Live, blow-by-blow updates for today’s UFC 222 main card from Vegas, which is highlighted by a women’s featherweight title fight.
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play as UFC 222 goes down in Las Vegas.
After the original main event featuring a bout between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar was scratched, the UFC hastily put together a women’s featherweight title fight between Cris Cyborg and Invicta bantamweight champ Yana Kunitskaya for the headliner. In the co-main, Edgar will meet late replacement Brian Ortega.
Also featured on the PPV is a big heavyweight fight between Stefan Struve and Andrei Arlovski, and the return of Cat Zingano to competition.
This post will cover the main PPV card, which kicks off at 10pm ET/7pm PT and will feature five fights. The full lineup and schedule follows. The preliminary card will be covered in a separate post.
Check out this week’s MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each matchup.
Main card (10pm ET)
Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya
Frankie Edgar vs. Brian Ortega
Sean O’Malley vs. Andre Soukhamthath