UFC on ESPN+ 122 live results: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Randy Brown
After a bit of a newsworthy week outside of the Octagon, action inside of it is back inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for UFC on ESPN+ 122.
The main event is a five-round welterweight battle between a pair of newcomers to the main event scene as Gabriel Bonfim takes on Randy Brown.
Bonfim has been surging up the rankings at 170 pounds with a three-fight win streak and a win over former title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Brown has been flirting with the top 15 and is both looking for his second straight win and to improve on an 8-2 mark over his last ten fights.
In the co-main event, flyweights square off as Matt Schnell takes on TUF 33 winner Joseph Morales. Also on the main card is an exciting welterweight battle between strikers Muslim Salikhov and Uros Medic; a catchweight bout between Chris Padilla and Ismael Bonfim; and a middleweight bout pitting Christian Leroy Duncan against Marco Tulio.
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> 195-pound Catchweights- Zachary Reese (9-2 1 NC, 3-2 1 NC UFC) vs. Jackson McVey (6-1, 0-1 UFC)
They trade calf kicks and McVey gets off balance. They clinch and McVey lands an elbow and a knee. McVey with some more elbows as Reese is landing punches. They trade knees and Reese is landing uppercuts as McVey is landing elbows. Reese is cut open. McVey with several knees to the body of Reese. McVey lands another knee and Reese goes to his knees but gets up. McVey still pressuring with knees and elbows. Reese with some body shots and McVey lands more elbows. They separate and Reese lands a combo. McVey lands a combo as they clinch and trade. McVey has Reese pressed against the fence but lands a knee to the groin and timeout is called. They get back going and clinch up and trade knees, elbows and punches. They separate and Reese scores a takedown. McVey ends up on top as they trade on the mat. 10-9 McVey.
Reese scores an immediate takedown and starts landing from the top. They scramble up but Reese gets it right back down. Reese gets the back and locks in a rear-naked choke. McVey is trying to fight it off but he ends up tapping! Reese picks up the submission win.
Fight Result- Zachary Reese def. Jackson McVey by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:38 of Round 2
> Bantamweights- Miles Johns (15-4 1 NC, 6-4 1 NC UFC) vs. Daniel Marcos (17-1 1 NC, 4-1 1 NC UFC)
Johns with some early calf kicks. Johns lands but Marcos scores a takedown. Johns scrambles up and pushes Marcos against the fence. They separate and trade punches before Johns looks for a takedown against the fence. Marcos with an elbow and a knee before he drops down for a takedown attempt. Marcos has the back and is landing knees. 10-9 Marcos.
They trade before clinching against the fence. They battle for position before separating, and they trade punches before Marcos gets Johns down to the mat. Marcos tries to get on top and Johns tries to create space. Marcos grabs the back of Johns as they scramble to the fence. They get to their feet and Marcos still has back control. Marcos is landing and locks in a rear-naked choke. He is squeezing and Johns goes out cold before he can tap. Marcos picks up an impressive win.
Fight Result- Daniel Marcos def. Miles Johns by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:23 of Round 2
> Women’s Strawweights- #13 Tecia Pennington (15-7, 11-7 UFC) vs. #15 Denise Gomes (11-3, 5-2 UFC)
Pennington landing leg and body kicks to start as they’re both trying to find their range. Pennington lands a hard calf kick and Gomes lands a body kick. They scramble for a moment and both connect in close range before separating. Pennington lands a body kick and Gomes with a pair of calf kicks. Pennington throwing side kicks. Gomes grabs the leg and trips Pennington down, but she pops right back to her feet. Gomes with some more kicks. They trade and Pennington lands a big counter right hand. Gomes lands a body kick. Gomes with a right hand as Pennington lands a jab. Gomes with a calf kick. Pennington grabs the back late but is unable to get Gomes down. Close round. 10-9 Pennington.
They trade leg kicks. Gomes lands a body kick and a right hand. Gomes with an overhand right. Gomes is pressing forward and lands some small leg kicks. Gomes with an inside leg kick. The output has slowed a little in this round. They trade leg kicks. Gomes lands a jab. They trade kicks and Gomes lands a solid right hand. Gomes with a body and calf kick. Pennington lands a leg kick. Gomes with an uppercut and she grabs the body lock. Pennington with some dirty boxing before they separate. Gomes swings huge but misses. 10-9 Gomes, 19-19.
