Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is crowning a new light heavyweight kingpin in the UFC 232 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, when Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson collide for the vacant 205-pound strap (just recently relinquished) by current champion, Daniel Cormier. That’s just one of two championship fights in the stacked UFC 232 line up tonight (Sat., Dec. 29, 2018). Before “Bones” and “The Mauler” go to war for the second time, UFC women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg, will put her 145-pound strap on the line against current women’s bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes, who jumps up in weight for a chance to make history. Unfortunately for mixed martial arts (MMA) fans in “Sin City,” the event has been moved from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Inglewood, Calif., to accommodate the licensing requirements for Jones after yet another drug testing fiasco (details). The show must go on!
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 232 fight card below, starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:15 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC 232 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action.)
UFC 232 LIVE RESULTS:
Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (for vacant light heavyweight title)
UFC Featherweight Champion Cristiane Justino vs. Amanda Nunes
Michael Chiesa vs. Carlos Condit
Corey Anderson vs. Ilir Latifi
Chad Mendes vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris
Cat Zingano vs. Megan Anderson
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Petr Yan
Ryan Hall vs. B.J. Penn — Hall def. Penn by submission (heel hook) at 2:46 of Round One
Andre Ewell vs. Nathaniel Wood — Wood def. Ewell by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:12 of Round Three
Uriah Hall vs. Bevon Lewis — Hall def. Lewis by KO (punch) at 1:32 of Round Three
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Curtis Millender — Millender def. Bahadurzada by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Brian Kelleher vs. Montel Jackson — Jackson def. Kelleher by submission (d’arce choke) at 1:40 of Round One
UFC 232 LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY:
205 lbs.: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (for vacant light heavyweight title)
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145 lbs.: UFC Featherweight Champion Cristiane Justino vs. Amanda Nunes
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170 lbs.: Michael Chiesa vs. Carlos Condit
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205 lbs.: Corey Anderson vs. Ilir Latifi
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145 lbs.: Chad Mendes vs. Alexander Volkanovski
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265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris
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145 lbs.: Cat Zingano vs. Megan Anderson
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135 lbs.: Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Petr Yan
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155 lbs.: Ryan Hall vs. B.J. Penn
Round 1: Penn pressuring, lands a right hand and ties up. They separate. Penn with a right downstairs. Hall slips on a hook kick, looks for a leg. Penn kicks his legs. Staying in Ali-Inoki position. Penn avoiding the leg grabs, eats an upkick. Ref waves Hall up. Two minutes in. Hall fires a bevy of kicks. Hall suddenly hits an Imanari slide into a heel hook, drawing an immediate tap.
Final result: Hall def. Penn by submission (heel hook)
135 lbs.: Andre Ewell vs. Nathaniel Wood
Round 1: Single shots at range so far. Low kick from Wood. Ewell tries a head kick. Body shot. One minute in. Ewell looks for a jump knee. Wood connects with a left hook. Wood doubles up the right hand and drops Ewell. He lands in half guard. Ewell gets his feet under him, stands, and separates. 1-2 from Ewell, check hook. Both men appear briefly stunned. Two minutes in. Ewell lands a lead left hand. Ewell goes to the body, eats right hooks. Body kick. Wood continuing to pressure. Two minutes to go.
Straight right from Wood, then a leg kick. Front kick and low kick trip Ewell up. 1-2 from Ewell, low kick from Wood. Wood with a pair of rights. Hard lead right. One minute to go. Ewell tries a spinning hook kick. Wood presses him against the fence. 10-9 Wood.
Round 2: They open the round with some furious exchanges until Wood takes him down into guard. Short ground-and-pound. Ewell not doing much off of his back. Two minutes in. Things continue that way for the next 60 seconds. Two minutes to go.
Now Wood postures up for some bigger punches. One minute to go. Wood keeps it up. I’m tempted to do a 10-8 since Ewell did nothing, but Wood didn’t do quite enough damage. 10-9 Wood.
Round 3: Low kicks from Wood. Wood with a good throw, doesn’t follow him down. Lead right lands and he puts Ewell on the fence. Knees from Wood. He gets Ewell to a knee, then changes direction and takes him down into side control. Ewell regains guard. Wood goes back to chipping away with punches. Two minutes in. Ewell doing nothing off of his back. Two minutes to go.
Now Wood transitions to the back and locks up the choke. Ewell trying to hand fight, but Wood readjusts his grip for the finish.
Final result: Wood def. Ewell by submission (rear naked choke)
185 lbs.: Uriah Hall vs. Bevon Lewis
Round 1: They open the fight trading kicks. Lewis extremely aggressive early, clips Hall with a 1-2. Front kick to the chin connects. Elbow, then knees from the clinch. Another elbow. Oblique kicks. One minute in. Trading jabs. Low kicks from Hall. He threatens to spin. Overhand right by Lewis. Body kicks. Two minutes in. Cross counter from Lewis, Hall defends the clinch attempt. Hall looks to spin, avoids a winging right hand. Hall with some oblique kicks. Lead right from Lewis. Two minutes to go.
