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Dana White’s Contender Series 65 results: Four UFC contracts handed out – and impromptu fifth one

Check out the results from Dana White’s Contender Series 65 in Las Vegas, where eight fighters will compete for a UFC contract.

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie reported from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 65 event at the UFC Apex.

Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC CEO Dana White on hand to make the decisions.

The ninth episode of Season 7 saw eight fighters compete for their shot at a UFC contract. A light heavyweight bout between Rodolfo Bellato (11-2) and Murtaza Talha (6-1) served as the featured matchup of the four-bout lineup.

Bellato defeated Talha by second-round TKO stoppage in a near-10-minute brawl of a fight. In doing so, he earned a UFC contract from White.

Along with the light heavyweight Bellato, bantamweight Victor Hugo, light heavyweight Magomed Gadzhiyasulov, and welteweight Mauricio Ruffy receives UFC offers form White.

Additionally, Jose Medina, who lost to Gadzhiyasulov, received a contract for his effort and competitiveness.

Full results of Dana White’s Contender Series 64 include:

  • Rodolfo Bellato def. Murtaza Talha via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:46
  • Victor Hugo def. Eduardo Torres Caut via submission (kneebar) – Round 2, 2:16
  • Magomed Gadzhiyasulov def. Jose Medina via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Mauricio Ruffy def. Raimond Magomedaliev via TKO (ground-and-pound) – Round 3, 4:45

Continue reading below for more details about each fight.

Eagle FC 44 adds two bouts, including Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Anthony Njokuani

Ahead of the promotion’s U.S. debut, the Eagle FC 44 lineup continues to fill.

Ahead of the promotion’s U.S. debut, the Eagle FC 44 lineup continues to fill.

The latest additions to the card include a 175-pound catchweight matchup of [autotag]Raimond Magomedaliev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Anthony Njokuani[/autotag], as well as a featherweight contest of [autotag]Arman Ospanov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dylan Salvador[/autotag].

MMA Junkie today confirmed the two new bookings with Eagle FC officials.

Featuring a heavyweight headliner between Tyrone Spong and Sergei Kharitonov, Eagle FC 44 takes place Jan. 28 at FLXcast Arena in Miami and streams live on the FLXcast app.

Magomedaliev (8-1) makes his promotional debut following a four-fight run under the ONE Championship banner. The Dagestani native and former combat sambo world champion suffered a decision loss to former LFA welterweight champion James Nakashima in his ONE debut before bouncing back with three consecutive wins – most recently an April 2021 decision over Tyler McGuire at UFC on TNT 1. Six of Magomedaliev’s eight professional victories have come by stoppage.

Meanwhile, UFC and WEC veteran Njokuani (16-12) returns to MMA for the first time since 2016. The Nigerian-born Njokuani tangled with a number of MMA notables during his time under the Zuffa banner, including Edson Barboza, Danny Castillo, Daron Cruickshank, Rafael dos Anjos, Benson Henderson, Chris Horodecki, John Makdessi, Bart Palaszewski, Vinc Pichel and Andre Winner, among others. Njokuani has focused on striking contests in the interim but was victorious at Jorge Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA event, Gamebred Fighting Championship, in December.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s Ospanov (11-4) fought most recently under the PFL banner this past June. He now faces French striker Salvador (4-1), whose kickboxing record includes a decision win over UFC featherweight Giga Chikadze under the GLORY banner.

With the additions to the card, the Eagle FC 44 lineup includes:

  • Tyrone Spong vs. Sergei Kharitonov
  • Gabriel Checco vs. Rashad Evans
  • Arman Ospanov vs. Dylan Salvador
  • Ray Borg vs. Cody Gibson
  • Renan Barao vs. Horacio Gutierrez
  • John Howard vs. Ramazan Kuramagomedov
  • Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Anthony Njokuani
  • Shaun Asher vs. Yorgan De Castro
  • Miles Hunsinger vs. Demarques Jackson

ONE Championship 106: Stamp Fairtex extends perfect start to MMA career with first-round finish

Thailand’s two-sport martial arts champion Stamp Fairtex continued a winning start to her MMA career.

