UFC 223: Results And Highlights From Nurmagomedov Vs. Iaquinta

The buildup to UFC 223 has been utterly insane and completely unprecedented. Well, Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fight being called off at the last minute is full of precedence, but Khabib getting five opponents in nearly as many days and Conor McGregor infiltrating UFC 223’s media day and destroying a bus is unlike anything ever seen before.

Three fights were lost thanks to McGregor’s antics, and now his UFC future is up in the air. But his belt is still basically being fought for with #11 ranked Al Iaquinta coming in to try for lightweight immortality.

Main Card

-Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta via unanimous decision to become the undisputed UFC lightweight champion.

Our full write-up on the lightweight championship is here.

But here’s this…

-Rose Namajunas (c) def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk via unanimous decision. What a fight! Read our recap on the unfolding drama in the women’s strawweight division here.

-Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar via unanimous decision

-Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Kyle Bochniak via unanimous decision. (This was a Fight of the Year contender.)

-Chris Gruetzemacher def. Joe Lauzon via TKO (corner/ref stoppage between rounds 2 and 3).

Fox Sports 1 Prelims

-Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Felice Herrig via split-decision

– Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Evan Dunham vs. TKO (round 1)

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-Ashlee Evans-Smith def. Bec Rawlings via unanimous decision

-Devin Clark def. Mike Rodriguez via unanimous decision