UFC 174 play-by-play

MMA Fighting brings you UFC 174 play-by-play and more for the Johnson vs. Bagautinov fight card. Tonight’s event is headlined by a fight between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov. This bout is scheduled for five, five-minute rounds. Also appearing on the main card are Ovince St. Preux vs. Ryan Jimmo, Andrei Arlovski vs. Brendan Schaub, Ryan Bader vs. Rafael Cavalcante, and Rory MacDonald vs. Tyron Woodley. Tonight’s fights take place at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada.

This is the UFC 174 undercard live blog for the UFC 174 event at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

There will be six fights on the UFC 174 undercard. Daniel Sarafian vs. Kiichi Kunimoto, Valerie Letourneau vs. Elizabeth Phillips, Yves Jabouin vs. Mike Easton, Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang, Roland Delorme vs. Michinori Tanaka, and Jason Saggo vs. Josh Shockley will be featured on the prelims.

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Jason Saggo vs. Josh Shockley
Round 1: They touch ‘em up and we’re off. Saggo stalks Shockley into the fence then body locks into a trip. Saggo floated right into mount there. Nice. Shockley hips escapes and attacks with an armbar from the bottom. Saggo stacks him, moves into side control, then easily advances back into mount. Shockley bides his time then hips escapes into half guard. Saggo goes knee on belly into side control. Shockley scrambles to one knee, then to his feet. Shockley busting out a few Matt Serra footstomps against the cage. Saggo doesn’t like it, and trips Shockley back onto the mat. Saggo postures up, unloads a few punches, then dives into half guard. Shockley gives up his back, and Saggo flattens him out looking for a choke. Shockley defends but Saggo just starts unleashing punches. More punches and this one is close to being stopped. That’s it. TKO stoppage right at the horn.

Jason Saggo def. Josh Shockley via TKO (punches) at 4:57 of round one


Roland Delorme vs. Michinori Tanaka
Round 1: Lots of movement from Tanaka early. Delorme seems content to hang back and let Tanaka engage. And there we go, Tanaka paws out a front kick but Delorme catches it and bullrushes him to the canvas. Tanaka sweeps to top position in the scramble. Delorme gets warned for grabbing the cage but it served its purpose, as he begins to climb to his feet along the fence. Tanaka working hard to keep him down. Not much happening other than the battle to keep Delorme on his back. Delorme attempting to throw his legs up for a triangle but no dice. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka.

Round 2: Tanaka cracks Delorme with a hard one-off right hand. Tanaka wades inside with another flurry and Delorme throws his hands up, trying to goad him into a firefight. Tanaka doesn’t bite though, as he continues to circle and dart in and out with strikes. Tanaka pressures Delorme up against the fence and judo trips him onto his back. Round one all over again. Tanaka scoots Delorme away from the fence and this crowd is starting to get a bit restless. Tanaka slides into half guard. Not much damage here, but Tanaka is in complete control. Just as I write that, a few short elbows seem to cut Delorme under his eye. Tanaka sees it an unloads a few more short shots. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka. (20-18 Tanaka.)

Round 3: Delorme’s corner tells him that he needs a finish and they’re probably right. Delorme trying as hard as possible to cut off the Octagon but Tanaka is just too elusive. Tanaka swarms inside and gets the trip. Delorme scrambles and nearly sweeps into top position. Tanaka continues to move and, wow, incredibly slick sweep from Delorme and the American jumps right into mount. This is his chance. And just like that, it’s gone. Tanaka sweeps into top control then goes back to work with short punches and elbows. Delorme’s cut bursts open as blood streams from under his eye. More short elbows from Tanaka, who advances into mount. Delorme hip escapes to reclaim his half guard, but Tanaka is dominating him. Delorme scrambles to the fence but it doesn’t matter, as Tanaka ends the round hunting for back control. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka. (30-27 Tanaka.)

Michinori Tanaka def. Roland Delorme via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang
Round 1: Big John McCarthy is the man in the charge of the action. Johnson working in straight lines early, tossing out straight punches and hanging heavy on his back foot. Head kick from Johnson. Johnson changes levels for a single and gets it, landing in side control. Bang unwisely holding for a guillotine. He lets it go then sweeps to his feet. They’re slugging. Oh, huge left hand drops Johnson! Bang jumps onto a guillotine while Johnson tries to stay alive. Bang attempts to take Johnson’s back, but Johnson regains his wits, blocks the advance, then scrambles up. Good right hand puts Bang on the retreat. Johnson closes the distance and marches Bang to the floor, landing directly into side control. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Bang.

