Gilbert Burns got the biggest win of his career as he dominated former welterweigh champion Tyron Woodley over five round to rack up an easy unanimous decision at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
In round one, Woodley was dropped and cut above the left eye. Burns landed three-times the amount of strikes and had two take-downs as Woodley seemed faded and was never in the fight.
Burns, 170 1/2 lbs of Brazil, who came in with a number-four ranking, won by scores of 50-45 and 50-44 twice to raise his mark to 19-3. Woodley, 170 1/2 lbs of Saint Louis, MO is 19-5-1.
Augusto Sakai won a split decision over Blagoy Ivanov in a heavyweight bout.
Sakai, 259 1/2 lbs of Brazil won two cards by 29-28 tallies. Ivanov won a card 30-27.
Sakai is 15-1-1. Ivanov, 255 1/2 lbs of Sofia, BUL is 18-4-1.
Billy Quarantillo won a unanimous decision over Spike Carlyle in an action filled 150 lb catchweight bout.
Quarantillo, 149.5 lbs of Tampa, FL won by scores of 29-28 on all cards, and is now 14-2. Carlyle, 150 lbs of Del Mar, CA is 9-2.
Roosevelt Roberts submitted Brok Weaver in round two of their lightweight bout.
Roberts dominated and was able to finish Weaver with a rear-naked choke at 3:26.
Roberts, 156 lbs of San Bernadino, CA is 10-1. Weaver. 157.5 lbs of Micintosh, AL is 15-5.
Mackenzie Dern submitted Hannah Cifers in the 1st round of their strawweight bout.
Cifers landed some punches early, and was even attempting Ground and Pound on Dern when Dern was able to take Cifers down with a leg-lock that made Cifers tap at 2:36.
Dern, 115.5 lbs of Long Beach, CA is 8-1. Cifers, 115.5 lbs of Wake Forest, NC is 10-5.
Kaitlyn Chookagian got revenge, sort of as she beat up and battered Antonina Shevchenko in their flyweight bout.
Chookagian had Shevchenko on the ground and pounded away at her for most of the 15 minutes of the fight.
Chookagian who lost to Shevchenko’s sister, Valentina in a world title clash, got the revenge by scores of 30-25 on all cards.
Chookagian, 126 lbs of Amity Harbor, NY is 14-3. Shevchenko, 125.5 lbs of Kyrgyzstan is 8-2.
Daniel Rodriguez won a unanimous decision over Gabriel Green in a welterweight fight.
Rodriguez, 170 lbs of Alhambra, CA won by scores of 30-27 on all cards, and is now 12-1. Green, 170.5 lbs of San Pedro, CA is 9-3.
Jamahal Hill stopped Klidson Abreu in the opening round of their light heavyweight bout.
Hill dropped Abreu with a vicious knee, and then landed several punches with Abreu on the ground, and the bout was stopped at 1:51,
Hill, 205.5 lbs of Grand Rapids, MI is 8-0. Abreu, 206 lbs of Brazil is 15-5.
Brandon Royval choked out Tim Elliott in round two of their flyweight bout.
Elliott dominated the first round-plus with some solid takedowns, but in round two, Royval was able to turn the tide and get Elliott to tap out from a cArm-Triangle at 3:18.
Royval, 125.5 lbs of Englewood, CO is 11-4. Elliott, 126 lbs of Lee’s Summitt, MO is 15-11-1.
Casey Kenney choked out Louis Smolka in the 1st round of their bantamweight fight.
Kenney dropped Smolka with a left hook and was able to sub,it Smolka with a one-armed Guillotine at 3:03.
Kenney, 136 lbs of Tucson, AZ is 14-2-1. Smolka, 136 lbs of Kapolei, HI is 16-7.
Chris Gutierrez stopped Vince Morales in the 2nd round of their featherweight bout.
In round two, Gutierrez hurt Morales repeatedly with a plethora of leg kicks. Gutierrez continued to land low leg kicks that beat up the legs of Morales until the fight was stopped at 4:27.
Gutierrez, 145.5 lbs of Englewood, CO is 15-3. Morales, 145 lbs of Las Vegas is 9-5.