Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back on television tonight (Sat., May 19, 2018) with the UFC Fight Night 129 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on FOX Sports 1, which features a welterweight main event between Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman, who battle for a spot in the 170-pound title chase. Elsewhere on the card, held inside Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, surging strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez looks to keep her perfect record intact against the once-beaten Alexa Grasso, while Jared Cannonier and Dominick Reyes hook ‘em up in light heavyweight action.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Night 129 fight card below, starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” undercard bout at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the FOX Sports 2 “Prelims” undercard bouts at 8 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 10 p.m. ET, also on FOX Sports 1.
Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Maia vs. Usman.”
Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC Fight Night 129 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action.)
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 129 QUICK RESULTS:
Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman
Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee
Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
Michel Prazeres vs. Zak Cummings
Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo — Botelho def. Kondo by TKO (body kick and punches) at 0:33 of Round One
Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Bandenay — Benitez def. Bandenay by KO (slam and punches) at 0:39 of Round One
Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis — Barzola def. Davis by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26 x2)
Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz — Saenz def. Briones by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva — Puelles def. Silva by submission (kneebar) at 2:23 of Round Three
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 129 PLAY-BY-PLAY:
170 lbs.: Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman
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115 lbs.: Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
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205 lbs.: Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
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135 lbs.: Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
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125 lbs.: Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee
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170 lbs.: Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
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170 lbs.: Michel Prazeres vs. Zak Cummings
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125 lbs.: Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Round 1: Moreno opens with a leg kick, Pantoja looks to counter. Low kick, right hand by the Brazilian. Moreno tries a wheel kick, lands a low kick. 1-2 comes back at him. Pantoja clips him with a knee. Moreno looks for a reactive takedown, can’t keep him down a minute in. Counter right by Pantoja. Low kick exchange, right hands from the Brazilian. Knee connects two minutes in. Low kick, counter 1-2. Hard right hand inside. They trade, Pantoja connects with a body kick. Left hand buzzes Moreno against the cage. Two minutes to go.
Moreno fires a spinning back fist as Pantoa chases him. Nice exchange. Pantoja just outclassing him on the feet so far, lands another leg kick. Uppercut, left hook. Pantoja stuffs a takedown, lands an uppercut. One minute to go. Moreno either slips or pulls guard, eats a hard left hand before Pantoja follows him down. Nasty ground-and-pound from Pantoja as he just batters a horribly bloody Moreno from the back. 10-8 Pantoja.
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115 lbs.: Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
Round 1: Low kick from Kondo, who gets folded by a body kick and staggers back to the fence. Botelho crushes her with a straight right and thumps away for the finish.
Final result: Botelho def. Kondo by TKO (body kick and punches)
145 lbs.: Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Bandenay
Round 1: Benitez opens with a leg kick, counters Bandenay’s and drops him with a left hand. Bandenay gets his wits back and locks up an armbar. Benitez slams his way out, knocking Bandenay unconscious in the process, and lands more big punches before the ref steps in.
Final result: Benitez def. Bandenay by KO (slam and punches)
145 lbs.: Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis
Round 1: Davis on the front foot early. Low kick lands for him. Barzola answers in kind. Teep lands. One minute in. Barzola trips Davis up with a low kick and looks for the back, kicking his base out. Nice foot sweep, can’t secure his hooks. Two minutes in. Davis spins to face him, taken down again. Big slam by Barzola. Davis doing a good job of getting back up, manages to separate. Two minutes to go.
Barzola to the body, eats right hands. Hard right hand by Davis has Barzola pawing at his eye. Davis strikes his way into the clinch. Low kick from Davis. They trade in the center. One minute to go. Davis hits a takedown into butterfly guard. Barzola scrambles up and looks for a takedown. They end the round slugging. 10-9 Davis.
Round 2: Davis still aggressive. Barzola grabs a rear waistlock, scores a brief takedown. Back to the feet. Barzola hits another takedown, still can’t keep him down. One minute in. Barzola hauls him into the air and carries him to the center before taking him down into half guard. Davis scrambles to his knees. Two minutes in. Barzola rolls him for a guillotine attempt, loses it and looks for another takedown. Again he carries Davis away from the fence before slamming him to the ground. Both hooks in for Barzola. Two minutes to go.
Barzola looking for the RNC. Davis slips out the back door and looks for a takedown of his own. Barzola snaps him down. One minute to go. He works his front headlock grip into an anaconda choke, can’t get it, retakes the back. Davis stands, taken back down. And again. Right hands from Barzola, both hooks in again. He stands and bangs away until the bell. 10-9 Barzola.
Round 3: Left hand from Davis, still waving Barzola on. Low kick lands for him. Jab exchange. One minute in. Corkscrew uppercut from Barzola. They trade heavy shots. Barzola pressuring, eats a body shot. Hard counters by Barzola, nasty overhand right. Two minutes in. Right hand from Davis. Barzola hits an easy takedown. Davis crawls to the fence. Two minutes to go.