Round 2: They circle and trade early. Johnson trying to fight on the outside this round, popping out his jab and working in the occasional low kick. Bang in stalk mode. Good one-two somewhat staggers Johnson. Johnson drops low for a single and gets it, but immediately gets rolled over into bottom position just like the first round. Johnson snatches a heel hook in a scramble. He can’t get it, but he uses the opportunity to secure back control. Bang slowly climbs to his feet and eats a hard elbow. Both men are bleeding heavily; Bang from his nose, Johnson from a cut. Wild spinning backfist misses for Bang. Close round, but MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Johnson. (19-19.)

Round 3: Bang tags Johnson with a left, and another. Big shot from Bang in an exchange. Bang blocks a high kick, then shucks off a lazy takedown attempt. Bang shrugs off another head kick then UNLOADS a right hook into Johnson’s jaw! Wow. Johnson is out cold. Great stoppage from Big John there.

Tae Hyun Bang def. Kajan Johnson via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round three


Yves Jabouin vs. Mike Easton
Round 1: Kevin Dornan is our third man in the Octagon. And hey, he’s fired up about it. Automatic eye poke from Jabouin. Well, okay. We’re back for try number two. Big exchanges here and Easton is bulldogging his way into some good shots. Jabouin changes levels and gets Easton to the floor. Jabouin not able to get anything going from the top. Jabouin finally frees his arm and cracks Easton with a good elbow. Easton wall-walks to his feet, then goes body-body-head inside the clinch. Trip attempt fails for Easton and Jabouin again winds up in top position. Back up. Easton finally succeeds in his trip attempt, and he quickly works to side control. Jabouin scrambles up. Kind of a weird round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Jabouin, but barely.

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Valerie Letourneau vs. Elizabeth Phillips
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Daniel Sarafian vs. Kiichi Kunimoto
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MMA Fighting brings you UFC 174 play-by-play and more for the Johnson vs. Bagautinov fight card. Tonight’s event is headlined by a fight between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov. This bout is scheduled for five, five-minute rounds. Also appearing on the main card are Ovince St. Preux vs. Ryan Jimmo, Andrei Arlovski vs. Brendan Schaub, Ryan Bader vs. Rafael Cavalcante, and Rory MacDonald vs. Tyron Woodley. Tonight’s fights take place at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada.

This is the UFC 174 undercard live blog for the UFC 174 event at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

There will be six fights on the UFC 174 undercard. Daniel Sarafian vs. Kiichi Kunimoto, Valerie Letourneau vs. Elizabeth Phillips, Yves Jabouin vs. Mike Easton, Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang, Roland Delorme vs. Michinori Tanaka, and Jason Saggo vs. Josh Shockley will be featured on the prelims.

Check out the UFC 174 undercard live blog below.

More Coverage: UFC 174 Results | UFC news
Download MMA Fighting iPhone App


Jason Saggo vs. Josh Shockley
Round 1: They touch ‘em up and we’re off. Saggo stalks Shockley into the fence then body locks into a trip. Saggo floated right into mount there. Nice. Shockley hips escapes and attacks with an armbar from the bottom. Saggo stacks him, moves into side control, then easily advances back into mount. Shockley bides his time then hips escapes into half guard. Saggo goes knee on belly into side control. Shockley scrambles to one knee, then to his feet. Shockley busting out a few Matt Serra footstomps against the cage. Saggo doesn’t like it, and trips Shockley back onto the mat. Saggo postures up, unloads a few punches, then dives into half guard. Shockley gives up his back, and Saggo flattens him out looking for a choke. Shockley defends but Saggo just starts unleashing punches. More punches and this one is close to being stopped. That’s it. TKO stoppage right at the horn.

Jason Saggo def. Josh Shockley via TKO (punches) at 4:57 of round one


Roland Delorme vs. Michinori Tanaka
Round 1: Lots of movement from Tanaka early. Delorme seems content to hang back and let Tanaka engage. And there we go, Tanaka paws out a front kick but Delorme catches it and bullrushes him to the canvas. Tanaka sweeps to top position in the scramble. Delorme gets warned for grabbing the cage but it served its purpose, as he begins to climb to his feet along the fence. Tanaka working hard to keep him down. Not much happening other than the battle to keep Delorme on his back. Delorme attempting to throw his legs up for a triangle but no dice. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka.

