UFC Vegas 59, A Night Full of Finishes, Sees One Extra Bonus Awarded
The call for a 100% bonus rate for finishing fighters at UFC Vegas 59 was almost immediate, but ultimately, just one extra bonus was handed out. The Fight Night card at the UFC Apex on Saturday vastly exceeded expectations; for...
UFC Vegas 59: Cory McKenna Heard Granger Yell At Corner, Will Take “Things As...
Las Vegas, NV - After scoring the finish at UFC Vegas 59 on Saturday night strawweight Cory McKenna spoke on scoring the first Von Flue choke in UFC women's MMA history. "At first I was like 'ok I'm here, I'll...
Jamahal Hill Stops Thiago Santos, UFC Vegas 59 Ends Up with 100% Finish Rate
If ever there was an old guard vs. new, passing of the torch, old lion vs. young buck fight, it was UFC Vegas 59's light heavyweight main event between Thiago Santos and Jamahal Hill. Santos was that proverbial old lion,...
UFC Vegas 59: Geoff Neal Puts Away Tough-As-Nails Vicente Luque in Third
Ranked welterweights Vicente Luque and Geoff Neal served as the co-main event of Saturday's UFC Vegas 59. Luque was looking to shake off a loss to Belal Muhammed back in April, while Neal was fighting for the first time in...
UFC Vegas 59: Mohammed Usman Flattens Zac Pauga, Wins TUF 30 Heavyweight Tournament
Saturday's UFC Vegas 59 would determine whether there would be a second member of the Usman family joining the UFC's ranks. Mohammed Usman, brother of UFC welterweight champion Kamaru, faced off with Zac Pauga in The Ultimate Fighter 30 heavyweight...
UFC Vegas 59: Juliana Miller Caps Off Win Over Brogan Walker with DX Chop,...
If there was a breakout star on The Ultimate Fighter 30, it was arguably women's flyweight Juliana Miller. Between her personality, and a brief feud with Bobby Maximus, "Juju" had set herself up to be a name to watch moving...
UFC Vegas 59: Mayra Bueno Silva Wants Children to “Know Not to Be Dirty”
Las Vegas, NV — Brazilian bantamweight Mayra Bueno Silva had to endure an odd scene in the aftermath of her UFC Vegas 59 fight against Stephanie Egger. Silva (9-2-1) had Egger in an arm-bar early in the opening round, only...
UFC Vegas 59: Sergey Spivak Wears Down, Pounds Out Augusto Sakai
Brazilian heavyweight Augusto Sakai was looking to snap a three-fight skid when he took on Sergey Spivak at UFC Vegas 59 on Saturday night. Ahead of the fight, Sakai had made the move to American Top Team in Florida. But...
UFC Vegas 59: Another First-Round Finish for Terrance McKinney, Who Submits Erick Gonzalez
After initially being relegated to the preliminary card, a promising lightweight match-up between Terrance McKinney and Erick Gonzalez saw its profile boosted when UFC Vegas 59 lost a couple of fights. McKinney was looking to bounce back from a wild...
UFC Vegas 59: Michał Oleksiejczuk Drops, Bloodies Sam Alvey Early in Middleweight Debut
Middleweights Sam Alvey and Michal Oleksiejczuk faced off in a preliminary card scrap at UFC Vegas 59 on Saturday, in a fight that was hotly anticipated for all the wrong reasons. With apologies to Smile'n Sam himself, it's nearly unimaginable...
























