UFC 270 LIVE: Ngannou vs Gane fight results and latest updates
The UFC heavyweight title is on the line in the main event, while the men’s flyweight belt will also be contested
The first major UFC event of the year has arrived, with two massive title fights topping the card at UFC 270.
In the main event, an undisputed heavyweight champion will be crowned as Francis Ngannou defends his belt against interim title holder Ciryl Gane. The opponents are former teammates, with the build-up to their clash tonight coloured by arguments over who had more success in their old sparring sessions. Ngannou is the most feared power-puncher in UFC history, the French-Cameroonian’s professional mixed martial arts record standing at 16-3 – while his UFC record is 11-2 since his debut in 2015, with 10 of those wins coming via knockout or TKO. Meanwhile, Frenchman Gane is undefeated at 10-0, having gone 3-0 in 2021 to claim the interim heavyweight title and establish himself as Ngannou’s first challenger.
In the co-main event in Anaheim, Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo will complete a trilogy of flyweight title fights. The rivals drew in their initial meeting in December 2020, allowing Figueiredo to hang onto the belt, before Mexican Moreno submitted the Brazilian last June to take the gold.
Follow live updates and fight results from the UFC 270 main card and prelims, below.
UFC 270: Hansen vs Jasudavicius
Round 3
A cagey third round on the feet. This one feels like it could go either way.
Jasudavicius starts to find some success as the fight enters its final minute...
She initiates a Thai clinch and lands some solid knees in close, and the final buzzer sounds!
The decision will arrive in a few moments.
UFC 270: Hansen vs Jasudavicius
Round 2
A relative lack of activity sees the women stood up by referee Jason Herzog, and Hansen will be relieved by that.
She capitalises, too, catching a front kick from Jasudavicius before landing her own and following it with a spinning back elbow and clean jab.
Jasudavicius manages to get hold of Hansen against the fence to neutralise her before taking her down. The round ends with Jasudavicius on top again.
UFC 270: Hansen vs Jasudavicius
Round 2
Hansen keeps the same gameplan from the first round and this time manages to take down Jasudavicius, who uses her strength advantage to reverse the position and get back on top.
More elbows from Jasudavicius, similarly to the first round.
UFC 270: Hansen vs Jasudavicius
Round 1
Jasudavicius is in Hansen’s guard and landing elbows from above. Hansen tries to explode out of the position, but Jasudavicius quickly closes the distance to land more elbows.
A good first round from Jasudavicius.
UFC 270: Hansen vs Jasudavicius
Round 1
Hansen presses forward early with feints before shooting for a double-leg takedown against the fence. Good defence, though, from Jasudavicius, who lands a nice elbow off the break. Now she connects with a clean front kick to the body.
Hansen fires back with a right hook, reaching up to land it as the shorter of the two fighters. She then tries for a takedown again but is denied once more.
In fact, Jasudavicius reverses the position against the fence then lands her own takedown!
UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane
Bruce Buffer makes the introductions to those fans who have made it into the Honda Center early! We’re under way.
UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane
First up is Kay Hansen vs Jasmine Jasudavicius in a women’s flyweight bout.
UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane
UFC 270 is under way!
First up are the early prelims, then we’ll have the prelims, followed by the main card.
Here we go!
UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane odds
We’re just 90 minutes away from tonight’s first prelim fight!
Here’s a quick look at the odds for this evening’s main event between Ngannou and Gane.
Ngannou: 1/1
Gane: 4/5
That’s how Betfair have it. For what it’s worth, it certainly feels like Ngannou’s best chance of victory is an early knockout, while Gane seems most likely to secure a win if he can take this contest to the judges’ scorecards.
UFC 270: Full card ahead of Ngannou vs Gane
Here is a look at the full fight card for this evening’s event, which has been hit by a number of bout cancellations:
Main card
Francis Ngannou (C) vs Ciryl Gane (IC) (heavyweight title)
Brandon Moreno (C) vs Deiveson Figueiredo (flyweight title)
Michel Pereira vs Andre Fialho (welterweight)
Cody Stamann vs Said Nurmagomedov (bantamweight)
Trevin Giles vs Michael Morales (welterweight)
Prelims
Raoni Barcelos vs Victor Henry (bantamweight)
Pete Rodriguez vs Jack Della Maddalena (welterweight)
Tony Gravely vs Saimon Oliveira (bantamweight)
Matt Frevola vs Genaro Valdez (lightweight)
Early prelims
Silvana Juarez vs Vanessa Demopoulos (women’s strawweight)
Kay Hansen vs Jasmine Jasudavicius (women’s flyweight)
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