After Jon Jones’ triumphant return to the UFC final weekend at UFC 285, the UFC is again for a bantamweight showdown this Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC Struggle Night time 221.
UFC Struggle Night time 221 Outcomes – Principal Occasion
In Saturday evening’s important occasion, the second and third ranked bantamweight contenders will face off as former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan seems to be to snap a two struggle shedding streak towards Merab Dvalishvili. After beginning his profession at 14-1, Yan grew to become the UFC’s bantamweight champion in his seventh UFC struggle when he defeated former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251. In his first title protection, Yan confronted Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259. Sadly, Yan ended up shedding the belt that evening as he was disqualified for an unlawful knee to a downed opponent that left Sterling unable to proceed.
As Sterling was out nursing accidents for a few yr, Yan picked up a win earlier than his rematch with Sterling. That win got here towards Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267 as Yan received that struggle by unanimous resolution. Yan’s rematch with Sterling got here after that and Yan would find yourself shedding as soon as once more as Sterling beat him by break up resolution to stay the UFC bantamweight champion. Yan regarded to bounce again from that loss in a struggle with Sean O’Malley at UFC 280, nonetheless O’Malley emerged victorious in that struggle, defeating Yan by break up resolution. Now, Yan seems to be to snap a two struggle shedding streak towards a person that has received his final eight in a row.
Merab Dvalishvili made his UFC debut in 2017 and shortly misplaced his first two outings, placing his skilled report at 7-4. Nonetheless, since these two opening losses, Dvalishvili has not misplaced a struggle since. From 2018 to 2021, he had received six straight unanimous choices over the likes of Brad Katona, John Dodson, Cody Stamann, and extra. He picked up his first end within the UFC in a struggle with former WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes. Dvalishvili completed Moraes by TKO within the second spherical of their matchup at UFC 266.
After that win, he picked up one more unanimous resolution win, this time over former UFC featherweight champion and bantamweight title challenger, Jose Aldo. Dvalishvili seems to be to select up a win that may put him in line to problem for the title. Nonetheless, his coaching accomplice and pal, Aljamain Sterling, presently holds the title, and the 2 have made it clear they won’t struggle one another. Sterling has tossed round the potential of transferring as much as give Dvalishvili his probability, however with an upcoming title protection towards Henry Cejudo, it’s unclear what the long run holds.
UFC Struggle Night time 221 Outcomes – Co-Principal Occasion
In UFC Struggle Night time 221’s co-main occasion, heavyweights collide as Alexander Volkov takes on Alexandr Romanov. When Volkov arrived within the UFC, the previous Bellator heavyweight champion shortly put collectively a report of 4-0 within the octagon. Since then, he has largely alternated wins and losses main as much as this weekend with one two struggle win streak throughout that point as nicely for a report of 5-4 since 2018. That two struggle win streak occurred on the finish of 2020 and starting of 2021 when he defeated Walt Harris and Alistair Overeem by TKO at UFC 254 and in the primary occasion of UFC Struggle Night time 184.
Since then, Volkov has gone 2-2 as he went on to lose to Ciryl Gane by unanimous resolution in his subsequent outing, snapping his two struggle win streak. After shedding to Gane, he picked up a unanimous resolution win over Marcin Tybura at UFC 267 earlier than struggling a submission loss to Tom Aspinall at UFC Struggle Night time 204. Volkov’s most up-to-date outing was final summer season when he completed Jairzinho Rozenstruik by TKO within the first spherical of their important occasion at UFC Vegas 56.
Sitting at quantity fourteen within the UFC heavyweight rankings, Alexandr Romanov suffered his first skilled loss in his final struggle after beginning his profession 16-0. He made his UFC debut in 2020 and shortly put collectively 5 straight wins. In his first two fights with the UFC, he picked up back-to-back submission finishes over Roque Martinez and Marcos Rogerio de Lima. In his third outing, he defeated Juan Espino by technical resolution at UFC Vegas 24.
