UFC 264 Weigh-In Results

UFC 264Below, catch the weigh-in results ahead of UFC 264 tomorrow night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Both headliners, the #1 ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier, and the #5 ranked challenger, Conor McGregor successfully tipped the lightweight scales for their main event — making the pairing official. In the night’s co-headliner, one-time welterweigh title […]

UFC 264

Below, catch the weigh-in results ahead of UFC 264 tomorrow night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Both headliners, the #1 ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier, and the #5 ranked challenger, Conor McGregor successfully tipped the lightweight scales for their main event — making the pairing official.

In the night’s co-headliner, one-time welterweigh title challenger, Gilbert Burns and two-time title chaser, Stephen Thompson also successfully made weight, making their bout official.

From the 13-fight card, just one competitor tipped the scales, with bantamweight contender, Irene Aldana weighing in at 139lbs for her bantamweight clash with Yana Kunitskaya. The bout will proceed at at 139lbs catchweight, with Aldana fined 30% of her fight purse by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Below, catch the full weigh-in results. 

UFC 264 Main Card:

Lightweight: Dustin Poirier (156lbs) vs. Conor McGregor (156lbs)

Welterweight: Gilbert Burns (170.5lbs) vs. Stephen Thompson (170.5lbs)

Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa (263lbs) vs. Greg Hardy (264.5lbs)

Bantamweight: *Irene Aldana (139.5lbs) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (134.4lbs)

Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley (135.5lbs) vs. Kris Moutinho (135lbs)

UFC 264 Preliminary Card:

Welterweight: Carlos Condit (171lbs) vs. Max Griffin (170.5lbs)

Welterweight: Niko Price (169.5lbs) vs. Michel Pereira (170.5lbs)

Featherweight: Ryan Hall (145lbs) vs. Ilia Topuria (145.5lbs)

Middleweight: Trevin Giles (185.5lbs) vs. Dricus du Plessis (185.5lbs)

UFC 264 Early Preliminary Card:

Flyweight: Jennifer Maia (125.5lbs) vs. Jessica Eye (125.5lbs)

Middleweight: Omari Akhmedov (185.5lbs) vs. Brad Tavares (184.5lbs)

Flyweight: Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125.5lbs) vs. Jerome Rivera (125.5lbs)

Middleweight: Hu Yaozong (185.5lbs) vs. Alen Amedovski (186lbs)

*Irene Aldana will be fined 30% of her fight purse. Her bout with Yana Kunitskaya will proceed at a 139lbs catchweight

UFC Vegas 30 Results: Gane vs. Volkov

UFC Vegas 30LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs. Volkov results throughout the night (Sat. 26th. June 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event status tonight, a potential heavyweight title-eliminator between the #3 ranked contender, Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane and the #5 rated challenger, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov — as the […]

UFC Vegas 30

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs. Volkov results throughout the night (Sat. 26th. June 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event status tonight, a potential heavyweight title-eliminator between the #3 ranked contender, Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane and the #5 rated challenger, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov — as the victor attempts to move closer toward their premier title challenge under the promotion’s banner.

Undefeated as a professional with an 8-0 record, Gane most recently featured at UFC Vegas 20 in February of this year, where he scored a unanimous decision win over Suriname striker, Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boy’ Rozenstruik. The victory came as the Frenchman’s fifth consecutive Octagon win, following prior successes against former heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos, and Tanner Boser.

Volkov, the victor of the Bellator heavyweight world championship back in December of 2012, has also managed to take home the M-1 Global heavyweight throne back in February of 2016.

Approaching his 10. outing under the UFC’s banner, Volkov most recently managed to score a second round knockout victory over decorated Dutch kickboxer, Alistair Overeem back in February at UFC Vegas 18.

In other notable triumphs for the Moscow native, he’s scored UFC wins against Timothy Johnson, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, former heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, and Walt Harris.

