• Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
• Title: “UFC 254″
• Venue: Flash Forum, Yas Island (UFC Fight Island), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Date: October 23, 2020 (USA), October 23, 2020 (UAE)
• Number of bouts: 12

 

FIGHT CARD

 

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED 

1. Australia: Tai Tuivasa, Jacob Malkoun, Robert Whittaker
2. Brazil: Alex Oliveira
3. England: Nathaniel Wood
4. Kazakhstan: Shavkat Rakhmonon
5. Moldova: Ion Cutelaba
6. Netherlands: Stefan Struve
7. Russia: Alexander Yakovlev, Liana Jojua, Magomed Ankalaev, Alexander Volkov, Khabib Nurmagomedov
8. South Korea: Da Un Jung
9. Spain: Joel Alvarez
10. USA: Miranda Maverick, Casey Kenney, Sam Alvey, Lauren Murphy, Phil Hawes, Walt Harris, Jared Cannonier, Justin Gaethje
11. Uzbekistan: Liliya Shakirova

WEIGH-INS RESULTS

1. Lightweight: Joel Alvarez (159.5 lbs) vs. Alexander Yakovlev (155.5 lbs)
2. Women’s Flyweight: Liana Jojua (126 lbs) vs. Miranda Maverick (126 lbs)
3. Light Heavyweight: Sam Alvey (206 lbs) vs. Da Un Jung (206 lbs)
4. Welterweight: Alex Oliveira (173 lbs) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (171 lbs)
5. Catchweight (140 lbs): Casey Kenney (140 lbs) vs. Nathaniel Wood (140 lbs)
6. Heavyweight: Stefan Struve (265 lbs) vs. Tai Tuivasa (265 lbs)
7. Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev (205 lbs) vs. Ion Cutelaba (205.5 lbs)
8. Women’s Flyweight: Lauren Murphy (126 lbs) vs. Liliya Shakirova (126 lbs)
9. Middleweight: Phil Hawes (186 lbs) vs. Jacob Malkoun (186 lbs)
10. Heavyweight: Walt Harris (254 lbs) vs. Alexander Volkov (265 lbs)
11. Middleweight: Jared Cannonier (185 lbs) vs. Robert Whittaker (186 lbs)
12. UFC Lightweight Championship: Khabib Nurmagomedov (155 lbs) vs. Justin Gaethje (155 lbs)

Oliveira was fined 20 percent of his purse after missing weight by 2 lbs while Alvarez was fined 30 percent of his purse because he missed weight by 3.5 lbs. Three backup fighters made weight:

• Sergey Morozov (139.5 lbs)
• Michael Chandler (155 lbs)
• Isi Fitikefu (203.5 lbs)

 

FIGHT RESULTS

Bout #	FIGHTERS		Division
	Red Corner (Country)	Blue Corner (Country)
PRELIMINARY CARD
1	Joel “El Fenomeno” Alvarez (Spain)	Alexander “Russian Thunder” Yakovlev (Russia)	Lightweight
REFEREE: Jason Herzog WINNER: JOEL ALVAREZ METHOD: Submission via Armbar TIME AND ROUND: 3:00 of Round 1
2	Liana “She Wolf” Jojua (Russia)	Miranda “Fear The” Maverick (USA)	Women’s Flyweight
REFEREE: Lukasz Bosacki WINNER: MIRANDA MAVERICK METHOD: Technical Knockout due to Doctor Stoppage TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 1
3	Da Un Jung (South Korea)	Sam “Smile’n” Alvey (USA)	Light Heavyweight
REFEREE: Anders Ohlsson WINNER: DA UN JUNG METHOD: Split Draw (29-28, 28-29, 28-28) TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
4	Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira (Brazil)	Shavkat Rakhmonov (Kazakhstan)	Welterweight
REFEREE: Lukasz Bosacki WINNER: SHAVKAT RAKHMONOV METHOD: Submission via Guillotine Choke TIME AND ROUND: 4:40 of Round 1
5	Nathaniel “The Prospect” Wood (England)	Casey Kenney (USA)	Catchweight (140 lbs)
REFEREE: Anders Ohlsson WINNER: CASEY KENNEY METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
6	Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve (Netherlands)	Tai “Bam Bam” Tuivasa (Australia)	Heavyweight
REFEREE: Jason Herzog WINNER: TAI TUIVASA METHOD: Knockout via Punches TIME AND ROUND: 4:59 of Round 1
MAIN CARD
7	Magomed Ankalaev (Russia)	Ion “The Hulk” Cuțelaba (Moldova)	Light Heavyweight
REFEREE: Anders Ohlsson WINNER: MAGOMED ANKALAEV METHOD: Knockout via Punches TIME AND ROUND: 4:19 of Round 1
8	Lauren “Lucky” Murphy (USA)	Liliya Shakirova (Uzbekistan)	Women’s Flyweight
REFEREE: Lukasz Bosacki WINNER: LAUREN MURPHY METHOD: Submission via Rear-Naked Choke TIME AND ROUND: 3:31 of Round 2
9	Jacob “Mamba” Malkoun (Australia)	Phil “Megatron” Hawes (USA)	Middleweight
REFEREE: Jason Herzog WINNER: PHIL HAWES METHOD: Knockout via Punches TIME AND ROUND: 0:18 of Round 1
10	Alexander “Drago” Volkov (Russia)	Walt “The Big Ticket” Harris (USA)	Heavyweight
REFEREE: Lukasz Bosacki WINNER: ALEXANDER VOLKOV METHOD: Technical Knockout via Body Kick and Punches TIME AND ROUND: 1:15 of Round 2
Co-Main Event
11	Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker (Australia)	Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier (USA)	Middleweight
REFEREE: Anders Ohlsson WINNER: ROBERT WHITTAKER METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 3
Main Event
12	Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov (Russia)	Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje (USA)	UFC Lightweight Championship
REFEREE: Jason Herzog WINNER: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV METHOD: Technical Submission via Triangle Choke TIME AND ROUND: 1:34 of Round 2