UFC Contenders 2
Monday, Week 2, June 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 4,688 (Gate: $1,521,256)
Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 66%

Lightweight:

Beneil Dariush defeated Olivier Aubin-Mercier via Unanimous Decision
Mairbek Taisumov defeated Rustam Khabilov via Submission (RNC) at 3:46 of Round 1
Will Brooks defeated John Makdessi via Unanimous Decision
Carlos Diego Ferreira defeated Desmond Green via Submission (Armbar) at 2:50 of Round 1

Beneil Dariush defeated Mairbek Taisumov via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:25 of Round 2
Will Brooks defeated Carlos Diego Ferreira via Unanimous Decision

Beneil Dariush defeated Will Brooks via TKO (Strikes) at 1:56 of Round 2 to win the Lightweight Tournament

Light Heavyweight:

Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith via Unanimous Decision
Jiri Prochazka defeated Luke Rockhold via TKO (Strikes) at 4:10 of Round 1
Fabio Maldonado defeated Ed Herman via KO (Punch) at 1:45 of Round 3
Vadim Nemkov defeated Misha Cirkunov via Split Decision

Glover Teixeira defeated Jiri Prochazka via Submission (RNC) at 2:19 of Round 1
Fabio Maldonado defeated Vadim Nemkov via TKO (Strikes) at 0:36 of Round 3

Fabio Maldonado defeated Glover Teixeira via Split Decision to win the Light Heavyweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Beneil Dariush vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Knockout of the Night: Fabio Maldonado (vs Ed Herman)
Submission of the Night: Glover Teixeira (vs Jiri Prochazka)


Notes:

- In the Light Heavyweight semi-finals, the two 40+ year olds beat a 30 year old and 27 year old to make the final.
- Fabio Maldonado was the underdog in every fight as he made his way to the final at Light Heavyweight, but shocked everyone by winning all 3 fights, and beating fellow 41 year old Brazillian, Glover Teixeira in the final. Maldonado is now on a 5 fight win streak in his current UFC run.
- Beneil Dariush came into the Lightweight tournament with 3 straight losses, but turned that around, winning all 3 fights over very tough opposition.
- Will Brooks was clearly very tired in the final, after two tough 15 minute fights previously.


Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)