“UFC 221: Rockhold vs. Romero” takes place Saturday night inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.
UFC Fight Pass streams the first three preliminary bouts live starting at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT. Fox Sports 1 airs the remaining four prelims at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
The pay-per-view broadcast begins immediately after at 10PM ET/7PM PT.
An interim middleweight title tilt headlines the gig – sort of… Yoel Romero came in 2.7 pound heavy at Friday’s weigh-ins, so “The Soldier of God” will not leave Australia with the belt even if he’s victorious. However, Luke Rockhold will take home the manufactured crown if he beats Romero.
For accepting the bout, Rockhold will be rewarded with 30 percent of Romero’s show money.
Heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Mark Hunt serve as the co-main event.
Here are the results from tonight’s fights:
Preliminary Card:
(UFC Fight Pass 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT)
Luke Jumeau Defeats Daichi Abe via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 28-27)
Jose Quinonez Defeats Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Ross Pearson Defeats Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
(Fox Sports 1 8PM ET/5PM PT)
Jussier Formiga Defeats Ben Nguyen via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:43 in the 3rdRound
Alex Volkanovski Defeats Jeremy Kennedy via TKO (punches) at 4:57 in the 2ndRound
Israel Adesanya Defeats Rob Wilkinson via TKO (strikes) at 3:37 in the 2ndRound
“Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim Defeats Damien Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Main Card:
(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)
Tyson Pedro Defeats Saparbek Safarov via submission (kimura) at 3:54 in the 1stRound
Jake Matthews Defeats Li Jingliang via unanimous decision (29-28, 39-26, 30-26)
Tai Tuivasa Defeats Cyril Asker via TKO (punches) at 2:18 in the 1stRound
Curtis Blaydes Defeats Mark Hunt via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)
Yoel Romero Defeats Luke Rockhold via KO (punch) at 1:48 in the 3rdRound
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