The UFC Vegas 61 results are in. The event took place on Saturday, December 1, 2022 from the UFC Apex Arena in Las Vegas, NV. It was a great night of action with quite a few excellent finishes.
In the main event, #5 Mackenzie Dern vs #6 Xiaonan Yan, the two went the distance and left it to the judges. Mackenzie controlled the fight on the ground and threatened Yan in many different problematic positions. Yan weathered the grappling and was clearly winning the striking. In the end it was three rounds to two for the impressive Chinese fighter Xiaonan Yan.
The co-main event of UFC Vegas 61 saw Randy ‘Rude Boy’ Brown take on MMA veteran Francisco Trinaldo in a welterweight bout. The fight was a good showing for Brown, who went on to win by unanimous decision.
Here’s a video, courtesy of the UFC, of the octagon interview that followed the main event. Below that you’ll find the remaining UFC Vegas 61 results.
UFC Vegas 61 Results
Main Card (aired at 6:00 PM CDT on ESPN +)
Mackenzie Dern #5 (12-3-0) vs Xiaonan Yan #6 (16-3-0, 1NC) – women’s strawweight bout – Yan by split decision
Randy Brown (16-4-0) vs Francisco Trinaldo (28-9-0) – welterweight bout – Brown by unanimous decision
Raoni Barcelos (17-3-0) vs Trevin Jones (13-9-1NC) – bantamweight bout – Barcelos by unanimous decision
Sodiq Yusuff #12 (13-2-0) vs Don Shainis (12-4-0) – featherweight bout – Yusuff by round 1 guillotine choke submission
Mike Davis (10-2-0) vs Viacheslav Borshchev (6-3-0) – lightweight bout – Davis by unanimous decision
Prelims (aired on ESPN + at 3:00 PM CDT)
John Castaneda (19-6-0) vs Daniel Santos (1-1-0) – catchweight bout – Santos by round 2 KO/TKO
Ilir Latifi (17-8-0) vs Aleksei Oleinik (60-17-1) – heavyweight bout – Latifi by unanimous decision
Joaquim Silva (12-4-0) vs Jesse Ronson (21-12-0) – lightweight bout – Silva by round 2 KO/TKO
Krzysztof Jotko (24-6-0) vs Brendan Allen (20-5-0) – middleweight bout – Allen by 1st round submission
Julija Stoliarenko (10-8-2) vs Chelsea Chandler (5-1-0) – catchweight bout – Chandler by round 1 KO/TKO
Guido Cannetti (10-7-0) vs Randy Costa (6-4-0) – bantamweight bout – Cannetti by round 1 submission
That’s it for the UFC Vegas 61 results. The next event on deck for the UFC will be the #5 women’s flyweight contender Alexa Grasso vs #6 flyweight Viviane Araujo at UFC Vegas 62 on Saturday, Oct 15 2022.
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