Author: Emma Bramford

UFC Fight Night 80 came from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, where strawweight Paige VanZant and Rose Namajunas collided in a five-round main event.

It was to be a very dominant Rose Nanajunas who came away with the well-deserved win in the fifth round after several submission attempts throughout the fight.  It was however the first time we got to see Paige VanZant bloodied up but whom also showed why she should be in there in the first place.  VanZant to her credit survived many submission attempts from a dominant Namajunas through the five rounds until she was caught in rear naked choke and finally had to tap.

The co-main event saw Michael Chiesa take the win over Jim Miller in a lightweight bout, while lightweight newcomer Sage Northcutt dispatched Cody Pfister via a guillotine early on in the second round. 

UK’s Danny ‘Hot Chocolate’ showed why he belongs in the UFC after his 2 min 26 second first round win over Nathan Coy.

Here are the full results:

Main Card 

Rose Namajunas Def  Paige VanZant Via RNC 2 mins 25 seconds Round Five

Michael Chiesa Def  Jim Miller Via RNC 2 mins 57 seconds Round Two

Sage Northcutt Def   Cody Pfister  Via Guilliotine 0.41 seconds  Round Two

Thiago Santos Def  Elias Theodorou Via  Unanimous Decision 29-28,29-27,29-27

Preliminary 

Tim Means Def  John Howard Via KO 0.21 seconds Round Two

Sergio Moraes  Def Omari Akhmedov  Via  TKO (punches) 2 mins 18 seconds Round Three

Antonio Carlos Junior   VS. Kevin Casey declared  No Contest (injury) 0.11 seconds Round One

Aljamain Sterling  Def Johnny Eduardo Via Guillotine 4 mins 18 seconds Round Two

Santiago Ponzinibbio  Def   Andreas Stahl Via TKO (punches) 4 mins 25 seconds Round One

Danny Roberts  Def Nathan Coy Via Technical Sub (Triangle Choke) 2 mins 46 seconds Round One

Zubaira Tukhugov  Def Phillipe Nover Via Split Decision 28-29, 30-27, 30-27

Kailin Curran Def   Emily Kagan  Via RNC 4 mins 13 seconds Round Two

Bonuses

FOTN

Michael Chiesa vs. Jim Miller

POTN

Rose Namajunas

Tim Means