UFC Fight Night Results & Highlights: Magomed Ankalaev Stuns Johnny Walker
The UFC kicked off its 2024 schedule with a Fight Night event headlined by top light heavyweight contenders at the UFC Apex facility.
Ankalaev and Walker squared off in the night's main event.
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The main event saw Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker run things back after their prior meeting at UFC 294 ended in a No Contest. The bout had significant implications for the light heavyweight title picture, and Ankalaev put any discussion of their previous fight to rest when he brutally stopped Walker in the second round,
The co-main event was supposed to feature another rematch between Manel Kape and Matheus Nicolau before that fight was scrapped on weigh-in day. The lightweight bout between Jim Miller and Gabriel Benítez was promoted to the co-main event as a result, and "A-10" scored a submission victory before he called for a spot on UFC 300.
Miller submitted Benítez in the co-main event.
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Highlights from the rest of the main card also included Mario Bautista picking up his sixth-straight win against Ricky Simón and Brunno Ferreira stopping Phil Hawes in a middleweight bout. The prelim portion of the events also features four stoppages out of the six scheduled matchups.
You can find highlights from the event below, as well as the full results for every fight.
Joshua Van def. Felipe Bunes
Nikolas Motta def. Tom Nolan
Jean Silva def. Westin Wilson
Marcus McGhee def. Gastón Bolaños
Brunno Ferreira def. Phil Hawes
Jim Miller def. Gabriel Benítez
Magomed Ankalaev def. Johnny Walker
Main Card: (ESPN+, 7:00 p.m. ET)
• Main Event: Magomed Ankalaev def. Johnny Walker via KO: R2, 2:42
• Co-Main Event: Jim Miller def. Gabriel Benítez via Submission (Face Crank): R3, 3:25
• Mario Bautista def. Ricky Simón via Unanimous Decision (30-27x2, 29-28)
• Brunno Ferreira def. Phil Hawes via KO: R1, 4:55
• Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Andrei Arlovski via Unanimous Decision (29-28x3)
Preliminary Card: (ESPN+, 4:00 p.m. ET)
• Preston Parsons def. Matthew Semelsberger via Unanimous Decision (30-27x3)
• Marcus McGhee def. Gastón Bolaños via TKO: R2, 3:29
• Farid Basharat def. Taylor Lapilus via Unanimous Decision (30-27x3)
• Jean Silva def. Westin Wilson via KO: R1, 4:12
• Nikolas Motta def. Tom Nolan via TKO: R1, 1:03
• Joshua Van def. Felipe Bunes via TKO: R2, 4:31
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