UFC Fight Night 266 live results: Mario Bautista vs. Vinicius Oliveira
The first Fight Night event of the Paramount era goes down today at the newly-minted Meta Apex in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira.
The main event is a five-round bout in the bantamweight division featuring a pair of ranked 135-pounders in their first UFC main events as Mario Bautista takes on Vinicius Oliveira. Bautista is looking to get back into the win column after a loss in his last fight ended a long win streak. Oliveira is looking to keep his win streak in tact as he’s won six straight heading into this fight.
In the co-main event, it is a pivotal bout at flyweight as Amir Albazi takes on former title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi. Also on the main card is a heavyweight bout between Jailton Almeida and Rizvan Kuniev; a middleweight slugfest pitting Michal Oleksiejczuk against Marc-Andre Barriault; and a bantamweight bout between Jean Matsumoto and undefeated Farid Basharat.
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> Women’s Bantamweights- Klaudia Sygula (7-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (13-7, 5-7 UFC)
They come out trading right away. Cachoeira lands a solid right hand. Sygula lands a front kick to the body. They trade punches. Sygula with more front kicks and Cachoeira lands a calf kick. Cachoeira lands a right hand followed by a leg kick. Sygula lands a combo. Sygula hurts Cachoeira with a combination. Sygula working the jab. Cachoeira’s face is busted up. Sygula heavy on the volume. Sygula landing at will as Cachoeira is busted up some more. Sygula lands a solid flurry. They trade heavy shots. 10-9 Sygula.
Sygula lands a combination. Sygula looks for a takedown but Cachoeira backs away and then rushes in and lands a right hand. They are both landing big shots inside the pocket. Sygula lands a front kick. Sygula with some heavy combinations. Cachoeira lands a solid left hand. They trade punches and Sygula’s face is now showing some damage. Sygula with a combo and lands a front kick that stumbles Cachoeira up, but she gets right to her feet. Sygula lands a jab. She lands a combo after Cachoeira lands a right hand. Sygula lands a combination. Sygula with a combo as Cachoeira lands a right hand. Cachoeira’s face is busted all up. 10-9 Sygula, 20-18 Sygula.
Sygula landing combos and circling away. Sygula keeping it on with the volume as Cachoeira lands a few right hands, but isn’t stringing anything together. Sygula with a front kick followed by a right hand. Cachoeira lands a big right hand, and then Sygula lands a counter right hand. They trade in close range. Sygula lands a big right hand. Cachoeira lands a left hook. Cachoeira with a right hand but eats a counter combination from Sygula. Cachoeira catches a kick and Sygula goes to her back. Cachoeira gets on top and lands. 10-9 Cachoeira, 29-28 Sygula.
Fight Result- Klaudia Sygula def. Priscila Cachoeira by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
> Bantamweights*- Muin Gafurov (20-6, 2-2 UFC) vs. Jakub Wiklacz (17-3-2, 1-0 UFC)
*Gafurov missed weight by 5 pounds
Wiklacz lands a front kick followed by a solid right hand. Wiklacz lands another right hand and is throwing kicks. Gafurov lands a leg kick. Wiklacz with a body kick. Gafurov lands an elbow on a brief clinch. Wiklacz with a body kick. Wiklacz with more body kicks. They clinch and Wiklacz lands a knee before they break. They both land as Wiklacz rushes forward. Gafurov lands a big right hand. They clinch against the fence and Gafurov lands to the body as they separate. Wiklacz lands a right hand and a knee as they clinch, then he looks for a guillotine choke but they break. Gafurov lands a spin kick. They trade kicks and Gafurov lands a flurry at the end. 10-9 Gafurov.
Wiklacz hurts Gafurov to the body and jumps for a guillotine choke, but Gafurov escapes. Wiklacz ends up in side control and lands some elbows. Wiklacz lands several knees to the body. Gafurov was complaining about something but everything Wiklacz was landing was legal. Wiklacz looks for the neck as they scramble up. They break apart. Wiklacz lands some kicks. Gafurov throws a spin kick but Wiklacz catches him and grabs the neck. They break apart. Gafurov gets a takedown against the fence, but Wiklacz scrambles right into top mount. Wiklacz with some body shots. Wiklacz pressuring and landing from the top. Wiklacz takes the back. Wiklacz almost has a rear-naked choke locked in late. 10-9 Wiklacz, 19-19.
Wiklacz landing short kicks to start the third. They trade in close range. Gafurov lands a big flurry. Gafurov landing big shots in this round as he pushes Wiklacz against the fence. Gafurov lands on the break. Gafurov lands a combination. Wiklacz looking a little tired. Gafurov lands a spinning back fist. Gafurov pushes it against the fence and Wiklacz grabs the neck and is looking for a choke. Wiklacz has it locked in tight and Gafurov is tapping right as the horn sounds. Gafurov tapped right before the horn sounded with one hand and right as it was sounding with the other hand.
Fight Result- Jakub Wiklacz def. Muin Gafurov by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:59 of Round 3
> Women’s Flyweights*- #12 Wang Cong (8-1, 3-1 UFC) vs. #13 Eduarda Moura (12-1, 3-1 UFC)
*Cong missed weight by 1.5 pounds; Moura missed weight by 1 pound
Moura comes forward right away and starts landing. Cong lands a leg kick as Moura lands a right hand. Cong with more leg kicks as Moura lands another right hand. They clinch against the fence and Moura gets a takedown and has the back as they stand. Moura drags it back down. They break apart. Cong lands a right hand and then drops Moura with a right hand. Cong starts landing big shots and hammerfists from the top as Moura tries to grab a leg. Moura with some hammerfists from the bottom. Cong lands an elbow and stands. 10-9 Cong.
> Bantamweights*- Javid Basharat (14-2 1 NC, 3-2 1 NC UFC) vs. Gianni Vazquez (13-4-1, 0-0 UFC)
*Vazquez missed weight by 5 pounds
> Women’s Strawweights- Bruna Brasil (11-5-1, 3-3 UFC) vs. Ketlen Souza (15-6, 2-3 UFC)
> Welterweights- Nikolay Veretennikov (13-7, 1-3 UFC) vs. Niko Price (16-9 2 NC, 8-9 2 NC UFC)
> Welterweights- Alex Morono (24-12 1 NC, 13-9 1 NC UFC) vs. Daniil Donchenko (12-2, 1-0 UFC)
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> Light Heavyweights- Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1, 9-6-1 UFC) vs. Julius Walker (7-1, 1-1 UFC)
> Bantamweights- Jean Matsumoto (17-1, 3-1 UFC) vs. Farid Basharat (14-0, 5-0 UFC)
> Middleweights- Michal Oleksiejczuk (21-9 1 NC, 9-7 1 NC UFC) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (17-10 1 NC, 6-9 1 NC UFC)
> Heavyweights- #6 Jailton Almeida (22-4, 8-2 UFC) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (13-3-1 1 NC, 0-1 UFC)
> Flyweights- #6 Amir Albazi (17-2, 5-1 UFC) vs. #8 Kyoji Horiguchi (35-5 1 NC, 8-1 UFC)
> Bantamweights- #9 Mario Bautista (16-3, 10-3 UFC) vs. #11 Vinicius Oliveira (23-3, 4-0 UFC)
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