazilian UFC card and is chock full of random “Brazilian vs. Other Guy” affairs. Still, there are some interesting fights to be had, particularly in the main and co-main events which feature Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 2 and Glover Teixeira vs. Phil Davis.
So what should you mull over in the coming weeks? What should you look forward to with this card? Find out right here!