Dos Anjos vs Ferguson Fight Night Live Blog Results

MEXICO CITY – Mexico – Action is well underway tonight here in Mexico City for the 98th UFC Fight Night.
In case you missed it, here are the early results thus far. They will continue to be updated after each fight, and in certain cases, round by round.

Érik Pérez def. Felipe Arantes by Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Catchweight (140 lbs) Joe Soto def. Marco Beltrán by Submission (heel hook) at 1:37 of the first round.

Welterweight (170lbs) Max Griffin def. Erick Montaño TKO (punches) at 54 seconds of the first round.

Bantamweight (145lbs) Douglas Silva de Andrade def. Henry Briones by KO (elbow and spinning back fist) at
2:33 of the Third Round

Middleweight Sam Alveydef. Alex Nicholson by Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight (155) Marco Polo Reyes def. Jason Novelli by Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Featherweight (135lbs) Enrique Barzola def. Chris Avila Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Women’s Strawweight (135lbs) Alexa Grasso def. Heather Jo Clark by Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) ( GRASSO – Looked strong in her UFC Debut)

Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs.Rashid Magomedov up next

Magomedev with solid control in the first round,good leg strikes and a nice reversal on a takedown attempt. Magomedev also did a great job being elusive in the first round. I give the round to Magomedev 10-9

Not much action as it looks as though Magomedev may be taking Dariush a little too lightly. It cost him in this round and I now have it even going into the final round. 10-9 for Dariush.

We head to the third and the crowd is a little restless due to the lack of action last round. An even third round but Magomedev was excellent at stopping the take downs, thus giving him the round 10-9.

The official judges score the fight 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 for the winner in an upset Beneil Dariush

Up next we have Lightweight Martín Bravo vs. Claudio Puelles for The Ultimate Fighter Latin America Season III championship.

Solid first round, both kids are hungry and really want it. Bravo was just a tad bit more aggressive and looked loose as well, giving the round to Bravo 10-9 all the way.

MARTIN BRAVO WINS THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER CHAMPIONSHIP BY KNOCKOUT!!!!!

A great liver shot by Bravo, followed up by a storm of strikes, gives him the championship at 3:03 of the Second Round. Just a great outing by Bravo!

Up next we begin the big three on the card as predicted by Eli Moon and Vince McKee earlier today.

First off we have
Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliveira

Oliveira dominates the first round and almost finishes the fight several times before Lamas is saved by the bell. 10-9 Oliveira.

WOW!!! Lamas, out of nowhere opens up the second round with a beautiful guillotine choke to stun Oliveira and walk away with the huge second round submission win. This will open up doors for Lamas.

It is now time for Diego The Nightmare Sanchez versus Martin Held (22-4) making his UFC debut.

Great first round with loads of action. Best summary would have to be Held with the constant pressure and almost put Sanchez away with a brutal front facelock slash choke, however, Sanchez in brilliant fashion used cagewalk to escape and then go on the attack himself.

Very tough round to call, but will give it to Held just slightly 10-9.

Great second round from Sanchez. Escapes an early heel hook to maintain control of the rest of the round. I have it even after two.

Coming into the third round, Held looks gassed as Sanchez appears to be the fresher fighter.

Held looked tired all round and kept slowly working a heel hook on Sanchez, meanwhile Diego pounded away and it appears he has pulled off the decision win. We now go to the judges for the final say.

The judges agree with me, at 29-28, 29-28 and 29-27 for the winner, Diego Sanchez!

It is now time for the main event!

RDS dominated the first round. Ferguson kept trying for the big shot, but RDS was able to use multiple combos to take the round 10-9.

Ferguson stops all 4 takedown attempts and uses multiple strikes of his own to win 2 of the next 3 rounds, and we are all even heading into the fifth and final round.

Ferguson does just enough in round five, to take it, 48-47 and is due a title shot!