Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently put the finishing touches on its upcoming UFC on FOX 27: “Jacare vs. Brunson 2” mixed martial arts (MMA) extravaganza, which takes place this Sat. night (Jan. 27, 2018) inside Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
UFC on FOX 27 will be headlined by the middleweight rematch between top contenders Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Derek Brunson. Elsewhere on the card, grizzled veteran Dennis Bermudez looks to quell the uprising of venerable featherweight bruiser Andre Fili.
All that and so much more.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC on FOX 27 fight card below, starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” match online, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on FOX Sports 1 at 5 p.m. ET, before the FOX main card start time at 8 p.m. ET.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC on FOX 27 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action.)
UFC ON FOX 27 QUICK RESULTS:
Ronaldo Souza vs. Derek Brunson
Dennis Bermudez vs. Andre Fili
Gregor Gillespie vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Frank Camacho vs. Drew Dober
Bobby Green vs. Erik Koch
Mirsad Bektic vs. Godofredo Pepey
Mara Romero Borella vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Juliana Lima vs. Randa Markos
Justine Kish vs. Ji Yeon Kim — Kim def. Kish by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Vinc Pichel vs. Joaquim Silva — Pichel def. Silva by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Niko Price vs. George Sullivan — Price def. Sullivan by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:21 of Round Two
Austin Arnett vs. Cory Sandhagen — Sandhagen def. Arnett by TKO (punches) at 3:48 of Round Two
UFC ON FOX 27 PLAY-BY-PLAY:
185 lbs.: Ronaldo Souza vs. Derek Brunson
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145 lbs.: Dennis Bermudez vs. Andre Fili
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155 lbs.: Gregor Gillespie vs. Jordan Rinaldi
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155 lbs.: Frank Camacho vs. Drew Dober
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155 lbs.: Bobby Green vs. Erik Koch
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145 lbs.: Mirsad Bektic vs. Godofredo Pepey
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125 lbs.: Mara Romero Borella vs. Katlyn Chookagian
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115 lbs.: Juliana Lima vs. Randa Markos
Round 1: Lima looking for leg kicks early. Markos steps into the clinch and presses her against the cage. One minute in. Lima reverses position with double underhooks. Two minutes in. Now Markos reverses. Still pressing her against the fence. Two minutes to go.
Markos gets the body lock, Lima re-inserts a hook, reverses position. Markos reverses. One minute to go. Lima reverses and hits a takedown. Markos sweeps into mount with twenty seconds to work. Short right hands, elbows to the body. 10-9 Markos.
Round 2: Leg kick from Lima, punching flurry from Markos. Nice counter to a trip takedown by Lima, winding up on top. One minute in. She settles in a low guard. Ref stands them up before long. More leg kicks from Lima two minutes in, Markos tries to respond with punches. Lima fires a teep, falls victim to an outside trip. Markos nearly in mount against the cage. Now full mount. She only gets a couple hammerfists off before Lima regains half guard. Two minutes to go.
Hard short right hands piling up for Markos. Mixing it up to the body and head. One minute to go. Lima looks for a sweep, then looks to set up an armbar. Nothing doing. 10-9 Markos.
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125 lbs.: Justine Kish vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Round 1: Kish on the front foot, lands a low kick after taking a right hand. Kim firing her jab. One minute in. Leg kicks from Kish. 1-2 lands for Kim. Good combination from Kish, body kick and left hook connect. Kish lands a body kick and leg kick. Kim with a left hook as she takes another leg kick. Two minutes to go.
Kim pops Kish with a jab as Kish fires a head kick, knocking her over. More low kicks with a minute to go. Again. Kim still looking for right hands. Right hand from Kish, then a harder one. 10-9 Kish.
Round 2: They trade, Kish gets the better of it. Kish low kick, then to the body. She’s countering Kim’s punches with them to good effect. Kish tries a body lock and they trade rights. One minute in. Kish continuing to press forward. Stiff jab by Kim. Two minutes in. Leg kicks still piling up. To the inside this time. Every time Kim tries to step in she eats either a leg kick or a right hand.Now she lands a right. Two minutes to go.
Overhand right by Kish, another soon after. Body kick. Kish is doing a good job of slipping what right hands do reach her. Heavy hook by Kish has Kim blinking with a minute to go. 2-3 from Kim after eating yet another leg kick. 10-9 Kish.
Round 3: Kish looking confident, tries a hook kick. Glancing spinning back fist. Kim moving with more urgency but not really throwing as of yet. Another cracking hook by Kish. Jab knocks Kish off-balance and they trade shots, only for Kim to catch a finger in the eye. One minute in. Cross counter by Kish. Kim’s throwing 1-2s with more abandon now. Another right hand from Kish. Hard side kick. Kim’s going for it. Two minutes in. Left hook by Kim, right hand by Kish. They are slugging. More punches from Kish. Kim finds the mark with a 1-2. Two minutes to go.
Kim with a 1-2, eats a counter left. Low kick from Kish; not many of those this round. Right from Kim, spin from Kish. They continue to exchange. One minute to go. Swiping right by Kim. Kish lands a head kick to no effect. Kish chops the leg once again. Kish grabs the Thai plum and fires knees, eating a right before the bell. 10-9 Kish.
Final result: Kim def. Kish by unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Vinc Pichel vs. Joaquim Silva
Round 1: Pichel advancing, Silva circling. Low kick and right hand land for Pichel when Silva slips against the fence. Heavy right hands by Pichel inside after one from Silva. One minute in. Pichel steps in with a leg kick. To the outside this time. Jab connects, straight left. Two minutes in. Silva moving a lot but the counters aren’t there so far. Body kick from Silva. Two minutes to go.
