Motion is underway on the UFC Apex with a matchup between two of the strongest welterweight grapplers set to headline the 12-fight card.
One-time title challenger Gilbert Burns and rising contender Sean Brady take the highlight with a co-main occasion that includes former strawweight champ Jessica Andrade seeking to hand Natalia Silva her first UFC loss.
Stick round all through the evening for official outcomes and highlights.
Full UFC Battle Night time: Burns vs. Brady bout order and official outcomes beneath:
MAIN CARD
— Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady (5 rounds)
— Jessica Andrade vs. Natalia Silva
— Steve Garcia vs. Kyle Nelson
— Matt Schnell vs. Cody Durden
— Trevor Peek vs. Yanal Ashmouz
— Rong Zhu vs. Chris Padilla
PRELIMINARY CARD
— Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
— Felipe dos Santos vs. André Lima
Gabriel Santos def. Yi Zha through unanimous determination (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
These featherweights have been focussed from the get-go and the opening spherical was aggressive till Santos dropped Zha with a good looking entrance kick that break up his opponent’s guard. Santos regularly switched his stance to maintain Zha guessing and landed a second entrance kick to the face early within the second. Santos was the extra correct and damaging striker all through and confirmed off his well-rounded expertise within the third by controlling a lot of the motion on the bottom.
Simply the chief within the clubhouse for Battle of the Night time thus far regardless of the one-sided scorecard.
Jaqueline Amorim def. Vanessa Demopoulos through submission (armbar) at 3:28 of Spherical 1
Brazil’s Amorim picked up her third consecutive win and end due to an early armbar of Demopoulos who protested that Amorim grabbed inside her glove earlier than locking within the maintain and forcing a faucet. Demopoulos had received 5 of six previous to Saturday’s loss.
Andre Petroski def. Dylan Budka through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Petroski collected greater than 9 minute of management time over the course of his 15-minute catchweight bout with Budka who missed weight by 2.5 kilos someday prior
Nathan Fletcher def. Zygimantas Ramaska through submission (arm-triangle choke) at 1:14 of Spherical 2
The pair of TUF 32 solid members earned a shot within the UFC after admirable appearances on the fact present earlier this yr and it was the English grappler who was in a position to implement his will on the Lithuanian striker. Ramaska had a nifty inverse triangle try within the opening spherical however couldn’t forestall Fletcher from getting takedown and by the point the second spherical got here round Ramaska no lengthy had the vitality to blow up again to his ft and succumbed to a submission.