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Live, blow-by-blow updates for today’s UFC 250 preliminary card from Vegas. To stream UFC 250 LIVE on ESPN+ PPV click here!
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play as UFC 250 goes down at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main event will be an women’s featherweight title fight, with Amanda Nunes defending her 145-pound title for the first time against Felicia Spencer. The co-main comes in the bantamweight division, with former champ Cody Garbrandt trying to halt a losing streak when he meets veteran contender Raphael Assuncao.
This post will cover the preliminary card. The featured undercard bout comes in the bantamweight division as well, with Chase Hooper taking on Alex Caceres.
We’ll start on Fight Pass and ESPN+ at approximately 6:30pm ET with three fights. The card then moves to ESPN and stays on ESPN+ at 8pm ET for four more bouts, then onto the main PPV card at 10pm ET. The full lineup and schedule follows. The main card will be covered in a separate post.
Jussier Formiga vs. Alex Perez
Round 1 – Perez with low kicks right away. Inside and outside. Formiga with a right, Perez fires right back. Another glancing right from Formiga. Slapping low kicks from Perez. Hard one that time. Counter left from Perez, and he goes to the body. Uppercut from Perez. He’s off to a great start. Formiga with a 1-2. Counter left from Formiga. Perez swings and misses. Hard lead right from Perez lands flush Perez hurt him with a leg kick! Formiga fell down and got back up, but he’s limping. Perez lands two more and Formiga goes down again! It’s over! Holy hell that was surprising.
Alex Perez defeated Jussier Formiga via TKO (leg kicks), 4:06 of round 1
Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark
Round 1 – Clark shoots in immediately. He didn’t get the takedown but he’s holding Menifield against the cage. Menifield reverses. Clark lands some knees to the body. Extended clinch battle. Menifield step back and lands a big uppercut! Another couple of shots and Clark is hurt. Clark dives on the legs and puts Menifield against the fence. Clark with a right on the break. Two more. Big knee from Menifield. Menifield briefly looks for a takedown but his coaches yell at him not to. More clinch work. Clark brawls his way out. Menifield with a head kick. Menifield backs him into the fence again. Puzzling strategy from Menifield. Menifield steps back and lands a knee. Clark is covering up, trying to avoid big shots. Jab and a right from Clark. Two more rights from Clark and he’s backed Menifield off. Clark level-changes but can’t get a takedown. 10-9 Menifield.
Round 2 – Clark with a nice early right. Menifield with a head kick and he shoots in for a takedown. Clark defends. They trade in the pocket. Head kick from Clark. Another big shot from Clark! Clark with some knees to the body in the clinch. Menifield with a knee. Clark lands a left on the break again. Menifield with a nice uppercut, and then a winging right. Halfway through the round. Menifield with a quick left. Knee to the body from Clark. Menifield clinches again. More knees to the body from Clark. Clark looking for the Thai clinch. More knees. Menifield isn’t doing anything in the clinch. Clark with a big combo on the break! Easy 10-9 Clark.
Round 3 – Clark comes out with a big right. Both land rights. Knee from Menifield in close. Clark shoots in but Menifield defends. Clark with a combo. Menifield looks for a takedown. Clark with a knee to the body. Clark gets a takedown. He’s on Menifield’s back, landing punches.He flattens him out briefly and looks for a choke. Maybe he’s just trying to control him. Two minutes to go. Front headlock. Menifield makes his way to his feet. Clinch work. Menifield stuffs another takedown. Knee to the body from Clark. Right over the top from Menifield. Uppercut and a big right from Clark. 10-9 and 29-28 Clark.
Devin Clark defeated Alonzo Menifield via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Round 1 – Burns with a big body kick to start. Dunham scores with a left. Burns ends up on his back briefly. They exchange and Dunham gets the best of it. Burns spins around to the back and takes Dunham down. He has hooks, and now a body triangle. Burns secures a choke and it’s over just like that! Wow!
Herbert Burns defeated Evan Dunham via submission (rear naked choke), 1:20 of round 1
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Ian Heinisch vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Cody Stamann vs. Brian Kelleher
Fight Pass Card (Fight Pass/ESPN+)