UFC VEGAS 49: MAKHACHEV VS GREEN | 6th Round Post-Fight Show

Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado, are here to breakdown the UFC VEGAS 49: ‘Makhachev vs. Green’ Fight Night event. The guys have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.

The UFC replaced a LW Main Event between Islam Makhachev & Dariush, with a last min 160lb catchweight bout between Makhachev & Bobby Green, instead. Green was filling in on short-notice to replace the injured Dariush.

In the co-main event, we had a MW scrap between Wellington Turman & Misha Cirkunov, resulting in a POTN Bonus awarded to Turman, who managed to capture an unexpected sub after a decent effort was put forth by Cirkunov.

Rounding out the main card, were 3 additional fights: including FOTN between Flyweights Priscilla Cachoeira & Ji Yeon Kim who battled back-n-forth all 3 hard-fought rounds, an enjoyable POTN from Arman Tsarukyan, who dominated for almost 7 mins, putting an end to fellow LW Joel Alvarez with a ref stoppage. Also worth mentioning, was the Split Decision battle between DWCS alum, Armen Petrosyan in his UFC debut against Gregory Rodrigues in our main card opener.

Our featured prelim tonight featured an unusual finish, a Sub via Brabo Choke, which was delivered by Ignacio Bahamondes over Zhu Rong.

For all the results, reactions and much more detail on the main card and plenty of tidbits about the prelims as well, be sure hit play on the show to hear what our fight experts have to say about the event last night.

Overall, this 11-bout card saw 3 1st Rd finishes, 2 KO/TKO’s, 4 subs, & 5 decisions, 2 split. Rounding things out, two fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Arman Tsarukyan & Wellington Turman: FOTN honors went to Priscila Cachoeira vs. Ji Yeon Kim.

Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 49: ‘ISLAM MAKHACHEV VS BOBBY GREEN’ fight card full results & updated fight records —

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 26
11. 160lbs: Islam Makhachev (22-1) DEF. Bobby Green (29-13) — KO/TKO, G&P at 3:23 of Rd 1 of 5

10. 185bs: Wellington Turman (18-5) DEF. Misha Cirkunov (15-8) — SUB, Armbar at 1:29 of Rd 2, Total 6:29

9. 125lbs: Priscila Cachoeira (11-4) DEF. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)

8. 155lbs: Arman Tsarukyan (18-2) DEF. Joel Alvarez (19-3) — KO/TKO, G&P at 1:57 of Rd 2, Total 6:57

7. 185lbs: Armen Petrosyan (7-1) DEF. Gregory Rodrigues (11-4) — DEC, Split (20-17, 29-28, 28-29)

ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMS
6. 155lbs: Ignacio Bahamondes (13-4) DEF. Zhu Rong (19-5) — SUB, Brabo Choke at 1:40 of Rd 3, Total 11:40

5. 145lbs: Josiane Nunes (9-1) DEF. Ramona Pascual (6-3) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 30-26)

4. 155lbs: Terrence McKinney (12-3) DEF. Fares Ziam (12-4) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:11 of Rd 1

3. 135lbs: Jonathan Martinez (15-4) DEF. Alejandro Perez (22-9) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 29-28x2)

2. 170lbs: Ramiz Brahimaj (10-4) DEF. Michael Gillmore (6-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:02 of Rd 1

1. 125lbs: Carlos Hernandez (8-1) DEF. Victor Altamirano (10-2) — DEC, Split (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)

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