The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California tonight for UFC 227: “Dillashaw vs Garbrandt 2.” The event was headlined by a UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between champion T.J. Dillashaw and bitter rival Cody “No Love” Garbrandt.
In tonight’s co-main event, UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson put his title on the line in a rematch with Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo. Cub Swanson battled Renato “Moicano” Carneiro at featherweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the main card.
Reigning UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel “D.C.” Cormier captured his second UFC title on July 7th at UFC 226 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cormier knocked out former titleholder Stipe Miocic to become UFC Heavyweight Champion and the top-ranked heavyweight in the sport today.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 226: “Miocic vs Cormier.” The event was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between Stipe Miocic and reigning UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel “D.C.” Cormier.
UFC Middleweight Champion Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker narrowly retained his title with a razor-thin Split Decision victory on June 9th at UFC 225 in Chicago, Illinois. Whittaker edged out rival Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero for a second time and remains atop the 185-pound rankings.
Top contender Kelvin Gastelum took another big step up the middleweight rankings with one of his biggest victories to date at UFC 224 on May 12th. Gastelum edged out former Strikeforce titleholder Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza and now joins a short list of potential championship challengers.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil tonight for UFC 224: “Nunes vs Pennington.” The event was headlined by a UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout between Amanda “Lioness” Nunes and challenger Raquel “Rocky” Pennington.
UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas retained her title and silenced doubters with a hard-fought Unanimous Decision victory at UFC 223 on April 7th. Namajunas defeated ex-champ Joanna Jędrzejczyk for a second time and remains atop the stacked 115-pound rankings.
UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino retained her title with a dominant first-round stoppage victory at UFC 222 on March 3rd. Justino finished former Invicta FC titleholder Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya and now takes over the top spot in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings.