UFC Vegas 45 News

Belal Muhammad
Stephen Thompson

UFC Vegas 45 Results: Belal Muhammad defeats Stephen Thompson (Highlights)

Chris Taylor - December 18, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas event 45 is co-headlined by a welterweight bout featuring Stephen Thompson taking on Belal Muhammad. Thompson (16-5-1 MMA), a former two-time UFC title challenger, will be looking to get back in the win column after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gilbert Burns in his last fight. Prior to that setback, ‘Wonderboy’ was coming off back-to-back unanimous decision victories over Geoff Neal and Vicente Luque.

Cub Swanson, Darren Elkins, UFC Vegas 45
Darren Elkins

Pros react after Cub Swanson TKO's Darren Elkins at UFC Vegas 45

Chris Taylor - December 18, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 45 main card was kicked off by a highly anticipated featherweight contest between fan favorites Cub Swanson and Darren Elkins. Swanson (28-12 MMA) entered Saturday’s fight looking to rebound from a first round TKO loss to Giga Chikadze from back in May. Prior to that setback, ‘Killer Cub’ had reeled off back-to-back wins over Daniel Pineda and Kron Gracie.

Cub Swanson
Darren Elkins

UFC Vegas 45 Results: Cub Swanson TKO's Darren Elkins (Video)

Chris Taylor - December 18, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 45 main card is kicked off by a highly anticipated featherweight contest between fan favorites Cub Swanson and Darren Elkins. Swanson (27-12 MMA) will enter Saturday’s fight looking to rebound from a first round TKO loss to Giga Chikadze from back in May. Prior to that setback, ‘Killer Cub’ had earned back-to-back wins over Daniel Pineda and Kron Gracie.

Derrick Lewis, Chris Daukaus, UFC Vegas 45
Chris Daukaus

UFC Vegas 45: ‘Lewis vs. Daukaus’ Live Results and Highlights

Chris Taylor - December 17, 2021

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 45 event, a thirteen-bout fight card headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukaus. Lewis (31-8 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since UFC 265, where he suffered a TKO loss to Ciryl Gane in a fight for the promotions interim heavyweight championship. Prior to that setback, ‘The Black Beast’ had put together back-to-back knockout wins over Aleksei Oleinik and Curtis Blaydes.

Cris Cyborg, Amanda Nunes
Cris 'Cyborg' Justino

Cris Cyborg accuses Amanda Nunes of being a one round fighter: “She’s either gonna run away or quit on the floor”

Christopher Taylor - December 16, 2021

Cris Cyborg was “not surprised” to see Amanda Nunes lose her bantamweight title to Julianna Pena at UFC 269. Nunes (21-5 MMA), the perennial GOAT of women’s MMA, put her 135 lbs title on the line against Pena (11-4 MMA) in the co-headliner of last Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.