We present the results of the UFC 290 show, which took place on the night of July 9 in Las Vegas. Headlined the event for a featherweight title bout between a full-weight champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim title holder Yair Rodriguez.
Preliminary card:
Lightweight: Esteban Ribovic defeated Camuela Kirk via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
Flyweight: Jesus Aguilar defeated Shannon Ross by knockout, round 1;
Bantamweight: Cameron Saayman defeated Terrence Mitchell via TKO, round 1;
Light Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino defeated Marcin Prachnio via submission, round 3;
Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Manifield defeated Jim Root via submission, round 2;
Women's Super Flyweight: Denise Gomez defeated Yazmine Jauregui by TKO, round 1;
Intermediate weight (up to 59 kg): Tatsuro Taira defeated Edgar Chires by unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27);
Welterweight: Robbie Lawler defeated Nico Price by knockout, round 1.
Main card:
Middleweight: Bo Nickal defeated Valentine Woodburn by TKO, round 1;
Catchweight (up to 71.7 kg): Dan Hooker defeated Jalin Turner via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28);
Middleweight: Dricus Du Plessy defeated Robert Whittaker by TKO, round 1;
Flyweight, title shot: Alexandre Pantozha (new champion) defeated Brandon Moreno via split decision (46-49, 48-47, 48-47);
Featherweight title shot: Alexander Volkanovski (champion) defeated Yair Rodriguez via TKO, round 3.
