UFC 266: Adesanya vs Costa II
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Attendance: 14,919 (Gate: $4,841,216)
Critical Rating: 74%, Commer,cial Rating: 98%


MAIN EVENT

(#1) Israel Adesanya defeated (#2) Paulo 'Borrachinha' Costa via TKO (Strikes) at 2:18 of Round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#4) Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson defeated (#3) Stipe Miocic via TKO (Strikes) at 4:31 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#7) Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez defeated (#23) Chris Eubank Jr via KO (Punch) at 0:58 of Round 1
(#14) Sodiq Yusuff defeated (#3) Renato Carneiro via Unanimous Decision
(#8) Darren Till defeated (#5) Chris Weidman via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Lorenz Larkin defeated (#25) Nate Diaz via Unanimous Decision
(#2) Petr Yan defeated (#11) Ray Borg via TKO (Strikes) at 2:53 of Round 1
(#21) Yadong Song defeated (#22) Brett Johns via KO (Punch) at 1:47 of Round 1
Gray Maynard defeated Joseph Duffy via KO (Punch) at 1:32 of Round 3
Neiman Gracie defeated Adam Proctor via Split Decision
Mohammed Usman defeated Mika Faavale via Split Decision
Jordan Griffin defeated Gabriel Benitez via KO (Punch) at 2:10 of Round 2
Khalil Rountree defeated Jake Collier via TKO (Strikes) at 1:18 of Round 2
Charles Jourdain defeated Jack Becker via TKO (Strikes) at 2:57 of Round 1
Viktor Pesta defeated Greg Hardy via Submission (Kimura) at 4:38 of Round 1


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Sodiq Yusuff vs Renato Carneiro
Knockout of the Night: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (vs Chris Eubank Jr)
Submission of the Night: Viktor Pesta (vs Greg Hardy)


Notes:

- Charles Jourdain continues to prove hes one of the top Canadian prospects, extending his UFC win streak to 3 with a 1st round TKO of Australian, Jack Becker.
- Khalil Rountree called out Ivan Shtyrkov for his next fight after TKOing Jake Collier early into the second round.
- Jordan Griffin knocked out Mexican, Gabriel Benitez and stated Troy Worthern would be a great opponent next.
- Yadong Song was the slight underdog against Brett Johns but KOd the Welshman inside 2 minutes for his biggest career win.
- Petr Yan TKOd Ray Borg within 3 minutes to earn himself the next Bantamweight title shot against the winner of Benavidez vs Cruz.
- Nate Diaz suffers his 4th loss in a row and his career has gone the opposite direction to his brother, who has earned a shot at the Middleweight title.
- Darren Till was a slight underdog at +220, but defeated former champion, Chris Weidman and declared he finally feels home in the Middleweight division
- Sodiq Yusuff moves to 7-0 in the UFC with another impressive win, beating Renato Carneiro via Unanimous Decision, this will give him the next shot against the winner of Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega.
- It took Canelo Alvarez less than a minute to shut up Chris Eubank Jr, and earn himself his first MMA victory.
- Anthony Johnson TKOd former champion, Stipe Miocic to earn himself a shot at the Heavyweight title against the winner of Volkov vs Overeem.
- Israel Adesanya continues his incredible run at Middleweight with a TKO just 2:18 into the first round, to again defeat Paulo Costa. Nick Diaz stepped into the cage after the fight to staredown the Middleweight Kingpin.
- Jake Collier released from the UFC.