It was the second consecutive win for McMann, an Olympic silver medalist in wrestling who is hoping to work back toward another title shot after she was defeated by Ronda Rousey in just 66 seconds in 2014.įlyweight Brandon Moreno opened the main card with a split-decision win over Ryan Benoit.The two Las Vegans on the preliminary card had vastly different experiences fighting at home on Saturday night. In a matchup of former women’s bantamweight title challengers, Sara McMann submitted Alexis Davis with an arm triangle in the second round. “He proved me wrong.”Ĭannonier dropped from heavyweight for the first time and showed no ill effects from the weight cut. Jared Cannonier was successful in his light heavyweight debut, though he was unable to finish Ion Cutelaba with any of the big punches he landed throughout the fight. The people who know what’s going on know that if he would’ve made it to the second, he would’ve been tired and it would’ve been worse for him.” If it was up to me, we would keep going until one of us quit. “I already know that the situation with the octagon is going to take away from my win tonight,” Masvidal said. Welterweight Jorge Masvidal’s win over Jake Ellenberger was the most bizarre of the night.Įllenberger’s foot got caught in the cage as he charged Masvidal and referee Herb Dean appeared to stop the action in order to get a rule clarification.īecause there was not deemed to be a “cage malfunction,” the fight was instead stopped and deemed a TKO victory for Masvidal.
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