By Chris De Silva
UFC 290 FULL CARD
MAIN CARD
Alexander Volkanovski (AUS) vs Yair Rodriguez (MEX) - featherweight rubric bout
Brandon Moreno (MEX) vs Alexandre Pantoja (BRA) - flyweight rubric bout
Robert Whittaker (AUS) vs Dricus Du Plessis (RSA) - middleweight bout
Jalin Turner (USA) vs Dan Hooker (NZL) - lightweight bout
Bo Nickal (USA) def Val Woodburn (JAM) via TKO - middleweight bout
PRELIMS
Robbie Lawler (USA) def Niko Price (USA) via KO - welterweight bout
Yazmin Jauregui (MEX) def by Denise Gomes (BRA) via TKO - women's strawweight bout
Jimmy Crute (USA) def by Alonzo Menifield (USA) via submission - airy heavyweight bout
Tatsuro Taira (JPN) def Edgar Chairez (MEX) via unanimous determination - catchweight bout
EARLY PRELIMS
Vitor Petrino (BRA) def Marcin Prachnio (POL) by submission - airy heavyweight bout
Cameron Saaiman (RSA) def Terrence Mitchell (USA) by KO/TKO - bantamweight bout
Shannon Ross (AUS) def by Jesus Aguilar (MEX) by KO/TKO - flyweight bout
Kamuela Kirk (USA) def by Esteban Ribovics (ARG) by determination - lightweight bout
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BO NICKAL ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS WOODBURN! WOW!
Normally fights tin beryllium a small cagey to commencement with, but these 2 went hellhole for leather and Nickal finishes it 38 seconds in!
A 4th sub-one infinitesimal decorativeness of the event, that's a modern-day UFC record.
Val Woodburn and Bo Nickal some successful the octagon and we're conscionable astir acceptable to get the main paper underway!
Who's going to instrumentality retired this archetypal fight? Woodburn is built similar an implicit monster truck!
Both Woodburn and Nickal carrying unbeaten records into this fight.
Alexander Volkanovski looking similar each concern arsenic helium makes his mode wrong T-Mobile Arena.
Volkanovski being followed by recently-crowned NBA champ Jamal Murray successful the bowels of the stadium.
There is nary shortage of starpower present tonight.
The decibel level wrong T-Mobile Arena has conscionable gone up a notch with erstwhile US President Donald Trump making an entrance!
Trump is flanked by his information and Dana White.
Trump entering close arsenic we hole to get the main paper underway.
ROBBIE LAWLER FINISHES UP WITH A KO!
Incredible worldly from the 41-year-old who takes retired Price successful the archetypal circular with 3 brutal near hooks and an uppercut sending T-Mobile Arena into a frenzy.
"What a mode to spell out!" says Daniel Cormier connected commentary.
"There are nary fairytales successful fighting, Robbie Lawler is surviving 1 close now. Champions spell retired connected their back, that's conscionable the mode the communicative is. The champion show he's had successful years.
"The eventual capstone connected his Hall of Fame career," Joe Rogan adds.
It's Lawler's archetypal first-round decorativeness successful a decade, unthinkable scenes. Lawler's successful tears arsenic helium bids farewell.
Fight icon Robbie Lawler making his mode into the octagon for his 47th pro combat to instrumentality connected Niko Price.
"He is simply a fable and what fights this antheral has enactment on. What astonishing performances," says Daniel Cormier connected commentary.
His vocation began mode backmost astatine UFC 37 successful 2002. Incredible longevity from the UFC Hall of Fame legend.
Tatsuro Taira escapes ... juuuuuust!
Oh lad that was truthful close. The Japanese prima was connected apical for the bulk of this combat but recovered himself successful big, large occupation successful the waning seconds of the fight.
Taira recovered himself locked successful a submission clasp from Chairez but the Mexican was beaten by the bell.
All 3 judges extremity up scoring it 29-27 Taira's way, giving the Japanese a unanimous determination win.
We're conscionable astir acceptable for the adjacent combat connected the prelims card!
Japan's Tatsuro Taira taking connected Edgar 'Pitbull' Chairez.
Both fighters conscionable minutes distant from entering the octagon.