The Octagon remains in Nevada for today’s UFC Vegas 61 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> appearances overall, with three of those five wins coming by way of submission.<\/p>\n 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<\/a> and Marina Rodriguez in her two most recent efforts, but prior to that was on a twelve-fight unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n Tonight’s event is co-headlined by a welterweight contest featuring Randy Brown taking on Francisco Trinaldo.<\/p>\n Get all of today’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):<\/p>\n UFC Vegas 61 Main Card (7pm EST on ESPN+)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan – Yan def. Dern by majority decision (48-47 x2, 47-47)<\/p>\n Randy Brown vs. Francisco Trinaldo – Brown def. Trinaldo by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)<\/p>\n Maxim Grishin vs. Philipe Lins – Cancelled<\/a><\/p>\n Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones – Barcelos def. Jones by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-27 x2)<\/p>\n Sodiq Yusuff vs. Don Shainis – Yusuff def. Shainis via submission (guillotine choke) at :30 of Round 1<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\/status\/1576358736528302080<\/a><\/p>\n Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Mike Davis – Davis def. Borshchev by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26 x2)<\/p>\n UFC Vegas 61 Prelims (4pm EST on ESPN+)<\/strong><\/p>\n John Castaneda vs. Daniel Santos – Santos def. Castaneda via KO at 4:28 of Round 2<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\/status\/1576345977916489729<\/a><\/p>\n Ilir Latifi vs. Aleksei Oleinik – Latifi def. Oleinik by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)<\/p>\n Jesse Ronson vs. Joaquim Silva – Silva def. Ronson via TKO (flying knee and punches) at 3:08 of Round 2<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1576328765847789570<\/a><\/p>\n Brendan Allen\u00a0vs.\u00a0Krzysztof Jotko \u2014 Allen def. Jotko via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:17 of Round 1<\/p>\n BRENDAN ALLEN GETS IT DONE IN ROUND 1!<\/p>\n [ @BrendanAllenMMA<\/a> | #UFCVegas61<\/a> ] pic.twitter.com\/tzk9NcgBd1<\/a><\/p>\n — UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n