UFC 291 – Live Results | Poirier vs Gaethje 2

It’s fight day! UFC 291 goes down tonight, with one of the top cards of the year set to deliver. The main event will see a highly-anticipated rematch between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje, where the BMF title will be up for grabs. It’s light-heavyweight action in the co-main event, as former champion Jan Blachowicz welcomes former middleweight titleholder Alex Pereira to 205lbs.

Note: any point deductions will be denoted by an asterisk and explained at the bottom of the page.

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Main card (3am, GMT+1 – TNT Sports)

(#3 – LW) Justin Gaethje defeats (#2) Dustin Poirier via knockout (head kick – 1:00 – R2)- vacant BMF championship bout

(#2 – MW) Alex Pereira defeats (#3) Jan Blachowicz via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – light-heavyweight bout

(#10) Derrick Lewis defeats (#15) Marcos Rogerio de Lima via TKO (punches – 0:32 – R1) – heavyweight bout

Bobby Green defeats Tony Ferguson via technical submission (arm-triangle – 4:54 – R3) – lightweight bout

Kevin Holland defeats (#12) Michael Chiesa via submission (d’arce choke – 2:29 – R1) – welterweight bout

Prelims (1am, GMT+1 – TNT Sports/UFC Fight Pass)

Gabriel Bonfim defeats Trevin Giles via submission (guillotine – 1:13 – R1) – welterweight bout

CJ Vergara defeats Vinicius Salvador via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – flyweight bout

Roman Kopylov defeats Claudio Ribeiro via knockout (head kick – 0:33 – R2) – middleweight bout

Jake Matthews defeats Darrius Flowers via submission (rear-naked-choke – 2:37 – R2) – welterweight bout

Early prelims (12am, GMT+1 – UFC Fight Pass)

Uros Medic defeats Matthew Semelsberger via TKO (spinning backfist and punches – 2:35 – R3) – welterweight bout

Miranda Maverick defeats Priscila Cachoeira via submission (armbar – 2:12 – R3) – flyweight bout

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