Live, blow-by-blow updates for week 1 of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, season two. The main event of tonight’s show features light heavyweights Alonzo Menifield and Dashawn Boatright.
Tonight is week one of the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, which will highlight up-and-coming talent as well as some former UFC fighters looking for a second crack at the big time. Winners aren’t guaranteed a UFC contract, but it certainly helps to do so.
Bloody Elbow is here to bring you live play-by-play for this five-fight event at The Ultimate Fighter gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event this evening is a light heavyweight clash between Alonzo Menifield and Dashawn Boatwright. But the main focus of tonight’s card will be the pro debut of controversial ex-NFL player Greg Hardy.
As is the case for the whole of this eight-week run, Dana White’s Contender Series streams live on UFC Fight Pass, starting at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. For a complete preview of tonight’s show, check out Victor Rodriguez’s preview. The full fight card is as follows:
Alonzo Menifield vs. Dashawn Boatwright
Round 1 – Menifield drops with a straight right Boatwright as he throws a head kick! He jumps on him, pounds away with punches, and it’s over. In eight seconds.
Alonzo Menifield defeated Dashawn Boatwright via TKO (strikes), :08 of round 1
Round 1 – Lally with an outside leg kick. Again. Lally with a long right. Curtis is closing the distance but he hasn’t thrown anything yet. Uppercut from Curtis. So there you go. Lally with a big uppercut while Curtis works the body. Curtis lands two lefts, but Lally countered with a right. Lally paws with a left. Lally with a looping left. Head kick from Lally is blocked. Curtis backs him up and lands a straight left. Lally is cut. Another winging right from Lally. Now a right. They trade shots in close. 10-9 Lally.
Round 2 – Straight left from Curtis. Another. Curtis pops out a jab. Lally trying to work the body. Two overhand lefts from Lally. Curtis with a hard combo and a knee. He threw the same one again, but Lally responded with an uppercut. Straight left form Curtis again. Straight right from Lally. Lally with a jab. They trade straight punches. Curtis mixes in a leg kick. Lally responds with his own. More jabs from each man. Big combo from Lally. Straight right from Curtis. He digs to the body. 10-9 Curtis.
Round 3 – Lally presses forward and lands big shots right away. Curtis lands a counter and Lally backs up a bit. Lally with a glancing left. Curtis lands a superkick! A lead hook kick actually, right to the chin. LAlly went down and a few punches ended it.
Chris Curtis defeated Sean Lally via KO (head kick and punches), 1:37 of round 3
Greg Hardy vs. Austen Lane
Round 1 – Hardy closes with big shots. Lane pushes right back. Lane with a front kick. Hardy with an eye poke. Lane with a nice combo on the restart. Lane headkick is blocked. Hardy lands a right hook that stuns Lane. The follow-up left knocked Lane clean out. Wow.
Greg Hardy defeated Austen Lane via KO (punches), :57 of round 1
Montel Jackson vs. Rico Disciullo
Round 1 – Body kick from Jackson is blocked. Switch kick from Disciullo. Jackson with a one-two up the middle. Inside leg kick from Disciullo. Jackson pawing with the right. Steps in with a knee and Disciullo is stunned. A straight right drops him. He’s covering up on the ground while Jackson looks for the finish. Disciullo gives up his back. Jackson with a left as he comes up. But then he lands an elbow to the back of the head. Jackson is deducted a point by Herb Dean. Disciullo is okay to continue fairly quickly. Disciullo spins but misses. Jackson with a knee to the body, but it appears to be low. Herb Dean steps in again. Jackson with a combo on the restart. Disciullo looks for a takedown but can’t get it. 9-9.
Round 2 – Inside leg kick from Disciullo. Jackson with a quick right. Jackson gets a body lock and tries to get his opponent down. He succeeds, albeit briefly. He’s back down and Jackson is controlling the back. Knee to the body. Disciullo back up but Jackson takes him down right into side this time. Jackson rotates to a front headlock, then the back, now in half. Short lefts from Jackson. Disciullo back to his feet, but he rolls for a kneebar. Nothing there. Knees to the body. 10-9 Jackson.
Round 3 – Body kick from Jackson. Straight right and a hook from Disciullo. Jackson peppers him. Nice jab from Jackson backs Disciullo off. Inside leg kick from Disciullo. Now Jackson pokes him in the eye! Another point is taken after a long break. Big knee from Jackson and Disciullo goes down. Jackson opens up with punches and it probably should have been stopped, but it wasn’t. Jackson had to keep it up for a while until it was brought to a close. That was a weird, weird fight.
Montel Jackson defeated Nick Disciullo via TKO (strikes), round 3
Will Santiago vs. Kevin Holland
Round 1 – Holland misses with a kick. Now he misses with a spin kick. Santiago is just circling out. More kicks. Santiago lands a big left that gets Holland’s attention. Holland took him down. Santiago squirms away. Side kick from Holland. Lands a knee. He’s talking trash. Check left hook from Santiago as Holland gets too flashy with his attack. Outside leg kick from Holland. Another. Holland with a quick looping right. Santiago misses with a right. The fight is kind of awkward so far. Flying knee from Holland, and a head kick. Santiago with a left. 10-9 Holland.
Round 2 – Holland with a spinning kick and spinning back fist that both miss. Holland kicks over his head and Santiago lands an overhand right. More kicks from Holland. They start throwing hands but they miss with everything. A looping right hook from Santiago lands hard. Holland takes it, and presses forward with his own offense. He gets Santiago against the cage and lights him up a bit. Santiago is cut below the eye. Flying knee from Holland. Inside leg kick. Santiago lands to the body. 10-9 Holland.
Round 3 – A huge left from Santiago rocks Holland. He tried to charge in with more but lost his balance. Holland yells “I’m good!”. Holland is just flailing his arms. He slaps Santiago on the shoulder. Holland with a left. Not much going on here halfway through the final round. No urgency. Santiago with a left. Another slap. Front kick to the body from Santiago. Santiago gets a brief takedown but can’t keep it there. They jockey on the fence. Holland jumps guard but gets nowhere. 10-9 Santiago, but 29-28 Holland.
Kevin Holland defeated Will Santiago via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)