The Octagon returns to London for tonight’s UFC 286 occasion, a fifteen-bout struggle card headlined by Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3.
Edwards (20-3 MMA) will enter the competition on a ten-fight successful streak, his most up-to-date after all being his beautiful knockout victory over Usman at UFC 278. Coincidentally, Leon’s most up-to-date defeat got here again in December of 2015 when he was outpointed by ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ at UFC on Fox 17.
In the meantime, Kamaru Usman (20-2 MMA) will enter the Octagon trying to rebound from his title loss to Leon Edwards this previous August. The setback marked Usman’s second profession defeat and first loss since 2013.
Tonight’s UFC 286 occasion is co-headlined by a key light-weight matchup that includes Justin Gaethje taking over Rafael Fiziev.
Gaethje (23-4 MMA) might be returning to motion for the primary time since being defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC 274. Previous to that setback, ‘The Spotlight’ was coming off a unanimous resolution victory over Michael Chandler in a bout that given ‘Combat of the 12 months’ honors for 2021.
In the meantime, Rafael Fiziev (12-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s co-main event sporting a six-fight successful streak, his newest being a fifth-round knockout victory over Rafael dos Anjos. ‘Ataman’ has earned eight of his twelve profession wins by the use of knockout.
Additionally featured on tonight’s UFC 286 fundamental card lineup is a middleweight matchup between Marvin Vettori and Roman Dolidze.
Vettori (18-6-1 MMA) will enter the competition trying to rebound, this after struggling a choice setback to Robert Whittaker in his most up-to-date effort at UFC Paris. Previous to that loss, ‘The Italian Dream’ had outpointed Paulo Costa in October of 2021.
In the meantime, Roman Dolidze (12-1 MMA) will enter the O2 Arena sporting a four-fight successful streak, his newest being a TKO victory over Jack Hermansson. That win was preceded by back-to-back KO victories over opponents Phil Hawes and Kyle Daukaus.
Get all of tonight’s dwell outcomes and highlights beneath (refresh for updates):
UFC 286 Predominant Card (5pm EST on PPV)
Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman – Edwards def. Usman by majority resolution (48-46 x2, 47-47)
Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev – Gaethje def. Fiziev by majority decision (29-28 x2, 28-28)
Gunnar Nelson vs. Bryan Barberena – Nelson def. Barberena through submission (armbar) at 4:51 of Spherical 1
GUNNAR NELSON! pic.twitter.com/8UVrqu4P0X
— FTB VIDS (@anotherFTBacct) March 18, 2023
Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neil – Maia def. O’Neill by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze – Vettori def. Dolidze by unanimous resolution (29-28 x2, 30-27)
UFC 286 Televised Prelims (3pm EST on ESPN+)
Jack Shore vs. Makwan Amirkhani – Shore def. Amirkhani through submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:27 of Spherical 2
Jack Shore will get the submission win 🥋 #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/jtQmS4IyBN
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) March 18, 2023
Chris Duncan vs. Omar Morales – Duncan def. Morales by cut up resolution (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Sam Patterson vs. Yanal Ashmoz – Ashmoz def. Patterson through TKO (punches) at 1:15 of Spherical 1
Wow! 😱 #UFC286 https://t.co/lTPcrjk5HH
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) March 18, 2023
Muhammad Mokaev vs. Jafel Filho – Mokaev def. Filho through submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:34 of Spherical 3
What a win for @muhammadmokaev! #UFC286
pic.twitter.com/wjbGOQJDXz— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) March 18, 2023
UFC 286 Early Prelims (1pm EST on ESPN+)
Lerone Murphy vs. Gabriel Santos – Murphy def. Santos by cut up resolution (28-29, 29-28 x2)
Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Duško Todorović – Duncan def. Todorovic through TKO (knee harm) at 1:52 of Spherical 1
Malcolm Gordon vs. Jake Hadley – Hadley def. Gordon through TKO (punches) at 1:01 of Spherical 1
THAT WILL GET THE PEOPLE GOING!!!!! 🤯@JakeHadleyMMA with a primary spherical end at #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/AckCQbjUli
— UFC (@ufc) March 18, 2023
Joanne Wooden vs. Luana Carolina – Wooden def. Carolina by cut up resolution (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Jai Herbert vs. Ľudovít Klein – Dominated a majority draw (29-27, 28-28 x2)
Juliana Miller vs. Veronica Hardy – Hardy def. Miller by unanimous resolution (30-27 x3)
Who’re you choosing to win tonight’s welterweight title struggle between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman? Share your predictions within the remark part beneath!