Max Holloway was credited with a first round stoppage over the come backing Conor McGregor apparent knee injury at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In the opening seconds, McGregor tried a jumping kick and McGregor fell and seemed to possible suffer the knee injury. McGregor fell two more times and the fight was stopped just 69 seconds into the contest.
Holloway avenged a loss to McGregor from 13-years ago. The Waianae, Hawaii native is now 28-9 with 13 knockouts. McGregor of Dublin was making his first appearance in five years after he broke his leg in a fight against Dustin Poirier. The former two-division champion is 22-7.
Pimblett Chokes out Saint Denis in Less Than a Minute
Paddy Pimblett choked out Benoit Saint Denis is less than a minute of their lightweight bout.
Saint Denis shot in and Pimblett was able to get a front choke. He cranked it in and the fight was over at 52 seconds.
Pimblett, 156 lbs of Liverpool is 24-4 with 11 submissions. Saint Denis, 156 lbs of Paris is 17-4.
Bautista Decisions Sandhagen
Mario Bautista won a unanimous decision over Cory Sandhagen in a featherweight bout.
In round three, Bautista was bleeding around his right eye.
Bautista, 135.5 lbs of Phoenix won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is now 18-3. Sandhagen, 135.5 lbs of Aurora, CO is 18-7.
Royval Stops Kavanaugh in 3
Brandon Royval submitted Lone’er Kavanaugh in the third round of their flyweight bout.
It was a bloody and physical fight and Kavanaugh was bleeding out of his mouth. In the third round, Royval choked out Kavanaugh 3:40.
Royval, 125 lbs of Denver is 18-9 with 10 submissions. Kavanaugh, 126 lbs of London is 10-2.
King Green Stops McKinney in Last Second of Round One
King Green stopped Terrance McKinney in the final second of the opening round of their lightweight bout.
Green was cut in the first 30 seconds around the right eye. McKinney took care of most of the round then Green landed a body shot that doubled over McKinney and then Green landed nine ground shots and the fight was stopped at 4:59.
Green, 155 lbs of Fontana, CA is 36-17-1 with 13 stoppages. McKinney, 155 lbs of Spokane, WA is 18-9.
Robert Whittaker stopped Nikita Krylov in round three of their light heavyweight bout.
In round three, Whittaker landed a straight right to the head of Ktylov that hurt the neck and jaw of Krylov. Krylov backed to the cage and the fight was stopped at 2:01
Whittaker, 205.5 lbs of New South Wales, AUS is 28-9 with 12 knockouts. Krylov, 205.5 lbs of Kislovosk, RUS is 31-12.
Gable Steveson stopped Elisha Ellison in the opening round of their heavyweight bout.
In round one, Steveson landed two hard knees and then dropped Ellison with a left to the nose. Steveson landed two knees that put Ellison down and then one massive ground shot ended it at 2:31.
Steveson, 241 lbs of Albuquerque is 4-0 with four knockouts. Ellison, 236 lbs of Enumclaw, WA is 5-3.
Adrian Yanez stopped former world champion at 2:47 of the opening round of their bantamweight bout.
Yanez is now 18-6-1 with 12 knockouts. Garbrandt is 15-8.
Luke Riley remained undefeated with a Kai Kamaka III in the opening round of their lightweight fight.
In round one, Riley dropped Kamaka with a huge right hand oi the jaw. Riley then had Kamaka up against the fence and landed a flurry of kicks and punches and the fight was stopped at 3:03.
Riley, 146 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 14-0 with 10 knockouts. Kamaka, 146 lbs of Kapalei, HI is 18-8-1.
Wang Cong won a unanimous decision over Tracy Cortez in a bantamweight bout.
In round two, Cong was deducted a point for an illegal knee.
Cong, 125.5 lbs of China won by scores of 29-27 on all cards and is now 10-1. Cortez, 126 lbs of Mexico City is 12-4.
Damian Pinas scored a sensation first round stoppage over Cesar Almeida in a middleweight bout.
Pinas landed a straight right to the jaw that put Almeida down. Pinas stood over Almeida not knowing if he should hit the knocked out Almeida. Pinas threw one half hearted shot and the fight was stopped at 4:44.
Pinas, 185.5 lbs of Brazil is 10-1 with nine knockouts. Almeida, 186 lbs of Sao Paulo, BRA is 7-3.
Farid Bashrat won a unanimous decision over John Garza in a bantamweight bout.
Basharat, 136 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 17-0. Garza, 135.5 lbs of Dallas is 6-2.
In round two, Gandra was bleeding from his nose.
Ryan Gandra stopped Zachary Reese in the opening round of their middleweight bout.
In round one, Gandra landed a leaping ;eft hook that put Reese on the deck. A couple more ground shots forced a stoppage at 1:15.
Gandra, 187.5 lbs of Brazil is 10-1. Reese, 184.5 lbs of Houston is 10-4.
Alessandro Costa submitted Cody Durden in the second round of their flyweight bout.
In round two, Durden was cut around the right eye. Costa was able to get a rear-naked choke and the fight was stopped at 2:19.
Costa, 126 lbs of Puebla, MEX is 17-5. Durden, 125.5 lbs of Covington, GA is 18-11-1.