The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Brazil on Saturday night for UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The event is headlined by a women’ bantamweight title fight between current titleholder Amanda Nunes and top contender Raquel Pennington. In the co-main event, top middleweight contenders Kelvin Gastelum and Ronald “Jacare” Souza square off. If that wasn’t exciting enough, the main card kicks off on pay-per-view with a meeting between Brazilian mixed martial arts legends Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida, while jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern enters the cage against Amanda Bobby Cooper for her sophomore appearance inside of the Octagon.
Don’t waste another second! The full results and video highlights from Saturday’s pay-per-view can be seen below.
UFC 224: Fight Time & Viewing Details
Event: UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: Jeunesse Arena
Pay-Per-View Card Time: 10:00 P.M. EST
Broadcast: UFC Fight Pass, FX, Pay-per-view
UFC 224 Results & Video Highlights
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10:00 p.m. ET)
- Champ Amanda Nunes (135) vs. Raquel Pennington (135) – for women’s bantamweight title
- Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186)
- Amanda Cooper (116) vs. Mackenzie Dern (123)*
- Brian Kelleher (136) vs. John Lineker (136)
- Vitor Belfort (184) vs. Lyoto Machida (186)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8:00 p.m. ET)
- Cezar Ferreira (186) vs. Karl Roberson (185)
- Junior Albini (266) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (235)
- Nick Hein (155) vs. Davi Ramos (156)
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Sean Strickland (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Sultan Aliev (171) vs. Warlley Alves (171)
- Jack Hermansson (186) vs. Thales Leites (186)
Ramazan Emeev def. Alberto Mina via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Markus Perez def. James Bochnovic via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:28
THERE’S THE TAP
Perez starts the night off STRONG for Brazil. #UFC224 pic.twitter.com/Ntcf27EFJ8
— UFC (@ufc) May 12, 2018
Perez starts the night off STRONG for Brazil. Perez made no secret of the fact that he wanted to neutralize Bochnovic’s huge reach advantage in the division from the opening bell. After securing a big takedown, Perez was able to control the fight and ultimately took Bochnovic’s back before forcing the tap with around 30 seconds remaining in the first round.
UFC 224 Post-Fight Press Conference
Watch the UFC 224 Post-fight Press Conference live following the event.