The Octagon remains in Las Vegas for tonight’s UFC Vegas 46 event, a ten-bout fight card headliner by Calvin Kattar vs. Giga Chikadze.
Kattar (22-5 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since suffering a brutal beating at the hands of Max Holloway twelve months ago. Prior to that setback, ‘The Boston Finisher’ was coming off victories over Dan Ige and Jeremy Stephens.
Meanwhile, Giga Chikadze (14-2 MMA) will enter today’s UFC Vegas 46 main event sporting a nine-fight winning streak, his most recent victory being a TKO finish against Edson Barboza.
In addition to ‘Kattar vs. Chikadze’, 2022’s inaugural fight card will be co-headlined by a heavyweight fight between Jake Collier and Chase Sherman.
Collier (12-6 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound from his split-decision setback to Carlos Felipe this past June. Prior to that loss, ‘The Prototype’ had earned a unanimous decision victory over Gian Villante.
As for Chase Sherman (15-8 MMA), ‘The Vanilla Gorilla’ will be hoping to snap a two-fight losing skid when he takes to the Octagon at UFC Vegas 46. Sherman shared the following words on the bout during a interview with BJPENN.com.
“If you look at my career, I tend to thrive under the pressure when there is no other option but to win,” Sherman said. “We are not thinking about that… A win just puts me 2-2 on the contract, get a new deal and we will go from there. It depends on how I perform. If I go and maul the guy there might be bigger opportunities on the contract, it opens some eyes and lets people know I can hang in there.”
Today’s fight card also features a key flyweight matchup between Brandon Royval and Rogerio Bontorin.
Get all of today’s results below:
UFC Vegas 46 Main Card (7pm EST):
Featherweight: Calvin Kattar vs. Giga Chikadze – Kattar def. Chikadze by unanimous decision (50-45 x2, 50-44)
Heavyweight: Jake Collier vs. Chase Sherman – Collier def. Sherman via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:26 of Round 1
The first submission of 2022 locked in by @JakeCollier88 🔒
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Flyweight: Brandon Royval vs. Rogerio Bontorin – Royval def. Bontorin by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Women’s Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jennifer Maia – Chookagian def. Maia by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Lightweight: Dakota Bush vs. Viacheslav Borshchev – Borshchev def. Bush via TKO at 3:47 of Round 1
THE FIRST FINISH OF 2022!!! 🔥
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— UFC (@ufc) January 16, 2022
Featherweight: Billy Algeo vs. Joanderson Brito – Algeo def. Brito by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Started the round SWINGING 👊
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— UFC (@ufc) January 16, 2022
UFC Vegas 46 Prelims (5pm EST):
Middleweight: Jamie Pickett vs. Joseph Holmes – Pickett def. Holmes by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Welterweight: Court McGee vs. Ramiz Brahimaj – McGee def. Brahimaj by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Bantamweight: Brian Kelleher vs. Kevin Croom – Kelleher def. Croom by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Lightweight: Charles Rosa vs. T.J. Brown – Brown def. Rosa by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Who are you picking to win Saturday’s UFC Vegas 46 headliner between Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze? Share your predictions in the comment section PENN Nation!