Silva fires off a pair of head kicks, clips Pichel with an overhand right. Inside low kick from Pichel. Slick body kick from Silva with a minute to go. Another glancing head kck. Silva slips on a head kick and Pichel shoots. Close round but Silva was pretty inactive in the first few minutes. 10-9 Pichel.
Round 2: Silva goes back to the head kick. Pichel with a hard leg kick. Nice elbow behind a jab and he shoots. Silva fights it off and lands a short elbow a minute in. Pichel with a two-piece. Good trade in the center. They exchange body kicks. Two minutes in. Silva tries a wheel kick. Both whiff in the center. Hard lead right by Silva. Silva’s the one advancing now, eats a flurry from Pichel for it. Two minutes to go.
Leg kick from Silva. Leg kick and jab by Pichel in return. One minute to go. Low kick from Pichel, knee inside. 1-2 from Silva in return. Silva fires haymakers, eats a jab. Pichel finds the mark with an uppercut and cracks Pichel with what looks like his hardest leg kick yet. 10-9 Pichel.
Round 3: Pichel tries a wild head kick, slips, doesn’t get punished. Inside leg kick. Silva pressures him to the fence, eats a right hand. He’s still advancing, though, and lands a body kick. Pichel catches the next one for a takedown a minute in. Silva immediately stands and separates. Right cross. Silva backs him up, lands some hard right hands. Pichel counters a body kick with a right hand downstairs. Pichel with a right hand inside two minutes in. Uppercut by Pichel, Silva lands one in return after shrugging off a knee. They’re both throwing hard. Leg kick from Pichel. Pichel lands a body shot and some heavy punches as Pichel picks at his lead leg. Two minutes to go.
Pichel basically staying with his back on the fence, looking for counter uppercuts. Body kick lands for him. Silva to the body. 1-2 from Silva with a minute to go. Left hook in return. Right to the body. Silva cracks his jaw with right hands, scrambles out of a takedown.Pichel blasts him with a knee on the break, slips, keeps driving. Knees from Silva in return. They trade until the bell. 10-9 Silva.
Final result: Pichel def. Silva by unanimous decision
170 lbs.: Niko Price vs. George Sullivan
Round 1: Sullivan on the front foot early. Low kick by Price. Sullivan unable to reach him so far. One minute in. Looking to work his way in with the jab. Body kick from Price answered in kind. Sullivan pops the leg as well, then lands a 1-2-1-2. Two minutes. Price shoots in on the cage, can’t keep him down. Now he hits a trip into side control. Sullivan regains half guard, now full guard. Two minutes to go.
Sullivan uses the fence to stand, eats a knee to the body and looks for a kimura grip. Good knee off an underhook. He looks for a trip of his own and reverses position with a minute to go. Price counters the takedown and sets up in guard. Slam doesn’t appear to do much. Sullivan hits a sweep and now it’s Price trying to counter a takedown with a kimura. Hard knee and a right at the bell by Price. 10-9 Price.
Round 2: Sullivan looking winded. He’s still advancing and throwing, though. Good right hand met by one from Price. Price with a hard knee and right hand, then a knee to the body that has Sullivan shooting a minute in. Sullivan gets the trip into guard. Price briefly looks for a triangle as Sullivan chips away. Two minutes in. Solid right hand. Price throwing his legs up, not really getting close as the elbows and punches continue. Two minutes to go.
Price sporting a cut over his right eye. Price finally scrambles up and takes Sullivan down in return, but has to fight off a kimura. Price counters by taking his back with a minute to go. One hook in, but Sullivan leaves his neck open trying to stand and Price locks up the RNC.
Final result: Price def. Sullivan by submission (rear naked choke)
145 lbs.: Austin Arnett vs. Cory Sandhagen
Round 1: Sandhagen on the front foot as they trade. Arnett hauls him to the fence. They separate and Sandhagen whacks the lead leg. One minute in. Body shot and low kick and head kick. They trade inside and Sandhagen tears up the body, mixing in a knee to the head. Corkscrew uppercut. Arnett pursues, whacks him with jabs, backed off by a knee. Two minutes in. More stiff jabs by Arnett. Sandhagen shoots from far out, completes it and goes to work from half guard. Elbows from Sandhagen. Two minutes to go.
Sandhagen stands over him, lands punches before Arnett pops up. Good 1-2 by Arnett. Sandhagen tries to be cheeky with his hands down, eats a combination for it. One minute to go. Sandhagen goes back to the lead leg, lands a pair of lefts downstairs. Arnett puts him on the fence and lands knees. 10-9 Sandhagen.
Round 2: Sandhagen opens with a leg kick. Straight left. Arnett backs him off with a right cross. Sandhagen feints into a left hook, then bangs the body and attacks the lead leg again. One minute in. ARnett puts him back on the cage, only for Sandhagen to reverse position and crack him with an elbow. Arnett with another right hand but he’s being badly outlanded. Arnett lands an uppercut inside, takes Sandhagen to the cage when he ties up. He drags Sandhagen down and puts in a hook. He’s too high and winds up in guard two minutes in. Elbows from Sandhagen, attacking from half guard again. Sandhagen tries to jump straight to mount, forced to scramble up, and lands a spinning back elbow. Two minutes to go.
Arnett pumping jabs and right hands. Sandhagen lands a liver shot that folds Arnett, slamming home knees until another left to the body sends Arnett to the fetal position.
Final result: Sandhagen def. Arnett by TKO (punches)