UFC Vegas 66 Results, Cannonier vs Strickland

UFC Vegas 66 results are in. If you missed the fights this weekend then you missed your last UFC event of 2022. The fights went down from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, December 17, 2022.

In the main event, #3 Jared Cannonier vs #7 Sean Strickland, the fight ended up going the full distance. In a back and forth competition, it seemed as if either fighter could put the finishing touches on their opponent and win the night. That punch never happened. Instead, the fighters continued to work toward a finish that would come by way of officials. In the end, it was the judges who gave a split decision victory for the #3 ranked Jared Cannonier.

The co-main event was a lightweight bout featuring #9 ranked Arman Tsarukyan vs #12 ranked Damir Ismagulov. Ismagulov found some boxing success in the first round but Tsarukyan mixed the strikes up early and found the back of his opponent and controlled the majority of the second and third rounds. The judges had this one unanimously for the #9 ranked Arman Tsarukyan. Below are the remaining UFC Vegas 66 results for Cannonier vs Strickland.

UFC Vegas 66 Results, Cannonier vs Strickland

Main Card (Airing on ESPN+ at 6PM CST)

Jared Cannonier #3 (16-6-0) vs Sean Strickland #7 (25-5-0) – middleweight bout – Cannonier by split decision

Arman Tsarukyan #9 (19-3-0) vs Damir Ismagulov #12 (24-2-0) – lightweight bout – Tsarukyan by unanimous decision

Amir Albazi #8 (16-1-0) vs Alessandro Costa #8 (11-3-0) – flyweight bout – Albazi by 3rd round KO/TKO

Alex Caceres #15 (20-13-0, 1NC) vs Julian Erosa (28-11-0) – featherweight bout – Caceres by 1st round KO/TKO

Drew Dober (26-11-0, 1NC) vs Bobby Green (29-14-1) – lightweight bout – Dober by 2nd round KO/TKO

Cody Brundage (8-3-0) vs Michal Oleksiejczuk (18-5-0) – middleweight bout – Oleksiejczuk by 1st round KO/TKO

Prelims (Airing on ESPN+ at 3:00PM CST)

Cheyanne Vlismas (7-3-0) vs Cory McKenna (8-2-0) – women’s strawweight bout – McKenna by unanimous decision

Jake Matthews (18-6-0) vs Matthew Semelsberger (11-4-0)) – welterweight bout – Semelsberger by unanimous decision

Said Nurmagomedov #15 (17-2-0) vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov (10-3-0) – bantamweight bout – Nurmagomedov by round 2 submission

Rafa Garcia (15-3-0) vs Hayisaer Maheshate (2-1-0) – lightweight bout – Garcia by unanimous decision

Bryan Battle (9-2-0) vs Rinat Fakhretdinov (20-1-0) – welterweight bout – Fakhretdinov by unanimous decision

David Dvorak #9 (20-5-0) – Manel Kape #12 (18-6-0) – flyweight bout – Kape by unanimous decision

Sergey Morozov (19-5-0) vs Journey Newson (10-4-0, 1NC) – bantamweight bout – Morozov by unanimous decision

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