UFC Vegas 42 results and recap: Holloway decisions Rodriguez as Rogerio de Lima finishes Rothwell

The
11-bout
card
saw
an
incredible
nine
fights
end
in
stoppages
as
Max
Holloway
vs
Yair
Rodriguez
was
the
fight
of
the
night
with
the
Performances
of
the
Night
bonuses
going
to
Khaos
Williams
and
Andrea
Lee.

In
the
main
event,
two
of
the
best
featherweights
in
the
world,
former
champion
and
No.
1
ranked
contender
Holloway
and
No.
3
ranked
Rodriguez,
put
on
an
incredible
fight
with
brilliant
striking
exchanges
and
peppered
with
takedowns
and
grappling.

Endurance,
toughness
and
talent
of
the
pair
was
on
display
through
five
rounds,
but
Holloway
edged
out
superiority
in
the
rounds
to
win
out
on
the
scorecards.

Following
the
win
Holloway
said,
“Yair’s
a
dangerous
man.
If
you
want
to
be
the
best,
you
have
to
beat
the
best,
and
the
best
is
Blessed.
I’ve
got
a
win
over
the
155-pound
champion,
we’ve
got
Alex
(Volkanovski,
UFC
featherweight
champion),
I’m
on
the
shortlist
for
Conor
McGregor…
we’re
ready
whenever.”

In
the
co-main
event,
Marcos
Rogerio
de
Lima
deprived
Ben
Rothwell
of
his
40th
victory
when
he
launched
an
attack
from
the
opening
bell
that
resulted
in
a
TKO
in
just
32
seconds.

After
making
light
work
of
Rothwell,
Rogerio
said,
“I
knew
it
would
be
a
tough
fight,
all
respect
to
Ben,
but
I’ve
been
training
hard…
I
know
my
speed,
I
know
I
can
strike,
and
I
did
what
I
came
to
do.”

Also
on
the
main
card,
Felicia
Spencer
and
Khaos
Williams
earned
third
round
stoppage
wins
over
Leah
Letson
and
Miguel
Baeza
in
their
respective
women’s
featherweight
bout
and
welterweight
bout.

Opening
the
main
card,
China’s
Song
Yadong
and
Julio
Arce
showed
off
good
striking
exchanges
through
a
fun
first
round.
In
the
second,
Song
wobbled
Arce
with
a
highlight
reel-worthy
head
kick
and
his
killer
instincts
got
him
a
TKO
victory.

Earlier
in
the
preliminary
card,
South
Korea’s
surging
light
heavyweight
Jung
Da-Un
set
the
tone
of
the
event
with
a
first
round
KO.
Jung
and
Kennedy
Nzechukwu
fought
at
a
measured
pace
until
Jung
landed
an
elbow,
smelled
blood,
and
went
in
for
the
finish
with
more
elbows.

Also
in
the
prelims,
while
Cortney
Casey
earned
the
lone
decision
win,
Joel
Alvarez,
Rafael
Alves,
Andrea
Lee
and
Sean
Woodson
claimed
stoppage
wins
in
their
respective
bouts.

UFC
Vegas
42
Final
Results

Main
Card

1.
Featherweight
bout:
Max
Holloway
defeated
Yair
Rodriguez
via
unanimous
decision
(49-46,
48-47,
48-47)

2.
Heavyweight
bout:
Marcos
Rogerio
de
Lima
defeated
Ben
Rothwell
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
:32
of
round
one

3.
Women’s
Featherweight
bout:
Felicia
Spencer
defeated
Leah
Letson
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
4:25
of
round
three

4.
Welterweight
bout:
Khaos
Williams
defeated
Miguel
Baeza
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
1:02
of
round
three

5.
Bantamweight
bout:
Song
Yadong
defeated
Julio
Arce
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
1:35
of
round
two

Preliminary
Card

1.
Catchweight
(157.5
lb)
bout:
Joel
Alvarez
defeated
Thiago
Moises
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
3:01
of
round
one

2.
Women’s
Flyweight
bout:
Andrea
Lee
defeated
Cynthia
Calvillo
via
TKO
(corner
retirement)
at
5:00
of
round
two

3.
Featherweight
bout:
Sean
Woodson
defeated
Collin
Anglin
via
TKO
(strikes)
at
4:30
of
round
one

4.
Catchweight
(128.5
lb)
bout:
Cortney
Casey
defeated
Liana
Jojua
via
unanimous
decision
(30-27,
30-27,
30-27)

5.
Lightweight
bout:
Rafael
Alves
defeated
Marc
Diakiese
via
submission
(guillotine
choke)
at
1:48
of
round
one

6.
Light
Heavyweight
bout:
Da-un
Jung
defeated
Kennedy
Nzechukwu
via
KO
(strikes)
at
3:04
of
round
one