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13 September 2026
Jean Silva achieved an important victory in the main tournament of the year
UFC 4 night on Saturday at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, but he seemed completely uninterested throughout. Opponent Jose Delgado controlled the pace in the opening round with only a couple of strokes; Silva essentially didn’t throw a single punch for at least three minutes. Delgado (12-3) knocked down โThe Lordโ in the first and easily won the frame, but Silva (18-3) woke up in the second and never looked back as he gained control.
Silva broke his enemy with a right cross in the middle of the third, and after a scramble on the canvas, the Brazilian grabbed the back of the local fighter.
sank with one hand into the rear naked choke and secured the submission. The end of the third officially came at 2:57; Silva announced that he would eventually become featherweight champion.
The co-feature saw the flyweight contenders Joseph Morales and Brandon Moreno knocking out in a pivotal encounter. Both men were extremely active on the feet, throwing and landing dozens and dozens of punches and kicks, with scattered takedowns thrown in. The fight was about as close as they come, but two-time world champion Moreno (24-10-2) raised his hand for the split decision win. While one ringside official saw Morales score 29-28 (14-3), that score was offset by the other two judges who favored “The Assassin Baby” 30-27, allowing Moreno to stay afloat in the division title picture.
It was an old-fashioned sloppy knocker between undefeated featherweight prospects Tommy McMillen and Marwan Rahiki as these two electrified the arena from start to finish. After a heated week in which the two camps clashed multiple times, McMillen ripped Rahik from the jump and Rahik obliged. Rahiki dropped his opponent with a perfect left hook in the second, but he couldn’t keep the local fighter away. In the third, McMillen, bleeding from the nose and mouth, sent Rahik to the canvas with a jabbing right hand and then threw nearly a dozen choke attempts to the ground. Rahiki survived the attack and climbed back to his feet where the two slugged it out until the last horn. In the end, all three judges found McMillen 29-28 (twice) and 29-27, improving his pro ledger to 12-0. Rahiki dropped to 9-1.
Alexa Grasso He jumped for another crack at the flyweight title as he rose to the No. 2 ranking Manon Fiorot early and often en route to a unanimous decision win. Grasso (18-5-1) was aggressive as he boxed right from the opening corner and he wore down his French opponent throughout the round, dropping “The Beast” with a right hook. The dominance continued in the second, but -280 betting favorite Fiorot (13-3) was able to rally behind body shots in the third to keep the Mexican at bay. But Fiorot’s late surge wasn’t enough as the former women’s flyweight world champion prevailed; all three judges saw the score 29-28 in favor of Grasso.
Curtis Blaydes kept his world heavyweight title hopes alive – barely – with a sleepy performance Waldo Cortes-Acosta (17-4), winning a fairly easy unanimous decision. Blaydes (20-7) was able to connect with some solid shots and was always a threat to take down the Dominican fighter, making ‘Salsa Boy’ extremely gun-shy. The crowd continued to rain cheers, but the inactivity never changed; Blaydes won with a score of 29:28.
A light weight contender David Martinez raised his pro record to 15-1 with a relatively dominant, if uneventful, performance against the veteran Dan Ige. Martinez used effective strikes to keep Ige (19-12) guessing throughout the match and won fairly easily, 30-27 (twice) and 29-28.
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Tim Elliott choked father time with a border Edgar Chairez In a 130-pound fight. Elliott (22-14-1) came into the fight shaken by a battered right hand, but the former world title challenger recovered and eventually turned the tide. Elliott used timely strikes and takedowns to wear down Chairez (14-7) and exit by unanimous decision. All three judges saw the Missouri native score 29-28.
In lightweight action Ignacio Bahamondes dropped Muslim Salikhov by unanimous decision over three uneventful rounds. Bahamondes (18-7) landed the cleaner and more powerful shots, and while Salikhov (22-7) scored several takedowns, he couldn’t do anything with them. Two judges saw the score 30:27 in favor of Bahamondes, the third also favored Chile, but the result was 29:28.
A rising middleweight contender Yousri Belgaroui improved to 10-4 with a first round drubbing
Djorden Santos. Belgaroui rocked his foe with a series of kicks and then shut Santos down once (11:4)
collapsed against the cage. The fight was officially over at 4:25 of the frame.
Thomas Gantt‘s stock continues to rise as the veteran retires from the lightweight division Drakkar Klose via an inverted triangle choke in the final round. The two were slumped against the fence for much of the fight, but when the two hit the canvas, Gantt (13-0) grabbed Klose’s back.
locked the submission and forced the tap. Klose, now 16-4-1, surrendered at 2:46 of the third.
Zhu Rong used excellent striking and better overall cage control to compensate for much of the lightweight Rafa Garcia
(19-5) in the sample. Rong (29-6) won the judges’ decision with a score of 29-28.
Featherweight prospect Sean King
made his UFC debut great when he won Jessie Rosas in just 36 seconds. The “King of New Orleans” scooped Rosas with two legs and then
hit him in the face. Rosas (8-2) was out of the ring, but King (7-0) landed three more shots to the head before the referee. Brad Frank
intervened.
Regina Tarin improved to 9-0 with a dominant performance against the veteran JJ Aldrich
(15-8) as he outlasted his foe for three rounds, winning a workmanlike unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 from all three cage judges.
