Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol went down to the wire.

In a battle to determine who is the light heavyweight division’s undisputed champion, the results weren’t exactly definitive, as Beterbiev won on two of the judges’ scorecards (116-112 and 115-113), with the third calling the fight a draw (114-114).

See the official scorecards from Saturday’s main event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, below.

Judge Manuel Oliver Palomo was the dissenting score, while Glenn Feldman had it 115-113 for Beterbiev and Pawel Kardyni had it 116-112 for Beterbiev.

With the win, Beterbiev now holds light heavyweight titles from all four major boxing organizations. He entered Saturday’s contest as the WBO, IBF, and WBC champion, and claimed Bivol’s WBA belt with the decision win. He also handed Bivol his first pro loss, dropping his record to 23-1.

Beterbiev improved to 21-0, but saw his impressive knockout streak end as he went to the scorecards for the first time in his 11-year career. Afterwards, he and Bivol both said that they were open to an immediate rematch.

Saturday’s match, which took place behind closed doors in Hungary due to Uefa restrictions on Belarus, leaves Northern Ireland third in the group with a win, a defeat and a draw from their opening three matches.

Despite not scoring in their past two matches, O’Neill was confident the goals would come in the future as his team progressed.

“We are not going to be a high-scoring team at the minute,” he added.

“It is always a concern when you are not scoring, but it is not something we have not had before, and we just need to find ways to win.

“We have had three games in the Nations League and two clean sheets.

“I tend to find that with a young team like this, that there are learnings.

“We kept a clean sheet, we weren’t beaten, and the shape of the team was good in and out of possession, and a lot of our football was good.”

Ramazan Temirov has arrived.

At UFC Fight Night 244, Uzbekistan’s Temirov (18-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his UFC debut in a flyweight bout against CJ Vergara. It was an introduction to remember, as Temirov left Vergara (12-6-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) folded over on the canvas just 2:50 into the fight.

It didn’t take long for Temirov to get going.

He opened the action with a spinning back kick to the body, and kept Vergara on his toes defensively from that point on. Out of nowhere, Temirov charged forward with big looping punches. The first missed, but the second caught Vergara clean, sending him stumbling to the canvas.

From there, the swarm was on. Vergara did his best to cover up, but Temirov ripped a hard left to the body, and that was it.

Check out video of the finish below (via X):

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1845235235656519897

Temirov, 27, extends his winning streak to double digits, a run that now includes five consecutive first-round finishes.

“The new superstar of the division, and the new showman, and the new champion has arrived to the flyweight division,” Temirov said during his post-fight interview through an interpreter.

On the other side, Vergara walks away as a loser of two straight fights for the first time in his pro career.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 244 results include:

• Ramazonbek Temirov def. CJ Vergara via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:50
• Pat Sabatini def. Jonathan Pearce via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:06
• Themba Gorimbo def. Niko Price via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Junior Tafa def. Sean Sharaf via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:15
• Julia Polastri def. Cory McKenna via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
• Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Clayton Carpenter def. Lucas Rocha via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:12

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 244.

Conor McGregor made it a red panty night for both fighters competing in the BKFC Spain main event

Franco Tenaglia capped off the bare-knuckle promotion’s first ever event in Spain by capturing the lightweight title in an absolute war with Tony Soto across five rounds but it was the Irish superstar who blessed both men afterwards.

“What we’re going to do for these two gentlemen as well as a bonus is double their purse,” McGregor announced after the fight. “They’re getting double pay. That’s damn straight. Well done gentlemen, you are getting double pay and bonuses. Thank you for your service.”

The massive gesture from BKFC’s newest co-owner came after Tenaglia and Soto battled it out in one of the craziest fights in the history of the promotion.

Defense went flying out of the ring as Tenaglia and Soto just constantly stepped into the pocket and blasted each other with huge combinations. Soto actually dropped Tenaglia badly in the second round with a brutal body shot and it appeared the American fighter might get a stoppage.

Instead, Tenaglia survived the round and then dished out even more punishment of his own as the fight continued. When the fight was over, Tenaglia’s face was busted up and swollen and the same could be said for Soto as the crowd in Marbella gave them a standing ovation.

In the end, the judges scored the fight twice for Tenaglia 47-45 with the third official giving it a 46-46. That was still enough for Tenaglia to get the nod by majority decision as he becomes the new BKFC lightweight champion and he also goes home with a lot more money than he expected.

“I’ve been waiting for this 10 years,” Tenaglia said after his win. “I used to fight in warehouses in the middle of nowhere but look at me now. I’m a world champion.”

In the co-main event, former boxing champion Austin Trout continued his dominant run since joining the BKFC roster as he successfully defended his welterweight title with a shutout performance over Rico Franco.

Trout scored a pair of knockdowns but just couldn’t quite put Franco away as the challenger just kept coming after him despite taking far more damage during the fight. All three judges scored the fight 50-43 in lopsided fashion as Trout moved to 3-0 in BKFC with Saturday serving as his first title defense.

In the third title fight on the card, Dave Mundell continued to run roughshod over the competition as he demolished Danny Christie with a devastating punch in the second round to end his night. Mundell nearly stopped the fight in the first round after he put Christie down early and never allowed him a second to gain any kind of momentum.

The final shot saw Christie crash to the canvas and despite his best effort to get back to his feet, the referee saw enough to stop the contest at :55 seconds into the second round.

Here are the full results for BKFC Spain:

Franco Tenaglia def. Tony Soto via majority decision (46-46, 47-45, 47-45)

Austin Trout def. Ricardo Franco via unanimous decision (50-43 x3)

David Mundell def. Danny Christie via TKO at :55 seconds, R2

Dan Chapman def. Mike Jurik via TKO at 1:26, R1

Felipe da Silva Maia def. James Lilley via TKO at 1:08, R

Hannah Rankin def. Deborah Mellhorn via split decision (47-48, 49-46, 49-46)

Oscar Willis def. Ben Davis via TKO at 1:57, R1

Yunus Batan def. Maxine Bellamy via unanimous decision (48-44 x3)

Nico Gaffie def. Radek Stadler via TKO at 1:04, R2

Arbi Chakaev def. Jose Daniel via TKO at 59 seconds, R1

David Mora def. Fran Suarez via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 2:00, R4