UFC on ESPN: Cruz vs Munhoz
Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 2,337 (Gate: $606,685)
Critical Rating: 64%, Commercial Rating: 67%

MAIN EVENT

(#24) Dominick Cruz (23-2) defeated (#5) Pedro Munhoz (18-5-1NC) via Unanimous Decision

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#10) Ovince St. Preux (25-12) defeated (#8) Johnny Walker (17-5) via Unanimous Decision

MAIN CARD

(#13) Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua (27-11-1) defeated (#19) Khalil Rountree (8-5-1NC) via KO (Elbow) at 1:47 of Round 1
(#13) Charles Oliveira (29-8-1NC) defeated (#18) Carlos Diego Ferreira (16-3) via Submission (Armbar) at 2:55 of Round 1
(#16) Vicente Luque (18-7-1) defeated (#12) Neil Magny (21-8) via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

(#10) Brad Tavares (18-6) defeated (#6) Jack Hermansson (20-6) via KO (Punch) at 4:58 of Round 3
(#17) Marcin Tybura (18-6) defeated Ilir Latifi (14-8-1NC) via Submission (Armbar) at 3:13 of Round 3
James Krause (28-7) defeated Claudio Henrique da Silva (14-2) via TKO (Strikes) at 2:56 of Round 3
(#9) Jimmie Rivera (23-4) defeated (#16) Alejandro Perez (21-9-1) via Unanimous Decision
Raoni Barcelos (16-1) defeated (#15) Casey Kenney (14-2-1) via Unanimous Decision
Alex White (14-6) defeated Buren Wuliji (11-8) via KO (Punch) at 3:15 of Round 2
Luis Pena (8-2) defeated Martin Bravo (11-4) via TKO (Strikes) at 3:38 of Round 2
Punahele Soriano (8-0) defeated Tyler Manawaroa (10-1) via KO (Punch) at 2:11 of Round 2
Chase Hooper (10-0-1) defeated Kron Gracie (5-2) via TKO (Strikes) at 0:59 of Round 3
Ivan Shtyrkov (18-1-1) defeated (#25) Sam Alvey (33-14-1NC) via KO (Punch) at 4:11 of Round 1


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: James Krause vs Claudio Henrique da Silva
Knockout of the Night: Brad Tavares (vs Jack Hermansson)
Submission of the Night: Charles Oliveira (vs Carlos Diego Ferreira)


Notes:

- Tyler Manawaroa missed weight so will move up to Light Heavyweight for his next fight. Raoni Barcelos had the same issue so will also move up a division to Featherweight for his next fight.
- Ivan Shtyrkov called out Max Nunes after his impressive knockout victory over UFC veteran and no.25 ranked Sam Alvey.
- 20 year old Chase Hooper pulled off one of the biggest underdog victories, with a win over BJJ Black Belt, Kron Gracie. Cooper entered the fight as a +800 underdog against the BJJ phenom.
- Punahele Soriano won the battle of the undefeated fighters against Tyler Manawaroa, while also taking a chunk of his opponents purse due to his missed weight. He called out Makhmud Muradov for his next fight.
- Raoni Barcelos moves to 5-0 in the UFC.
- James Krause extends his UFC winning streak to 7 and earned himself a Fight of the Night bonus, which is a common occurence for Krause. This win for Krause ended the undefeated run of Claudio Henrique da Silva, who himself had a 6 fight win streak coming into the fight.
- Marcin Tybura's win ended a 2 fight losing streak while putting Ilir Latifi on a 3 fight losing streak. Tybura called out Walt Harris after the fight. This was Latifi's Heavyweight debut.
- Charles Oliveira named Gregor Gillespie as a fighter he'd like to be matched up against next.
- Shogun Rua called out fellow Brazillian Johnny Walker for his next fight. Walker will fight in the co-main next fight.
- After starting his UFC career with 3 straight wins, Johnny Walker has now dropped 2 in a row, and his next fight, which is likely to be Shogun Rua, is a must win, altho the shallow situation in the Light Heavyweight division may give him a big more slack.
- Dominick Cruz's return fight after nearly 4 years was successful, taking out #5 ranked Pedro Munhoz via a Unanimous Decision. Cruz says he'd love to run it back with Cody Garbrandt next, saying he underestimated him the first fight but that won't happen again.
- Buren Wuliji released.


Rankings Changes:

Heavyweight: N/A
Light Heavyweight: Shogun Rua up to #8, Johnny Walker down to #11, Khalil Rountree down to #22
Middleweight: Brad Tavares up to #7, Jack Marshman down to #10
Welterweight: Vicente Luque up to #12, Neil Magny down to #16
Lightweight: Charles Oliveira up to #8, Carlos Diego Ferreira down to #22
Featherweight: N/A
Bantamweight: Jimmie Rivera up to #6, Pedro Munhoz down to #11, Dominick Cruz up to #14, Alejandro Perez down to #20, Casey Kenney down to #25