Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 85 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 3, 2024), streaming LIVE on ESPN+. UFC Vegas 85 will be topped by the 185-pound showdown between middleweight bruisers Roman Dolidze vs. Nassourdine Imavov, a five-round showdown with a spot in the division Top 10 hanging in the balance. Before that headlining clash of styles gets underway, 155-pound Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom, Renato Moicano, collides with power-punching lightweight wrecking ball, Drew Dober, in UFC Vegas 85’s co-main event.
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TOP-RANKED MIDDLEWEIGHT MASHER! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2024 mixed martial arts (MMA) campaign on Sat., Feb. 3, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, with No. 8-ranked Middleweight contender, Roman Dolidze, taking on No. 11-seeded, Nassourdine Imavov, in the ESPN+-streamed main event. In UFC Vegas 85’s co-feature, all-action Lightweight veterans, Drew Dober and Renato Moicano, will throw down in an early “Fight of the Year” contender.
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UFC VEGAS 85 QUICK RESULTS:
Roman Dolidze vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Renato Moicano vs. Drew Dober
Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov
Viviane Araujo vs. Natalia Silva
Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Makhmud Muradov
Gilbert Urbina vs. Charles Radtke
Molly McCann vs. Diana Belbita
Charles Johnson vs. Azat Maksum
Themba Gorimbo vs. Pete Rodriguez
Blake Bilder vs. Jeong Yeong Lee
Julija Stoliarenko vs. Luana Carolina
Marquel Mederos vs. Landon Quinones
Thomas Petersen vs. Jamal Pogues — Pogues def. Petersen by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
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185 lbs.: Roman Dolidze vs. Nassourdine Imavov
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155 lbs.: Renato Moicano vs. Drew Dober
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170 lbs.: Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov
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125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs. Natalia Silva
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185 lbs.: Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Makhmud Muradov
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170 lbs.: Gilbert Urbina vs. Charles Radtke
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115 lbs.: Molly McCann vs. Diana Belbita
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125 lbs.: Charles Johnson vs. Azat Maksum
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170 lbs.: Themba Gorimbo vs. Pete Rodriguez
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145 lbs.: Blake Bilder vs. Jeong Yeong Lee
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125 lbs.: Julija Stoliarenko vs. Luana Carolina
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155 lbs.: Marquel Mederos vs. Landon Quinones
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265 lbs.: Thomas Petersen vs. Jamal Pogues
Round 1: Pogues firing kicks as Petersen parries the lead hand and slowly advances, ultimately putting Pogues on the fence. Knees to the thigh from Petersen. He tries to change levels, denied with a forearm frame. Pogues separates a minute in. Solid straight left by Petersen, Pogues lands a right cross and body kick in return. Clean 2-3. Two minutes in. Petersen shoots from too far out and Pogues rebuffs it. Petersen follows with a body shot and a decent combo, then absorbs a clean right hand as he continues to steadily advance. 1-2 from Pogues as he’s taken to the fence again. Again Pogues turns him aside. Two minutes to go.
Tight hook from Pogues, who eats an overhand as he circles off. Petersen still advancing. Knee by Pogues, straight right behind it. Petersen digs a pair of nice body shots before tying up with double underhooks. A knee strays low, pausing the action. They resume with a minute to go and get right to trading. Better shot from Petersen, who bulldogs him down from a single-leg. Pogues turns to his knees as Petersen swats him with short punches. Petersen racks up punches until the bell. 10-9 Pogues on the early work.
Round 2: Petersen barrels in behind a right hand, Pogues backs him off with a knee but gets tied up regardless. Quick separation. Low kick from Pogues, who clinches as Petersen steps in. Knees to the thigh from Petersen, grinding against the fence. One minute in. Pogues shoves him away. Body kick, right hook, pivot to get off the fence. Double left hook, then two clean jabs, but Petersen changes levels to try the same single-leg. Good balance from Pogues to stay up but Petersen walks through a combo to resume the grind two minutes in. Pogues denies another single-leg and separates. Combo from Petersen, big elbow from Pogues while forehead-to-forehead. Petersen goes low-high with left hands. Heavy straight lefts by Petersen with two minutes to go.
More body shots from Petersen. Pogues body kick. One minute to go. Pogues punches into the clinch, lands a good knee and elbow. Petersen forces him back with a flurry, then cracks him with an uppercut on the exit. Another body shot. Heavy right hook by Petersen at the bell. 10-9 Petersen.
Round 3: They trade kicks to start. Petersen continues to land the straight left to the body, Pogues the snap kick downstairs. One minute in. Body shot really doing work for Petersen. Straight left met by a 1-2 from Pogues. Mostly fencing with the lead hands and waiting to land straights. Solid cross by Pogues as he angles off. Low-high goes Petersen two minutes in. The body shot’s automatic but Pogues is eating it well. Nice takedown defense from Pogues. More body shots from Petersen. Pogues pops him with right crosses. Two minutes to go.
Pogues circles off the fence and lands a straight right. Petersen’s landed about two dozen of those straight lefts to the body. There’s one to the head. Pogues denies a level change but as Petersen reaches up, his thumb goes into Pogues’ eye and Pogues is in bad shape. He nonetheless manages to recover and they resume with a minute to go. Petersen comes on strong, landing a two-piece upstairs and a body shot. Good right hand but Pogues ties up to slow him down. Petersen lands another body shot, gets clinched, avoids an overhand right. One last right by Pogues. 10-9 Petersen.
Final result: Pogues def. Petersen by unanimous decision
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