UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 aka UFC Vegas 84 airs live from UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, January 13.
The main event is a five-round light heavyweight rematch between Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-1, 1 NC) and Johnny Walker (21-7, 1 NC) of Brazil. Their first fight last October ended in No Contest after Ankalaev landed an unintentional illegal knee and then doctor deemed Walker unable to continue.
The scheduled co-main event rematch between Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1) of Brazil and Manel Kape (19-6) of Angola has been cancelled. The bout was expected to go ahead at 129.5-pound catchweight, after Kape missed flyweight limit, but then was taken off the card. Nicolau won their first fight in March 2021 by split decision.
In the new co-main event Jim Miller (36-17) of the United States takes on Gabriel Benitez (23-11) of Mexico. The pair squares off at lightweight.
Among other bouts, Ricky Simon (20-4) faces his American-fellow Mario Bautista (13-2) at bantamweight. Plus, Phil Hawes (12-5) of the United States and Brunno Ferreira (10-1) of Brazil battle it out at middleweight. The full lineup can be found below.
UFC Vegas 84 live stream
Broadcast: ESPN+
Date: Saturday, January 13
Main card: 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT
Prelims: 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Walker 2 results
Get UFC Vegas 84: Ankalaev vs Walker 2 full fight card results below.
Main card
- Magomed Ankalaev def. Johnny Walker via TKO (punches, R2 at 2:42)
- Jim Miller def. Gabriel Benitez via submission (face crank, R3 at 3:25)
- Mario Bautista def. Ricky Simon via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
- Brunno Ferreira def. Phil Hawes via KO (punches, R1 at 4:55)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Andrei Arlovski via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary card
- Preston Parsons def. Matthew Semelsberger via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
- Marcus McGhee def. Gaston Bolanos via TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches, R2 at 3:29) | Watch finish
- Farid Basharat def. Taylor Lapilus via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
- Jean Silva def. Westin Wilson via TKO (punches, R1 at 4:12) | Watch finish
- Nikolas Motta def. Tom Nolan via TKO (punches, R1 at 1:03)
- Joshua Van def. Felipe Bunes via TKO (punches, R2 at 4:31) | Watch finish