Meanwhile, Jan Blachowicz (27-8 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC 259 headliner in hopes of earning his first career title defense. The Polish standout captured the promotions<\/a> vacant light heavyweight title this past September, scoring a second round TKO victory over Dominick Reyes. That win marked Blachowicz’s fourth in a row, as he had previously defeated Corey Anderson, Ronaldo Souza and Luke Rockhold.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC 259 event is co-headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight featuring reigning champion Amanda Nunes taking on challenger Megan Anderson.<\/p>\n Nunes (20-4 MMA) will be returning to action<\/a> for the first time since successfully defending her featherweight crown against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. The UFC ‘champ champ<\/a>‘ will enter tonight’s co-headliner riding a sensational eleven-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Megan Anderson (11-4 MMA) will be looking to pull off a massive upset when she squares off with Amanda Nunes this evening. The former Invicta FC featherweight champion most recently competed in February of 2020, where she earned a first round knockout victory over Norma Dumont.<\/p>\n UFC 259 also features a third title fight as men’s bantamweight champion Petr Yan will look to earn his first career title defense against Aljamain Sterling.<\/p>\n Yan (15-1 MMA) captured the promotions<\/a> vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251 after scoring a fifth round TKO victory over MMA legend Jose Aldo. The win marked the Russian’s tenth in a row and seventh straight under the UFC banner.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Aljamain Sterling (19-3 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC 259 event on five-fight win streak, his latest being a first round submission victory over top contender Cory Sandhagen at UFC 250. ‘Funkmaster<\/a>‘ has not tasted defeat since being starched by Marlon Moraes in December of 2017.<\/p>\n If that wasn’t enough to get you interested, tonight’s UFC 259 event also features the return of former bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz.<\/p>\n Cruz (22-3 MMA) has not competed since suffering a TKO loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC 249 in his bid to reclaim the promotions bantamweight title. ‘The Dominator’ last tasted victory in June of 2016, when he scored a unanimous decision victory over longtime rival Urijah Faber at UFC 199.<\/p>\n Dominick Cruz will meet Casey Kenney in tonight’s UFC 259 featured prelim. The Indiana native, Kenney (16-2-1 MMA), is currently riding a three-fight winning streak, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Nathaniel Wood at UFC 254.<\/p>\n Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below:<\/p>\n UFC 259 Main Card | 10:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ pay-per-view<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya – Blachowicz def. Adesanya by unanimous decision<\/p>\n Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson – Nunes def. Anderson via submission (armbar<\/a>) in Round 1<\/p>\n Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling – Sterling def. Yan via DQ (illegal knee) in Round 4<\/p>\n Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev – Makhachev def. Dober via submission at 1:37 of Round 3<\/p>\n Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos – Rakic def. Santos by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)<\/p>\n UFC 259 Prelims | 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/strong><\/p>\n Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney – Cruz def. Kenney by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)<\/p>\n Kyler Phillips vs. Song Yadong – Phillips def. Song by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)<\/p>\n Askar Askarov vs. Joseph Benavidez – Askarov def. Benavidez by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)<\/p>\n Rogerio Bontorinvs. Kai Kara-France – Kara-France def. Bontorinvs via KO at 4:55 of Round 1<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1368371603646582789<\/p>\n UFC 259 Early Prelims | 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/strong>+<\/p>\n Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa – Elliott def. Espinosa by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-27 x2)<\/p>\n Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg – Nzechukwu def. Ulberg via KO at 3:18 of Round 2<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1368355325691256836<\/p>\n Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews – Brady def. Matthews via submission (arm triangle) at 3:28 of Round 3<\/p>\n Se acaba!!!! @SeanBradyMMA<\/a> rinde a Matthews en round 2! #UFC259<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nsHUssxYIA<\/a><\/p>\n — ufcespanol (@UFCEspanol) March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"Amanda](\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Amanda-Nunes-Megan-Anderson.jpg\")
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