UFC 263: Adesanya Wins and Other Results

Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya

On June 13, UFC 263 took place in Glendale, USA, in the main event of which middleweight champion Israel Adesanya made his third title defense, defeating Marvin Vettori by a wide decision.

Preliminary card:

Heavyweight: Carlos Felipe def. Jake Collier via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight: Fares Ziam def. Luigi Vendramini by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

Intermediate Weight (up to 148.5 lbs): Steven Peterson def. Chase Hooper via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Lightweight: Terrance McKinney def. Matt Frevola by KO, 1 round

Women's Bantamweight: Penny Kianzad def. Alexis Davis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Featherweight: Movsar Yevloyev def. Hakim Davoda via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)

Women's Flyweight: Lauren Murphy def. Joanne Calderwood via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Light Heavyweight: Eric Anders def. Darren Stewart via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)

Lightweight: Brad Riddell def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Main card:

Light Heavyweight: Paul Craig def. Jamal Hill by Submission, Round 1

Welterweight: Belal Muhammad def. Demian Maia via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Welterweight: Leon Edwards def. Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)

Flyweight title fight: Brandon Moreno def. Davison Figueiredo by submission in the third round to become the new champion

Middleweight title fight: Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to defend his belt.