UFC Perth Results: Awesome Saturday Night of Action Down Under

UFC Perth, the first UFC event of the promotion’s fall schedule of events, is here! Tonight, the fabled Octagon heads down under to Western Australia, where it’s already Sunday morning, for this week’s installment of UFC Fight Night.

Live coverage begins at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT with the prelims before moving onto the main card at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT from RAC Arena. If you’re watching the show from inside the United States of America, ESPN+ will carry the event gavel-to-gavel.

After yesterday’s weigh-in window, 12 out of the originally-scheduled 14 fights will go ahead tonight. Two fights were withdrawn from the card in the final days leading up to UFC Perth.

Carlos Ulberg, fighting Saturday on UFC Perth.
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UFC Perth Main Event: No. 3 Contender Carlos Ulberg vs. No. 7 Contender Dominick Reyes

At the top of the bill tonight, the light heavyweights will make the walk to the cage when No. 3 contender Carlos Ulberg (12-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) meets up with No. 7 contender Dominick Reyes (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC.) This is a five-round fight at five minutes per round to close out the show.

UFC Perth Co-Main Event: Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Erslan

Immediately beforehand, the light heavyweight division is also the focus of the co-main event of the evening when Australia’s favorite son, Jimmy Crute, (13-4-2 MMA, 5-4-2 UFC) fights Ivan Erslan (14-5, 1 NC MMA, 0-2 UFC.) This is a three-round fight at five minutes each.

Rest of the Card

Also tonight on UFC Perth, you’ll see a featherweight contest pairing Jack Jenkins (13-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) with Ramon Tavares (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC,) a welterweight fight versing Jake Matthews (22-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) and  43-fight veteran Neil Magny (30-13 MMA, 23-12 UFC), and a lightweight affair matching Tom Nolan (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) with Charlie Campbell (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC.)

UFC Perth Results:

Main Card: (Tonight, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+- United States Only)

Main Event: Carlos Ulberg def. Dominick Reyes by KO (Jab Followed by Right Cross) at 4:27 into Round 1.

Co-Main Event: Jimmy Crute def. Ivan Erslan by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 3:19 into Round 1.

Jack Jenkins def. Ramon Tavares by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28.)

Neil Magny def. Jake Matthews by Submission (D’arce Choke) at 3:08 into Round 3.

Tom Nolan def. Charlie Campbell by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 4:08 into Round 1.

Prelims: (Tonight, 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT, ESPN+- United States Only)

Featured Prelim: Navajo Stirling def. Rodolfo Bellato by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28.)

Co-Featured Prelim: Cam Rowston def. Andre Petroski by TKO (Left Hook to Ground and Pound) at 2:41 into Round 1.

Jaime Mullarkey def. Rolando Bedoya by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28.)

Colby Thicknesse def. Josias Musasa by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28.)

Michelle Montague def. Luana Carolina by Unanimous Decision (29-26, 30-25, 30-26.)

Brando Pericic def. Elisha Ellison by TKO (Ground and Pound) at 1:55 into Round 1.

Alexia Thainara def. Loma Lookboonmee by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27.)

 

 

Drew Zuhosky
Drew Zuhosky
Drew Zuhosky is a combat sports writer since May of 2018, coming to MMASucka after stints at Overtime Heroics and Armchair All-Americans. A graduate of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, OH, Drew is a charter member of the Youngstown Press Club. Prior to beginning his professional career, Drew was a sportswriter for YSU's student-run newspaper, The Jambar, where he supplied Press Box Perspective columns every week.

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