Yan vs. Figueiredo updates, results every fight

UFC Combat Night time 248 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday, and you may be a part of us for dwell round-by-round protection and official outcomes starting at 3 a.m. ET (midnight PT). UFC Combat Night time 248 (ESPN+) takes place at Galaxy Enviornment in Macau

Within the headliner, former bantamweight champion Petr Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) takes on former flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo (24-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC). Within the co-feature, latest ladies’s strawweight title challenger Yan Xiaonan (18-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) meets Tabatha Ricci (11-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

Comply with together with our round-by-round updates and official outcomes starting at roughly 3 a.m. ET for the prelims on ESPN+ and 6 a.m. ET for the primary card on ESPN+.

Benefit from the fights, everybody.

Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

Outcome:Photographs:Information: Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC), Figueiredo (24-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC)Division: BantamweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mike BeltranJudging:

Yan Xiaonan vs. Tabatha Ricci

Recap: Latest title challenger Yan Xiaonan, combating for the primary time since h er loss to champion Zhang Weili earlier this 12 months, rolled to a simple win over Ricci to halt her momentum. Then she known as for a rematch towards the champ, her countrywoman, who was seated cageside.Outcome: Yan Xiaonan def. Tabatha Ricci by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC), Figueiredo (24-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC)Division: Girls’s strawweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Marc GoddardJudging: Mark Collett 30-27, Sal D’Amato 30-27, Vito Paolillo 30-27

Tune Kenan vs. Muslim Salikhov

Recap: Muslim Salikhov is not any stranger to highlight-reel finishes, and the 40-year-old delivered one other one with a spinning wheel kick end of Tune Kenan. Salikhov additionally had a bonus-winning spinning wheel kick end of Andre Fialho in 2022.Outcome: Muslim Salikhov def. Tune Kenan by way of knockout (spinning wheel kick) – Spherical 1, 3:49Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Kenan (22-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC), Salikhov (20-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC)Division: WelterweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mark Craig

Wang Cong vs. Gabriella Fernandes

Recap: Gabriella Fernandes was an enormous underdog to the undefeated 12-1 favourite Wang Cong, who was combating on pleasant turf. However Fernandes clocked her with a head kick, sat her down with a punch, pounced on her and choked her briefly unconscious with a rear-naked choke for one of many greatest betting upsets in UFC historical past.Outcome: Gabriella Fernandes def. Wang Cong by way of submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 2, 3:49Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Cong (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Fernandes (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC)Division: Girls’s flyweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Marc Goddard

Volkan Oezdemir vs. Carlos Ulberg

Outcome: Carlos Ulberg def. Volkan Oezdemir by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Oezdemir (20-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC), Ulberg (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC)Division: Gentle heavyweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mike BeltranJudging: Mark Christie 30-27, Evan Discipline 29-28, Vito Paolillo 30-27

Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang

Zhang Mingyang

Recap: Zhang Mingyang picked up his second first-round end within the UFC in two fights – and added to a fairly superb total document of 18 wins, 18 first-round finishes.Outcome: Zhang Mingyang def. Ozzy Diaz by way of knockout (elbow) – Spherical 1, 2:25Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Mingyang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) def. Diaz (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC)Division: Gentle heavyweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Kevin Sataki

Balgyn Jenisuly vs. Su Younger You

Outcome: Su Younger You def. Balgyn Jenisuly by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: You (14-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Jenisuly (18-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC)Division: Highway to UFC bantamweight match finalBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mike BeltranJudging: Mark Christie 30-27, David Lethaby 29-28, Clemens Werner 30-27

Dong Hoon Choi vs. Kiru Sahota

Recap: Dong Hoon Choi slept Kiru Sahota with an enormous proper hand just some seconds after one other one left Sahota surprised. In a short time, Choi, from South Korea, was being pulled off a reeling Sahota on the mat. Choi gained the Highway to UFC flyweight match with the end.Outcome: Dong Hoon Choi def. Kiru Sahota by way of knockout (punch) – Spherical 1, 2:36Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Choi (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Sahota (12-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC)Division: Highway to UFC flyweight match finalBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mark Craig

Xiaocan Feng vs. Ming Shi

Ming Shi, UFC Combat Night time 248

Recap: Ming Shi pulled off a giant betting upset when she knocked out 6-1 favourite Xiaocan Feng with a brutal head kick 46 seconds into the third spherical. Shi related her shin proper onto Feng’s jaw, then hit. her with a couple of punches on the canvas earlier than the ref jumped in. The win gave her the “Highway to UFC” ladies’s strawweight match crown – and likewise despatched Feng out of the sector on a stretcher and to the hospital for precautionary causes after the end, which left her unconscious and convulsing on the canvas.

Outcome: Ming Shi def. Xiaocan Feng by way of knockout (head kick) – Spherical 3, 0:46Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Feng (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Shi (16-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC)Division: Highway to UFC ladies’s strawweight match finalBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Kevin Sataki

Carlos Hernandez vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

Outcome: Carlos Hernandez def. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel by way of break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Hernandez (10-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC), Tumendemberel (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)Division: FlyweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Marc GoddardJudging: Mark Collett: 29-28 Hernandez, Sal D’Amato: 29-28 Tumendemberel,  Clemens Werner: 29-28 Hernandez

Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Jose Ochoa

Outcome: Lone’er Kavanagh def. Jose Ochoa by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Kavanagh (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Ochoa (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)Division: FlyweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mark CraigJudging: Mark Christie 30-27, Evan Discipline 29-28, Vito Paolillo 29-28

Quang Le vs. Xiao Lengthy

Xiao Lengthy def. Quang Le, UFC Combat Night time 248 (by way of UFC)

Recap: Xiao Lengthy’s first UFC win got here courtesy of a deadly 1-2 about 90 seconds into the third spherical. The primary one surprised Vietnam’s Quang Le, and the second put him onto his butt. It took just some on the bottom after that for Lengthy’s large dwelling win.Outcome: Xiao Lengthy def. Quang Le by way of knockout (punches) – Spherical 3, 1:28Photos: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Xiao (27-8 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Le (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC)Division: BantamweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Mike Beltran

Hayisaer Maheshate vs. Nikolas Motta

MACAU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 23: (R-L) Nikolas Motta of Brazil punches Maheshate of China of their light-weight combat through the UFC Combat Night time occasion at Galaxy Enviornment on November 23, 2024 in Macau, China. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Outcome: Hayisaer Maheshate def. Nikolas Motta by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)Photographs: UFC Combat Night time 248: Greatest photographs from MacauRecords: Motta (15-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC), Maheshate (10-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC)Division: LightweightBroadcast: ESPN+Referee: Kevin SatakiJudging: Evan Discipline 30-27, David Lethaby 30-27, Vito Paolillo 30-27

BIG energy from Xiao Lengthy in his UFC debut :fireplace: #UFCMacau pic.twitter.com/YZfBEMNDPS

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 23, 2024

UFC Combat Night time 248 lineup

MAIN CARD (ESPN, 6 a.m. ET)

Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Yan Xiaonan vs. Tabatha Ricci
Tune Kenan vs. Muslim Salikhov
Wang Cong vs. Gabriella Fernandes
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Carlos Ulberg
Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 3 a.m. ET)

Balgyn Jenisuly vs. Su Younger You
Dong Hoon Choi vs. Kiru Sahota
Xiaocan Feng vs. Ming Shi
Carlos Hernandez vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Jose Ochoa
Quang Le vs. Xiao Lengthy
Hayisaer Maheshate vs. Nikolas Motta