Main Card Results | UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic

It took a round for Ruffy to warm into the fight, as Llontop came out happy to fight and the Brazilian was a little hesitant out of the chute. But after staggering the Peruvian rookie in the first, Ruffy dropped Llontop with a look-away left hand and hurt him on additional occasions in the second before fatigue began to set in over the final five minutes, allowing Llontop to have more success.

This wasn’t the encore performance most anticipated following Ruffy’s dynamic debut at UFC 301, but it’s a solid win nonetheless. Credit to Llontop for hanging tough and fighting to the final bell, but at the end of the day, the Fighting Nerds came out on top once again.

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Araujo started well, using her movement to pick at Silva before the Dana White’s Contender Series grad found success with power shots towards the end of the first and early in the second. Araujo started to claw back in the late stages of the second and was the slightly fresher fighter of the two down the stretch as the compatriots grappled through to the final horn.

The judges were called upon to determine a victor, and when the tens and nines were totalled, it was Araujo that came out on top, handing Silva her first UFC setback. This was a gutsy, hard-earned victory for the tenured 37-year-old, who reinforced her position in the Top 10 in the flyweight ranks with this win.

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In all three rounds, the middleweights spent the full five minutes working at range, Nickal searching for looping overhands while the Scotsman countered by blasting body kicks and looking to counter. Nickal landed the better individual shots, hurting Craig with an overhand left in the final stanza, causing immediate damage to his right eye, but he was unable to follow up with much before the final horn.

When the scorecards were totalled, it was Nickal that came out ahead, earning the first decision win of his career and his fourth victory in two years on the UFC roster. While not as emphatic or dramatic as people wanted, this was a quality developmental performance for the former collegiate wrestling standout.

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Chandler again landed a couple sharp blows out of the gates to start the fourth, but Oliveira continued to press forward calmly, landing good shots of his own before again taking his back. Chandler hurt Oliveira early in the fifth and chased a finish, but the Brazilian was able to weather the storm and get to the back, finding safe harbor through to the final horn.

While Chandler was game and desperately hunted for the comeback win, Oliveira was outstanding early and smart down the stretch to get himself back into the win column and collect a second win over “Iron Mike.”

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Jones was in control the whole way through, utilizing his range and diverse skill set to keep the two-time champion off-balance and out of sorts. He swept Miocic to the canvas with amplitude in the first, mauling him from top position before keeping things standing in the second. While Miocic was a little more active in the third, Jones was unfazed, ultimately connecting with a spinning back kick that caused Miocic to fall to the canvas in pain; from there, the finish was academic.

This was a very good effort for the returning Jones, who has now secured stoppage wins in each of his two UFC heavyweight appearances. The 37-year-old is now 28-1 with one no contest over the course of 30 career fights, putting together arguably the greatest in-cage career of all time.

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