Thailand’s two-sport martial arts champion [autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] continued a winning start to her MMA career with a first-round finish of Indian wushu champion [autotag]Puja Tomar[/autotag] at “ONE Championship 106: A New Tomorrow.”

Twenty-two-year-old Fairtex already holds ONE Championship’s atomweight muay Thai and kickboxing titles, but she now aims to make history as the organization’s first three-sport champion by capturing the MMA strap.

Her unbeaten start to life in MMA continued Friday at Bangkok’s Impact Arena, defeating Tomar via ground-and-pound TKO in front of an appreciative crowd in Thailand.

After a cagey start, Fairtex (4-0) backed Tomar (4-4) into the corner and connected with a pair of powerful roundhouse kicks to the body before the Indian changed levels and took the Thai to the mat.

Fairtex reversed position and returned to her feet but was quickly brought back to the canvas once again by another takedown. This time, however, she went on the offensive as she took Tomar’s back and attempted to lock up a rear-naked choke. Tomar rolled to her front, and Fairtex pulled her arms free, then proceeded to unload a succession of ground strikes to her helpless Indian opponent until referee Olivier Coste stepped in to end the contest at the 4:27 mark of Round 1.

After registering her fourth MMA victory, Fairtex told the crowd that she plans on working her way up until she’s ready to challenge for the atomweight title currently held by Angela Lee.

“I want to keep fighting MMA and improving my skills,” she said. “And soon, I’ll be coming for the belt!”

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Magomedaliev and Zoltsetseg claim impressive finishes

The preliminary card saw a pair of first-round finishes as Russian welterweight [autotag]Raimond Magomedaliev[/autotag] and Mongolian featherweight [autotag]Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg[/autotag] registered impressive stoppages of their respective opponents.

Magomedaliev (6-1) made his presence felt early on against debuting American [autotag]Joey Pierotti[/autotag] (12-2), utilizing a succession of punishing elbows and knees from the clinch to assert his dominance in the early exchanges. The Dagestani fighter’s barrage of strikes forced the bout to be paused as medics inspected the damage sustained by Pierotti in that early salvo.

The bout eventually resumed, with Magomedaliev connecting with a huge head kick with the first strike after the restart. Pierotti initiated the clinch, and was punished with a series of knees as the Russian dominated once again. When Pierotti looked to take the fight to the ground, Magomedaliev locked up a D’Arce choke and forced the quick tap at the 3:50 mark in the opening round.

Earlier on the card, Mongolian powerhouse Zoltsetseg (6-2) completed his work in quick-fire fashion with a 55-second finish of in-form Chinese wrestler [autotag]Ma Jia Wen[/autotag] (6-3).

Zoltsetseg went to work immediately from the opening bell and closed the distance on the heavy-handed Chinese wrestler before letting fly with powerful strikes. Zoltsetseg briefly staggered Ma with a solid shot in the opening seconds then, after working another opening, he connected with a fastball right hook that connected flush to the Chinese fighter’s temple and sent him to the canvas.

In addition, the non-broadcast early prelims featured a unanimous decision win for Roel Rosauro (5-3), who edged out Indonesia’s Yohan Mulia Legowo (8-9), and a submission finish from in-form Japanese judoka Ayaka Miura (10-2), who finished Maira Mazar (6-3) via second-round Americana.

Full MMA results from “ONE Championship 106: A New Tomorrow” include:

MAIN CARD

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Raimond Magomedaliev def. Joey Pierotti via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1, 3:50
  • Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg def. Ma Jia Wen via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:55
  • [autotag]Ayaka Miura[/autotag] def. [autotag]Maira Mazar[/autotag] via submission (Americana) – Round 2, 3:01
  • [autotag]Roel Rosauro[/autotag] def. [autotag]Yohan Mulia Legowo[/autotag] via unanimous decision

‘ONE Championship 106: A New Tomorrow’: Stamp Fairtex looks to move one step closer to three-sport glory

Stamp Fairtex will bid to move one step closer to her third ONE Championship title when she takes on Puja Tomar in Bangkok at “ONE: A New Tomorrow”.

[autotag]Stamp Fairtex[/autotag] might not necessarily be a household name in the United States, but the 22-year-old from Pattaya is a star in her native Thailand, and she’s set her sights on an historic achievement as a ONE Championship athlete.

