It was a long night in Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, with the headline bout between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz for the UFC’s inaugural BMF belt wrapping up past midnight local time with a doctor stoppage finish at the end of the third round.
“Let’s run it back,” Masvidal said in his postfight interview inside the Octagon. “UFC, make it happen. Let’s run it back. I don’t like to leave the ring like this with my opponent conscious. There’s only one way to do it, and that’s to baptize them, and I didn’t get to baptize Nate, so we’re going to run it back.”
Main Card
- Jorge Masvidal defeated Nate Diaz by TKO (Doctor Stoppage, Round 3, 5:00)
- Darren Till defeated Kelvin Gastelum by Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
- Stephen Thompson defeated Vincente Luque by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)
- Derrick Lewis defeated Blagoy Ivanov by Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
- Kevin Lee defeated Gregor Gillespie by KO (Kick, Round 1, 2;47)
Preliminary Card
- Corey Anderson defeated Johnny Walker by TKO (Strikes, Round 1, 2:07)
- Shane Burgos defeated Makwan Amirkhani by TKO (Punches, Round 3, 4:32)
- Edmen Shahbazyan defeated Brad Tavares by KO (Headkick, Round 1, 2:27)
- Jair Rozenstruik defeated Andrei Arlovski by KO (Punch, Round 1, 0:29)
- Katlyn Chookagian defeated Jennifer Maia by Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Lyman Good defeated Chance Rencountre by TKO (Punches, Round 3, 2:03)
- Hakeem Dawodu defeated Julio Arce by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
