List of 13 MMA fighters who did great at 'UFC 219'

UFC 219 fight card (Facebook/UFC)

"UFC 219" took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Here are the nine fighters who won and four others who did not but still showed praiseworthy performances:


13. Matheus Nicolau defeated Louis "Da Last Samurai" Smolka via unanimous decision in the flyweight division.

12. Marvin "The Italian Dream" Vettori neither won nor lost after his middleweight bout with his Russian opponent ended in majority draw although the latter won according to one of the three judges.

11. Omari "Wolverine" Akhmedov won his middleweight bout with his Italian opponent according to one judge's score 29-28 but two judges scored it 28-28 resulting to majority draw.

10. Myles "Fury" Jury defeated Rick "The Gladiator" Glenn via unanimous decision in the featherweight division.

9. Neil Magny defeated Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit via unanimous decision in the welterweight division.

8. Michal "Lord" Oleksiejczuk defeated Khalil "The War Horse" Rountree via unanimous decision in the light heavyweight division.

7. Carla "Cookie Monster" Esparza defeated Cynthia Calvillo via unanimous decision in the women's strawweight division.

6. Tim Elliott submitted Mark "The Bumblebee" De La Rosa via anaconda choke at 1:41 of Round 2 in the bantamweight division.

5. Daniel "The Hangman" Hooker submitted Marc "Bonecrusher" Diakese via guillotine at 0:42 of Round 3 in the lightweight division.

4. Edson "Junior" Barboza Jr. did not win but he was able to withstand three grueling five-minute rounds with his undefeated opponent in the lightweight division.

3. Holly "The Preacher's Daughter" Holm did not win but she was neither knocked out nor submitted by her opponent, the reigning UFC Women's Featherweight Champion, after five five-minute rounds.

2. Cris Cyborg retained her UFC Women's Featherweight Champion title via unanimous decision.

1. Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov maintained his undefeated record after winning via unanimous decision in the lightweight division.

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