The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) returns tonight, Saturday, June 8th, 2019, with an outstanding PPV (Pay-Per-View) card from top to bottom. Having given us some decent fight cards thus far in 2019, perhaps none have been as interesting as the main card scheduled for UFC 238. The main event features a Bantamweight title fight between Flyweight champion, Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo, against surging 135-pound contender, “Magic” Marlon Moraes, for the vacant UFC Bantamweight belt. UFC 238’s co-main event also has a belt on the line — UFC women’s Flyweight champion, Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko, putting her strap on the line against a surprising challenger in Jessica “Evil” Eye.
Both of the previously mentioned fights should be highly entertaining and, perhaps, are worth the money to be allowed beyond the ESPN+ PPV paywall. However, fight fans at-large are far more excited for what UFC is dubbing “The People’s Main Event” — former interim Lightweight champion, Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson, stepping into the eight-sided cage against fan favorite and UFC post-fight bonus record holder, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. It is truly a shame that this bout is only scheduled for three rounds.
Even the first two fights on UFC 238’s PPV main card and the “Prelims” undercard are expected to produce a high level of technique accompanied by the perfect amount of violence. Highly touted prospects, including but not limited to, Petr Yan, Tai Tuivasa, Tatiana Suarez, and Aljamain Sterling bolster this portion of UFC 238’s underbelly.
However exciting this fight card might be on paper, it is understandable if you can’t (or won’t) shell out the necessary monetary amount in exchange for the privilege of watching an official broadcast of the event. Luckily, Brian has already purchased the event — since Brian and I have decided to use our Saturday evenings as an opportunity to possibly see an abundance of highly entertaining fights, but also to provide you with a ‘radio-style’ play-by-play broadcast of each eye-poke, groin strike, highlight-reel knockout, etc. that is being presented behind the ESPN+ monetary blockade. I will moderate the live chat and ban those pesky spammers and link beggars, as well as offer support to Brian throughout the show with factoids and bonuses, while updating the results at length in the description of the show, and here in this post as the main event unfolds. During the entire main card Brian will be doing his best to keep fight fans up-to-date on the moment-to-moment action happening inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Here’s what’s in store tonight with LIVE UPDATED RESULTS RIGHT HERE for the five main card bouts throughout the UFC 238 event:
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10PM/7PM ETPT
135 lbs.: Bantamweight & Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo DEF. Marlon Moraes, KO/TKO-Ground & Pound, 4:51 R3/5, 14:51 Total
125 lbs.: Undisputed Women’s Flyweight Champion of the World: Valentina Shevchenko DEF. Jessica Eye, KO/TKO, HEAD KICK, Round 0:26 R2/5, 5:26 Total
155 lbs.: Tony Ferguson DEF. Donald Cerrone, KO/TKO, DOCTOR STOPPAGE (EYE INJURY), 5:00 Round 2 of 3, 10:00 Total
135 lbs.: Petr Yan DEF. Jimmie Rivera, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
265 lbs.: Blagoy Ivanov DEF. Tai Tuivasa, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
POTN: Henry Cejudo and Valentina Shevchenko, $50K each
FOTN: Tony Ferguson vs Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone
Attendance: 16,083
Gate: US $2,034,387.49
Remember that MMAmania.com and BloodyElbow.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 238 fight card tonight, starting with the FightPass/ESPN+ “Early Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:15PM/3:15PM ETPT before the “Prelims” at 8PM/5PM ETPT, while the main card start time will be at 10PM/7PM ETPT on ESPN+. To check out the latest and greatest UFC 238: “Cejudo vs Moraes/Shevchenko vs Eye” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here.
We will not be doing live radio-style play-by-play for the prelims, but you can find all the fight results right here on Bloody Elbow.
ESPN PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
115 – Tatiana Suarez DEF. Nina Ansaroff, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
135 – Aljamain Sterling DEF. Pedro Munhoz, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
115 – Alexa Grasso DEF. Karolina Kowalkiewicz, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
145 – Calvin Kattar DEF. Ricardo Lamas, KO/TKO-Punches, 4:06 R1/3
FIGHTPASS/ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 6:15PM/3:15PM ETPT
115 – Xiaonan Yan DEF. Angela Hill, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
185 – Darren Stewart DEF. Bevon Lewis, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
135 – Eddie Wineland DEF. Grigorii Popov, KO/TKO-Right Cross, 4:47 R2/3-9:47 Total
125 – Katlyn Chookagian DEF. Joanne Calderwood, DEC-Unanimous, 3Rds-15:00 Total
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Join us for the SBN MMA POST-FIGHT SHOW right after the main card wraps up, with Brian hosting — and appearances from guests Zane Simon and Eddie Mercado…
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Check out Zane and Eddie’s 6th Round Post-Fight Show, AIRING SUNDAY MORNING…