The Octagon remains in Nevada for today’s UFC Vegas 61 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan.
Dern (12-2 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since defeating Tecia Torres at UFC 273. The jiu-jitsu ace has gone 5-1 over her past six Octagon appearances overall, with three of those five wins coming by way of submission.
Meanwhile, Xiaonan Yan (15-3 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC Vegas 61 main event with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid. ‘Fury’ suffered losses to Carla Esparza and Marina Rodriguez in her two most recent efforts, but prior to that was on a twelve-fight unbeaten streak.
Tonight’s event is co-headlined by a welterweight contest featuring Randy Brown taking on Francisco Trinaldo.
Get all of today’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):
UFC Vegas 61 Main Card (7pm EST on ESPN+)
Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan – Yan def. Dern by majority decision (48-47 x2, 47-47)
Randy Brown vs. Francisco Trinaldo – Brown def. Trinaldo by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Maxim Grishin vs. Philipe Lins – Cancelled
Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones – Barcelos def. Jones by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-27 x2)
Sodiq Yusuff vs. Don Shainis – Yusuff def. Shainis via submission (guillotine choke) at :30 of Round 1
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Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Mike Davis – Davis def. Borshchev by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26 x2)
UFC Vegas 61 Prelims (4pm EST on ESPN+)
John Castaneda vs. Daniel Santos – Santos def. Castaneda via KO at 4:28 of Round 2
What a comeback from Daniel Santos 🔥 #ChuteBoxe #UFCVegas61 https://t.co/x69Z9zWgJr
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Ilir Latifi vs. Aleksei Oleinik – Latifi def. Oleinik by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Jesse Ronson vs. Joaquim Silva – Silva def. Ronson via TKO (flying knee and punches) at 3:08 of Round 2
WOW 👀 @NettoBJJ gets the finish in round 2 #UFCVegas61 pic.twitter.com/aNmNYEiJjP
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
Brendan Allen vs. Krzysztof Jotko — Allen def. Jotko via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:17 of Round 1
BRENDAN ALLEN GETS IT DONE IN ROUND 1!
[ @BrendanAllenMMA | #UFCVegas61 ] pic.twitter.com/tzk9NcgBd1
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
Chelsea Chandler vs. Julija Stoliarenko — Chandler def. Stoliarenko via TKO (punches) at 4:15 of Round 1
What an introduction by Chelsea Chandler 👊#UFCVegas61 pic.twitter.com/hUxLfcvfNO
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
Randy Costa vs. Guido Cannetti — Cannetti def. Costa via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:04 of Round 1
Age is nothing but a number 😤
42-year-old @NinjaCannetti with the statement submission in tonight's opening bout! #UFCVegas61 pic.twitter.com/sR0aGRFsCx
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
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