Islam Makhachev didn’t leave much room for controversy.
The No. 4 lightweight in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings needed less than four minutes to take veteran Bobby Green to the canvas and ground-and-pound his way to victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 49 on Saturday. With the win, Makhachev has now knocked off 10 straight opponents and has all but guaranteed himself a future title shot.
While Green came in with a ton of respect for even taking this fight on less than two weeks’ notice as a replacement for Beneil Dariush, all that anyone will be talking about after tonight is Makhachev putting on another dominant performance.
There was plenty of other noteworthy action on tonight’s card, so check out what the pros had to say about the main event as well as Wellington Turman’s stunning submission of Misha Cirkunov, Priscila Cachoeira and Ji Yeon Kim putting on a “Fight of the Year” candidate, Arman Tsarukyan emerging as one to watch at 155 pounds, and more.
Islam Makhachev def. Bobby Green
@MAKHACHEVMMA is ready to be the champion!!!! Great job buddy #weareaka pic.twitter.com/GI02DqxGFx
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 27, 2022
Congratulations @MAKHACHEVMMA #UFCVegas49
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) February 27, 2022
Respect to Bobby for taking the fight Islam is a monster he’s next for the title
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 27, 2022
Early stop but it is what it is, Islam is a monster #UFCVegas49
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) February 27, 2022
I don’t think Bobby was getting out but damn give him a chance ref! Can’t take away from Islam though he’s next champ probably
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) February 27, 2022
That’s a Bad Boy!
— Jamahal Hill (@JamahalH) February 27, 2022
Islam are absolute BEASTS. Him vs Gaethje-Oliveira winner will be insane! @TeamKhabib is a pretty damn good coach too! #UFCVegas49
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) February 27, 2022
Islam is the best guy I ever rolled with and that’s including Adcc and Bjj world champions
— Dan “50k” Ige (@Dynamitedan808) February 27, 2022
Summary : Bobby did a great job, Islam is no joke!
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 27, 2022
Wellington Turman def. Misha Cirkunov
Perfect arm bar
— C H T O V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) February 27, 2022
— Herbert Burns (@HerbertBurnsMMA) February 27, 2022
Oh shoot. Oh, Misha got complacent with the guard and was armbarred. I know that feeling #UFCVegas49
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) February 27, 2022
Damn. Nasty armbar. Was pulling for Cirkunov #UFCVegas49
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 27, 2022
Proper head positioning can make you stand and take your foot off the ground, or break your arm. Wellington capitalized off of that Cirkunov mistake well.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) February 27, 2022
Love the arm bar #UFCVegas49
— Kyler Phillips (@Kymatrix) February 27, 2022
Priscila Cachoeira def. Ji Yeon Kim
What a great fight every time @Fire_Fist_Kim fight. This is fight of the night . #UFCVegas49
— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) February 27, 2022
Wow what a fight!!! I have Kim winning but those elbows really started finding their mark. Great work ladies #UFCVegas49
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) February 27, 2022
Fight of the Night right here #UFCVegas49
— Bryce Mitchell (@ThugnastyMMA) February 27, 2022
This is a crazy slugfest #UFCVegas49
— Casey Oneill (@kingcaseymma) February 27, 2022
What a fight! #KimVScaochoeira
— GIGA CHIKADZE (@giga_chikadze) February 27, 2022
This fight is great!
Kim and Cachoeira are cracking!!!!— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) February 27, 2022
These girls are throwing! #UFCVegas49 @ufc
— BriannaTheBull (@briannathebull) February 27, 2022
These girls have a lot of fun! They are so much fun! #UFCVegas49
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) February 27, 2022
Standing ovation for these ladies! WOW! #UFCVegas49
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) February 27, 2022
What a battle!!!
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 27, 2022
Cachoeira is a savage! Forces you into a fire fight no matter what game plan you had in mind. I’m pulling for Kim 29-28! #UFCVegas49
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 27, 2022
Thought Kim won that one
— Kai Kamaka III (@kaiboikamaka) February 27, 2022
Kim won that fight #UFCVegas49
— Sean BRADY (@seanbradymma) February 27, 2022
I don’t jump on the bandwagon of “robbed”, because it is not often that close to fights can be close. But that was a robbery. Kim won the fight. #UFCVegas49
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) February 27, 2022
ROBBERY!!! She got beat up like a punching bag for 2. 5 rounds…. yes she marched forward… into shots. Idk… how’d yall score that one? #UFCVegas49
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) February 27, 2022
Tough loss for @Fire_Fist_Kim, hell of a fight, thought she had it. https://t.co/IAbsLy9gJv
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 27, 2022
Arman Tsarukyan def. Joel Alvarez
Arman Tatsarukyan and Michael Chandler…who is the winner?
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) February 27, 2022
Nasty elbows! #UFCVegas49
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 27, 2022
Omg #UFCVegas49
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) February 27, 2022
Tsarukyan is such a savage. #UFCVegas49
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) February 27, 2022
Forget about the cut man. Get the man a bloodbag.
— Amanda “ABC” Brundage (@ABCnation115) February 27, 2022
This is the gusher. #UFCVegas49
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) February 27, 2022
Arman is a title contender! #UFCVegas49
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) February 27, 2022
Arman is Lethal @ufc
— said yokub (@SaidYokubMMA) February 27, 2022
Alvarez was very impressive against Moises, and Tsarykyan shows that this Lightweight division is stacked! Wow! Domination! #UFCVegas49
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 27, 2022
Damn… That was a butchering. #UFCVegas49
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February 27, 2022
Armen Petrosyan def. Gregory Rodrigues
Jeez #UFCVegas49
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 27, 2022
Amazing fight! 50k for sure! FOTN #UFCVegas49
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) February 27, 2022
Great fight! #ufcVegas49
— Julia Avila (@RagingPandaMMA) February 27, 2022
What a fight pic.twitter.com/ijRoLOZKh5
— Eryk Anders (@erykanders) February 27, 2022
The judges are only there to break your heart. #UFCVegas49
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) February 27, 2022
Man @gregory_mma hits hard! #UFCVegas49
— Ian Heinisch (@ianheinischmma) February 27, 2022
Terrance McKinney def. Fares Ziam
Congrats @twrecks155
— Charles ‘DoBronxs’ Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs) February 26, 2022
McKinney is not wasting any time #UFCVegas49
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 26, 2022
. @twrecks155 is one of the most exciting 155’ers to watch right now https://t.co/SJGve8n6fv
— Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) February 26, 2022
All you 155 pounders you guys watch for his kid! #Mckinney
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) February 26, 2022
This kid got something extra! Huge congrats @twrecks155!!! https://t.co/I9SXv5RnuR
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 26, 2022
Atta boy @twrecks155. This kid is going to be a big problem for anyone at 155 pounds. #UFCVegas49
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) February 26, 2022
And just like that @twrecks155 is a problem yall better pay attention!!! #UFCVegas49
— Jamahal Hill (@JamahalH) February 26, 2022
Congrats to the kid @twrecks155 !! My stream arrived just in time for him to sink into the choke/submission. Congrats my boy!! #UFCVegas49
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) February 26, 2022
Lovely finish by @twrecks155 showing everyone his grappling nice my man #UFCVegas49
— Paddy The Baddy (@theufcbaddy) February 26, 2022
“He’s in no danger here”
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— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) February 26, 2022