They trade in close range and Gomes connects with a small flurry before they clinch up. Gomes gets a takedown and is in side control against the fence. Gomes gets the back as Pennington is trying to escape from the bottom. They stand with Gomes still on the back. Gomes has the neck and was squeezing with a bulldog choke of sorts but lets go and is landing shots from the top. Gomes with some elbows. They scramble up and trade at the end. 10-9 Gomes, 29-28 Gomes.
Fight Result- Denise Gomes def. Tecia Pennington by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
> Heavyweights- Josh Hokit (6-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Max Gimenis (6-1, 0-0 UFC)
Gimenis lands a heavy leg kick. Gimenis lands some more kicks. Hokit drops Gimenis with a punch and he tries to land, but Gimenis gets up. Hokit starts landing big punches and Gimenis goes down and it is all over! Hokit picks up the quick win.
Fight Result- Josh Hokit def. Max Gimenis by TKO (punches) at :56 of Round 1
> Women’s Bantamweights- #10 Mayra Bueno Silva (10-5-1 1 NC, 5-5-1 1 NC UFC) vs. #11 Jacqueline Cavalcanti (9-1, 4-0 UFC)
They trade leg kicks. They trade more leg kicks and Cavalcanti lands a left hook. Silva with a body kick as Cavalcanti lands a jab. Silva lands more leg kicks before they trade punches. They trade and Silva lands. They separate and Cavalcanti lands more to end the round. 10-9 Cavalcanti.
They trade leg kicks before Cavalcanti lands a right hand and they briefly clinch but break. Cavalcanti pressing forward as Silva lands a body kick. Silva lands a leg kick. Cavalcanti lands a big combo. They clinch against the fence and Cavalcanti lands some knees. Silva lands some knees and they separate. Silva with a leg kick. Silva with a body kick. Silva lands a leg kick and Cavalcanti lands a combination. They trade in close range. Cavalcanti lands some big shots and pressures late. 10-9 Cavalcanti, 20-18 Cavalcanti.
They trade in close range to start round three as Cavalcanti lands a right hand. Silva shoots for a takedown, but Cavalcanti defends and lands a left hand. Cavalcanti with a straight left hand. Silva looking for a takedown against the fence. They separate and Cavalcanti lands some leg kicks and a jumping knee. They trade leg kicks. Cavalcanti connects with a right hand. Silva lands a jab. Cavalcanti lands some punches as Silva tries to grab her head. Cavalcanti lands a body kick and a left hand and Silva lands a counter combination. Cavalcanti lands a pair of big right hands. Cavalcanti lands a left hand and Silva with a backfist. 10-9 Cavalcanti, 30-27 Cavalcanti.
Fight Result- Jacqueline Cavalcanti def. Mayra Bueno Silva by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
> Bantamweights- Ricky Simon (22-6, 10-5 UFC) vs. Raoni Barcelos (20-5, 9-4 UFC)
Barcelos with a quick leg kick. Barcelos lands a pair of uppercuts and a heavy leg kick. Barcelos gets a brief takedown but Simon gets up and lands some big shots against the fence that hurt Barcelos. They break apart and both land heavy punches. Barcelos drops down and scores a takedown. Simon scrambles and reverses to the top and lands several hammerfists. Simon landing to the body from inside the guard. They get to their feet. Simon lands a jab. Barcelos lands a big right hand. Simon with a high kick. Barcelos lands a combination. Barcelos fakes a takedown and lands an elbow. 10-9 Simon.
Simon lands a jab and Barcelos lands a combination. Simon lands a step-in knee. Simon lands a right hand. Barcelos connects with a hard right hand. Barcelos lands a knee against the fence as Simon looks for a takedown. They break apart after both land while clinched. Simon lands a right hand. Barcelos scores a takedown but Simon is able to immediately get up. Simon lands a jab. Simon with an uppercut. Barcelos lands a combination. Simon with a leg kick as Barcelos lands. Barcelos works the jab and lands an uppercut. Simon with a left hook. Barcelos lands a combination. Simon lands a jab. They trade kicks late. 10-9 Barcelos, 19-19.