Round 2: Tanaka cracks Delorme with a hard one-off right hand. Tanaka wades inside with another flurry and Delorme throws his hands up, trying to goad him into a firefight. Tanaka doesn’t bite though, as he continues to circle and dart in and out with strikes. Tanaka pressures Delorme up against the fence and judo trips him onto his back. Round one all over again. Tanaka scoots Delorme away from the fence and this crowd is starting to get a bit restless. Tanaka slides into half guard. Not much damage here, but Tanaka is in complete control. Just as I write that, a few short elbows seem to cut Delorme under his eye. Tanaka sees it an unloads a few more short shots. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka. (20-18 Tanaka.)

Round 3: Delorme’s corner tells him that he needs a finish and they’re probably right. Delorme trying as hard as possible to cut off the Octagon but Tanaka is just too elusive. Tanaka swarms inside and gets the trip. Delorme scrambles and nearly sweeps into top position. Tanaka continues to move and, wow, incredibly slick sweep from Delorme and the American jumps right into mount. This is his chance. And just like that, it’s gone. Tanaka sweeps into top control then goes back to work with short punches and elbows. Delorme’s cut bursts open as blood streams from under his eye. More short elbows from Tanaka, who advances into mount. Delorme hip escapes to reclaim his half guard, but Tanaka is dominating him. Delorme scrambles to the fence but it doesn’t matter, as Tanaka ends the round hunting for back control. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Tanaka. (30-27 Tanaka.)

Michinori Tanaka def. Roland Delorme via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang
Round 1: Big John McCarthy is the man in the charge of the action. Johnson working in straight lines early, tossing out straight punches and hanging heavy on his back foot. Head kick from Johnson. Johnson changes levels for a single and gets it, landing in side control. Bang unwisely holding for a guillotine. He lets it go then sweeps to his feet. They’re slugging. Oh, huge left hand drops Johnson! Bang jumps onto a guillotine while Johnson tries to stay alive. Bang attempts to take Johnson’s back, but Johnson regains his wits, blocks the advance, then scrambles up. Good right hand puts Bang on the retreat. Johnson closes the distance and marches Bang to the floor, landing directly into side control. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Bang.

Round 2: They circle and trade early. Johnson trying to fight on the outside this round, popping out his jab and working in the occasional low kick. Bang in stalk mode. Good one-two somewhat staggers Johnson. Johnson drops low for a single and gets it, but immediately gets rolled over into bottom position just like the first round. Johnson snatches a heel hook in a scramble. He can’t get it, but he uses the opportunity to secure back control. Bang slowly climbs to his feet and eats a hard elbow. Both men are bleeding heavily; Bang from his nose, Johnson from a cut. Wild spinning backfist misses for Bang. Close round, but MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Johnson. (19-19.)

Round 3: Bang tags Johnson with a left, and another. Big shot from Bang in an exchange. Bang blocks a high kick, then shucks off a lazy takedown attempt. Bang shrugs off another head kick then UNLOADS a right hook into Johnson’s jaw! Wow. Johnson is out cold. Great stoppage from Big John there.

Tae Hyun Bang def. Kajan Johnson via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round three


Yves Jabouin vs. Mike Easton
Round 1: Kevin Dornan is our third man in the Octagon. And hey, he’s fired up about it. Automatic eye poke from Jabouin. Well, okay. We’re back for try number two. Big exchanges here and Easton is bulldogging his way into some good shots. Jabouin changes levels and gets Easton to the floor. Jabouin not able to get anything going from the top. Jabouin finally frees his arm and cracks Easton with a good elbow. Easton wall-walks to his feet, then goes body-body-head inside the clinch. Trip attempt fails for Easton and Jabouin again winds up in top position. Back up. Easton finally succeeds in his trip attempt, and he quickly works to side control. Jabouin scrambles up. Kind of a weird round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Jabouin, but barely.

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Valerie Letourneau vs. Elizabeth Phillips
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Daniel Sarafian vs. Kiichi Kunimoto
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