UFC Vegas 79 Results & Highlights: Fiziev vs. Gamrot Ends With Injury

The lightweight main event ended anticlimactically due to an injury in the second round.

Author:
Drew Beaupré
Publish date:
Sep 23, 2023 7:24 PM EDT

The UFC ended a lengthy road trip when it returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for Noche UFC, and the following weekend the promotion headed back to the UFC Apex facility for an event headlined by top lightweight contenders.

Rafael Fiziev Mateusz Gamrot UFC Vegas 79 — (Ken Hathaway/MMA Junkie)

The night’s main event saw Rafael Fiziev and Mateuz Gamrot attempt to break into the lightweight Top 5 when they met in an intriguing clash of styles. Both men had success in the opening round of a fight that looked to be shaping up quite well, but unfortunately Fiziev suffered an injury in the second round off of a blocked kick and was unable to continue.

The featherweight co-main event featured Bryce Mitchell returning from the first loss of his career to meet #12-ranked Dan Ige. “50K” was looking to take Mitchell’s place in the Top 10 after earning back-to-back wins this year, but “Thug Nasty” spent enough time controlling Ige on the ground to take a unanimous decision.

Bryce Mitchell Dan Ige UFC Vegas 79 — (Ken Hathaway/MMA Junkie)

The main card opened with Charles Jourdain's first-round guillotine choke against Ricardo Ramos. Bryan Battle also picked up his third-straight stoppage win when he defeated AJ Fletcher, and Marina Rodriguez got her second victory over Michelle Waterson-Gomez when she stopped "The Karate Hottie" with strikes in the second round.

You can find highlights from the event below, as well as the full results for every fight.

Main Card (ESPN+, 7:00 p.m. ET)

• Main Event: Mateusz Gamrot def. Rafael Fiziev via TKO (Injury): R2, 2:03

• Co-Main Event: Bryce Mitchell def. Dan Ige via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28x2)

• Marina Rodriguez def. Michelle Waterson-Gomez via TKO: R2, 2:42

• Bryan Battle def. AJ Fletcher via Submission (Rear Naked Choke): R2, 4:32

• Charles Jourdain def. Ricardo Ramos via Submission (Guillotine Choke): R1, 3:12

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+, 4:00 p.m. ET)

• Miles Johns def. Dan Argueta via Unanimous Decision (30-27x2, 29-28)

• Tim Means def. Andre Fialho via TKO: R3, 1:15

• Cody Brundage def. Jacob Malkoun via Disqualification (Illegal Elbow): R1, 4:15

• Mohammed Usman def. Jake Collier via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28x2)

• Mizuki Inoue def. Hannah Goldy via Unanimous Decision (29-x28x3)

• Montserrat Rendon def. Tamires Vidal via Split Decision (29-28x2, 28-29)

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