Tuesday, May 17

UFC 198: Live Results, Play-by-Play and Fight Card Highlights

UFC 198 is officially in the books. 

Stipe Miocic captured the heavyweight title in style, knocking out Fabricio Werdum in the first round of the main event. The defeat was Werdum's first since 2011.

In the co-main event of the evening, Ronaldo Souza obliterated Vitor Belfort, dominating the fight from beginning to end. That aforementioned end was quick in coming, the fight being stopped shy of the first bell. After the bout, Souza called for a middleweight title shot. 

Check out the quick results for a synopsis of UFC 198:

 

UFC 198 Main Card 

  • Stipe Miocic def. Fabricio Werdum, knockout (Round 1, 2:47)
  • Ronaldo Souza def. Vitor Belfort, TKO (Round 1, 4:38)
  • Cris Justino def. Leslie Smith, TKO (Round 1, 1:21)
  • Mauricio Rua def. Corey Anderson, split-decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Bryan Barberena def. Warlley Alves, unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Prelims on Fox Sports 1 

  • Demian Maia def. Matt Brown, submission (Round 3, 4:31)
  • Thiago Santos def. Nate Marquardt, knockout (Round 1, 3:39)
  • Francisco Trinaldo def. Yancy Medeiros, unanimous decision (29-26, 30-37, 30-26)
  • John Lineker def. Rob Font, unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)

Prelims on UFC Fight Pass 

  • Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Patrick Cummins, TKO (Round 1, 4:52)
  • Sergio Moraes and Luan Chagas split-draw (29-28, 28-29, 28-28)
  • Renato Moicano def. Zubaira Tukhugov, split-decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

For a more thorough account, scroll down to read Bleacher Report's live play-by-play coverage of UFC 198.

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