It was Gaethje’s 20th win by knockout or TKO and his seventh victory in his last nine fights.
Second-ranked Poirier entered the rematch between the two former interim lightweight champions as a minus-152 favorite according to FanDuel. He matched Gaethje blow for blow in the first round before being quickly dispatched in the second. With the victory, Gaethje claimed a BMF belt – the second UFC fighter to be awarded that belt.
Pereira , ranked second as a middleweight, made his debut in the light heavyweight division at UFC 291 after losing the middleweight title belt via knockout to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287 in April. Blachowicz did not make the transition in weight class a smooth one for the former champion. Bobby Green beat Tony Ferguson by submission via choke with six seconds left in the third round of the lightweight bout. Green dominated the final two rounds to earn his second career submission, scoring takedowns in both rounds while raining repeated blows that left his opponent battered. He denied Ferguson a shot at earning his first UFC victory since 2019, sending the 39-year-old fighter home with his sixth straight loss.
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