Barcelos lands a combo. Simon with a short uppercut and Barcelos lands a leg kick. Simon shoots for a takedown but Barcelos sprawls and defends. Barcelos lands a leg kick. Barcelos with a right hand as both are looking for openings. Barcelos lands a right hand. Barcelos with a combination. They trade in close range. Barcelos lands a leg kick. Barcelos lands a solid combination. Simon is starting to bleed a little. Barcelos lands a high kick then a combo. Simon lands a right hand. Barcelos lands to the body. Barcelos lands a knee as they trade inside the pocket. Both landing big shots at the end. 10-9 Barcelos, 29-28 Barcelos.
Fight Result- Raoni Barcelos def. Ricky Simon by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
> Featherweights- Hyder Amil (11-1, 3-1 UFC) vs. Jamall Emmers (21-8, 4-4 UFC)
They trade kicks early and timeout is called after Amil lands a groin strike. They get back going and are trading inside the pocket. Emmers clips Amil with a right hand as Amil was rushing in. Emmers scores a takedown and has the back as they scramble up and they separate. They are both landing as Emmers is circling away and Amil is pressuring. Amil lands a big combination. They trade in close range as Amil connects and Emmers scores a takedown. They get right up. Amil with some heavy punches. They both land in a brief clinch and return to the center. Amil with a flurry. Emmers lands a heavy right hand. 10-9 Amil.
Amil landing punches early as Emmers is circling around. Amil lands another groin strike and timeout is called again. They get back going and Emmers lands a combo. Amil is landing and Emmers drops down and scores a brief takedown. He has the back as they stand. They both land as they separate and Emmers scores another takedown. Emmers is working from inside the guard, though Amil is being active on the bottom. Emmers lands to the body and head. Emmers is looking for an arm-triangle choke. He lets go but continues to control and land from the top. Amil with a few elbows from the bottom. 10-9 Emmers, 19-19.
They trade and Emmers scores a takedown right away. Emmers is dragging Amil around on the mat and has back control. Emmers is looking for a choke but uses it to keep top position as he goes into the half-guard. Emmers went for the choke again but ends up taking Amil’s back. He gets back to the mount and lands to the body. Emmers dominating from the top. Emmers landing punches from the back. Amil is able to get to his feet, but Emmers has back controland gets it back down. Emmers is threatening with the arm-triangle choke but gets the mount and starts landing instead. Amil tries to get up but Emmers keeps him down and is landing from the mount. Emmers looks for a late choke but time runs out. 10-8 Emmers, 29-27 Emmers.
Fight Result- Jamall Emmers def. Hyder Amil by unanimous decision (29-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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> Middleweights- Christian Leroy Duncan (12-2, 5-2 UFC) vs. Marco Tulio (14-1, 2-0 UFC)
They trade leg kicks. Duncan lands a spinning elbow. They clinch against the fence and Tulio lands a knee. Tulio scores a takedown. They get up and Tulio has back control. Tulio has a cut open from an elbow from Duncan and they separate. They trade and Tulio lands a body kick. They tie up against the fence. Duncan reverses position and lands some shoulder strikes. They separate and Duncan tries a spin attack and Tulio scores a takedown and is in side control. Duncan scrambles out and has the back of Tulio and takes him down and is in side control. Duncan has the back and lands some elbows and punches. 10-9 Duncan.
They trade kicks and Duncan lands some side kicks. Duncan is looking to land more punches as Tulio lands some leg kicks. Tulio lands a body kick and a left hand. Duncan tags Tulio with some punches against the fence and makes Tulio stumble after a right hand. Tulio connected against the fence and they separate, but clinch right back up. Duncan has control and lands a knee before they separate again. Tulio lands as Duncan comes in. Duncan rocks Tulio with a spinning back fist. Duncan then drops Tulio with a punch and a follow-up shot knocks Tulio out cold! What a finish from Duncan!
