UFC Contenders 7Saturday, Week 3, July 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 4,263 (Gate: $1,383,344)
Critical Rating: 77%, Commercial Rating: 54%
Light Heavyweight:Klidson de Abreu defeated Mike Rodriguez via Submission (RNC) at 4:18 of Round 2
Shamil Gamzatov defeated Myron Dennis via Unanimous Decision
Gian Villante defeated Dalcha Lungiambula via TKO (Strikes) at 2:16 of Round 1
Karl Albrektsson defeated Roman Dolidze via TKO (Strikes) at 1:54 of Round 3
Klidson de Abreu defeated Shamil Gamzatov via Submission (Armbar) at 3:35 of Round 1
Gian Villante defeated Karl Albrektsson via KO (Punch) at 3:55 of Round 1
Gian Villante defeated Klidson de Abreu via TKO (Strikes) at 1:18 of Round 1 to win the Light Heavyweight Tournament
Welterweight:Raimond Magomedaliev defeated Robson Gracie Jr via Unanimous Decision
Amiran Gogoladze defeated Aziz Pakhrudinov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:22 of Round 2
Andrew Todhunter defeated Andrew McInnes via Unanimous Decision
Khonry Gracie defeated Magomed Nurov via Submission (RNC) at 4:37 of Round 1
Amiran Gogoladze defeated Raimond Magomedaliev via KO (Punch) at 1:30 of Round 3
Khonry Gracie defeated Andrew Todhunter via Submission (Kimura) at 1:46 of Round1
Khonry Gracie defeated Amiran Gogoladze via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:05 of Round 1 to win the Welterweight Tournament
Bonuses: ($50,000)
Fight of the Night: Amiran Gogoladze vs Raimond Magomedaliev
Knockout of the Night: Gian Villante (vs Karl Albrektsson)
Submission of the Night: Khonry Gracie (vs Amiran Gogoladze)
Notes: - The veteran of the Light Heavyweight tournament, Gian Villante outlasted his opponents to win the tournament. He actually spent less time in the cage than the standard 15 minute you would for a whole fight, stopping his 3 opponents in the first round in all 3 fights. His last fight pre-tournament was actually the first LHW winner in Fabio Maldonado, and Villante said he'd like to run that back in his next fight.
- Khonry Gracie was another winner who finished all his opponents to win the tournament. His famed submission skills shone thru as he submitted all 3 opponents with different methods. He is now riding a 7 fight win streak, with 5 of those coming by submission.
Ongoing Tournament Winners: Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)
Contenders 6: Teemu Packalen (Lightweight), Rousimar Palhares (Middleweight)
Contenders 7: Khonry Gracie (Welterweight), Gian Villante (Light Heavyweight)