We present the results of the UFC 279 tournament, held on the night of September 11 in Las Vegas, USA. Headlined the show by a welterweight bout between Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson.
Preliminary card:
Welterweight: Johan Lainisse defeated Darian Wicks via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Women's Minimumweight: Alice Reed defeated Melissa Martinez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight: Hayley Alateng defeated Chad Angeliger via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Featherweight: Norma Dumont defeated Daniella Wolf via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Catchweight (up to 267.5 lbs): Chris Barnett defeated Jake Collier via TKO, round 2
Middleweight: Denis Tyulyulin defeated Jamie Pickett by TKO, round 2
Catchweight (up to 220 lbs): Zhailton Almeida defeated Anton Turkal via choke submission, round 1
Catchweight (under 149.5 lbs) Julian Erosa defeated Hakim Davuda via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Main card:
Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker defeats Ion Cutelaba via Submission, Round 1
Women's catchweight (under 140 pounds): Irene Aldana defeated Maisie Chiasson by knockout, round 3
Catchweight (under 180 lbs): Daniel Rodriguez defeated Li Jinliang via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Catchweight (up to 180 lbs): Khamzat Chimaev defeated Kevin Holland via choke submission, 1 round
