Las Vegas witnessed an fascinating occasion, to say the least, as UFC 326 might not have lived as much as everybody’s expectations.
Out of 12 fights, solely 4 bouts ended with a stoppage victory, though they have been all very spectacular performances, which earned a Efficiency of the Evening bonus.
The BMF title headliner introduced plenty of pleasure and anticipation, however the aftermath felt very degrading, given how the competition performed out over 5 rounds.
Listed below are all the outcomes from UFC 326, in addition to particulars behind the primary occasion and co-headliner.
Oliveira dominates to turn out to be the brand new BMF Champion
Two of essentially the most thrilling blended martial artists within the UFC went head-to-head for the symbolic title, producing plenty of hype amongst MMA followers.
Max Holloway hoped to make his second profitable defence of the BMF belt after defeating Dustin Poirier by unanimous determination at UFC 318.
Charles Oliveira had bounced again in his final battle, defeating Mateusz Gamrot by second-round submission to earn his call-out towards the Hawaiian celebrity.
Loads of the MMA group believed the battle wouldn’t go to the judges’ scorecards or would produce some unbelievable moments inside 5 rounds, however that didn’t appear to be the case.
All through the conflict, Oliveira’s grappling brought on nonstop issues for Holloway, who couldn’t defend many takedowns.
The Brazilian consistently threatened submission makes an attempt, particularly with a Rear-Bare Choke, which ‘Blessed’ denied to occur on quite a few events.
Strikes have been a rarity within the combat, which the followers weren’t happy with, as the primary occasion on the T-Cellular Enviornment acquired a poor reception.
‘Do Bronxs’ finally gained by unanimous determination to turn out to be the brand new BMF Champion, but it surely left plenty of questions concerning whether or not the MMA group has as a lot respect for Oliveira as they did earlier than the five-round contest.
Borralho redeems himself with a convincing win
Two middleweights who have been near being in robust title competition aimed to return to the win column of their quest for a future championship alternative.
Caio Borralho misplaced by unanimous determination to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Paris, which was broadly thought-about a title eliminator, with the winner dealing with UFC Middleweight Champion Khamzat Chimaev.
Reinier de Ridder’s unbeaten UFC run got here to an finish when he suffered a fourth-round TKO loss to Brendan Allen, probably being one combat away from a title shot.
Each fighters had very not often misplaced of their MMA careers, so that they have been each in a reasonably unfamiliar place heading into UFC 326.
The primary spherical noticed Borralho make extra of an influence along with his thunderous placing, which barely troubled the Dutchman, though de Ridder managed to land two takedowns.
‘RDR’ was capable of land extra strikes towards the Brazilian in spherical two, however as soon as once more, they didn’t have as a lot energy behind them in comparison with their opponent.
Each males have been fatiguing within the remaining spherical as de Ridder once more landed extra punches, however couldn’t discover a approach to stun the Preventing Nerds blended martial artist.
To the judges’ scorecards we went, and as no shock from his efficiency, Borralho picked up a unanimous determination victory to return to his triumphant methods and preserve his #7 spot within the 185-pound rankings.
Different Highlights from UFC 326
Raul Rosas Jr produced grappling dominance for 3 rounds to assert a snug unanimous determination win towards Rob Font as he now enters the bantamweight rankings.
Drew Dober added one other UFC knockout victory to his MMA report after stopping Michael Johnson within the second spherical, making it back-to-back wins for the Nebraska-born fighter.
Gregory Rodrigues acquired his revenge towards Brunno Ferreira of their rematch, incomes a brutal first-round knockout win over the guy Brazilian.
Cody Garbrandt took residence a unanimous determination victory after receiving two unlawful groin strikes, which led to 2 deducted factors for Xiao Lengthy in a weird third spherical.
Donte Johnson elevated his undefeated report to eight after defeating Cody Brundage by cut up determination, regardless of shedding his 100% end fee in MMA.
Alberto Montes shone on his UFC debut as he pulled off a formidable second-round submission towards Ricky Turcios, utilizing an Anaconda Choke.
Nyamjargal Tumendemberel acquired what he was in search of as he triumphed for the primary time within the UFC by defeating Cody Durden by unanimous determination.
Sumudaerji prolonged his triumphant streak to a few as he cruised his approach to a unanimous determination win towards Jesus Aguilar.
Diyar Nurgozhay lastly claimed his first victory within the organisation as he went the gap to defeat UFC debutant Rafael Tobias by unanimous determination.
Rodolfo Bellato earned his first UFC win since December 2023 as he stopped Luke Fernandez by TKO within the first spherical to finish his three-fight winless run.
