MAIN CARD RESULTS | UFC 302: MAKHACHEV VS POIRIER

There was a pressure in the discuss as the primary card got underway at Prudential Center, a eagerness in the swarm after a decision-heavy preparatory card slate cleared out the masses yearning for rough action.

While a number of the challenges still went the separate, the beat, yield, and escalated of the challenges was clearly sloped up.

Everything built to the lightweight championship fundamental occasion, where fan favorite Dustin Poirier looked to “finish his story” by claiming the undisputed title and winner Islam Makhachev pointed to proceed his walk to all-time awesome status by taking out another luminary.

UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier Fundamental Card Results

Islam Makhachev routs Dustin Poirier by Accommodation (D’arce choke) at 2:42 of Circular 5

Sean Strickland (46-49, 50-45) routs Paulo Costa (49-46) by Part Decision

Kevin Holland massacres Michal Oleksiejczuk by Specialized Accommodation (armbar) at 1:34 of Circular 1

Niko Cost (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) routs Alex Morono by Consistent Decision

Randy Brown (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) massacres Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos by Consistent Decision

Roman Kopylov (29-28, 30-27) massacres Cesar Almeida (29-28) by Part Decision

Jailton Almeida massacres Alexandr Romanov by Accommodation (rear-naked choke) at 2:27 of Circular 1

Grant Dawson (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) massacres Joe Solecki by Consistent Decision

Jake Matthews (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) routs Philip Rowe by Consistent Decision

Bassil Hafez (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) massacres Mickey Rankle by Consistent Decision

Ailin Perez (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) massacres Joselyne Edwards by Consistent Decision

Andre Lima (30-27, 30-27) routs Mitch Raposo (29-28) by Part Decision

Randy Brown (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) massacres Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos by Consistent Decision

Rankings hopefuls in the welterweight division Randy Brown and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos kicked off the UFC 302 fundamental card with a competitive back-and-forth clash that went the distance.

Brown was the more dynamic and compelling striker in the to begin with, utilizing his run and development to get the way better things, closing out the circular with a sharp flying knee. The Brazilian bounced back in the moment, stinging “Rude Boy” on the feet some time recently overwhelming the hooking for the larger part of the circular, as it were for Brown to switch late and arrive a overwhelming elbow. Brown was back in his sack in the third, cutting dos Santos with another clean knee, out-striking him all through and keeping himself upright.

The drift from the prelims of letting the judges decide the victor proceeded in the to begin with fundamental card matchup, with all three authorities scoring it the same, granting Brown his moment win of the year and third straight triumph in general. | Official Scorecards

Niko Cost (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) massacres Alex Morono by Consistent Decision

Facing off for the moment time, Niko Cost and Alex Morono went the remove in a overwhelming fight of steady loss where Cost pulled absent as the battle progressed.

Morono came out looking sharp and fresh, tossing and landing with freshness as Cost looked to warm into the battle. As the minutes included up, Cost begun to have more victory and Morono started to blur, with the competitive battle turning into a one-sided tussle by the time the last horn sounded.

For the eighth time in nine battles, the judges were called upon to render a decision, and all three had the battle the same way, granting Cost the consistent choice win. The triumph snapped a two-fight slide for “The Hybrid,” who picked up his to begin with win since vanquishing Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira in October 2021. | Official Scorecards

Kevin Holland vs Michal Oleksiejczuk 

Kevin Holland infused a few activity into the UFC 302 primary card, securing a first-round stoppage win over Michal Oleksiejczuk.

The Clean striker amazed Holland with a huge cleared out hand early, chasing the returning middleweight to the canvas in look of a wrap up. Holland recouped well and assaulted an armbar, rolling through and keeping up control when Oleksiejczuk attempted to elude. As Holland amplified, the elbow popped, inciting arbitrator Herb Dignitary to step in and halt the fight.

Back at middleweight for the to begin with time in eight battles, Holland snapped a two-fight slide with his fourth accommodation win in the UFC. Win or lose, “Trailblazer” is continuously engaging and ought to discover himself in another engaging clash in the not as well removed future. | Official Scorecards

Co-Main Occasion: Sean Strickland (49-46, 50-45) routs Paulo Costa (49-46) by Part Decision

Former middleweight champ Sean Strickland got things moving in the right course once more on Saturday night, out-working Paulo Costa in the UFC 302 co-main event.

Costa came out assaulting moo kicks, landing a couple overwhelming ones right out of the chute. But Strickland begun checking those shots and getting into his cadence, and Costa at first had no answers. Strickland proceeded to be the attacker over the championship rounds, but Costa had his minutes in each of those outlines, making this closer than expected as they worked to the horn.

After 25 minutes, the judges were called upon to render a decision, and eventually, Strickland came absent on the upbeat side of the part choice result. The win keeps the previous titleholder close the beat of the list of contenders in the middleweight division, and puts him in a position for another huge battle afterward in the year. | Official Scorecards

Main Occasion: Islam Makhachev massacres Dustin Poirier by Accommodation (D’arce choke) at 2:42 of Circular 5

Islam Makhachev remains the UFC lightweight winner after collecting a fifth-round accommodation win.

The winner put Poirier on the canvas rapidly in the to begin with, progressing to his back and remaining there for the leftover portion of the circular. Poirier protected well all through, and the leftover portion of the battle was more crude and competitive, with the challenger doing well to protect takedowns whereas Makhachev was constrained into the to begin with wicked, tiring fight of his championship reign.

With both men bloodied, but dialed in heading into the last circular, Makhachev caused Poirier to falter in the center of the Octagon halfway through the circular, and jumped. After quickly looking for a guillotine choke, the winner exchanged off to a D’arce choke and rapidly drew out the tap.

That’s presently three sequential effective title guards and 14 straight wins for Makhachev, who proceeds to rule incomparable in the lightweight division. He’s presently tied with four others for the most successive effective title protections in the division and sits two wins back of Anderson Silva’s record for continuous UFC triumphs. | Official Scorecards