UFC 274 LIVE results: Oliveira vs Gaethje stream and latest updates tonight
Re-live updates from the main card and prelims
Charles Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje in the first round of the UFC 274 main event on Saturday, as the Brazilian took the first step on what he hopes will be his road back to the lightweight title.
Oliveira missed weight by half-a-pound on Friday, and as a result he was stripped of the lightweight belt that he had won last year. The 32-year-old was also ineligible to win back the gold in his clash with Gaethje, who would have become the new champion if he had beaten Oliveira. The American came close at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, knocking down Oliveira twice in a chaotic first round but refusing to follow the jiu-jitsu black belt to the mat. On both occasions, Oliveira was able to stand and recover, before securing his own knockdown of Gaethje with a perfect straight right punch later in the round.
Oliveira, who holds the records for most finishes and most submission wins in UFC history, pounced at once. The Brazilian took Gaethje’s back and considered his submission options, before locking in a rear naked choke and forcing the former interim champion to tap out in his home state of Arizona.
Re-live updates from the UFC 274 main card and prelims, below.
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Trinaldo, the second oldest UFC roster member at 43, has won four of his last five fights!
Thirty-four-year-old Roberts, meanwhile, enters this bout on the back of two straight wins.
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One more prelim bout!
Brazilian veteran Francisco Trinaldo takes on Britain’s Danny Roberts at welterweight.
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Macy Chiasson def. Norma Dumont via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27).
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30-27 Chiasson
29-28 Dumont
30-27 Chiasson
Chiasson gets it done via split decision! Boos for the American in the Footprint Center!
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Chiasson vs Dumont – Round 3
Good left hook and right overhand from Dumont! They hurt Chiasson, who nearly hits the mat!
Chiasson shoots for a takedown in desperation, and she nearly gets it against the fence!
Dumont stands but is soon driven to the canvas. The Brazilian is right back up, though...
The fans in Phoenix start to boo as Chiasson struggles to advance her position. Clean one-two from Dumont as the pair separate!!
Again Chiasson looks to grapple while she tries to recover... More boos! Dumont attempts a guillotine, but time runs out...
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Chiasson vs Dumont – Round 2
Again Dumont blocks a high kick. Body kick and left hook to the head from Dumont! Lovely.
Chiasson grabs the Brazilian against the fence and looks for a double-leg takedown, then a throw. Dumont does well to defend at first but then succumbs to a throw from a body lock.
Chiasson looks to take the neck before she’s even taken the back, and the rushed approach allows Dumont to slip free! The Brazilian is back on her feet now.
Chiasson throws a few knees to the thighs of Dumont to ensure enough activity to prevent referee Keith Peterson from separating the fighters.
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Chiasson vs Dumont – Round 1
Both women just staying out of one another’s reach in the opening minute.
Now Chiasson flicks and swings some leg kicks. Dumont looks for punches over the top.
Good combination upstairs from Dumont! She then blocks a high kick from her taller opponent.
Chiasson connects with a right overhand, though! She does well to find a home for a left hand in close, too, then secures a drive takedown with a second left in the round.
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Macy Chiasson and Norma Dumont now go head to head in a women’s featherweight bout!
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What a wild scrap for as long as it lasted. Credit to both men.
Schnell looked to be on the verge of victory, but Royval kept composed somehow and turned it around quickly.
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