(Look, if the UFC isn’t promoting the main event, then we won’t either. / Photo via Getty)
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso is underway in Las Vegas, featuring an utterly stacked lineup of crowd-friendly fight-finishers (see esp.: Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez), brilliant self-promoters (Conor McGregor!), eccentric Cuban wrestlers (Yoel Romero), and people who we just haven’t seen in a long time (Dominick Cruz, Cat Zingano). And oh yeah — a flyweight title fight. It should be a wild ride from top to bottom, and we’re psyched about it.
Our man Alex Giardini we’ll be giving you round-by-round results from the UFC 178 pay-per-view card after the jump starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. Refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest, and follow us on Twitter for bonus commentary. Thanks for being here.
PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
– Dominick Cruz vs. Takeya Mizugaki
– James Krause vs. Jorge Masvidal
– Stephen Thompson def. Patrick Cote via unanimous decision (29-28 x 2, 30-27)
– Brian Ebersole def. John Howard via split decision (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
– Kevin Lee def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (30-26 x 3; Tuck had a point deducted in round 2 for a groin kick)
– Manny Gamburyan def. Cody Gibson via submission (guillotine choke), 4:56 of round 2
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