UFC 325 wasn’t built the same as its predecessor, sacrificing quality to ensure local favorites were featured prominently on the card, and having a main event that kind of makes no sense. But that doesn’t mean the event was a bust—quite the opposite. The undercard saw an even mix of finishes to decisions, and some fresh ROAD to UFC talent to keep our eye on in the future.

The main portion of the card bore witness to Quillan Salkilld embarrass Jamie Mullarkey in about three minutes flat, proving the gigantic gulf in the odds was justified. Tai Tuivasa took his sixth, straight loss at the hands of Tallison Teixeira, and it was as depressing as you might assume, for those that didn’t watch. UFC has to let Tai go and stop embarrassing him in front of his people.

Mauricio Ruffy took Fiziev nearly to the end of round two, then decided he would end Rafael’s suffering, scoring the TKO and sending the Azerbaijani back to the L side of the column. Benoit Saint-Denis put a whooping on Dan “Prostituta” ← (IYKYK) after a first round of Hooker besting him with body kicks and guillotine attempts. The second round was a different story once BSD got the Aussie down, raining down elbows and strikes of all kinds, bloodying the man to the point that Herb Dean stepped in to wave the fight off.

Alexander Volkanovski proved once again that he’s the featherweight kingpin. He damned near got a shutout, but I gave Diego Lopes a narrow round 2, as did two of the judges. The third judge gave Volk a perfect 50-45, which was also acceptable, as many fans and pundits did. It was a terrific contest, though, and Lopes never looked like he was out of it. He never gave up trying to get the fight finished, yet still couldn’t solve the riddle. On to the next one.

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UFC 325 Results

* 145 lbs.: Alexander Volkanovski def. Diego Lopes by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)

* 155 lbs.: Benoit Saint-Denis def. Dan Hooker by TKO (elbows), round 2 (4:45)

* 155 lbs.: Mauricio Ruffy def. Rafael Fiziev by TKO (punches), round 2 (4:30)

* 265 lbs.: Tallison Teixeira def. Tai Tuivasa by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 155 lbs.: Quillan Salkilld def. Jamie Mullarkey by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:02)

* 205 lbs.: Billy Elekana def. Junior Tafa by submission (rear naked choke), round 2 (3:18)

* 185 lbs.: Cam Rowston def. Cody Brundage by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (4:08)

* 185 lbs.: Jacob Malkoun def. Torrez Finney by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

* 170 lbs.: Jonathan Micallef def. Oban Elliot by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 2 (3:31)

* 145 lbs.: Kaan Ofli def. Yizha by majority decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

* 155 lbs.: Don Mar Fan def. Sangwook Kim by unanimous decision (30-27. 30-27. 30-27)

* 145 lbs.: Keiichiro Nakamura def. Sebastian Szalay by TKO (knee), round 3 (3:28)

* 135 lbs.: Lawrence Lui def. Sulangrangbo by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

UFC 325 Bonuses

* $100K each FOTN: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes

* $100K each POTN: Quillan Salkilld, Mauricio Ruffy

* $25K each to the other fighters that got a finish:Keiichiro Nakamura, Jonathan Micallef, Cam Rowston, Billy Elekana, Benoit Saint-Denis

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UFC 324 was ravaged by injury before it ever got off the ground. A few weeks out, we lost Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes. On weigh-in day, after successfully making weight, Cameron Smotherman stepped off the scale, took a few steps and then faceplanted, busting open his chin which ended up requiring stitches. This morning, just hours before the event’s kickoff, we lost yet another bout, this time due to suspicious betting activity which later revealed Alexander Hernandez was injured, so his bout vs. Michael Johnson was canceled. Rocky start to a billion-dollar-per-year deal.

The card itself was pretty good, with the prelims seeing four straight finishes. Considering that the bonuses have doubled now, and there’s added incentive ($25K bonus for all finishes that didn’t already earn a standard bonus) to get a finish, perhaps a fire has been lit under our modern day gladiators. And may I just say that the old guys really do find some magical reserves because Nikita Krylov certainly did.

The rest of the fights, save one, went the distance, with Silva-Namajunas being closer than I thought it would be. Nurmagomedov predictably routed Figueiredo, as O’Malley did with Song Yadong. The lone finish was Cortes-Acosta sending Derrick Lewis to the land of banana peels and loss.

Gaethje-Pimblett was an absolute banger—not exactly a classic, mainly because there was an abundance of chicanery with eye-pokes, low blows and just wild striking, but still very good. Paddy has no quit in him and Justin can still crack. It was very clear that the significant strikes were very different for these gents, with Gaethje’s being far more impactful. Oh yeah, some brave person put $1.3M on Paddy to win, so there’s that.

