UFC Fight Night 154: Moicano vs. Korean Zombie — June 22, 2019, Greenville SC. FIRST UFC IN SOUTH CAROLINA! Korean Zombie 58-sec TKO of Moicano PoN (3rd consecutive R1 stoppage!). Rozenstruik 9-SECOND KO of Crowder PoN (tied 9th-fastest UFC stoppage!). Winn/Spicely RARE curtain-opener FotN (only 11th in history!). Brown TKO of Barberena. Holland MW win. McCann 2nd consecutive win. 7,682 fans.
UFC Fight Night 153: Gustafsson vs. Smith — June 1, 2019, Stockholm Sweden. 14,319 fans; $2M gate. Smith RNC of Gustafsson R4 PoN — GUSTAFSSON RETIRED, LEFT GLOVES IN CAGE in Stockholm hometown! Rakic KO of Manuwa R1 PoN — MANUWA ALSO RETIRED after 4 consecutive losses! DOUBLE LHW RETIREMENT on same card! Amirkhani sub PoN (first finish in 3+ years). Santos PoN. No FotN.
UFC Fight Night 152: dos Anjos vs. Lee — May 18, 2019, Rochester NY. FIRST UFC IN ROCHESTER! ESPN+ 10. RDA arm-triangle of Lee R4 (Lee WW debut loss; RDA 18th UFC win). Felicia Spencer DEBUT UPSET RNC of Anderson R1! Michel Pereira DEBUT flying knee PoN (future WW entertainer!). Oliveira TKO Lentz (future LW champion!). Luque TKO (future WW challenger!). Ladd/Eubanks FotN. Rashad Evans 2019 UFC HOF inductee.
UFC Fight Night 151: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy — May 4, 2019, Ottawa Canada. ESPN+ 9. 2nd UFC Ottawa. Cerrone DOMINATED Iaquinta UD (49-45x2; 140 total strikes vs. 90; 34/34 leg kicks; 2 KDs!) FotN. Walt Harris 50-SECOND HW KO PoN. Macy Chiasson R2 TKO PoN. Shane Burgos upset of Cub Swanson SD. Dvalishvili def. Katona (future BW champion!). Arjan Bhullar Ottawa home hero.
UFC Fight Night 150: Jacaré vs. Hermansson — April 27, 2019, Sunrise Florida. ESPN+ 8. Hermansson UPSET of Jacaré UD (GRAPPLED the BJJ legend for 5 rounds!). Teixeira comeback RNC PoN (rocked early, rallied for sub at age 39!). Jim Miller R1 RNC PoN (24th UFC fight!). Perry/Oliveira brawl FotN (both dropped repeatedly). Hardy 2nd UFC win. Sandhagen beats Lineker. Burns sub win. 12,754 fans.
UFC Fight Night 149: Overeem vs. Oleinik — April 20, 2019, Saint Petersburg Russia. 2nd UFC in Russia; 1st in St. Petersburg! Overeem R1 TKO of Oleinik (knee KD + follow-up). Makhachev def. Tsarukyan FotN (TSARUKYAN UFC DEBUT; future LW title challengers both!). Pavlovich 66-sec KO bounce-back PoN (future HW title challenger!). Antonina Shevchenko FIRST PRO LOSS (to Modafferi). FIZIEV UFC DEBUT LOSS (future top LW!). Mustafaev PoN.
UFC Fight Night 148: Thompson vs. Pettis — March 23, 2019, Nashville TN. ESPN+ 6. Pettis WW DEBUT superman punch KO of Thompson R2 PoN (bounced off cage!). Figueiredo FIRST UFC LOSS (to Formiga). Blaydes 30-25 dominant UD of Willis. Maycee Barber 2nd consecutive TKO. Marlon Vera R1 TKO (future BW contender!). Mitchell/Moffett grappling FotN. Randa Markos armbar PoN.
UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal — March 16, 2019, London O2 Arena. 16,602 fans; $2.4M gate. Masvidal FLYING KNEE KO of Till at R2, 0:04 (FotN + PoN = $100k; career-launching moment!). Oezdemir def. Reyes by controversial SD (Reyes 1st UFC loss). Edwards def. Nelson UD (WW title journey step 7). Dan Ige PoN. Molly McCann bounce-back win.
UFC Fight Night 146: Lewis vs. dos Santos — March 9, 2019, Wichita Kansas. FIRST UFC IN KANSAS (38th US state)! JDS TKO of Lewis R2 (spinning back kick body R1 + R2 punches; JDS 3rd consecutive win; Brock Lesnar title shot rumours torpedoed). FotN both ($50k). Niko Price PoN. Dariush armbar PoN. Rothwell returned after 3 years. Zaleski upset RNC of Millender. 7,265 attendance.