Live, blow-by-blow updates for today’s UFC event in Fort Lauderdale, FL, which features a late-replacement middleweight fight between Jacare Souza and Jack Hermansson.
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play as UFC on ESPN+ 8: Jacare vs. Hermansson comes to the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
The headliner takes place in the middleweight division, where a series of changes have led Jacare Souza to take on Jack Hermansson, who is fighting for the second time in a month. Jacare has allegedly been offered a title shot with a win here.
The co-main event will see controversial Greg Hardy looking for his first UFC win when he meets Dmitry Smolyakov.
The event was originally scheduled to fully air on big ESPN, but due to the changes, it is now an ESPN+ main card. The three-fight preliminary card starts at 5:30pm ET/2:30pm PT on ESPN 2. Things move to big ESPN for four fights at 7pm ET, and then the six-fight main card goes to ESPN+ at 9pm ET.
Check out this week’s MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each matchup.
Round 1 –
Angela Hill vs. Jodie Esquibel
Round 1 – Quick start from both ladies. Hill with a right. Esquibel with front kicks. She scores with a right. Esquibel chasing but Hill plants and lands a hard shot. Another right scores. Esquibel wades inside again but can’t connect with much. Lead right from Hill. Esquibel moves in with a left. Hill with a knee up the middle. Hill catches a kick and throws Esquibel to the ground. She cracks her with a right as she gets up. Hill with a jump knee to the body. Esquibel with a left. Front kick from Esquibel to the chest. Esquibel shoots and looked to have a takedown secured, but Hil somehow fought it off. Knee from Esquibel. Head kick from Hill. 10-9 Hill.
Round 2 – Esquibel comes forward and lands a left. She’s really pressing, throwing combos. Hill with a knee. A hard counter right from Esquibel scores. Hill might have a bloody nose from it. Hill ith an uppercut. And a knee. Hill with a lead right over the top, a knee, and another right. Esquibel chasing. She lands a right hook. Body kick from Hill. Esquibel clinches but is spun around quickly. They break. They trade jabs. Hill with a counter right as she backs up. Esquibel with a combo. Hill with a hard step-in knee and a right. They trade to close out the round. 10-9 Hill.
Round 3 – Hill with a knee to the body again. Esquibel continues to press. Esquibel with a body punch, but Hill lands a head kick in respoonse. Esquibel is bleeding. She trips up Hill. Wasn’t a knockdown, just a slip. Hill rips to the body. She lands a counter. Esquibel is being stuck with the jab as soon as she tries to advance now. Counter left and a combo from Hill. Lead right hook. Counter left. Hill is feelin’ it now. They trade in close. Esquibel sticks Hill with a left. They trade some more. Front kick from Hill. Esquibel with a nice right, but Hill caught her right back. Another jump knee. They brawl to the horn. Fun fight. 10-9 and 30-27 Hill.
Angela Hill defeated Jodie Esquibel via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Round 1 – McGee wades in with a left but Lima lands a hard counter left. Body kick from McGee. Inside left kick as well. Lima with a nice left. Another left scores for Lima. McGee goes back to body kicks. McGee bringing the pressure as usual. Looping left scores for Lima. McGee eats it, but Lima lands yet another left. McGee can’t adjust. Lima digs to the body with a right. McGee ducks under and was in deep on a takedown attempt, but couldn’t get it. McGee with a shovel hook. Lima sluffs off a takedown attempt and he immediately looked for one of his own. Whoa, McGee with a sick judo throw! Lima rolls right through it though. McGee looks for another takedown but can’t get it. 10-9 Lima.
Round 2 – McGee with a low kick. Lima with a left hook. Lima with a big combo. McGee just takes it. Court with an inside leg kick, but eats yet another counter. Straight right from Lima ovr the top. McGee shut down on another takedown attempt. Lima with the overhand right again. They trade in the pocket and Lima gets the best of it. Lima digs to the body again but can’t and the follow-up right hook. Lima with a leg kick. McGee with an inside kick. Looping left hook from Lima. Lima catches a kick and spins around to McGee’s back. McGee looks for a late guillotine. 10-9 Lima
Round 3 – Lima leads off with, what else? Another counter left. McGee fails on another takedown attempt. Lima with a straight right. Lima misses with a big right. The pace hasn’t really slowed but they’re landing less. Leg kick from Court. Again. Lima with a counter jab and a turnover right hook. McGee with a right. He’s chasing Lima a bit now. Lima with a long right. McGee ducks under again but Lima is fighting him off against the cage. Last minute. Lima scoots away. Counter right from Lima. Leg kicks from McGee. One more takedown thwarted. They come up brawling and McGee drops Lima with a few seconds to go! Lima survives and looks fine as he got up, but that was close! 10-9 McGee but 29-28 Lima.
Dhiego Lima defeated Court McGee via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Main Card (9pm ET)
Ronaldo Souza vs. Jack Hermansson
Greg Hardy vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov
Glover Teixeira vs. Ion Cutelaba
John Lineker vs. Cory Sandhagen
Roosevelt Roberts vs. Thomas Gifford
Preliminary Card (7pm ET)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Augusto Sakai
Carla Esparza vs. Virna Jandiroba
Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Davis