UFC 251 takes place at at “Fight Island” which is just Yas Island in Abu Dhabi re-branded. This marks the first UFC pay-per-view event abroad since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March The card is headlined by a grudge match between UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal, who comes in as a late replacement. UFC 251 Weigh-in Results: Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Jorge Masvidal (170) Alexander Volkanovski (145) vs. Max Holloway (145) Petr Yan (135) vs. Jose Aldo (135) Jessica Andrade (115) vs. UFC 251, the first of the UFC's four 'Fight Island' events this month, wrapped up Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the last of three title fights on the card. Result Page 251 Browse and download free fonts starting with letter L from the alphabetically sorted list.
July 12 (UPI) -- Kamaru Usman defeated Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 251 on Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
With the victory, Usman (17-1) retained his UFC welterweight title and remained unbeaten in the UFC. His 12 straight wins ties lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for the longest active winning streak in the UFC and equals Georges St-Pierre for the longest winning streak in UFC welterweight history.
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Usman outlasted a gassed Masvidal, who took the fight on a week's notice after Usman's scheduled opponent -- Gilbert Burns -- tested positive for the coronavirus. Burns was forced to withdraw from the fight due to the positive test result.
'[Masvidal] is the biggest, baddest dude out there right now,' Usman said after the fight. 'I had to switch gears and prepare for him on a week's notice. I had to make a mental shift because I trained for Gilbert. I had a completely different game plan.'
Masvidal started out hot and pushed the pace in the first round, landing hard kicks to Usman's legs and body. Masvidal also landed multiple hard right hands, but Usman was never in danger.
Usman weathered Masvidal's early onslaught and began to take control of the bout in the second round. From that point on, Usman picked apart Masvidal in the clinch and took him down numerous times.
'There were some areas where I felt with a better training camp I could definitely surpass him,' Masvidal said. 'I think I showed a lot of my wrestling on six days' notice, that I'm not too easy to take down and to hold down on the ground. I made a lot of mistakes. I tried to fight in spots, because I felt that my gas tank wasn't the greatest.'
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This was Usman's second title defense. He beat Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 to win the welterweight belt and successfully defended it against Colby Covington at UFC 245 in December.
Masvidal (35-14) defeated Darren Till, Ben Askren and Nate Diaz in an eight-month span last year to earn the title shot against Usman.
There were two other title bouts on the UFC 251 card. Alexander Volkanovski edged Max Holloway via split decision to retain the featherweight crown, while Petr Yan stopped Jose Aldo by TKO in the fifth round to win the vacant bantamweight title.
UFC 251 main card results:
Kamaru Usman def. Jorge Masvidal via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
Alexander Volkanovski def. Max Holloway via split decision (48-47, 48-47, 47-48)
Petr Yan def. Jose Aldo via TKO in fifth round
Rose Namajunas def. Jessica Andrade via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Amanda Ribas def. Paige VanZant via submission (armbar) in first round
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UFC 251 prelims results:
Jiri Prochazka def. Volkan Oezdemir via KO in second round
Muslim Salikhov def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)
Makwan Amirkhani def. Danny Henry via submission (anaconda choke) in first round
Leonardo Santos def. Roman Bogatov via unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-26)
UFC 251 early prelims results:
Marcin Tybura def. Maxim Grishin via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Raulian Paiva def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Karol Rosa def. Vanessa Melo via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Davey Grant def. Martin Day via KO in third round
There’s a combat sports adage that says you’re not really a champion until you make your first title defense.
In that case, Alexander Volkanovski is now truly UFC featherweight champion.
The Australian was put under heavy pressure against the competitor from whom he took the title this past December, Max Holloway. And while the decision was highly debatable, Volkanovski (22-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) rallied over the final three rounds to eke out a split decision Saturday night at UFC 251, getting the better end of two of three 48-47 scores to retain his title.
“He’s tough – he’s a gamer,” Volkanovski said of his foe. “We had 10 rounds in there give credit to him, but this is the fight game.”
Holloway looked loose and confident over the fight’s opening two rounds. He used the trademark kickboxing mix that brought him to the top of the sport, and never allowed Volkanovski to get his offense untracked.
While Holloway was a clear-cut winner over the fight’s first 10 minutes, Volkanovski noticeably closed the gap in the third, and each of the fight’s final three rounds were close. Volkanovski threw leg kicks throughout the fight, and they began slowing Holloway down by the fight’s halfway mark.
Holloway still remained the more active fighter, but Volkanovski’s punches were hammers, the results of which Holloway wore on his face. Volkanovski upped his wrestling game over the final 15 minutes, with 50-50 results on his takedowns. But he landed his last one in the closing seconds, and that may have been what sealed the deal in a fight that could have gone either way.
The champ has now won 19 consecutive fights, while Holloway has dropped three of his past four.
The featherweight title bout was the UFC 251 co-main event at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+ and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
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