UFC 274 LIVE results: Oliveira vs Gaethje stream and latest updates tonight
Re-live updates from the main card and prelims
Charles Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje in the first round of the UFC 274 main event on Saturday, as the Brazilian took the first step on what he hopes will be his road back to the lightweight title.
Oliveira missed weight by half-a-pound on Friday, and as a result he was stripped of the lightweight belt that he had won last year. The 32-year-old was also ineligible to win back the gold in his clash with Gaethje, who would have become the new champion if he had beaten Oliveira. The American came close at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, knocking down Oliveira twice in a chaotic first round but refusing to follow the jiu-jitsu black belt to the mat. On both occasions, Oliveira was able to stand and recover, before securing his own knockdown of Gaethje with a perfect straight right punch later in the round.
Oliveira, who holds the records for most finishes and most submission wins in UFC history, pounced at once. The Brazilian took Gaethje’s back and considered his submission options, before locking in a rear naked choke and forcing the former interim champion to tap out in his home state of Arizona.
Re-live updates from the UFC 274 main card and prelims, below.
UFC 274
Brown vs Williams – Round 2
Harsh outside leg kick from Brown. Front kick to the body now.
Brown storms forward but is clipped with a couple of counter punches.
Williams throws his own outside leg kicks. Now he comes forward with a flurry of punches, before grabbing Brown against the fence.
The fighters work their way back into space. Brown misses with a spinning back kick. He keeps pressing forward and connects with a couple of punches.
UFC 274
Brown vs Williams – Round 1
Williams catches a front kick attempt to his head. The pair clinch, and Brown lands a knee in close.
Williams hurts Brown with an uppercut! Brown falls backwards to the mat, and Williams works on a D’Arce choke...
Brown is able to slip out and stand! Hard outside leg kick from Williams. Again the welterweights clinch, and Brown lands a decent knee.
Back in space and Brown tries a jumping knee that narrowly misses the head of Williams!
The round ends with the fighters grappling against the fence, Brown unable to lock in a guillotine in time.
UFC 274
Randy Brown and Khaos Williams open the card with a welterweight contest, moving up from the prelims due to the cancellation of Donald Cerrone’s bout against Joe Lauzon.
Cerrone came down with food poisoning earlier today.
UFC 274
Main card
Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje (lightweight title on line for Gaethje only)
Rose Namajunas (C) vs Carla Esparza 2 (women’s strawweight title)
Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson (lightweight)
Mauricio Rua vs Ovince Saint Preux (light heavyweight)
Randy Brown vs Khaos Williams (welterweight)
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Francisco Trinaldo def. Danny Roberts via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-27).
UFC 274
Trinaldo vs Roberts – Round 3
The welterweights are brawling now. Roberts misses with a wild overhand left and is clipped with a left hook.
Again Roberts is hurt! But again Trinaldo chooses to grapple! The pair separate, and Trinaldo lands two punishing jabs in a row.
Again the men brawl, both landing good punches!
UFC 274
Trinaldo vs Roberts – Round 2
A right hand hurts Roberts badly! His head is wobbling and he’s trying to get to the fence!
An odd but worrying reaction there from the Briton, who’s been stunned again now by a left hand!
Brutal body shot from Trinaldo, and Roberts freezes against the cage wall! Trinaldo then lands an uppercut to the head and locks in a guillotine!
He loses the position but is in side control now as the fight hits the mat.
There was a missed opportunity in between those first two moments in which Trinaldo hurt Roberts; the Brazilian opted to grapple briefly, and it allowed Roberts to recover – at least for a while...
Roberts is eventually able to stand and cracks Trinaldo with a right hook then left hook! The crowd erupts! What a fight...
UFC 274
Trinaldo vs Roberts – Round 1
Good inside leg kick from Roberts as Trinaldo presses forward.
Roberts slips while attempting a head kick, then stands and rolls under a big hook attempt from Trinaldo! Great reactions from the Briton.
Trinaldo initiates a clinch and lands a tidy uppercut. The welterweights separate, and the Brazilian connects with a right straight.
Another hard inside leg kick by Roberts! You could hear the smack on that one. Front kick now from Roberts.
Trinaldo appears to catch Roberts on the end of a couple of punches, but the Briton laughs them off.
A left hook lands for Trinaldo! It sounds like there’s a fight in the crowd now... One-two from Trinaldo.
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