The mixed martial arts event, UFC 239, was produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship and was held on 6th July 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Light Heavyweight
Jon Jones (c) vs Thiago Santos
A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship battle between current two-time champion Jon Jones and Thiago Santos was one of the event headliner where Jon Jones defeated Thiago Santos. Well, it was the very close bout between both of them, however, sometimes it seems to be like Santos was more dangerous as compared to Jones. Two of the judges out of three scored the fight for Jones and one for Santos with all three scoring the bout 48-47.
Women’s Bantamweight
Amanda Nunes (c) vs Holly Holm
Amanda Nunes who is considered to be the greatest female fighter in the history, and with the yesterday’s UFC Women’s Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion, she had put an exclamation point on that statement. A nasty head kick and punches sent Holm back and Nunes became the champion.
Women’s Bantamweight
Julia Avila vs Pannie Kianzad
Former Invicta standout Julia Avila surpassed her record to 6-1 with a clear unanimous-decision win against Pannie Kianzad. She was way too strong in the clinch that the holes in her striking defense didn’t much affected and her shots were very powerful than her opponent.
Bantamweight
Marlon Vera vs Nohelin Hernandez
After a very strong first round, Vera found himself in a hard situation in the second round. Hernandez’s striking as well as a surprise takedown had him in control in the second round, but Vera got to his feet. Within 3: 25 second, Vera locked in the rear-naked choke in the second round in order to get a quick submission.
Welterweight
Jorge Masvidal vs Ben Askren
Well, this bout didn’t take long, in fact Jorge Masvidal just put Ben Askren to sleep for the fastest KO in the UFC History. In the first two seconds as the fight was just began, Masvidal ran at his rival and launched a flying knee that landed square on the side of Askren’s head. Askren was out cold instantly and making Jorge Masvidal the star performer for performing the fastest KO in the UFC History.
UFC 239 Results
Main card (ESPN+ PPV)
| Weight class | Participants | Results | Round & Method | Time | Grades |
| Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) vs Thiago Santos | Jones | Round 5
Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) |
5:00 | 6 |
| Women’s Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) vs Holly Holm | Nunes | Round 1 – TKO (head kick and punches) | 4:10 | 10 |
| Welterweight | Jorge Masvidal vs Ben Askren | Masvidal | Round 1 – KO (flying knee) | 0:05 | 10 |
| Light Heavyweight | Luke Rockhold vs Jan Błachowicz | Blachowicz | Round 2 – KO (punches) | 1:39 | 7.5 |
| Welterweight | Diego Sanchez vs Michael Chiesa | Chiesa | Round 3
UD (30-26×3) |
5:00 | 5 |
Preliminary card (ESPN)
| Weight class | Participants | Results | Round & Method | Time | Grades |
| Featherweight | Arnold Allen vs Gilbert Melendez | Arnold Allen | Round 3
Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
5:00 | 6 |
| Bantamweight | Marlon Vera vs Nohelin Hernandez | Marlon Vera | Round 2
Submission (rear-naked choke) |
3:25 | 8 |
| Women’s Strawweight | Cláudia Gadelha vs Randa Markos | Cláudia Gadelha | Round 3
Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
5:00 | 4 |
| Bantamweight | Yadong Song vs Alejandro Pérez | Yadong Song | Round 1
Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
2:04 | 7.5 |
Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+)
| Weight class | Participants | Results | Round & Method | Time | Grades |
| Middleweight | Edmen Shahbazyan vs Jack Marshman | Edmen Shahbazyan
|
Round 1
Submission (rear-naked choke) |
1:12 | 7 |
| Welterweight | Chance Rencountre vs Ismail Naurdiev | Chance Rencountre
|
Round 3
Decision (unanimous) (29-27, 29-28, 30-27) |
5:00 | 6.5 |
| Women’s Bantamweight | Julia Avila vs Pannie Kianzad | Julia Avila
|
Round 3
Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-26, 30-26) |
5:00 | 7.5 |
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