In the UFC Fight Night 257 opening prelim, Satybaldiev (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) kicked off the card with a memorable moment when he tapped Diyar Nurgozhay (10-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) with the rare submission at the 2:45 mark of Round 1. The light heavyweight bout took place at Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai.

After wins for Kyrgyzstan and South Korea kicked things off, Asia went 3-0 to start the card when China got on the board courtesy of Yizha. The Road to UFC winner was making his second Octagon appearance after losing to Gabriel Santos in his debut last September.

Charles Johnson proved once again that you can never count him out of a fight. Johnson, who was likely about to be down two rounds in his flyweight preliminary bout of UFC Shanghai against Lone’er Kavanagh on Saturday,

Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta meet on the main card of UFC Fight Night 257 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom.

Lone’er Kavanagh has issued a statement after suffering the first loss of his MMA career. The 26-year-old boasted a 9-0 record heading into the biggest fight of his career at UFC Shanghai. It was obvious why the flyweight prospect was so highly touted as he dominated much of the first two rounds of his fight with the veteran Charles Johnson.

Taiyilake Nueraji delivered an emphatic finish in his octagon debut but only after he blasted Kiefer Crosbie with an illegal knee at UFC Shanghai. While it was a lopsided fight from start to finish, Nueraji ends up with an asterisk next to his win after he was dominating Crosbie on the ground but during a

But less than 24 hours before the card gets underway, the UFC have been forced to make a major change to the co-main event after fans expressed concern for one of the fighters after seeing videos of him online.