This year’s UFC London card was almost a bust and definitely a far cry from the ones of Christmas past. The opening bout was absolutely bonkers for the 94 seconds it lasted, then we got the ho-hums for the next five fights. Even the crowd seemed underwhelmed by the fights, including the finishes. We did get big crowd moments for the last few fights but for the most part, this event kind of gave us a bad case of the yawns (looking squarely at you Jai Herbert and Fares Ziam).
To their credit, the last four fights on the card were very good, especially the Wood-Fili fight. We figured it would be the big action banger of the event and it was as advertised. Paul Craig taking care of business was pretty nice too. Here’s a look at the results:
UFC London
Heavyweight: Tom Aspinall def. Marcin Tybura via TKO (punches) at 1:13 of Round 1
Flyweight: Julija Stoliarenko def. Molly McCann via submission (armbar) at 1:55 of Round 1
Featherweight: Nathaniel Wood def. Andre Fili via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 & 29-28)
Middleweight: Paul Craig def. Andre Muniz via TKO (ground and pound) at 4:40 of Round 2
Lightweight: Fares Ziam def. Jai Herbert via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 & 30-27)
Featherweight: Lerone Murphy def. Josh Culibao via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26 & 30-27)
Bantamweight: Daniel Marcos def. Davey Grant via split decision (29-28 Grant, 29-28 Marcos & 29-28 Marcos)
Welterweight: Jonny Parsons def. Danny Roberts via TKO (punches) at 4:57 of Round 2
Lightweight: Joel Alvarez def. Marc Diakiese via submission (head and arm choke) at 4:26 of Round 2
Heavyweight: Mick Parkin def. Jamal Pogues via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 & 30-27)
Middleweight: Makhmud Muradov def. Bryan Barberena via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 & 30-27)
Bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira def. Pannie Kianzad via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 & 29-28)
Lightweight: Chris Duncan def. Yanal Ashmouz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 & 29-28)
Strawweight: Bruna Brasil def. Shauna Bannon via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 & 30-27)
Flyweight: Jafel Filho def. Daniel Barez via submission (arm triangle choke) at 1:34 of Round 1
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