UFC Contenders 9
Tuesday, Week 1, August 2021

Bantamweight: (All fighters undefeated)

Tenshin Nasukawa vs Javi Basharat
Hunter Azure vs Omar Nurmagomedov
Gervonta Davis vs Nate Smith (Gervonta Davis' MMA Debut)
Rustam Kerimov vs Miles Johns

Welterweight:

Warlley Alves vs Takashi Sato
Mickey Gall vs Laureano Staropoli
Roberto Soldic vs Maki Pitolo
Michel Pereira vs Terry Brazier

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UFC Contenders 10
Sunday, Week 4, August 2021

Featherweight:

Tyler Diamond vs Michael Trizano
Raoni Barcelos vs Luis Pena
Robin van Roosmalen vs Guan Wang
Sergio Giglio vs Michael Tobin

Heavyweight:

Juan Adams vs Tyrell Fortune
Justin Ledet vs Chase Sherman
Marcelo Golm vs Rico Verhoeven
Mohammed Usman vs Philip De Fries


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Tyler Diamond
Rico Verhoeven
Michel Pereira
Tenshin Nasukawa

UFC on ESPN: dos Santos vs Miocic III
Saturday, Week 4, July 2021
Alabama, USA
Attendance: 11,777 (Gate: $2,832,885)
Critical Rating: 70%, Commercial Rating: 79%


MAIN EVENT

(#7) Junior dos Santos defeated (#9) Stipe Miocic via TKO (Strikes) at 3:03 of Round 2

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#13) Cain Velasquez defeated (#4) Curtis Blaydes via Split Decision

MAIN CARD

(#4) Paulo 'Borrachinha' Costa defeated (#7) Chris Weidman via KO (Punch) at 2:49 of Round 1
(#13) Thiago 'Marreta' Santos defeated (#18) Johnny Walker via Unanimous Decision
(#17) Andre Fili defeated (#5) Jose Aldo via KO (Punch) at 2:22 of Round 1

PRELIMS

(#9) Ricky Simon defeated (#5) Aljamain Sterling via Unanimous Decision
William Macario defeated Andre Fialho via KO (Punch) at 1:35 of Round 3
Carlos Ulberg defeated Tafon Nchukwi via KO (Punch) at 2:16 of Round 1
Jarjis Danho defeated Dmitriy Sosnovskiy via TKO (Strikes) at 2:29 of Round 2
AJ Agazarm defeated Dinislam Kamavov via Unanimous Decision
Mateusz Legierski defeated Mark Madsen via TKO (Strikes) at 3:28 of Round 2
Norbert Novenyi Jr defeated Dusko Todorovic via Submission (Armbar) at 4:01 of Round 1
Aiemann Zahabi defeated Matheus Nicolau via KO (Punch) at 3:49 of Round 2
Kenan Song defeated Khama Worthy via Submission (Armbar) at 3:14 of Round 2
(#20) Ion Cutelaba defeated (#25) Rashid Yusupov via KO (Punch) at 1:05 of Round 1


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Kenan Song vs Khama Worthy
Knockout of the Night: Andre Fili (vs Jose Aldo)
Submission of the Night: Norbert Novenyi Jr (vs Dusko Todorovic)


Notes:

