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UFC Vegas 5 Results: Brunson Defeats Shahbazyan, Maia Upsets Calderwood

Prateek Arya
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UFC Vegas 5 Brunson Vs. Shahbazyan: Live Updates, Results, and Highlights

UFC Vegas 5 is first of the two fight night events of August. With this event UFC marks its comeback to the APEX Center, Nevada, United States.

The main event of UFC Vegas 5 was previously set-up between Holly Holm and Irene Aldana, but just 10 days before the event, Irene Aldana was tested Corona positive, following which Derek Brunson Vs. Edmen Shahbazyan, which was originally the co-main event got the promotion to become the event headliner.

There were a total of 10 matches on the fight card, but just hours before the start of the fight night, another fighter in the form of Gerald Meerschaert was found COVID-19 positive, and his preliminary fight against Ed Herman was scrapped from the card.

UFC Vegas 5: Fight Card

Main Card

  • Middleweight Fight (Main Event): Darek Brunson Vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
  • Women Flyweight Fight (Co-Main Event): Joanne Calderwood Vs. Jennifer Maia
  • Welterweight Fight: Vicente Luque Vs. Randy Brown
  • Lightweight Fight: Lando Vanatta Vs. Bobby Green
  • Middleweight Fight: Kevin Holland Vs. Trevin Giles

Preliminary Card

  • Bantamweight Fight: Frankie Saenz Vs. Jonathan Martinez
  • Bantamweight Fight: Pedro Munoz Vs. Nate Maness
  • Featherweight Fight: Jamall Emmers Vs. Vincent Cachero
  • Bantamweight Fight: Chris Gutierrez Vs. Cody Durden

UFC Vegas 5: Telecast and Streaming Details

  • US: ESPN, and can be streamed on ESPN+.
  • UK: BT Sport 1, and can be streamed on the website of BT Sport 1.
  • India: SONY TEN 2/TEN2 HD, and can be streamed on SONY LIV app/website.

UFC LIVE RESULTS

Preliminary Results

  • Bantamweight Fight: Chris Gutierrez Vs. Cody Durden- Result: Draw.

(History has been made, as this match will go down as the first Unanimous draw in the UFC history)

  • Featherweight Fight: Jamall Emmers Vs. Vincent Cachero- Winner: jamall Emmers

(Emmers def. Cachero via. a unanimous decision)

  • Bantamweight Fight: Pedro Munoz Vs. Nate Maness- Winner: Nate Maness

(Maness def. Munoz via. a unanimous decision)

  • Bantamweight Fight: Frankie Saenz Vs. Jonathan Martinez- Winner: Jonathan Martinez

(Martinez def. Saenz via. a Round 3. KO)

Main Card Results

  • Middleweight Fight: Kevin Holland Vs. Trevin Giles- Result: Cancelled due to Giles’ medical issue. Giles fainted in the hallway prior to the walkout.
  • Lightweight Fight: Lando Vanatta Vs. Bobby Green- Winner: Bobby Green (Green def. Vanatta via. a unanimous decision)
  • Welterweight Fight: Vicente Luque Vs. Randy Brown- Winner: Vicente Luque (Luque def. Brown via. KO Round 2. 4:56)
  • Women Flyweight Fight (Co-Main Event): Joanne Calderwood Vs. Jennifer Maia- Winner: Jennifer Maia (Maia  def. Calderwood via. submission “Armbar”, 4.29, Round 1)
  • Middleweight Fight (Main Event): Darek Brunson Vs. Edmen Shahbazyan- Winner: Derek Brunson (Brunson def. Shahbazyan via. TKO, 0:26 Round 3)

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