Davis looking to stand as Barzola fires knees. They separate. Knee from Davis. Davis looks for a takedown, caught in a front headlock and snapped down. Granby roll winds up with him on the bottom in half guard. One minute to go. Davis trying to regain guard. He gets to his knees, Barzola going to work with hammerfists. Barzola with a knee before the bell. 10-9 Barzola.
Final result: Barzola def. Davis by unanimous decision
135 lbs.: Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
Round 1: Both fire leg kicks, neither land. Leg kick, right hand from Saenz. Body shot-overhand right. Leg kick a minute in. Seanz shoots, stuffed. Right to the body. Briones looks for right hands. Leg kick comes back at him. Two minutes in. Low kick and right hand from Briones, overhand right from Saenz and a blast double into guard. Saenz looks for a front headlock on the way up. Two minutes to go.
Again he lands the body shot-overhand. Leg kick exchange. Both men marked up around the eyes. Body kick by Briones. Same body shot-overhand connects once again for Saenz. One minute to go. Briones catches him with a right on the way in, then a left hook. Cross counter from Briones. 10-9 Saenz.
Round 2: Good exchange in the center. They’re going for it. Briones to the body. One minute in. Saenz catches Briones with an uppercut on the way in for a knockdown. Heavy short-range exchanges. Saenz on the attack, landing knees and rights. They trade right hands until Saenz hits a reactive takedown into guard. Two minutes in. Saenz looking for the back. Briones works his way up to his feet and they separate. Saenz to the body with two minutes to go.
Hard lead uppercut from Saenz. Briones comes back with a right cross, eats an elbow inside. Briones low kick. Briones stuffs a takedown, eats a knee. He’s bleeding freely with a minute to go. He stuffs another takedown and they duke it out in the clinch. Overhand right by Briones, more knees from Saenz. 10-9 Saenz.
Round 3: Saenz slams a knee into Briones’ huevos to start the round. Back to trading in the center. Left hook lands for Saenz. One minute in. Saenz shoots, lands knees to the body and head. Both land to the body. Saenz shoots and Briones grabs an arm-in guillotine. Saenz pops his head free and looks to do damage from guard. Two minutes in. Briones gets to his knees, gets tossed back down from a cradle. Saenz to side control, then looks for the back. Two minutes to go.
Ground-and-pound from Saenz as Briones struggles to stand against the cage. Briones makes it to his feet, eats knees and a right hand on the break. They trade rights and tie up. One minute to go. Hard right hand by Henry Bure. Saenz shoots, denied, keeps driving until he gets on top. One hook in on the cage and here come the lefts. 10-9 Saenz.
Final result: Saenz def. Briones by unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
Round 1: Silva lands a leg kick to Puelles’ lead right leg. Neither man reaching with their strikes yet. Silva tries to spin, jammed by Puelles stepping in. One mintue in. Puelles looks for a single-leg and gets Silva to the mat, setting up in guard. Silva looking for elbow off of his back, holding Puelles’ wrists. Triangle attempt from Silva, Puelles stands and postures out of it. Puelles avoids an upkick and lands a dicing left hand. Another nasty left hand, then he clamps down on a guillotine when Silva tries to scramble up. Silva gets his head out and Puelles pulls guard. The Brazilian goes right to work with punches and elbows until Puelles spins for a heel hook. Two minutes to go.
Silva gets his leg out and lets Puelles stand. Hard knees from Silva in the Thai plum. Puelles jumps guard and looks for a triangle. Nothing doing. Silva stands and waves him up. Puelles catches a step-in knee and hits a takedown. Body shot lands for him. Silva scrambles to his feet. Puelles pulls guard after a failed takedown, Silva lets him up at the bell. 10-9 Silva.
Round 2: Low kicks from Silva to open the round. Straight left by Puelles, who gets buzzed by a left hook. Silva chases him down until he pulls guard, then lets him up. One minute in. Left hand lands for Puelles after a lull. Knee to the body from Silva. Two minutes in. Another leg kick. Silva grabs the Thai plum, lands a couple knees. Puelles goes for a single-leg, can’t get it. Two minutes to go.
Another leg kick by Silva. Hard combo from Silva and Puelles looks for a desperate takedown. Silva pounding away. Puelles continuing to invert and threaten as he eats elbows and punches. One minute to go. Hard shots from Silva. He steps briefly into mount and continues to tear into him before calling him to his feet. Silva throwing bombs, forces another takedown with a body shot. Puelles looks for deep half guard and eats more elbows. 10-8 Silva.
Round 3: Tentative start to the round, at least until Silva drops him with a right hand. Silva chips away for a bit, then lets him back up. Jab buckles Puelles’ legs. Crushing body shot. Again he forces Puelles back to his feet. Left hand by Puelles, Silva lands more punches. Puelles pulls half guard. Two minutes in. Puelles turns for a desperation kneebar and, against all odds, draws the tap.
Final result: Puelles def. Silva by submission (kneebar)