UFC Vegas 30 Results: Gane vs. Volkov

Main Card: (ESPN+ 4 p.m. ET)

Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov

Heavyweight: Tanner Boser vs. Ovince Saint-Preux

Bantamweight: Raoni Barcelos vs. Timur Valiev

Featherweight: Andre Fili vs. Daniel Pineda

Welterweight: Tim Means vs. Nicolas Dalby

Lightweight: Renato Moicano vs. Jai Herbert

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 1 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Danilo Marques

Welterweight: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Michel Prazeres

Welterweight: Warlley Alves vs. Jeremiah Wells

Light Heavyweight: Marcin Prachnio vs. Isaac Villanueva

Bantamweight: Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko

Featherweight: Charles Rosa vs. Justin Jaynes

Lightweight: Yancy Medeiros vs. Damir Hadzovic

UFC Vegas 30 Results: Gane vs. Volkov

UFC Vegas 30LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs. Volkov results throughout the night (Sat. 26th. June 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event status tonight, a potential heavyweight title-eliminator between the #3 ranked contender, Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane and the #5 rated challenger, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov — as the […]

UFC Vegas 30

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs. Volkov results throughout the night (Sat. 26th. June 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event status tonight, a potential heavyweight title-eliminator between the #3 ranked contender, Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane and the #5 rated challenger, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov — as the victor attempts to move closer toward their premier title challenge under the promotion’s banner.

Undefeated as a professional with an 8-0 record, Gane most recently featured at UFC Vegas 20 in February of this year, where he scored a unanimous decision win over Suriname striker, Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boy’ Rozenstruik. The victory came as the Frenchman’s fifth consecutive Octagon win, following prior successes against former heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos, and Tanner Boser.

Volkov, the victor of the Bellator heavyweight world championship back in December of 2012, has also managed to take home the M-1 Global heavyweight throne back in February of 2016.

Approaching his 10. outing under the UFC’s banner, Volkov most recently managed to score a second round knockout victory over decorated Dutch kickboxer, Alistair Overeem back in February at UFC Vegas 18.

In other notable triumphs for the Moscow native, he’s scored UFC wins against Timothy Johnson, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, former heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, and Walt Harris.

UFC Vegas 30 Results: Gane vs. Volkov

Main Card: (ESPN+ 4 p.m. ET)

Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov

Heavyweight: Tanner Boser vs. Ovince Saint-Preux

Bantamweight: Raoni Barcelos vs. Timur Valiev

Featherweight: Andre Fili vs. Daniel Pineda

Welterweight: Tim Means vs. Nicolas Dalby

Lightweight: Renato Moicano vs. Jai Herbert

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 1 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Danilo Marques

Welterweight: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Michel Prazeres

Welterweight: Warlley Alves vs. Jeremiah Wells

Light Heavyweight: Marcin Prachnio vs. Isaac Villanueva

Bantamweight: Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko

Featherweight: Charles Rosa vs. Justin Jaynes

Lightweight: Yancy Medeiros vs. Damir Hadzovic

UFC 263 Bonuses: Brandon Moreno Gets $50K For Title Win

AdesanyaUFC 263 was billed as the first major Pay Per View of the year and it did not disappoint. With a stacked lineup of fights from the early prelims to the main event, there were plenty of good performances to go around. There were quick finishes, grueling split decisions, and a title change. After a […]

Adesanya

UFC 263 was billed as the first major Pay Per View of the year and it did not disappoint. With a stacked lineup of fights from the early prelims to the main event, there were plenty of good performances to go around. There were quick finishes, grueling split decisions, and a title change. After a great night of action that earned a $14.8 million gate with 17,208 fans in attendance, four fighters walked away with $50,000 bonuses – see who below.

Brandon Moreno – Performance of the Night

In the UFC 263 co-main event, Brandon Moreno put on an incredible performance against Deiveson Figueiredo. From the beginning, Moreno came out like a man on a mission. Determined to not allow the rematch to end in another draw, Moreno outstruck Figueiredo in all three rounds. Moreno was the aggressor, landing takedowns in all three rounds before securing the victory and the title with a rear-naked choke with 2:26 minutes left in the third round. The performance was enough to earn the new champion one of the PON bonuses.