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UFC 324 Results

* 155 lbs.: Justin Gaethje def. Paddy Pimblett by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46)

* 135 lbs.: Sean O’Malley def. Song Yadong by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Derrick Lewis by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (3:14)

* 125 lbs.: Natalia Silva def. Rose Namajunas by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 145 lbs.: Jean Silva def. Arnold Allen by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 125 lbs.: Umar Nurmagomedov def. Deiveson Figueiredo by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* 185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier def. Andrey Pulyaev by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 205 lbs.: Nikita Krylov def. Modestas Bukauskas by KO (punches), round 3 (4:57)

* 125 lbs.: Alex Perez def. Charles Johnson by TKO (left hook), round 1 (3:16)

* 265 lbs.: Josh Hokit def. Denzel Freeman by TKO (strikes, I guess), round 1 (4:59)

* 170 lbs.: Ty Miller def. Adam Fugitt by TKO (punches), round 1 (4:59)

UFC 324 Bonuses

* $100K each FOTN: Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett

* $100K each POTN: Ty Miller, Josh Hokit

* $25K each to the other fighters that got a finish:Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Nikita Krylov

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UFC 323 delivered big in their last PPV event ever (or so they say). It had all the hallmarks of a great event going in with solid matchmaking and terrific stats on paper, and the action and skill level we were treated to surpassed our expectations. Nine finishes on a 14-fight card was just the beginning of the bonanza, as we also bore witness to a comeback story that might end up being called a fight of the year. Petr Yan gave a masterclass on how to defeat Merab Dvalishvili and ended up reclaiming his belt in spectacular, high level fashion.

Joshua Van took the belt from Alexandre Pantoja, but it was in an anti-climactic, depressing way. Alexandre went to post on his left arm on his way down to the canvas and let’s just say it didn’t cooperate, snapping the entire wrong way, grossing out multitudes of fans in the process.

Henry Cejudo put on a valiant effort in his bout with Payton Talbott, but was no match for the younger man, losing convincingly, despite a warrior’s performance. He retired in the cage and the promotion sent him off with a montage video. Hopefully he’s actually made enough to retire for real this time.

Tatsuro Taira defeated Brandon Moreno via TKO, and while some declared the referee’s call a mite early, it wasn’t egregious and the result would almost undoubtedly have been the same if it had gone on much longer. Taira was teeing off and Moreno wasn’t putting up much in the way of defense. Now that we’ve reviewed most of the main card, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC 323 Results

* 135 lbs.: Petr Yan def. Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)

* 125 lbs.: Joshua Van def. Alexandre Pantoja by TKO (injury), round 1 (0:26)

* 125 lbs.: Tatsuro Taira def. Brandon Moreno by TKO (punches), round 2 (2:24)

* 135 lbs.: Payton Talbott def. Henry Cejudo by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* 205 lbs.: Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov ends in a majority draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)

* 155 lbs.: Manuel Torres def. Grant Dawson by TKO (punches), round 1 (2:25)

* 155 lbs.: Chris Duncan def. Terrance McKinney by submission (anaconda), round 1 (2:30)

* 125 lbs.: Maycee Barber def. Karine Silva by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 155 lbs.: Fares Ziam def. Nazim Sadykhov by TKO (punches), round 2 (4:59)

* 185 lbs.: Official decision: Brunno Ferreira def. Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 155 lbs.: Jalin Turner def. Edson Barboza by TKO (punches), round 1 (2:24)

* 205 lbs.: Iwo Baraniewski def. Ibo Aslan by KO (punches), round 1 (1:29)

* 185 lbs.: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Antonio Trocoli by submission (guillotine), round 1 (1:09)

* 145 lbs.: Mairon Santos def. Muhammad Naimov by KO (punch), round 3 (0:21)

UFC 323 Bonuses

* FOTN: Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili 2

* POTN: Manuel Torres, Iwo Baraniewski

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UFC 322 looked terrific on paper, and in practice, it delivered several highlight reel moments. Benoit Saint Denis starched Beneil Dariush in just 16 seconds to open the main card. Not to be outdone, Carlos Prates became the first person to ever knock out Leon Edwards. Then Michael Morales stopped Sean Brady inside the first round. That was followed by Valentina Shevchenko absolutely dominating Zhang Weili from bell to bell. It was so lopsided I felt sorry for Weili.