Romanov then went on to select two extra finishes, defeating Jared Vanderaa by second spherical TKO at UFC Vegas 39 adopted by a submission win over Chase Sherman at UFC Vegas 53. In Romanov’s most up-to-date struggle, his undefeated report of sixteen consecutive wins was snapped following a majority resolution loss to Marcin Tybura at UFC 278.
UFC Struggle Night time 221 Outcomes – Principal Card
Kicking issues off on Saturday for UFC Struggle Night time 221 shall be a matchup within the mild heavyweight division as Vitor Petrino takes on Anton Turkalj. Petrino enters this struggle with an undefeated report of 7-0 as he makes his UFC debut following a profitable outing on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. Additionally a product of the Contender Sequence, Turkalj has already made his UFC debut as he suffered a submission loss to Jailton Almeida at UFC 279.
Following the sunshine heavyweight contest shall be a bantamweight struggle between Mario Bautista and Guido Cannetti. Bautista is getting into this struggle on a 3 struggle win streak. Of these wins, he defeated Jay Perrin by unanimous resolution at UFC Vegas 48 adopted by back-to-back submission wins over Brian Kelleher and Benito Lopez. As for Cannetti, he has been preventing professionally since 2007 as he enters yr sixteen of his MMA profession. Coming into his struggle with Bautista, Cannetti has received his final two in a row with a TKO win over Kris Moutinho at UFC Vegas 50 and a submission end over Randy Costa at UFC Vegas 61.
Principal card struggle quantity three options one other matchup within the bantamweight division as Stated Nurmagomedov takes on Jonathan Martinez. Nurmagomedov shall be getting into this struggle on a 4 struggle win streak that features a resolution win over Douglas Silva de Andrade, plus two submissions over Cody Stamann and Saidyokub Kakramonov, and a knockout win towards Mark Striegl. Martinez may even be getting into this struggle on a 4 struggle win streak as his streak consists of three straight unanimous resolution wins towards Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Perez and Vince Morales. The fourth and most up-to-date win was a second spherical TKO win over Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62.
Lastly, earlier than the co-main occasion will get underway, there shall be a catchweight struggle occurring at 215 kilos that includes a matchup that was presupposed to headline UFC Vegas 70. Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann had been set to fulfill in a 5 spherical important occasion simply two weeks in the past, nonetheless, Krylov was compelled out of the struggle simply hours beforehand on account of an sickness. Now the pair has been rescheduled for UFC Struggle Night time 221 and they’ll now struggle at a catchweight of 215 kilos versus preventing at mild heavyweight like they had been presupposed to at UFC Vegas 70. Coming into this struggle, Krylov has received his final two fights together with a knockout win over Alexander Gustafsson adopted by a unanimous resolution win over Volkan Oezdemir. Spann has additionally received his final two in a row together with a submission win over Ion Cutelaba adopted by a knockout win over former UFC mild heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes.
UFC Struggle Night time 221 Outcomes
MAIN CARD (ESPN+ – 6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PST)
Merab Dvalishvili def. Petr Yan through Unanimous Determination (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)Alexander Volkov def. Alexandr Romanov through TKO (Punches) at 2:16 of Spherical OneNikita Krylov def. Ryan Spann through Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:38 of Spherical OneJonathan Martinez def. Stated Nurmagomedov through Unanimous Determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)Mario Bautista def. Guido Cannetti through Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 3:18 of Spherical OneVitor Petrino def. Anton Turkalj through Unanimous Determination (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+ – 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST)
Karl Williams def. Lukasz Brzeski through Unanimous Determination (30- 26, 30-26, 30-27)Davey Grant def. Raphael Assuncao through Submission (Reverse Triangle) at 4:43 of Spherical ThreeJosh Fremd def. Sedriques Dumas through Submission (Guillotine) at 3:00 of Spherical TwoVictor Henry def. Tony Gravely through Cut up Determination (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)Ariane Lipski def. JJ Aldrich through Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)Bruno Silva def. Tyson Nam through Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 1:23 of Spherical TwoCarlston Harris def. Jared Gooden* through Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
*Jared Gooden missed weight at 177 kilos and can forfeit 30 % of his purse.
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