Fight Result- Christian Leroy Duncan def. Marco Tulio by knockout (punch) at 3:20 of Round 2
> Lightweights*- Chris Padilla (16-6, 3-0 UFC) vs. Ismael Bonfim (20-5, 2-2 UFC)
*Bonfim missed weight by five pounds
Padilla comes forward but is backed up after Bonfim lands against the fence. Bonfim lands a combo as Padilla is covering up. Bonfim lands a leg kick. Bonfim with a jab. Padilla lands a right hand. Bonfim lands a leg kick. Padilla with a leg kick. They clinch against the fence. Both are landing knees as Padilla has the advantage. Padilla with several more knees. They scramble and Bonfim lands some shots late that hurt Padilla briefly. 10-9 Bonfim.
Padilla lands a leg kick. Padilla with some leg kicks as Bonfim lands a pair of right hands. Bonfim lands some big combos, mixing to the body and head. Padilla lands some leg kicks. Bonfim with another combo landing to the body. Bonfim just misses a spinning elbow. Padilla lands some leg kicks and Bonfim throws some to the body. Bonfim working the jab. Bonfim with a left hand and Padilla lands a leg kick. Bonfim lands a combination. Padilla lands a combo. Padilla lands a right hand and Bonfim lands to the body. Padilla lands a right hand to the body then a knee to the body followed by one to the head. Padilla pressuring Bonfim and Bonfim looks for a takedown. Padilla lands a knee and a pair of elbows. Bonfim falls to the ground and Padilla lands from the top. Bonfim is attacking the leg. Padilla landing big punches from the top. Bonfim is gassed and not defending well. Padilla with big left hands from the back and it is stopped! What a finish from Padilla!
Fight Result- Chris Padilla def. Ismael Bonfim by TKO (punches) at 4:30 of Round 2
> Welterweights- Muslim Salikhov (22-5, 9-4 UFC) vs. Uros Medic (11-3, 5-3 UFC)
Salikhov lands some leg kicks. They kick at the same time as Salikhov lands a right hand. Medic lands a high kick. Medic then drops Salikhov with a left hand and starts landing while standing and it is stopped! What a finish by Medic!
Fight Result- Uros Medic def. Muslim Salikhov by TKO (punches) at 1:03 of Round 1
> Flyweights- Matt Schnell (17-9 1 NC, 7-7 1 NC) vs. Joseph Morales (13-2, 2-2 UFC)
Schnell with a leg kick. They trade inside the pocket. Morales with a high kick as Schnell connects with a left hand. Schnell scores a takedown. Morales is able to sweep to the top and gets to side control. Morales with some short elbows from side control. Morales is attacking the arm and looking for a kimura. Morales has the crucifix. Schnell spins and Morales locks in a guillotine choke and Schnell taps! Morales picks up the big win.
Fight Result- Joseph Morales def. Matt Schnell by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:54 of Round 1
> Welterweights- #14 Gabriel Bonfim (18-1, 5-1 UFC) vs. Randy Brown (20-6, 14-6 UFC)
Brown working the jab and push kick. Bonfim lands a calf kick. Bonfim with another calf kick and then another one. Brown with a push kick but Bonfim lands another leg kick. They trade kicks. Bonfim lands a jab and follows with a heavy leg kick. Brown with a jab and Bonfim lands a knee. Bonfim with another leg kick then lands a left hand. Bonfim with more leg kicks. Bonfim lands a head kick. Brown lands a combo. Bonfim with another calf kick. He lands an inside leg kick. Brown with a heavy leg kick. Bonfim with another leg kick. Timeout is called for an eye poke. They get back going and Brown lands a jab. 10-9 Bonfim.
They trade inside the pocket as Brown lands a decent combination. Bonfim works the jab. Bonfim with a leg kick and they trade in close range. Brown lands to the body. Bonfim with a pair of low kicks and lands a right hand. Bonfim with a pair of calf kicks. Bonfim lands a big knee and Brown goes down and Bonfim slips to the mat at the same time. Mark Smith immediately jumps in and stops it as Brown looked out. Brown is getting up and protesting but he did look really stunned. Big finish for Bonfim.
Fight Result- Gabriel Bonfim def. Randy Brown by knockout (knee) at 1:40 of Round 2
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