Welcome to another week and another UFC event, this time titled UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan.
The promotion returns home to Las Vegas and the UFC Apex after a month-long run on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi and Yas Island.
In the main event live on ESPN+, Derek Brunson takes on rising contender Edmen Shahbazyan.
Brunson has fought some of the best of the best during his time inside the Octagon including former champions Anderson Silva, Robert Whittaker and Lyoto Machida, along with current UFC middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya.
The 22-year-old Shahbazyan is a perfect 11-0 in his career including knockouts over Brad Tavares and Charles Byrd. He also trained with Ronda Rousey, the former UFC champion and Olympic medalist.
In the co-main event, Joanne Calderwood and Jennifer Maia square off in a key flyweight bout. Calderwood is 3-1 in her last four while Maia, a former Invicta FC champion, is 2-1 including a pair of decisions over Roxanne Modafferi and Alexis Davis.
Rounding out the main card will be Vicente Luque vs. Randy Brown, Lando Vannata vs. Bobby Green and Kevin Holland vs. Trevin Giles.
The prelims, which also stream live on ESPN+, feature four bouts. Frankie Saenz meets Jonathan Martinez, Johnny Munoz battles Nathan Maness, Jamall Emmers faces Vincent Cachero and Chris Gutierrez takes on Cody Durden.
We will be providing quick results along with an ongoing live blog from the event so join us here later tonight when the action kicks off at 7 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night: Brunson Vs. Shahbazyan Quick Results
Derek Brunson def. Edmen Shahbazyan via TKO (strikes) at :26 of Round 3
Jennifer Maia def. Joanne Calderwood via submission (armbar) at 4:29 of Round 1
Vicente Luque def. Randy Brown via KO (strike) at 4:56 of Round 2
Bobby Green def. Lando Vannata via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Jonathan Martinez def. Frankie Saenz via TKO (strikes) at :57 of Round 3
Nathan Maness def. Johnny Munoz via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Jamall Emmers def. Vincent Cachero via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Chris Gutierrez vs. Cody Durden declared a draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28)