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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its UFC 259 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for TONIGHT (Sat., March 6, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Front and center will be light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz along with middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya. Blachowicz defends his 205-pound strap against “The Last Stylebender” in the five-round main event. Co-headlining duties fall to women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes and top 145-pound contender Megan Anderson, who go to war right after bantamweight champion Petr Yan faces off against streaking challenger Aljamain Sterling. All that, plus so much more from “Sin City.”
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 259 fight card below, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches, which are scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Blachowicz vs. Adesanya.” Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC 259 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action.)
UFC 259 QUICK RESULTS:
Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya
Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson
Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling
Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev
Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos
Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
Kyler Phillips vs. Song Yadong
Askar Askarov vs. Joseph Benavidez
Amanda Lemos vs. Livinha Souza
Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg
Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
Rogerio Bontorin vs. Kai Kara-France
Aalon Cruz vs. Uros Medic
Mario Bautista vs. Trevin Jones — Jones def. Bautista by TKO (punches) at 0:40 of Round Two
UFC 259 PLAY-BY-PLAY:
205 lbs.: UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz vs. UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya
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145 lbs.: UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson
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135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling
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155 lbs.: Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev
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205 lbs.: Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos
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135 lbs.: Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
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135 lbs.: Kyler Phillips vs. Song Yadong
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125 lbs.: Askar Askarov vs. Joseph Benavidez
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115 lbs.: Amanda Lemos vs. Livinha Souza
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125 lbs.: Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
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205 lbs.: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg
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170 lbs.: Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
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125 lbs.: Rogerio Bontorin vs. Kai Kara-France
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155 lbs.: Aalon Cruz vs. Uros Medic
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135 lbs.: Mario Bautista vs. Trevin Jones
Round 1: Jones opens with leg kicks. Head kick attempt from Bautista. Jones still targeting the leg. One minute in. Bautista looks to rush, gets pressed against the fence. Knees to the thigh from Jones. Looking for a trip, can’t get the first attempt. Two minutes in. Jockeying for position. Knees from Bautista, eats one on the break. More Jones low kicks. Two minutes to to.
Jones catches a body kick, eats a knee and left hook, lands a left on the break. Counter right by Bautista. Jones low kick with a minute to go. Counter right again from Bautista, jab behind it. Jones low kick met by another right hand. Jones with an overhand left into a level change. 10-9 Jones?
Round 2: Bautista looking for early head kicks as Jones continues to pick away at his lead leg. Combination from Bautista, who gets leveled by a lead right hook immediately afterwards and polished off on the mat.
Final result: Jones def. Bautista by TKO (punches)