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Davey Grant had a violent start for UFC 251 on Fight Island on Sunday when he turned off Martin Day’s light with a perfect left hook.
With the bantamweight struggle in balance, Grant avoided hearing from the judges as he crashed Day onto the canvas. a walk-off knockout.
As if that wasn’t enough, Grant, who only secured the second KO / TKO win of his 16-man MMA career, also revealed that he had broken his jaw at the start of the fight.
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We made it.
UFC 251 on Fight Island is here and there are three title fights waiting on top of a stacked card.
After Gilbert Burns was forced to pull out of the main event, we’ll see the welterweight world champion put his belt against Jorge Masvidal on the line instead.
It’s a fight that’s more exciting for most than the first headliner, Masvidal, who gets his first shot at the 170-pound belt six days in advance.
At the co-main event on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, the Australian Alexander Volkanovski will defend his 145-pound belt against the man from whom he took it in December, Max Holloway, for the first time.
Before that Petr Yan and Jose Aldo fight for the vacant bantamweight title.
Also on the main card are two former champions when Jessica Andrade and Rose Namajunas return to the cage while Amanda Ribas faces Paige VanZant.
STARTING TIME IN AUSTRALIA
The early rounds begin at 8 a.m. (AEST), the preliminary rounds on TV at 10 a.m. and the main map at 12 noon.
FULL CARD
Main card
Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal (3) – welterweight title
Alexander Volkanovski (c) against Max Holloway (1) – featherweight title
Petr Yan (3) vs. Jose Aldo (6) – Bantamweight title
Jessica Andrade (1) against Rose Namajunas – women straw weight
Amanda Ribas (14) vs Paige VanZant – women’s flyweight
Title page
Volkan Oezdemir (7) against Jiri Prochazka – light heavyweight
Elizeu dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov – welterweight
American Comedy vs. Danny Henry – featherweight
Leonardo Santos def. Roman Bogatov – by unanimous decision (29-26 x 3) – easy
Early prelims
Marcin Tybura def. Maxim Grishin – by unanimous decision (30-27 x 2, 30-26) – heavyweight
Raulian Paiva (14) def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov – by unanimous decision (29-28 x 3) – fly weight
Karol Rosa def. Vanessa Melo – by unanimous decision (30-26 x 2, 30-27) – women’s bantamweight
Davey Grant def. Martin Day – over third round KO – bantamweight
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