Counter right from Hall. Lewis falls short with a 1-2. Head kick goes high. Hall catches a kick, can’t use it. One minute to go. More low kick exchanges. Lewis catches a kick, lands an elbow. Counter right from Lewis. Overhand right as Hall tries to pivot away. 10-9 Lewis.
Round 2: Back to the potshotting at range. Leg kick and spinning kick attempt from Hall. Both fire oblique kicks. One minute in. Lewis steps in with an overhand right, then catches Hall with a head kick. Hall comes back with a spinning back kick downstairs, takes a 1-2 in return. Two minutes in. Body kick from Lewis. Hall tries a Brazilian kick and Lewis grabs a rear waistlock when he slips. Knees to the booty. Two minutes to go.
Foot stomps from Lewis. Hall turns to face him. Lewis lands an elbow on the break. One minute to go. Stiff jabs from Hall. Spinning back kick downstairs. 10-9 Lewis.
Round 3: Lewis takes Hall to the fence. Good elbow. One minute in. They separate. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Lewis steps in and gets utterly wiped out by a counter right. Another incredible Uriah Hall comeback.
Final result: Hall def. Lewis by KO (punch)
170 lbs.: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Curtis Millender
Round 1: Millender flicking out kicks, avoids an overhand right. Body kick from Bahadurzada. Lots of feinting. Oblique kick from Millender, low kick from Bahadurzada. Millender continuing to land linear kicks to the knee. One minute in. Body kick from Bahadurzada. Hard outside leg kick from Millender, then back to the linear. Wheel kick from Millender appears to connect to no effect. Two minutes in. Millender fires another head kick. Bahadurzada falls short with haymakers but avoids another wheel kick. Millender comes back with a straight right. Two minutes to go.
Low kick from Millender, who avoids another flurry. Counters land for Bahadurzada, who takes a knee to the ribs. Millender continuing to target the lead leg. Bahadurzada rushes again, can’t connect. Millender tries a head kick with a minute to go. Bahadurzada having issues with the range, takes a jab. Bahadurzada looks to counter a left hook. Low kick lands. 10-9 Millender.
Round 2: Bahadurzada coming on aggressively, swinging hard. Millender cracks him with a jab. Low kicks from Bahadurzada. Millender tries to spin. Bahadurzada falls short with punches. Low kick connects. One minute in. Left hook lands for Bahadurzada as Millender steps in. Overhand rights. Millender with a jumping knee to the body and head kick attempt. Punching combination. Head kick just misses. Straight right. Then another on the counter. Clinch two minutes in. Millender returns to the lead leg. Bahadurzada swinging big. Two-piece lands, Millender answers with a straight right. 2-1 with two minutes to go.
Millender tries to spin and gets taken down into half guard. One minute to go. Millender holding on, Bahadurzada staying heavy. Bahadurzada postures, drops a right hand. Elbows connect. 10-9 Bahadurzada.
Round 3: Millender picks at the leg, fires straights. Body kick from Bahadurzada, who’s throwing heat. Millender whiffs on a head kick. Counter left and straight right from Millender. Low kick lands. 2-1 knocks Bahadurzada’s mouthpiece out. Bahadurzada still slinging heat as Millender picks him off. A counter right badly rattles Bahadurzada, who wobbles but shakes his head. Millender staying patient, blasts him with two more huge counters. Bahadurzada fails a takedown, eats left hooks. Heavy punches. Elbows as Bahadurzada curls up on the fence. Bahadurzada shoots, lands in half guard. Millender rolls to his knees two minutes in. He gets to his feet, slung back down. Bahadurzada punching from back control, ducks in for a single-leg when Millender stands. Two minutes to go.
Bahadurzada looking for a single-leg, can’t get it. Millender separates. Heavy right hand by Millender. Jab connects. One minute to go. Bahadurzada connects with an overhand right and they slug it out for a second. Counter right by Millender. Bahadurzada shoots, lands on top, gets swept. Millender on top in half guard to end the fight. 10-9 Millender.
Final result: Millender def. Bahadurzada by unanimous decision
135 lbs.: Brian Kelleher vs. Montel Jackson
Round 1: Jackson lands an early body kick, eats leg kicks in return. Kelleher kick strays low and he eats a 1-3 in return. Counter low kick from Jackson. One minute in. Hard body kick. Kelleher shoots, gets crushed by an elbow. Jackson looks to pound him out, then locks up a d’arce that forces the tap.
Final result: Jackson def. Kelleher by submission (d’arce choke)