The final UFC show of 2017 puts a stamp on two divisions in flux. The women’s featherweight division gets its first official title defense after a weird year in which its original title holder, Germaine de Randamie, vacated the belt which was subsequently scooped up by the world’s toughest woman, Cris Cyborg. No one has truly come near challenging Cyborg in MMA in the last decade, but Holly Holm isn’t just anyone. A win tonight makes her the first woman to hold two belts in two different weight divisions, and a win over Ronda Rousey and Cyborg basically locks her into a UFC Hall of Fame induction.
Then there’s Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza. Winner gets Tony Ferguson? Or is it the winner of Ferguson vs. Conor McGregor?
Here are your full results.
Main Card
-Cris Cyborg def. Holly Holm via unanimous decision. What a fight! Check out our recap here.
-Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Edson Barboza via one-sided beatdown (unanimous decision). Check out the replays and our full recap of this incredibly impressive performance here!
-Dan Hooker def. Marc Diakiese via guillotine choke submission (round 3)
THAT'LL DO IT!!@DanTheHangman becomes the first man to finish Diakiese!!
Hooker gets the tap in round 3!! #UFC219 pic.twitter.com/o8ZY3rKd5J
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017
-Carla Esparza def. Cynthia Calvillo via unanimous decision
What a way to finish this fight!!@Cyn_Calvillo & @CarlaEsparza1 swing until the end!! Who do you have winning this match? #UFC219 pic.twitter.com/xma2SqRgcD
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017
Calvillo strikes first by taking Esparza down!! #UFC219 pic.twitter.com/wcY3bKyejC
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017
-Neil Magny def. Carlos Condit via unanimous decision
This sums it up:
I hope the highlight of the fight is this clip of Condit punching himself in the face. #ufc219 pic.twitter.com/4fiXB0dS0v
— Craig Lyus (@CraigLyus) December 31, 2017
Fox Sports 1 Prelims
-Michał Oleksiejczuk def. Khalil Rountree via unanimous decision
Rountree going to work here in round 1!! He's trying to finish this fight early!!#UFC219 @War_Khalil pic.twitter.com/QKp2uRAHcu
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017
-Myles Jury def. Rick Glenn via unanimous decision
How do you eat a flying knee and act like you didn't feel it? Ask Glenn 😳#UFC219 pic.twitter.com/KhLH23RWiO
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017
-Marvin Vettori vs. Omari Akhmedov (majority draw)
Marvin Vettori and Omari Akhmedov ends in a majority draw. Was this the right decision? #UFC219 https://t.co/yknzDMFsen
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) December 31, 2017
-Matheus Nicolau def. Louis Smolka via unanimous decision
Matheus Nicolau dominated Louis Smolka for a unanimous decision win to kickoff #UFC219 prelims! https://t.co/j8NJrFQSTt
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) December 31, 2017
Fight Pass Prelims
-Tim Elliott def. Mark De La Rosa via anaconda choke submission (Round 2)
And that's a wrap!@TElliott125 gets the Anaconda choke in round 2! #UFC219 off to a good start! pic.twitter.com/0hmpQ4daoS
— UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017