Finally, we saw another lopsided beatdown in the main event when Islam Makhachev 50-45’d Jack Della Maddalena across the board to win a second belt. It was a mauling that even John Pork had a hard time watching. Now that we’ve reviewed the main card, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC 322 Results

* 170 lbs.: Islam Makhachev def. Jack Della Maddalena by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

* 125 lbs.: Valentina Shevchenko def. Zhang Weili by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

* 170 lbs.: Michael Morales def. Sean Brady by TKO (punches), round 1 (3:27)

* 170 lbs.: Carlos Prates def. Leon Edwards by KO (punch), round 2 (1:28)

* 155 lbs.: Benoit Saint Denis def. Beneil Dariush by KO (punch), round 1 (0:16)

* 185 lbs.: Bo Nickal def. Rodolfo Vieira by KO (head kick), round 3 (2:24)

* 185 lbs.: Gregory Rodrigues def. Roman Kopylov by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

* 125 lbs.: Erin Blanchfield def. Tracy Cortez by submission (rear naked choke), round 2 (4:44)

* 135 lbs.: Ethyn Ewing def. Malcolm Wellmaker by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 185 lbs.: Kyle Daukaus def. Gerald Meershaert by submission (D’arce choke), round 1 (0:50)

* 145 lbs.: Pat Sabatini def. Chepe Mariscal by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* 115 lbs.: Fatima Kline def. Angela Hill by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

* 185 lbs.: Baisangur Susurkaev def. Eric McConico by KO (punch), round 3 (1:38)

* 155 lbs.: Matheus Camilo def. Viacheslav Borshchev by unanimous decision (30-27, 20-27, 29-28)

UFC 322 Bonuses

* FOTN: None

* POTN: Carlos Prates, Benoit Saint Denis, Bo Nickal, Michael Morales

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UFC Vegas 110 looked promising on paper, with solid alternative stats and suitable matchmaking. It wasn’t gonna set the world on fire, but it was decent enough. Fast forward to the event in actuality and you get a mixed bag with a possible fixed fight, another eye poke and follow-up questionable reffing to put the sour cherry on top of the sawdust cake. But Sedriques Dumas got beat up and that almost tips the scales back to good. And we also were rewarded with a lot of submissions, so the night wasn’t exactly terrible. Now, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC Vegas 110 Results

* 145 lbs.: Steve Garcia vs. David Onama — Garcia def. Onama by TKO (punches), round 1 (3:34)

* 265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ante Delija — Cortes-Acosta def. Delija by TKO (punches), round 1 (3:59)

* 170 lbs.: Jeremiah Wells vs. Themba Gorimbo — Wells def. Gorimbo by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 145 lbs.: Isaac Dulgarian vs. Yadier Del Valle — Del Valle def. Dulgarian by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:41)

* 170 lbs.: Charles Radtke vs. Daniel Frunza — Radtke def. Frunza by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:29)

* 125 lbs.: Allan Nascimento vs. Cody Durden — Nascimento def. Durden by submission (anaconda choke), round 2 (3:13)

* 205 lbs.: Billy Elekana vs. Kevin Christian — Elekana def. Christian by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:33)

* 135 lbs.: Timmy Cuamba vs. Changho Lee — Cuamba def. Lee by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 185 lbs.: Donte Johnson vs. Sedriques Dumas — Johnson def. Dumas by submission (guillotine), round 2 (1:29)

* 135 lbs.: Ketlen Vieira vs. Norma Dumont — Dumont def. Vieira by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

* 115 lbs.: Alice Ardelean vs. Montserrat Ruiz — Ardelean def. Ruiz by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* 170 lbs.: Phil Rowe vs. Ko Seokhyeon — Ko def. Rowe by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

* 115 lbs.: Talita Alencar vs. Ariane Carnelossi — Alencar def. Carnelossi by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:36)

UFC Vegas 110 Bonuses

* FOTN: None

* POTN: Steve Garcia, Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Allan Nascimento, Donte Johnson

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UFC Vancouver saw the favorites winning for the most part in a fairly decent night of fights, considering how dismal it looked on paper. That said, the biggest surprise was Reinier de Ridder’s cardio absolutely shitting the bed, to the point where he was dominated from rounds 2-4 and ended up having his corner not send him out for round 5. Brendan Allen put a whooping on him.

