UFC 224 took place Saturday, May 12th from the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and top contender Raquel Pennington.
The event started with a four fight preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass, followed by a four bout card on FX, and finally a five fight main card only on PPV.
Main Card (Live on PPV, 10:00 PM EST)
-Amanda Nunes defeated Raquel Pennington by TKO (Strikes, Round 5, 2:36)
-Kelvin Gastelum defeated Ronaldo Souza by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
-Mackenzie Dern defeated Amanda Cooper by Submission (RNC, Round 1, 2:27)
-John Lineker defeated Brian Kelleher by Knockout (Punch, Round 3, 3:43)
-Lyoto Machida defeated Vitor Belfort by Knockout (Front Kick, Round 2, 1:00)
Preliminary Card (Live on FX, 8:00 PM EST)
-Cezar Ferreira defeated Karl Roberson by Technical Submission (Arm Triangle, Round 1, 4:45)
-Aleksei Oleinik defeated Junior Albini by Submission (Ezekiel Choke, Round 1, 1:45)
-Davi Ramos defeated Nick Hein by Submission (RNC, Round 1, 4:15)
-Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos defeated Sean Strickland by KO (Strikes, Round 1, 3:12
Preliminary Bouts (Live on UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 PM EST)
-Warlley Alves defeated Sultan Aliev by TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage, Round 2, 5:00)
-Jack Hermansson defeated Thales Leites by TKO (Strikes, Round 3, 2:10)
-Ramazan Emeev defeated Alberto Mina by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Markus Perez defeated James Bochnovic by Submission (RNC, Round 1, 4:28)





