UFC 313: Tournament Results and Pereira’s Title Loss

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UFC 313 took place on March 9th in Las Vegas, USA. The main event of the evening was a fight for the bantamweight title between Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev. Here are the results of all the fights from this event.

Preliminary Card:

  • Middleweight: Osman Diaz defeated Ribeiro dos Santos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Flyweight: Chris Gutierrez vs. John Castañeda fight was canceled due to Castañeda’s illness after weigh-ins.
  • Welterweight: Myron Santos defeated Francis Marshall by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Welterweight: Carlos Lil defeated Alex Morono by TKO in the 1st round.
  • Middleweight: Bruno Ferreira defeated Armen Petrosyan by TKO in the 2nd round.
  • Flyweight: Joshua Wang defeated Rei Tsuruya by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
  • Heavyweight: Curtis Blades vs. Rizvan Kuniev fight was canceled due to Blades’ illness after weigh-ins.

Main Card:

  • Lightweight: Mauricio Ruffi defeated King Green by knockout in the 1st round.
  • Women’s Strawweight: Amanda Lemos defeated Yasmin Lucindo by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Lightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes defeated Jalin Turner by submission (choke hold) in Round 1.
  • Lightweight: Justin Gaethje defeated Rafael Fiziev by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Bantamweight Title Fight: Magomed Ankalaev defeated Alex Pereira by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) and became the new champion.
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