Drew Dober turned his fortunes around when he finished Kyle Prepolec, and Aoriqileng smoked Cody Gibson in 21 seconds. Manon Fiorot and Charles Jourdain also notched finishes in their respective fights. The worst part of the entire show was when Dan Miragliotta’s awful refereeing nearly ended up costing Kyle Nelson a TKO. Send that man back to school! Now, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC Vancouver Results

* 185 lbs.: Reinier de Ridder vs. Brendan Allen — Allen def. de Ridder by TKO (corner stoppage), round 4 (5:00)

* 170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Mike Malott — Malott def. Holland by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 135 lbs.: Marlon Vera vs. Aiemann Zahabi — Zahabi def. Vera by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

* 125 lbs.: Manon Fiorot vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius — Fiorot def. Jasudavicius by TKO (ground strikes), round 1 (1:14)

* 135 lbs.: Charles Jourdain vs. Davey Grant — Jourdain def. Grant by submission (guillotine), round 1 (3:05)

* 155 lbs.: Kyle Nelson vs. Matt Frevola — Nelson def. Frevola by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 155 lbs.: Kyle Prepolec vs. Drew Dober — Dober def. Prepolec by TKO (punches), round 3 (1:16)

* 135 lbs.: Cody Gibson vs. Aoriqileng — Aoriqileng def. Gibson by KO (straight right), round 1 (0:21)

* 125 lbs.: Bruno Silva vs. Hyun Sung Park — Silva def. Park by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (2:15)

* 185 lbs.: Danny Barlow vs. Djorden Santos — Santos def. Barlow by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 115 lbs.: Stephanie Luciano vs. Ravena Oliveira — Luciano def. Oliveira by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (2:50)

* 185 lbs.: Azamat Bekoev vs. Yousri Belgaroui — Belgaroui def. Bekoev by TKO (punches), round 3 (0:55)

* 135 lbs.: Melissa Croden vs. Tainara Lisboa — Croden def. Lisboa by TKO (ground and pound), round 1 (4:32)

UFC Vancouver Bonuses

* FOTN: Drew Dober vs. Kyle Prepolec

* POTN: Charles Jourdain, Aoriqileng

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UFC 320 was terrific on paper and delivered great moments in practice. Alex Pereira reclaimed his belt in under two minutes. He charged Ankalaev and scored the TKO lightning fast. Merab Dvalishvili almost knocked out Cory Sandhagen, then let him recover enough to take a round off him. He would end up victorious, proving that he’s likely the best bantamweight the UFC has ever seen. Jiri Prochazka fought like a kid practicing his Kung Fu Theater moves and ended up taking a beating through two rounds. Finally, when Rountree had gassed, Jiri turned up the weird energy and ended up getting the TKO in the third, leaving Khalil a bloody mess. Now, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC 320 Results

* 205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira — Pereira def. Ankalaev by TKO (elbows on the ground), round 1 (1:20)

* 135 lbs.: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen — Dvalisvili def. Sandhagen by unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 49-46)

* 205 lbs.: Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. — Prochazka def. Rountree Jr. by TKO (punches), round 3 (3:04)

* 145 lbs.: Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal — Zalal def. Emmett by submission (armbar), round 1 (1:38)

* 185 lbs.: Joe Pyfer vs. Abus Magomedov — Pyfer def. Magomedov by submission (rear naked choke), round 2 (1:44)

* 185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier vs. Treston Vines — Gautier def. Vines by TKO (elbows), round 1 (1:41)

* 145 lbs.: Daniel Santos vs. JooSang Yoo — Santos def. Yoo by TKO (punches), round 2 (0:21)

* 135 lbs.: Patchy Mix vs. Jakub Wiklacz — Wiklacz def. Mix by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

* 185 lbs.: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Andre Muniz — Shahbazyan def. Muniz by TKO (ground and pound), round 1 (4:58)

* 170 lbs.: Punahele Soriano vs. Nikolay Veretennikov — Soriano def. Veretennikov by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* 135 lbs.: Macy Chiasson vs. Yana Santos — Santos def. Chiasson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 135 lbs.: Farid Basharat vs. Chris Gutierrez — Basharat def. Gutierrez by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 170 lbs.: Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Austin Vanderford — Brahimaj def. Vanderford by submission (guillotine), round 2 (2:24)

* 125 lbs.: Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker — Hardy def. Walker by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

UFC P320 Bonuses

* FOTN: Jiří Procházka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.

* POTN: Alex Pereira, Jiří Procházka, Joe Pyfer

* Announced Live Gate: $8,840,134

* Attendance: 19,081 (Sold Out)

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UFC Perth was a miserable card on paper and there’s no two ways about it. The stats were awful, but more importantly, the matmaking was too. Having a single ranked fight on an event where Australia pays through the nose in site fees is just so wrong, and the Aussies responded with their wallets, tanking sales to where UFC was practically giving away the…