Pushed back to the Stipe/Cormier card next month. I think Kattar starches Ige and then calls out Holloway or Ortega.
Khamzat Chimaev lived up to the hype in his UFC debut. The Alhassan v Lazzez fight was awesome. Kattar needs to fight Max Holloway next. Zabit is about to fight Yair. Ortega and Zombie have been fingerfucking each other for like 10 months now; they're about to get it in...Holloway is available and coming off two close losses. Nice step up for Kattar. Personally, I think Kattar busts Max up at the point. If Volk really is serious about wanting to fight again in Sept. then we could see Zombie v. Volk; leaving Ortega to get his brain scrambled by Kattar.
Results Calvin Kattar def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) Tim Elliott def. Ryan Benoit via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Jimmie Rivera def. Cody Stamann via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Taila Santos def. Molly McCann via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Mounir Lazzez def. Abdul Razak Alhassan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Khamzat Chimaev def. John Phillips via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 2, 1:12 Lerone Murphy def. Ricardo Ramos via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:18 Modestas Bukauskas def. Andreas Michailidis via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 5:00 Jared Gordon def. Chris Fishgold via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) Liana Jojua def. Diana Belbita via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:43 Jack Shore def. Aaron Phillips via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:29