UFC 269 LIVE: Oliveira vs Poirier stream, latest updates and fight result tonight

‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa is 12-3, with 11 of his wins having come via knockout.

Meanwhile, Sakai is 15-3-1 – also with 11 KO/TKO wins.

Tuivasa is on a three-fight win streak, while Sakai is 0-2 in his last two.

Next up, we have a heavyweight clash between Augusto Sakai and Tai Tuivasa.

Silva is tearful, but he says it’s all “joy”. He moves to 22-6 with this victory.

Bruno Silva def. Jordan Wright via first-round TKO (strikes, 1:28).

WOW! A first-round knockout to kick off the prelims!

Wright had Silva up against the cage and was landing some decent knees.

But Silva was able to create some space and started to wing shots, staggering his opponent with a right hand and left hook before finishing him on the mat!

First up on the prelim card is a middleweight bout between Jordan Wright and Bruno Silva.

The prelims are upon us! Here’s a look at the early prelim results from earlier this evening:

Andre Muniz def. Eryk Anders via first-round submission (armbar, 3:13)

Erin Blanchfield def. Miranda Maverick via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ryan Hall def. Darrick Minner via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-27)

Tony Kelley def. Randy Costa via second-round TKO (strikes, 4:15)

Gillian Robertson def. Priscila Cachoeira via first-round submission (rear naked choke, 4:59)

As that last piece hopefully conveyed, Dustin Poirier is pretty good when it comes to conveying the magnitude of a moment.

That was no different this week as he spoke about tonight’s main event against Charles Oliveira.

“I [used to say] 25 minutes to make life fair. This is 25 minutes for eternity, 25 until eternity. That’s what this is. You don’t take that away. Once a champion, always a champion.”

More from the ‘Diamond’ here:

Here’s our main event preview for UFC 269. It begins with a look back at the night Dustin Poirier became interim UFC lightweight champion in April 2016.

Six times, Dustin Poirier slapped the heavy gold belt around his waist. Just to check it was real.

Stood in the middle of the Octagon, the heat of the arena lights sweltering around his head, his face was a canvas shimmering with sweat yet – somehow – simultaneously dulled by bruises. Tears streamed into the cuts under his eyes.

The American’s chest was raw, a patch of stinging skin highlighting the words inked upon it: “Parker Noelle”, the name of Poirier’s young daughter.

“I feel like I’m in a dream right now,” a then 30-year-old Poirier told Joe Rogan and the enamoured crowd in Atlanta, Georgia.

“This is my belt. I earned this in blood, I paid in full. This is mine,” Poirier continued, as if still raging against some spectral force. Somehow, it seemed, the energy expended moments earlier in his 25-minute war with Max Holloway was not all that the American had to give.

Full piece here:

Next up, another exclusive interview.

We spoke to former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt about his flyweight debut against Kai Kara-France this evening, as well as his friendship with cancer survivor Maddux Maple, and his three-and-a-half years without a win between 2017 and 2020.

“One thousand two hundred days of... lot of pain. A lot of soul-searching. There was a lot of good that came out of it, too, a lot of things that I had to change. And my son was brought into the world. I had some injuries that sidelined me for a while, so I got to spend time with him. Timing is everything. I was able to be there for the early months of his life, I learned a lot about being a father.

“I wouldn’t change anything. I would go through it all again.”

Full interview here: