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Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring and play-by-play as UFC 208 goes down in Brooklyn.
Tonight's main event will see Holly Holm face off with Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural women's featherweight title. This bout wasn't expected by many a few months ago, but adds another belt for the promotion and the winner could face off with Cris Cyborg if she can clear up her USADA issues.
The co-main event will feature a legend, when longtime middleweight champion Anderson Silva looks for his first official win in a few years when he takes on Derek Brunson.
This portion of the play-by-play covers the preliminary card. With the removal of Ian McCall (again), the undercard is down to just five fights. The featured prelim bout is a welterweight contest between Belal Muhammad and Randy Brown.
The prelims kick off at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT with one bout on UFC Fight Pass. They then move over to Fox Sports 1 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for the other four prelims bouts. The five-fight PPV kicks off at the normal starting time of 10pm ET/7pm PT, which we'll cover in a separate post. The full lineup and schedule follows. Check out this week's MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each match up.
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare
Round 1 - Leg kick from Jucao. LaFlare fires back. LaFlare backs him up and lands a body kick. Carneiro with a right. Nice straight right from Carneiro as LaFlare tried to pressure. LaFlare went for a takedown but was rebuffed. Inside leg kick from Carneiro. Jucao went for a takedown then pulled guard. LaFlare didn't really want to mess with him there and stood up. Body kick and a knee in close from LaFlare. More body kicks. They tie up against the cage. They don't last long there. Inside leg kick from Carneiro. LaFlare misses with a head kick. Body kick from Roan. Close. 10-9 Carneiro.
Round 2 - LaFlare brought more pressure. Body kick. LaFlare landed a punch and Jucao went down, but it looked like he slipped. Regardless, LaFlare is working in his guard. He couldn't get much done though, and backed out with three minutes to go. Carneiro missed with a punch and LaFlare went for a takedown, but let it go when Carneiro attacked his next. Nice left puts Jucao down for real this time. LaFlare pounds away but gets tied up. Jucao locked him down in half guard. Carneiro eventually went for a leg lock and they got back up. LaFlare with another left and a knee to the body. Easy 10-9 LaFlare.
Round 3 - Straight left from LaFlare. Carneiro missed with a winging right. LaFlare with a jab. LaFlare missed with a spinning wheel kick. He just hit his head on a camera. Never seen that before. LaFlare with a double leg takedown, but lets him up. Hard right from Carneiro as LaFlare missed. Body kick from LaFlare. Jucao with an inside leg kick. LaFlare goes high with a kick and clinches. They trade knees. They trade combos. Carneiro caught a kick but couldn't do anything with it. LaFlare looked for a takedown but Carneiro ended up on top. LaFlare immediately went for a kimura. Jucao shook him off. Carneiro moved to mount with 20 seconds to go. Punches. He's out of time. I have it 10-9 and 29-28 Carneiro, but the first was close.
Ryan LaFlare defeated Roan Carneiro via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-28)
Round 1 - Not much going on to start. Nover finally connects with a right, then a left and a high kick. Body kick from Nover. Glenn connected with a counter. Nover ripped his body with a kick. Big head kick from Nover. Glenn came right back with a hard straight left. Glenn wit ha combo that backs Nover off. Nover with a nice counter left hook as Glenn waded in. Step-in jab from Nover. Head kick with the other leg connects this time for Nover. Hard straight left again from Glenn. Glenn clipped him again and Nover went for a run. Glenn tied him up against thecage, but couldn't get a takedown before the horn. 10-9 Nover.
Round 2 - They both miss with head kicks. Left hook from Bover. Glenn with a body kick. Another left hook from Nover. He keeps catching him coming in with it. Glenn ties him up against the cage. Nover with a knee to the head in the clinch. Glenn grabs the legs but Nover manages to get them back on the ground. Long battle against the cage. Two hard knees to the head from Nover. Glenn with a nice knee to the body on the eventual exit, but Nover responds with a left hook. Another straight left from Glenn. And another. Clinched again and Glenn scores with two knees. They trade elbows in close. 10-9 Glenn.
Round 3 - Head kick from Nover gets blocked. Jab from Nover. Winging left hook. Outside leg kick. They trade in the pocket. Nice jab again from Nover. Hard inside leg kick from Glenn. Jab response. Nover with an outside leg kicks. Lead left hook from Nover as Glenn enters the clinch. Nover fighting off a bunch of takedown attempts. Elbows to the head from Nover. Referee Yves Lavigne separates them with two minutes to go. Outside leg kick from Glenn. He charges back into the clinch. Nover with two short shots and he's stuffing another takedown. Nover circles out. Nice hab and left hook. Glenn with a straight left. Footstomps from Glenn in the clinch. Two knees in close from Nover. Two punches and an elbow over the top from Glenn. I'll go 10-9 and 29-28 Nover, but the last two rounds were very close.
