Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the UFC Vegas 35 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place this Sat. night (Aug. 28, 2021) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, streaming LIVE on both ESPN and ESPN+. Main event duties fall to featherweight contenders Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze, who collide for a spot in the 145-pound title chase. Elsewhere on the card, the promotion will crown “TUF” champions in both the middleweight and bantamweight divisions.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 35 fight card below, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” bouts at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN/ESPN+ main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.
Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Barboza vs. Chikadze.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC Vegas 35 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action).
UFC VEGAS 35 QUICK RESULTS:
145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Giga Chikadze
185 lbs.: Bryan Battle vs. Gilbert Urbina
135 lbs.: Ricky Turcios vs. Brady Hiestand
170 lbs.: Kevin Lee vs. Daniel Rodriguez
185 lbs.: Andre Petroski vs. Micheal Gillmore
185 lbs.: Makhmud Muradov vs. Gerald Meerschaert
185 lbs.: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Alessio Di Chirico
185 lbs.: Sam Alvey vs. Wellington Turman
205 lbs.: Dustin Jacoby vs. Darren Stewart
125 lbs.: JJ Aldrich vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
145 lbs.: Jamall Emmers vs. Pat Sabatini — Sabatini def. Emmers by submission (heel hook) at 1:53 of Round One — HIGHLIGHTS
135 lbs.: Guido Cannetti vs. Mana Martinez — Martinez def. Cannetti by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
UFC VEGAS 35 LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY:
145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Giga Chikadze
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185 lbs.: Bryan Battle vs. Gilbert Urbina
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135 lbs.: Ricky Turcios vs. Brady Hiestand
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170 lbs.: Kevin Lee vs. Daniel Rodriguez
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185 lbs.: Andre Petroski vs. Micheal Gillmore
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185 lbs.: Makhmud Muradov vs. Gerald Meerschaert
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185 lbs.: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Alessio Di Chirico
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185 lbs.: Sam Alvey vs. Wellington Turman
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205 lbs.: Dustin Jacoby vs. Darren Stewart
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125 lbs.: JJ Aldrich vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Round 1: Demopoulos throwing right hands early on. Straight lefts landing for Aldrich. Aldrich low kick met by a jab. Well-timed reactive shot by Aldrich a minute in. Demopoulos throws elbows off her back, takes punches in return. Two minutes in. Aldrich controlling, periodically throwing punches. Good right hand from the top. Left hand with two minutes to go.
More punches from Aldrich. Heavy hammerfists. One minute to go. Aldrich lets her up, lands a body kick on the way. Hard counter left stings Demopoulos. Demopoulos shoots from too far out, denied. She ties up, lands knees downstairs. 10-9 Aldrich.
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145 lbs.: Jamall Emmers vs. Pat Sabatini
Round 1: Emmers opens with kicks. Sabatini looking to counter with punches, takes a foot to the nards. Emmers goes right back to the kicks, hurts Sabatini with a pair of right hands and catches him leaning with a left that drops him. Emmers jumps right to his back, then mount, landing hard shots a minute in. Sabatini looking for a leglock, Emmers answers with a toe hold attempt, but it’s Sabatini’s heel hook that forces an agonized tap.
Final result: Sabatini def. Emmers by submission (heel hook)
135 lbs.: Guido Cannetti vs. Mana Martinez
Round 1: Cannetti tries a head kick. Hard leg kick, tries a body kick behind it. Nasty body kick. Martinez yet to throw. One minute in. More hard low kicks from Cannetti, straight left, leg kick. Martinez backs him to the fence and goes to work with a lengthy flurry to the body and head. More hard shots, then a level change two minutes in. Martinez drags him down, tries to take the back, ends up on the bottom. Cannetti lands some solid shots before Martinez scrambles up. They trade calf kicks with two minutes to go.
Cannetti continuing to tee off with leg kicks. One lands to the groin. Martinez eating kicks, lands one of his own. Nice body kick by Cannetti with a minute to go. Another. Martinez moving forward but not throwing anything. 10-9 Cannetti.
Round 2: Martinez tries a counter two-piece. Low kick lands. Cannetti with a harder one. Martinez keeps backing Cannetti to the fence and just not doing anything. Hard left hands by Cannetti, Martinez tries to counter a minute in. Cannetti leg kick. Nice jab. Good body shot. Two minutes in. Calf kick from Martinez. He just keeps letting Cannetti off the fence and refusing to throw punches. Low kick by Cannetti. Martinez to the body, again just backs off. Catches a kick, can’t counter. There’s a hard 1-2 and body shot with two minutes to go.
Cannetti explodes back with punches. Leg kick lands for him, then another. Martinez fires a combo on the ropes, slick movement by Cannetti. One minute to go. They trade body shots, Martinez tries a combo behind it. 10-9 Martinez.
Round 3: Another low kick from Cannetti. Martinez just refuses to actually let his strikes go and it’s bizarre. There’s a counter two-piece. Another Cannetti leg kick. Martinez tries a combo on the fence, lands an uppercut a minute in. Low kick from Martinez, counter combo attempt, body kick. Hard body shots by Martinez. Low kick, denies a clinch two minutes in. Right cross. Cannetti pops him with a jab. 3-2 from Martinez. Cannetti leg kick. Two minutes to go.
Martinez tries a combo on the ropes. Cannetti waves him on. 1-2 from Martinez. Cannetti to the body. Martinez tries to open up on the fence. Cannetti pops him with a jab. 1-2 upstairs. One minute to go. Martinez shoots and dumps him to the mat with a minute to go. Solid punches and elbows. Cannetti manages to regain guard. Martinez lets him up. 10-9 Martinez.
Final result: Martinez def. Cannetti by split decision
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