With a bantamweight title fight planned for the evening’s main event, there was plenty of action to look forward to in Tampa.

Albania’s Vilson Ndregjoni put his 135lb belt up for grabs against Tariq Ismail in that headlining fight, with Ismail taking on the role as Snow Bird, originally hailing from Canada. A member of the famed TriStar gym in Montreal, Ismail was coming in off a win over UFC veteran Walei Watson, who had shared the cage with TJ Dillashaw, Cody Gibson, and Brett Johns, among others.

CFFC 126 takes place live on Friday, October 13, 2023 streaming live on UFC Fight Pass. Full results from the event can be found below. Prelims start at 7PM, with main card action getting underway at 9PM ET.

CFFC 126: Ndregjoni vs. Ismail Results

Main Card

Vilson Ndregjoni (c) vs. Tariq Ismail – for the CFFC bantamweight championship main event cancelled
Chris Alvidrez def. Will Rentz by TKO (strikes), Round 1, 4:42
Morquez Forest def. Jordan Harrington by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 3:44
Alonzo Turner def. CJ LaFragola by submission (guillotine choke), Round 2, 1:48
Cedric Gunnison def. Julio Cesar Chaves by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Brandon Lopez def. Jesus Hernandez by TKO (strikes), Round 2, 4:34
William Tarpley def. John Lopez by KO (right hook), Round 2, 1:55

Preliminary Card

Devin Flores vs. Elijah Garcia
David Camacho def. Argenis Castro by unanimous decision
Matt Allison def. Yventon Nelson by TKO, Round 1, 0:56
Bill Lewis def. Blandino Oliviera by KO (punch), Round 1, 1:30
Dylan Patlan def. Matt Mulcahy by unanimous decision

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Coming up short against Julio Cesar Chaves last time out, Lopez saw a two-fight win streak snapped in what he called a “perfect storm” of issues leading into the fight.

“I’m not the one to do the excuse thing or anything like that,” Lopez told Cageside Press in a recent interview. “It was just kind of a perfect storm of things before. My original opponent backing out about two and a half weeks before the fight. We didn’t know a lot about Julio Cesar, hat’s off the him, he’s a tough son of a b*tch for sure. But it’s one of those things, we got the short-notice opponent not knowing much about it, that was the first thing.

Then the second thing that happened, the week before the fight, I haven’t told anybody about this really, I ended up getting a staph infection. A staph infection which led to a pretty bad fever. I was out of it, the week before the fight I was in bed, I had to pump on some antibiotics literally the week before the fight. I had about four days after getting off the antibiotics to try to get my body back to where it was before getting on the antibiotics, and those things just kill your conditioning.”

The thought of backing out crossed his mind, “but I’m not one to back out of fights.” So while he gives credit to Julio Cesar Chaves, Lopez added “my cardio wasn’t where it should have been, and like I said he was a real tough guy and I couldn’t push through and get the W that I needed.”

On Friday the 13th, just in time for Spooky Season, Brandon Lopez faces Jesus Hernandez, having learned from his last bout. “You take the loss, you learn, and you get stronger from it. I don’t really get discouraged in any way.” Looking to get back to his winning ways, Lopez wants to “go for a five [fight] win streak, ten win streak.”

Watch our full interview with CFFC 126 welterweight Brandon Lopez above.

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