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This round could be decisive…

O’Malley’s right leg can’t be that beaten up, because he’s purposely standing southpaw with his weight on it.

Left hands are starting to get through for O’Malley as he stands southpaw.

Another cross lands, this time from orthodox, and Song is bleeding around the mouth.

Song shoots for a single-leg but is shaken off, then he eats a knee! O’Malley with much-better precision in this round.

We go to the scorecards. Round one was the closest, and may decide this fight.

Song with some heavy low kicks and a hard overhand right, early in round two. O’Malley blocked the majority of that right hand, but he looks a little on edge anyway.

Now Song grabs a single-leg, and he’s able to run O’Malley to the fence. O’Malley drops to his knees but is quickly back to his feet; still, he’s trapped against the cage wall.

Song is battering O’Malley’s right leg with knees. Eventually he hauls down Suga’, whose second guillotine attempt is also unsuccessful.

Song lands in closed guard, but O’Malley does really well to stand and separate! He eats a hook before circling off the fence.

A few teeps by O’Malley late in the round.

O’Malley stands southpaw. The orthodox Song throws a low kick. Suga’ is much taller than Song.

Nasty oblique kick by O’Malley. He stands orthodox now. Spinning back kick to the body.

O’Malley with some clever entries and exits. Song with a more audacious blitz. This is what we expected.

Song is pressing forward with intent, and O’Malley is opting for single counters to deter him, but very few of them are landing at the moment.

Song with a big shot, and he gets O’Malley to the mat with a double-leg! O’Malley defends with a guillotine choke, but Song is able to escape…

That briefly looked dangerous for Song late in the round.

This is a real crossroads fight for O’Malley, one of the UFC’s bigger stars…

He’ll have to be at his sharpshooting best and avoid Song’s power, and Song himself may need to try to mix in some wrestling tonight.

Song is in the cage. Here comes O’Malley to the familiar sound of “Superstar” by Lupe Fiasco.

So, in tonight’s co-main event, Kayla Harrison was due to defend her bantamweight belt against former champion and ex-teammate Amanda Nunes.

As a result, Nunes’s return from retirement must wait, and Sean O’Malley vs Song Yadong was bumped up the card.

That’s the new co-main event, as former bantamweight champ “Suga’ Sean” aims to get back to winning ways against a dangerous foe. And there’s been a controversial build to this one:

Waldo cracks Lewis with a right hand then slams a knee to the body of the veteran.

Clean jabs by Waldo now, too. Lewis almost catches the Dominican with a left hook while the latter leans back.

Good head movement by Waldo, then Lewis slips and falls to his backside…

He turtles up and eats a barrage of ground and pound, and it’s all over!!

Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Derrick Lewis via second-round TKO (3:14, ground and pound)

Does this one make it out of the first round? Both heavyweights stand orthodox.

Lewis tries a left high kick, jumping into it! Impressive athleticism from the bigger of the two big men.

He’s on the back foot largely, though, with Cortes-Acosta edging forward and trying to gauge Lewis’s reactions. Waldo is taking no risks, happy to shuffle out of range at the slightest hint of output from Lewis.

Now Waldo throws the occasional jab and cross. Hard low kick now, too. Waldo narrowly misses with a massssive right hand.

Waldo catches a kick, and Lewis falls to the mat, where the Dominican kicks his legs. Eventually Waldo lets the American up. Fifty seconds left.

Lewis just can’t close the range in time.

Okay, all the way up to heavyweight now, where veteran Derrick Lewis faces rising star Waldo Cortes-Acosta.

American Lewis holds the record for the most KOs in UFC history (16). But the 40-year-old faces a man with a whole lot of momentum in Cortes-Acosta, 34.

The Dominican fought five times in 2025, going 4-1 with three knockout wins.

It’s conceivable that Cortes-Acosta could fight for a version of the heavyweight title next; with champion Tom Aspinall out at the moment, Cortes-Acosta would face Ciryl Gane for an interim belt,

Natalia Silva def. Rose Namajunas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Boos in the arena, and I can understand it. That’s very harsh on Namajunas.

Some of the exchanges in round three resemble round one, with Namajunas catching Silva on the exit.

Both women kick low. Namajunas with a few side kicks to the body. Oh! Silva with a hard side kick of her own, landing to the face.

Namajunas grabs a single-leg, but Silva pushes down her head and sprawls well. Great technique.

Silva is able to get free and throw Namajunas, landing in half-guard, but Thug Rose scrambles very well!

She stands, and Silva gets the better of the final striking exchanges, but it might still be Namajunas’s fight…