‘UFC Fight Night 159’ results: Yair Rodríguez vs Jeremy Stephens, Carla Esparza vs Alexa Grasso in Mexico City, Mexico

• Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
• Title: “UFC Fight Night 159” (“UFC on ESPN+ 17“)
• Venue: Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico
• Date: September 21, 2019

PRELIMINARY CARD

1. Claudio “El Niño” Puelles (Peru) vs Marcos “Dhalsim” Rosa Mariano (Brazil)

• DIVISION: Lightweight
• WINNER: CLAUDIO PUELLES
• METHOD: Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

2. Sijara “Sarj” Eubanks (United States) vs Bethe “Pitbull” Correia (Brazil)

• DIVISION: Women’s Bantamweight
• WINNER: BETHE CORREIA
• METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

3. Vinicius Moreira vs Paul Craig

• DIVISION: Light Heavyweight
• WINNER: PAUL CRAIG
• METHOD: Submission via Rear-Naked Choke
• TIME AND ROUND: 3:19 of Round 1
• REFEREE:

4. Sergio Pettis vs Tyson Nam

• DIVISION: Flyweight
• WINNER: SERGIO PETTIS 
• METHOD: Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

5. Ariane Carnelossi vs Angela Hills

• DIVISION: Women’s Strawweight
• WINNER: ANGELA HILLS
• METHOD: Technical Knockout via Doctor Stoppage
• TIME AND ROUND: 1:56 of Round 1
• REFEREE:

6. Marco Polo Reyes vs Kyle Nelson

• DIVISION: Featherweight
• WINNER: KYLE NELSON
• METHOD: Technical Knockout via Punches
• TIME AND ROUND: 1:36 of Round 1
• REFEREE:

7. Jose Alberto Quinonez vs Carlos Huachin

• DIVISION: Bantamweight
• WINNER: JOSE ALBERTO QUINONEZ
• METHOD: Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

MAIN CARD

8. Martin Bravo vs Steven Peterson

• DIVISION: Featherweight
• WINNER: STEVEN PETERSON 
• METHOD: Knockout via Spinning Backfist
• TIME AND ROUND: 1:31 of Round 2
• REFEREE:

9. Irene Aldana vs Vanessa Melo

• DIVISION: Catchweight (190 lbs)
• WINNER: IRENE ALDANA
• METHOD: Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

10. Brandon Moreno vs Askar Askarov

• DIVISION: Flyweight
• WINNER: BRANDON MORENO 
• METHOD: Split Draw (28-28, 28-29, 30-27)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

 Co-Main Event

11. Carla Esparza vs Alexa Grasso

• DIVISION: Women’s Strawweight
• WINNER: CARLA ESPARZA
• METHOD: Majority Decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• ROUNDS: 3
• REFEREE:

Main Event

12. Yair Rodriguez vs Jeremy Stephens

• DIVISION: Featherweight
• WINNER: YAIR RODRIGUEZ 
• METHOD: No Contest due to Accidental Eye Poke
• TIME AND ROUND: 0:15 of Round 1
• REFEREE: