• BREAKING: UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya Suffers His 1st Loss At UFC 259
In the main event of tonight’s UFC 259 pay-per-view, Jan Blachowicz defeated UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya to retain the UFC Light Heavyweight (205 lbs) Championship.
This was Adesanya’s first loss in UFC. His MMA record is 20-1 now.
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"Dare to be great."
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Below are the results from the main card of UFC 259:
– Aleksandar Rakić def. Thiago Santos via Decision (unanimous) in a Light Heavyweight (205 lbs) bout
– Islam Makhachev def. Drew Dober via Submission (arm-triangle choke) in Round 3 of their Lightweight (155 lbs) bout
– Aljamain Sterling def. Petr Yan (c) via Disqualification (illegal knee) in Round 4 to win the UFC Bantamweight (135 lbs) Championship
– UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes (c) def. Megan Anderson via Submission (triangle armbar) in Round 1 to retain the UFC Women’s Featherweight (145 lbs) Championship
– Jan Blachowicz (c) def. UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya via Decision (unanimous) to retain the UFC Light Heavyweight (205 lbs) Championship
You can watch the illegal knee strike in the UFC Bantamweight Championship fight below:
You can watch Amanda Nunes’ submission victory below:
It should be noted that former two time UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz competed in the main event of the UFC 259 Preliminary card.
Cruz defeated Casey Kenney via Decision (split) in a Bantamweight (135 lbs) bout. This was Cruz’s first win in UFC since 2016.
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (March 6, 2003) – WWE SmackDown!
On this day in 2003, World Wrestling Entertainment aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE SmackDown!’.
This episode was broadcasted from the Harbor Yard Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE WrestleMania XIX’ PPV.
Here’s the match-card:
1. Rey Mysterio vs. Jamie Noble vs. Tajiri
2. Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli
3. Matt Hardy vs. Billy Kidman
4. The Undertaker vs. A-Train
5. Rhyno & Chris Benoit vs. Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas
6. Steel Cage Match: Brock Lesnar vs. Paul Heyman
