Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington
Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Title: “UFC 245”
Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Date: December 14, 2019
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
Punahele “Story Time” Soriano (United States) vs Oskar “Imadlo” Piechota (Poland)
DIVISION: Middleweight
WINNER: PUNAHELE SORIANO
METHOD: Knockout via Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 3:17 of Round 1
REFEREE: Chris Tognoni
Jessica “Evil” Eye (United States) vs Viviane “Vivi” Araujo (Brazil)
DIVISION: Catchweight (131lbs)
WINNER: JESSICA EYE
METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
REFEREE: Marc Goddard
Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno (Mexico) vs Kai “Don’t Blink” Kara-France (New Zealand)
DIVISION: Flyweight
WINNER: BRANDON MORENO
METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
REFEREE:
Chase “The Teenage Dream” Hooper (United States) vs Daniel “Kid Dynamite” Teymur (Sweden)
DIVISION: Featherweight
WINNER: CHASE HOOPER
METHOD: Technical Knockout via Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 4:34 of Round 1
REFEREE: Jason Herzog
PRELIMINARY CARD
Matt “The Immortal” Brown (United States) vs Ben “Killa B” Saunders (United States)
DIVISION: Welterweight
WINNER: MATT BROWN
METHOD: Technical Knockout via Elbow and Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 4:55 of Round 2
REFEREE: Keith Peterson
Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch (United States) vs Omari “Wolverine” Akhmedov (Russia)
DIVISION: Middleweight
WINNER: OMARI AKHMEDOV
METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
REFEREE: Marc Goddard
Ketlen “Fenomeno” Vieira (Brazil) vs Irene Aldana (Mexico)
DIVISION: Women’s Bantamweight
WINNER: IRENE ALDANA
METHOD: Knockout via Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 4:51 of Round 1
REFEREE: Jason Herzog
Geoff “Handz of Steel” Neal (United States) vs Mike “Platinum” Perry (United States)
DIVISION: Welterweight
WINNER: GEOFF NEAL
METHOD: Technical Knockout via Head Kick and Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 1:30 of Round 1
REFEREE: Chris Tognoni
MAIN CARD
Petr “No Mercy” Yan (Russia) vs Urijah “The California Kid” Faber (United States)
DIVISION: Bantamweight
WINNER: PETR YAN
METHOD: Knockout via Head Kick
TIME AND ROUND: 0:43 of Round 3
REFEREE: Keith Peterson
Marlon “Magic” Moraes (Brazil) vs Jose “Unior” Aldo (Brazil)
DIVISION: Bantamweight
WINNER: MARLON MORAES
METHOD: Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
REFEREE: Marc Goddard
Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (Brazil) vs Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie (Netherlands)
DIVISION: UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship
WINNER: AMANDA NUNES
METHOD: Unanimous Decision (49-44, 49-46, 49-45)
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 5
REFEREE: Keith Peterson
Max “Blessed” Holloway (United States) vs Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski (Australia)
DIVISION: UFC Featherweight Championship
WINNER: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI
METHOD: Unanimous Decision
TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 5
REFEREE: Jason Herzog
Main Event
Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman (United States) vs Colby “Chaos” Covington (United States)
DIVISION: UFC Welterweight Championship
WINNER: KAMARU USMAN
METHOD: Technical Knockout via Punches
TIME AND ROUND: 4:10 of Round 5
REFEREE: Marc Goddard
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