Fairtex (3-0) exploded onto the scene in Asia as a contestant in Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series, a talent-finding roadshow that assesses undiscovered prospects across the region, then pits them in head-to-head matchups with the winner earning a contract to compete on the main ONE Championship roster.

Fairtex’s high-level muay Thai striking instantly stood out to Franklin, who pitched her into her first MMA-rules bout against Indian prospect Rashi Shinde. Nineteen seconds and one spectacular head-kick later, Fairtex was a ONE Championship fighter.

She kicked off her career on the big stage by competing in ONE’s striking-based series, ONE Super Series, as she challenged for, and won, the ONE atomweight kickboxing title. She then returned to her muay Thai roots and captured the ONE atomweight muay Thai title to become ONE’s first two-sport champion. Now the Thai starlet is looking to make history again by working her way up the promotion’s MMA ranks and challenging for the ONE atomweight MMA title.

That journey continues Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, at “ONE Championship 106: A New Tomorrow” when Fairtex faces off against India’s [autotag]Puja Tomar[/autotag] in the featured MMA bout of the evening at the Impact Arena.

Tomar (4-3) picked up the biggest win of her career last January when she defeated Indonesian contender Priscilla Hertati Lumban Gaol at “ONE: Eternal Glory”. And, after a year that saw her compete just once more – in muay Thai competition – “The Cyclone” will look to derail the Fairtex hype train.

But Fairtex has looked more accomplished with each appearance to date and, after picking up back-to-back victories over Asha Roka and Bi Nguyen in 2019, she will look to register her third straight MMA win by defeating Tomar on home soil.

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Former “TUF” ace targets hat trick of knockouts

Joining Fairtex and Tomar on the main card in Bangkok is a familiar face to hardcore UFC fans. “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 22 and Dana White’s Contender Series competitor [autotag]Thanh Le[/autotag] takes on Japanese Shooto featherweight champion [autotag]Ryogo Takahashi[/autotag] in a lightweight matchup.

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Le’s clinical striking saw him claim stoppage victories in both “TUF” and the Contender Series, but he didn’t get his chance to show his striking prowess inside the UFC octagon. But the UFC’s loss has been ONE’s gain, with the former LFA interim featherweight champion arriving in Asia with a bang in 2019.

Le (10-2) starched fancied featherweight contender Yusup Saadulaev with a knee on his promotional debut at “ONE: For Honor” in May, then trumped that performance with a one-hitter quitter as he finished former ONE lightweight champion Kotetsu Boku at “ONE: Dreams of Gold” in August. Now he takes on Takahashi (13-3) in a bout that could propel the winner into the orbit of current ONE featherweight champion Christian Lee.

The preliminary card in Bangkok will feature the ONE Championship debut of former CFFC fighter [autotag]Joey Pierotti[/autotag], who will take on dangerous Russian [autotag]Raimond Magomedaliev[/autotag] in a welterweight bout.

Magomedaliev (5-1) lost his undefeated record on his ONE debut as he dropped a unanimous decision to rising contender James Nakashima at “ONE: Conquest of Champions” in November, and will be looking to put things right in Bangkok against Pierotti (12-1), who hasn’t lost since a 2018 submission loss to current UFC prospect – and 2019 MMA Junkie Upset of the Year winner – Tristan Connelly. Eleven of Pierotti’s 12 career wins have come inside the distance, with six victories coming by way of knockout and five by submission.

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The full 12-fight card for Bangkok features six MMA matchups, one kickboxing contest and five muay Thai bouts, including the overall main event, as Thailand’s ONE flyweight muay Thai champion, Rodtang Jitmuangnon, takes on the man he defeated to win the belt last year, England’s Jonathan Haggerty.

Full MMA card for “ONE Championship 106: A New Tomorrow” includes:

MAIN CARD

  • Stamp Fairtex vs. Puja Tomar
  • Thanh Le vs. Ryogo Takahashi

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Joey Pierotti
  • Ma Jia Wen vs. Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg
  • Maira Mazar vs. Ayaka Miura
  • Yohan Mulia Legowo vs. Roel Rosauro