UFC on ESPN: Gillespie vs Barboza II
Saturday, Week 4, June 2021
California, USA
Attendance: 9,603 (Gate: $2,832,885)
Critical Rating: 66%, Commercial Rating: 96%


MAIN EVENT

(#2) Edson Barboza defeated (#1) Gregor Gillespie via KO (Kick) at 3:30 of Round 5 to win the UFC Lightweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#6) Alonzo Menifield defeated (#3) Volkan Oezdemir via KO (Punch) at 3:51 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#4) Tony Ferguson defeated (#21) Jim Miller via Unanimous Decision
(#6) Renato Carneiro defeated (#8) Alexander Volkanovski via KO (Punch) at 0:27 of Round 1
(#2) Brad Tavares defeated (#12) Gegard Mousasi via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Vitor Belfort defeated (#22) Tyson Pedro via TKO (Strikes) at 0:27 of Round 2
AJ McKee defeated (#17) Shane Burgos via Submission (Armbar) at 2:33 of Round 1
(#24) Augusto Sakai defeated Todd Duffee via KO (Punch) at 3:51 of Round 1
Doo Ho Choi defeated Dan Ige via Unanimous Decision
Anthony Hernandez defeated Abukar Yandiev via Submission (Armbar) at 4:05 of Round 3
Aleksa Camur defeated Christian Edwards via Unanimous Decision
Mateus Vasco defeated Joe Soto via TKO (Cut) at 4:18 of Round 2
Ismail Naurdiev defeated Elias Silverio via KO (punch) at 3:31 of Round 1
Ciryl Gane defeated Ben Sosoli via TKO (Strikes) at 1:55 of Round 1
Yusuf Raisov defeated Bryce Mitchell via TKO (Strikes) at 3:58 of Round 2


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Anthony Hernandez vs Abukar Yandiev
Knockout of the Night: Edson Barboza (vs Gregor Gillespie)
Submission of the Night: AJ McKee (vs Shane Burgos)


Notes:

- TUF season 30 winner and former ACA Featherweight champion, Yusuf Raisov, moved to 2-0 in the UFC after taking Bryce Mitchell's undefeated record via TKO.
- Ciryl Gane moved to 10-0 after TKOing Ben Sosoli in less than 2 minutes. Gane moves to 7-0 in the UFC after the win. Sosoli came into the fight off the back of 3 straight victories over Justin Ledet, Rico Verhoeven and Domingos Barros.
- Ismail Naurdiev KOd Elias Silverio in 3:31 of the first round, then called for a fight against outspoken BJJ black belt, Dillon Danis next.
- 7-0 Aleksa Camur edged out 5-0 Christian Edwards via unanimous decision, to end the 22 year old Jackson-Wink prospects undefeated run.
- Anthony Hernandez extends his win streak to 4, all by arm-related submissions, with 2 kimuras and 2 armbars. He called for an interesting fight against MW tournament winner, Markus Perez next, which should be a great fight.
- AJ McKee bounced back from his first career loss, to Sergio Giglio, by submitting Shane Burgos in the first round via an armbar.
- 44 year old, Vitor Belfort turned back the clock, TKOing Tyson Pedro just 27 seconds into the second round.
- Brad Tavares set up a grudge match against Darren Till in the Middleweight Tournament semi-final, after taking a unanimous decision from Gegard Mousasi.
- BJJ Whiz, Renato Carneiro pulled out a shocking result, KOing former champion, Alexander Volkanovski in just 27 seconds.
- Tony Ferguson called out Edson Barboza for his next fight, this will depend on how the Brazillian does in the main event, facing Lightweight champion, Gregor Gillespie.
- Alonzo Menifield booked a title fight against Dominick Reyes, in Reyes first title defense, after KOing Volkan Oezdemir in under 4 minutes of the first round. Menifield moves to 15-0, with 8 wins in the UFC cage, with all but 1 of those UFC wins coming by stoppage.
- Edson Barboza extends his win streak to 4, after previous wins over Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anthony Pettis and Dustin Poirier, but more importantly, he takes the UFC Lightweight title from Gregor Gillespie. The KO came with just 1:30 left of the 25 minutes in the fight.