Drew Dober and Brad Riddell – Fight of the Night

Although the event has three fights at the top of the card that many expected to be FOTN contenders, the FOTN occurred on the final card of the prelims. Dober and Riddell fought a war with the fight tied at one round apiece going into the third. As the final round began, Dober came out aggressive. Knowing that he needed the round to win the fight, Dober began the round with momentum but then Riddell kicked it into another gear to end the fight. When the smoke cleared, Riddell was able to pull out the victory, but the true victors were the fans that watched the exciting fight. Both fighters walked away with $50K bonuses for their troubles.

Paul Craig – Fight of the Night

Paul Craig was responsible for the scariest moment of UFC 263, ending the undefeated streak of Jamahal Hill with a nasty TKO in the first round. The stoppage was controversial because many believe it should have happened earlier in the fight. Hill’s arm appeared broken as it swung around violently after Craig locked in a deep armbar to which Hill would not tap. Switching to strikes, it was clear that Hill was not able to defend with the visibly injured arm. Still, the stoppage to strikes in the first round sent a message the Craig is here to get it done. Craig also walked away with one of the $50K bonuses.

Do you think the right people got bonus money at UFC 263?

Israel Adesanya Dominates Marvin Vettori – UFC 263 Results

Israel AdesanyaIT’S TIME! The UFC 263 main event is finally upon us! Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori will rematch for the middleweight title. Round 1: Israel Adesanya opens up with a few low leg kicks. Marvin Vettori is pressing forward, trying to put the champion on his back foot. ‘Stylebender’ and Vettori exchange kicks. Adesanya tries […]

Israel Adesanya

IT’S TIME! The UFC 263 main event is finally upon us! Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori will rematch for the middleweight title.

Round 1: Israel Adesanya opens up with a few low leg kicks. Marvin Vettori is pressing forward, trying to put the champion on his back foot. ‘Stylebender’ and Vettori exchange kicks. Adesanya tries for another but it’s caught. Vettori uses it to take this fight to the floor. We are just 90 seconds into this fight and ‘The Italian Dream’ has this fight exactly where he wants it. Adesanya impressivley pops back to his feet. Vettori keeps the fight against the fence but is unable to secure another takedown and Adesanya eventually seperates. Adesanya continues to throw leg kicks despite the takedown threat. Vettori’s pressure is telling, Adesanya throws wildly and misses – Vettori lands. Adesanya lands a hard leg kick, points at his rival. ‘Stylebender’ is starting to flow with his striking right now. He keeps aiming high with his kicks, Vettori has been able to avoid them so far. Round one ends with both men exchanging uppercuts.

Round 2: Adesanya goes back to work with his leg kicks at the start of this round. As Vettori presses forward he’s running into a variety of shots. The Italian is getting off his own punches but Adesanya is catching the eye. Another low kick for the champion. And another! Vettori shoots, he’s got Adesanya pressed against the fence. The champion is throwing elbows to the side of his opponents head. Vettori is forced to bail on the takedown attempt – a big win for Adesanya. Vettori is throwing a lot and missing a lot in this round. Another hard kick from Adesanya. ‘Stylebender’ is playing on the fence, dodging Vettori’s punches. Vettori shoots for a takedown but is again eating elbows. Adesanya seperates and just misses with the head kick soon after. Vettori wades forward with two power shots which Adesanya slides away from. The round ends with Adesanya partially landing a high kick.

Round 3: A huge takedown from Vettori at the start of round three. Adesanya is unable to defend it and Vettori is on top 30 seconds into this frame. Vettori is in half guard, tapping away with shots. Adesanya tries to reverse but gives up his back. Vettori is working for the choke but Adesanya spins and winds up on top. He lands some ground and pound before standing back up. Adesanya jumps back in with punches but Vettori grabs for a leg lock. Another scramble see both me back to the feet. We hava a brief break in the action as Adesanya inadvertantly pokes his opponent in the eye. They get back underway and Adesanya lands some big leg kicks. Vettori lands a few punches of his own before eating two more big leg kicks. Vettori waves forward but misses big with his combo. Adesanya rattles off another leg kick. Soon after he drops Vettori with a huge leg kick. The challanger continues to push forward but he’s not landing anything. He eats a groin strike and we have another break in the action. As soon as we get back to fighting the horn sounds to end round three.

