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Late in the first round, Borjas clearly hurt Lima, putting him on shaky footing with starry eyes. An accidental low blow early in the second had Lima on the canvas for nearly the full five minutes, but he resigned himself to continue and benefitted from doing so, landing the better shots off the restart before surviving the Brazilian’s charge in the third.

All three judges scored the fight for Borjas, who desperately needed this win after entering the contest with a 1-4 mark inside the Octagon. If he hadn’t missed weight, this would have been a massive statement win for “El Gallo Negro,” who continued to show he’s a much more talented and dangerous fighter than his record suggests.

Mullins clocked Mesquita with a series of strikes in the early goings of the first round, putting the Brazilian jiu jitsu superstar on uncertain footing. But as the two spilled to the canvas, Mesquita was able to keep Mullins in her guard and clear the cobwebs, eventually settling up her signature armbar, catching the finish when the Brit tried to connect with an elbow in tight.

This was a gutsy performance from Mesquita, who is now 8-0 overall with three straight stoppage wins inside the Octagon. Already in the Top 15, she’s talked about finding her way into the Top 10 before the year is out and called for a matchup with Ailin Perez following her victory, which would give her the opportunity to make good on her goal.

Raposo started extremely well, moving well and popping the Brazilian with clean shots, cutting him under the left eye in the opening round. The second was more competitive, with Nascimento starting to find his rhythm before dropping the Massachusetts native early in the third and grinding out the remainder of the frame from top position, roughing him up the whole time.

For the fourth time in five fights, the judges were called upon to determine the victor, and in the end, it was Raposo that came out ahead, securing his second straight victory and the biggest win of his career. This was a great win for the TUF and Contender Series alum, who halted Nascimento’s four-fight winning streak and called for a matchup with either Edgar Chairez or Brandon Moreno for Noche UFC in September.

Aswell Jr. came out of the chute aggressively, charging across the cage and working at a quick clip through much of the first round. But Bolanos began to find his footing late in the opening frame and scored the more impactful blows in the second as well, before the duo teamed up for an entertaining final five minutes that put the onus on determining the victor on the three officials stationed outside the Octagon.

When the tens and nines were tallied, it was Bolanos that emerged victorious in his UFC featherweight debut. This was a fun scrap between a pair of game battlers who left it all in the Octagon and turned in the more competitive and captivating fight of the evening thus far.

The first leg kick Chokheli threw hurt Shahbazyan and after going back to the well once more, he unloaded with his hands, ultimately dropping Shahbazyan with a thunderous left to the midsection.

Just an absolute drubbing from Chokheli, who scored his 12th finish in 15 wins with this monstrous effort. Keep an eye on Chokheli after this one because he should be back in there in no time soon.

The 26-year-old leaned on her grappling to grind things out against Rosa, utilizing the clinch for long stretches in the first and capitalizing on a slip in the second to bank the first two rounds. In the third, she returned to bullying her compatriot, latching onto a back waist lock early and staying stuck to the Top 15 mainstay for the first half of the round before spilling her to the canvas and finishing things in back mount.

For the second consecutive fight, the judges were called upon, but the decision was never in doubt, as Santos earned 30-27 scores across the board to register the biggest win of her career. Some balk at grappling-heavy contests, but Santos was extremely effective in the second and third, and the veteran Rosa did little to deter her.

The former A1 Combat champ was the more active and more effective of the two throughout, consistently pushing the pace against Tanzilovi and doing well to deal with the occasional wrestling of the Georgian. There were a couple moments throughout the fight where Collins defeated takedown attempts by jumping submissions, including a D’arce choke at the close of the second and a guillotine choke in the third. While he was unable to secure anything, it showed another layer of his game.

The judges were tasked with determining the victor and they were unanimous in how they saw things, awarding Collins a clean sweep of the scorecards and the win in his UFC debut. Just as he did in his Contender Series appearance, Tanzilovi showed moxie, but landed on the wrong side of the results, falling to 10-2 with the setback.