In a competitive UFC welterweight division, a single loss can put a fighter a long way from a title shot. That fact alone makes the fight between Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns a big fight. The clash serves as the main event of UFC on ESPN 9 from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Woodley is making his return to action for the first time since losing the welterweight championship to Kamaru Usaman in March 2019. Prior to the loss, Woodley had gone seven fights without a loss. Burns, is riding a five-fight winning streak and coming off the biggest win of his career, a first-round TKO of Demian Maia in March.
That fight anchors a five-fight main card, with a heavyweight showdown between Blagoy Ivanov vs. Augusto Sakai serving as the co-main event as the UFC returns to its home base in Nevada.
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CBS Sports will be with you all evening bringing you results and analysis from UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday, with the main card getting underway at 9 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns card, results
- Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns — Welterweights
- Augusto Sakai def. Blagoy Ivanov via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
- Billy Quarantillo def. Spike Carlyle via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Roosevelt Roberts def. Brok Weaver via second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
- Mackenzie Dern def. Hannah Cifers via first-round submission (kneebar)
- Katlyn Chookagian def. Antonina Shevchenko via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)
- Daniel Rodriguez def. Gabriel Green via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Jamahal Hill def. Klidson Abreu via first-round TKO (punches)
- Brandon Royval def. Tim Elliott via second-round submission (arm triangle)
- Casey Kenney def. Louis Smolka via first-round submission (guillotine)
- Chris Gutierrez def. Vince Morales via second-round TKO (kicks)
