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UFC Chile Results Thread<\/strong><\/p>\n

The octagon invades Chile for the first time tonight for the promotions UFC Fight Night 129 event.<\/p>\n

The fight card, which takes place at Movistar Arena in Santiago, is headlined by a key welterweight contest featuring former title challenger Demian Maia taking on surging division contender Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n

Kamaru Usman (12-1 MMA) was initially slated to face Santiago Ponzinibbio in the event headliner, but \u201cPonz\u201d was forced out of the contest with an injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigerian Nightmare\u201d is currently riding an impressive eleven fight win streak, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Emil Meek at January\u2019s UFC Fight Night event in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

As for Demian Maia, the former middleweight and welterweight title challenger is coming off a lopsided decision loss to Colby Covington this past October.<\/p>\n

The loss served as Maia\u2019s second in a row, as he was previously defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 214 in Anaheim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prior to the pair of decision setbacks, Demian Maia had put together an impressive seven fight win streak which included submission victories over Carlos Condit, Matt Brown and Neil Magny.<\/p>\n

In the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Chile surging UFC strawweight fighters Alexa Grasso and Tatiana Suarez will square off with the winner moving one step closer towards a title shot.<\/p>\n

Get all of the tonight’s UFC Chile Results below:<\/p>\n

UFC Chile Main Card on FS1 (10 p.m. ET):<\/strong><\/p>\n

170 lbs: Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman – Usman def. Maia via unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46 x2)
\n115 lbs: Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez – Suarez def. Grasso via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:44 of Round 1
\n205 lbs: Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes – Ryes def. Cannonier via knockout (uppercut) at 2:55 of Round 1
\n135 lbs: Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas- Cannetti def. Rivas via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
\n125 lbs: Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee – Lee def. Macedo via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
\n170 lbs: Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque – Luque def. Laprise via knockout (punch) at 4:16 of Round 1<\/p>\n

UFC Chile Prelims on FS2 (8 p.m. ET):<\/strong><\/p>\n

170 lbs: Michel Prazeres vs. Zak Cummings – Prazeres def. Cummings via split-decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
\n125 lbs: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Moreno – Pantoja def. Moreno via unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 29-27)
\n115 lbs: Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo – Boelho def. Kondo via TKO at :33 of Round 1
\n145 lbs: Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Bandenay – Benitez def. Bandenay via KO (Slam and punches) at :39 of Round 1<\/p>\n

UFC Chile Prelims on UFC Fight Pass (6:30 p.m. ET):<\/strong><\/p>\n

135 lbs: Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz – Saenz def. Briones via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)
\n155 lbs: Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva – Puelles def. Silva via submission (kneebar) at 2:23 of Round 3
\n145 lbs: Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis – Barzola def. Davis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26 x2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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