Rick Glenn defeated Philippe Nover by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Round 1 - They both kick and enter the clinch. Lentz with a couple of knees to the gut in close. Beautiful trip takedown from Makhachev. Lentz is looking for a guillotine but Makhachev popped his head out. Lentz elevated him with his feet, but Makhachev held onto his leg and retained control against the cage. Makhachev couldn't get a ton going, but he ate up some clock. Lentz finally got to his feet with 90 seconds to go. He landed a knee but got tripped down again. Lentz looking for another guillotine. Makhachev isn't in danger though. 10-9 Makhachev.
Round 2 - Makhachev with some kicks. Quick right hook Makhachev. Lentz with a body kick. Nice combo from Makhachev. They trade body kicks. Another trip takedown. Lentz can't do anything about them. Lentz using his butterfly guard very effectively to stop Makhachev from landing GnP, but he's not getting up. Makhachev finally slides to mount, but not for long. Lentz back to the guillotine briefly. Back to half guard. One minute to go. Now to side, and slick pass back to mount. 10-9 Makhachev.
Round 3 - Head kick from Makhachev. Inside leg kick from Lentz. Lentz misses badly with a right. Makhachev with a body kick. Lentz clinches up and looked for a takedown. He got reversed though, and Makhachev worked from pull guard. He's looking for a kimura. Knee on belly, and mount. Sort of mount. Now he's finally opening up with big strikes. Lentz gave up his back. He briefly got up to a seated position, and escaped to his feet with 20 seconds to go. Makhachev reverses position again and the fight ends on the ground. 10-8 and 30-26 Makhachev.
Islam Makhachev defeats Nik Lentz by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
Round 1 - Hard body kick from Sasaki. Body shot from Reis. Reis firing off combos. Nice right hook from Sasaki. Reis with a takedown but he can't keep it there long. Sasaki landed a right and he's talking. Reis with a leg kick. Sasaki with his lands down but he's cracking him with fast straight rights. Reis with a a big takedown. Reis trying to use the cage to pass. He's not getting much of anywhere though. Sasaki defending well but spending a lot of time on his back. He's up with 10 seconds to go. 10-9 Reis.
Round 2 - Inside leg kick from Reis. Nice right hook from Sasaki, but Reis responds with one of his own. Really nice takedown from Reis. He transitions to the back. Couldn't get anything going though and Sasaki is back to his feet. Jabs from the Japanese fighter, and he attempted his own takedown. That didn't work out so well though and he ended up on his back. He gets the back again, but with much more control this time. He went for a neck crank but Sasaki defended. He went for it again and Sasaki defended it again. Sasaki popped out and got back up, but got taken down again close to the horn. 10-9 Reis.
Round 3 - Right hook from Reis. Reis missed with a flying knee. A few kicks from Sasaki that are blocked. He swats away a takedown attempt. Jabs from Sasaki. Head kick from Sasaki. Hard right hook from Reis. Reis in on a single against the cage. He perseveres and gets the takedown. Sasaki uses a kimura attempt to get to his feet. Sasaki escapes. Reis ducks a punch and uses a power double to get Sasaki to the floor. Reis was a bit loose and Sasaki reversed. He's got a body lock and full back mount. Sasaki with elbows. Big punches. 10-9 Sasaki but 29-28 Reis.
Wilson Reis defeated Ulka Sasaki by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Randy Brown vs. Belal Muhammad
Round 1 - Brown with a front kick. Muhammad landing a few inside leg kicks, then goes outside. Fast double jab. More kicks from Muhammad. Brown with a right hook and a jab. Another leg kick, but Brown fires back with a hard jab. Hard outside leg kick. Brown isn't checking kicks at all. More kicks. A crazy amount of kicks. Can you tell he's throwing a lot of kicks? Muhammad followed it up with a left hook. Nice left to the body from Muhammad. Nice exchange. 10-9 Muhammad.
Round 2 - Brown with a nice switch kick. Muhammad back to kicking. Brown fired back to the body this time. Muhammad with an inside leg kick and he charges towards his opponent. He gets a bodylock around his back but can't get him to the floor. Brown landed two punches on the break. Muhammad got poked in the eye but the ref missed it. They clinch up and Brown stuffs another takedown attempt. They break halfway through the round. Brown with a double jab, Muhammad responded with an inside leg kick. Muhammad with a head kick. Muhammad with a takedown and he's on Randy's back with both hooks. Muhammad landing some punches. More hammerfists. 10-9 Muhammad.
Round 3 - Outside leg kick from Muhammad. Again. Inside now. Brown with a combo that connects. Straight right. Low kick from Brown, but they keep going. Belal looks for a takedown but Brown stands him up. He tries again and gets Brown to his back with 3:35 to go. Brown immediately looks for something from the bottom. Brown attacks an armbar but Muhammad is defending well. Muhammad on his back now, and Brown is eating punches. Body lock now. Brown is stuck. One minute to go. Brown finally reversed with 20 seconds to go and landed a few punches, but it's way too late. 10-9 and 30-27 Muhammad.
Belal Muhammad defeated Randy Brown by unamimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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