Round 4: Vettori fails with a takedown attempt early and is made to pay as Adesanya lands twice on the exit. Vettori shoots again but is eating elbows to the side of his head. He eventually gets the champion to the floor but Adesanya again reverses the position and gets back to his feet. ‘Stylebender’ hits another big leg kick. Vettori lands a nice right hand. Adesanya goes high and then low with the kick – beautiful stuff. Vettori finally lands a nice low kick of his own. A couple more shots land from Vettori but nothing to make a dent on the champion who’s clearly winning at this point. Adesanya lands another big leg kick which invokes gasps from the audience. Vettori presses the action again and lands a couple of punches. He shoots across the cage but Adesanya uses the fence to stay on his feet. The round ends in a stalemate against the fence, Adesanya slaps his opponent’s backside to keep the fans entertained before the horns sounds.

Round 5: A few exchanges on the feet in round five before Vettori tries to get this fight to the floor. He’s got Adesanya pressed against the fence but not much is happening. The referee warns both men to keep fighting. Vettori drops down but is shrugged off. They are back in the striking range, Adesanya lands a head kick. Another ‘Stylebender’ head kick is dodged by Vettori. Another is blocked – he’s going headhunting in this final frame. Adesanya tries a superman punch off the cage but eats a jab. Vettori tries again for the takedown. He momentarily has Adesanya on the mat but the champion pops back up. Again we are in a stalemate against the fence. This time the referee steps in and separates the two fighters. Vettori continues to press forward but isn’t throwing. Adesanya is picking him apart. Vettori shoots for another takedown with just seconds left but he needs a finish. The fight comes to an end. Israel Adesanya will retain his middleweight title via decision.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision

Brandon Moreno Taps Deiveson Figueiredo – UFC 263 Results

Brandon MorenoIn the UFC 263 co-main event Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno rematch for the flyweight title. Round 1: It’s a cagey opening minute. Brandon Moreno is pressing forward and has landed a few pop shots. Deiveson Figueiredo is backing up and seems to be biding his time right now. The flyweight champion uncorks a big […]

Brandon Moreno

In the UFC 263 co-main event Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno rematch for the flyweight title.

Round 1: It’s a cagey opening minute. Brandon Moreno is pressing forward and has landed a few pop shots. Deiveson Figueiredo is backing up and seems to be biding his time right now. The flyweight champion uncorks a big body shot, his first meaningful punch of the fight. Moreno continues to press the action. A couple of times now he’s initiated the clinch before quickly disengaging. Moreno hits the body then the head. He’s throwing lot’s of volume and is clearly winning this round through three minutes. Moreno drops Figueiredo! He flys to the ground but the champion is able to tie him up on the mat. Figueiredo beautifully sweeps to get back to his feet. Figueiredo appears to be fine after getting dropped by a jab of all things. The horn sounds to end a big round one for Brandon Moreno.

Round 2: Moreno lands a sharp jab early in round two. Figueiredo returns with a big power punch before shooting in for the takedown. Figueiredo takes this fight to the floor. He’s in side control but this postion quickly becomes a stalemate. Figueiredo has Moreno’s head wrapped up and is working for a choke. Moreno pops out and reverses the position. He ends up on top before the champion pops back to his feet. Moreno pushes this fight to the fence. He’s took Figueiredo’s back and is hammering away with knees to the leg. Moreno drags Figueiredo to the floor and tries to sink a choke in. The cage prevents Moreno from locking up the submission. Figueiredo recovers his guard. He’s throwing nasty elbows from the bottom. Moreno is content to keep the postion without progressing or landing anything significant. Figueiredo tries to roll out but he eats two shots for his effort. Moreno rides out a much closer second round in top position.

Round 3: A slow start to round three before Figueiredo lands a jab before spinning with a body kick. Moreno returns and lands several punches to keep the champion honest. Moreno clinches up again and forces this fight to the floor. He moves to he back and has the rear-naked-choke locked up. Figueiredo fights it off, for now. We’ve still got three minutes on the clock and he’s landing shots on the back. Moreno locks up the choke again and Figueiredo is forced to tap. We have a new flyweight champion.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Brandon Moreno def. Deiveson Figueiredo via submission in round three.