UFC 240 Results and Highlights

By Chris Taylor - July 27, 2019

Stay glued to this page for all of tonight’s UFC 240 Results. The event, which takes place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is headlined by a featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar.

Max Holloway, Frankie Edgar, UFC 240

‘Blessed’ returns to action for the first time since having his thirteen-fight win streak snapped by Dustin Poirier at April’s UFC 236 event in Atlanta.

After coming up short in his bid to obtain the promotions interim lightweight championship, Max Holloway (20-4 MMA) now returns to the featherweight division that he has ruled over since 2017.

Meanwhile, former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar (23-6-1 MMA) is coming off a dominant decision victory over Cub Swanson in his most recent Octagon appearance this past April in Atlantic City.

‘The Answer’ will enter tonight’s contest having gone 3-1 over his past four fights, which includes impressive wins over Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez.

In the co-main event of the evening, former UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will square off with Canada’s own Felicia Spencer.

Cris Cyborg will fight for the first time since suffering a brutal knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at December’s UFC 232 event in Los Angeles.

Prior to the shocking setback, Cyborg was riding a twenty-fight win streak which included victories over Holly Holm, Tonya Evinger, Marloes Coenen and Gina Carano.

As for Felicia Spencer, the Canadian will enter UFC 240 sporting a perfect professional record of 7-0. In her most recent Octagon appearance at May’s UFC Rochester event, Spencer defeated Megan Anderson via first round submission.

Get all of tonight’s UFC 240 Results below:

UFC 240 Main Card (10 pm est on PPV)

Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar – Holloway def. Edgar by unanimous decision (50-45 x2, 49-46)
Cris Cyborg vs. Felicia Spencer – Cyborg def. Spencer by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Geoff Neal vs. Niko Price – Neal def. Price via TKO (punches) at 2:39 of Round 2

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Arman Tsarukyan – Tsarukyan def. Aubin-Mercier by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Krzysztof Jotko – Jotko def. Barriault via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

UFC 240 Prelims (7pm est on ESPN+)

125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs. Alexis Davis – Araujo def. Davis by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Yoshinori Horie – Dawodu def. Horie via TKO at 4:09 of Round 3

Seungwoo Choi vs. Gavin Tucker – Tucker def. Choi via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:17 of Round 3
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alexandre Pantoja – Figueiredo def. Panjota by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Sarah Frota vs. Gillian Robertson – Robertson def. Frota via TKO (elbows) at 4:13 of Round 2

Erik Koch vs. Kyle Stewart – Koch def. Stewart by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x3)

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