Martinez lets Reed back up, as she was standing over her landing leg kicks for a few seconds. Reed is stumbling a bit, leg left leg looks compromised. Martinez responds with a right of her own shortly after. Round 3 – Oh man! A clean right-hand lands for Reed to start the round. MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9, Martinez. Oh! Clean straight right lands for Martinez. Martinez escapes with a minute and 20 seconds left. Reed closes the distance and pins Martinez against the cage. Again, good kicks to the body by Martinez. It looks like Reed has the power advantage here. And she connects, Martinez is stunned briefly. Reed now upping the pressure on Martinez. Martinez’s kick game is on point tonight. Round 2 – Fun fight here, people! Good body kick by Martinez. They break away with a little less than a minute left. Reed now reverses the position and presses Martinez against the cage. Both fighters competing for positioning here. Martinez controlling the action here in the clinch. And Martinez shoots and presses Reed against the cage. The Mexican fighter recovered quickly, but she definitely felt it. And a huge shot lands! Reed drops Martinez. Right off the bat, Martinez tagging Reed with good kicks. She’s one of the best prospects to come out of Latin America. Records: Yohan Lainesse (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Darian Weeks (5-3 MMA, 0-3 UFC) MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9, Lainesse. Lainesse pressing Weeks in this final minute. A lot of chasing, fainting, but no strikes. He now presses Lainesse against the cage as he persists on getting a takedown. Lainesse is on the outside, moving often, while Weeks chases him down. Let’s see what happens in the final five minutes. Round 3 – This might be a one round fight here. A failed takedown attempt by Weeks ends with both fighters against the cage. Lainesse’s mobility is still there, but his output has diminished. Lainesse is able to scramble his way out. He lifts Lainesse in the air, but still doesn’t get the takedown. Weeks closes the distance and presses Lainesse against the cage as he looks for the takedown. Lainesse not being as effective as he was in Round 1. Oh! And a nice left connects clean on Lainesse. Again, Lainesse staying mobile and landing on Weeks. He’s clearly losing this fight, and for now, there doesn’t seem a path to victory. Round 2 – Weeks need to change something up here. MMA Junkie scored the round 10-9, Lainesse. Lainesse not doing a ton of damage, but he’s scoring with leg kicks and jabs, while not taking any damage. Weeks has yet to land something meaningful. Lainesse staying behind his jab and scoring big. Weeks closes the distance and gets a guillotine position while standing. And a solid right-hand lands for Lainesse. Lainesse hovering in the outside and landing leg kicks. Round 1 – Here we go! UFC 279 is underway. You can also get behind-the-scenes coverage and other event notes from on-site reporter Ken Hathaway ( ) on Twitter. To discuss the show, be sure to check out our UFC 279 discussion thread. ET for the prelims on ESPNews and 10 p.m. ET for the early prelims on ESPN+, 8 p.m. In the fallout, Li Jingliang (19-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) takes on Daniel Rodriguez (16-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who was meant to fight Holland, at a catchweight.įollow along with our round-by-round updates and official results beginning at approximately 6 p.m. The UFC scrambled and bumped Ferguson up from the co-feature. Chimaev was set to fight Diaz in the main event until he missed weight so badly a welterweight fight wasn’t going to be sanctioned. In the co-feature, Khamzat Chimaev (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) fights Kevin Holland (23-7 MMA, 10-4 UFC) at a catchweight. In the hastily scrambled welterweight main event, fan favorite Nate Diaz (20-13 MMA, 15-11 UFC), who likely is fighting for the final time in the UFC, takes on former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson (25-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC). The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNEWS and early prelims on ESPN+. UFC 279 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Saturday’s UFC 279 event, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results.
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