- Ion Cutelaba was clearly unhappy at having to face an unranked late replacement, and it shown, with Cutelaba KOing his opponent in just over a minute, extending his winning streak to 3, all by stoppage.
- Aiemann Zahabi has now won 4 straight fights, all by stoppage, after KOing Matheus Nicolau. Zahabi will hope this is enough to bump him into the rankings at Bantamweight.
- After suffering his first loss of his very young career, 21 year old Norbert Novenyi Jr bounced back by submitting Dusko Todorovic in the first round.
- Dmitriy Sosnovskiy surprisingly lost his undefeated career record, after being stopped by Syrian fighter, Jarjis Danho in a fight he really should be winning.
- It was 2-0 vs 3-0 as Carlos Ulberg took on Tafon Nchukwi. It was the New Zealand Kickboxer and part time model who took the win by knocking out Nchukwi in just over 2 minutes.
- 8 years after his UFC debut, William Macario made his return, and it was successful, as the 29 year old KOed Portuguese prospect, Andre Fialho in the third round. This ended Fialho's 4 fight win streak but put Macario on a 4 fight win streak.
- Ricky Simon adds former champion, Aljamain Sterling to wins over Raphael Assuncao and Eddie Wineland in his 3 fight win streak. This should push Simon right into title contention.
- Andre Fili took another scalp, knocking out his second straight former Featherweight champion, this time Jose Aldo after KOing Conor McGregor in his last fight. Fili was a heavy underdog for both fights, but has really surprised in his last 2 fights. He called out Arnold Allen for his next fight, altho the UFC might try to continue his run of former champions as opponents.
- Paulo 'Borrachinha' Costa moves to the semi finals of the Middleweight Title Tournament, and will face the winner of Lovato Jr vs Jotko, after KOing former champion, Chris Weidman in the first round. Costa is the odds on favourite to win the whole tournament.
- Junior dos Santos took the trilogy 2-1 after TKOing Stipe Miocic. The Heavyweight division is a mess, as like the fight before this, with Cain Velasquez beating Curtis Blaydes, none of the top fighters can put together decent win streaks. Miocic retired from MMA after this loss.

UFC Contenders 9
Tuesday, Week 1, August 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 4,530 (Gate: $1,469,985)
Critical Rating: 67%, Commercial Rating: 68%

Undefeated Bantamweight:

Tenshin Nasukawa defeated Javi Basharat via KO (Punch) at 3:48 of Round 1
Omar Nurmagomedov defeated Hunter Azure via TKO (Strikes) at 4:41 of Round 1
Nate Smith defeated Gervonta Davis via Submission (RNC) at 4:27 of Round 1
Rustam Kerimov defeated Miles Johns via Unanimous Decision

Tenshin Nasukawa defetaed Omar Nurmagomedov via TKO (Strikes) at 4:48 of Round 2
Rustam Kerimov defeated Nate Smith via TKO (Strikes) at 3:10 of Round 2

Tenshin Nasukawa defeated Rustam Kerimov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:52 of Round 1 to win the Bantamweight Tournament

Welterweight:

Takashi Sato defeated Warlley Alves via TKO (Strikes) at 0:50 of Round 3
Laureano Staropoli defeated Mikcey Gall via Unanimous Decision
Roberto Soldic defeated Maki Pitolo via TKO (Body Kick) at 0:15 of Round 3
Michel Pereira defeated Terry Brazier via Split Decision

Takashi Sato defeated Laureano Staropoli via Split Decision
Roberto Soldic defeated Michel Pereira via KO (Punch) at 0:40 of Round 1

Roberto Soldic defeated Takashi Sato via Unanimous Decision to win the Welterweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Michel Pereira vs Terry Brazier
Knockout of the Night: Roberto Soldic (vs Michel Pereira)
Submission of the Night: Nate Smith (vs Gervonta Davis)


Notes:

- 22 year old Japanese sensation, Tenshin Nasukawa remains undefeated in his career, moving to 9-0, and 4-0 in the UFC.
- The undefeated Bantamweight tournament featured a roster with a combined record of 62-0 between the 8 fighters.
- Bosnian/Croatian prospect, Roberto Soldic tore through the field at Welterweight, to win the tournament and move to 4-0 in the UFC. Soldic now has 23 wins and just 3 losses, and holds a 10 fight win streak, with 7 finishes from those 10 wins.
- Surprise finallist, Takashi Sato was close to making it a Japanese double on the night, altho he found Soldic to be too strong an opponent.


Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)
Contenders 6: Teemu Packalen (Lightweight), Rousimar Palhares (Middleweight)
Contenders 7: Khonry Gracie (Welterweight), Gian Villante (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 8: Naoki Inoue (Bantamweight), Batraz Agnaev (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 9: Tenshin Nasukawa (Bantamweight), Roberto Soldic (Welterweight)