UFC 326 live: Max Holloway vs Charles Oliveira start time, undercard, fight updates and results

Next up, TUF winner Ricky Turcios takes on Contender Series graduate Alberto Montes in a clash of featherweight prospects.

Turcios has last his last two UFC outings, the first of which came against a 19-year-old Raul Rojas Jr (who fights in tonight’s main card), so will be keen to bounce back.

Durden starts well against the fence but it doesn’t take long for Tumendemberel to take the back, putting him in a great position.

He misses the opportunity for a triangle, though, with Durden taking back top control. This is the American’s chance for a finish – he could lock in an arm triangle here.

But no! He lets Tumendemberel turn and after slipping off his back, the Mongolian is happy to ride out the fight with side control.

The buzzer goes after a Hail Mary leg-lock attempt from Durden, and AGAIN Tumendemberel throws at his opponent after the bell. Get his ears checked.

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel def. Cody Durden via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Both men seem happy with this devolving into a straight grappling match as the second round begins with the fight immediately being brought to the mat.

There’s a leg lock attempt before Tumendemberel tries to sink in the guillotine. The Mongolian gets him to the fence and unleashes a few heavy strikes from the top.

Tumendemberel gets side control and doesn’t do much with it for a while, before connecting with a clear shot to the back of the head. The referee had already warned him about those, but that wouldn’t be his last sin of the round.

After a late flurry from both men, Tumendemberel connected with an overhand that was WELL after the buzzer. He’s lucky not to get penalised for that – no accident there.

Bad start for Durden who after throwing a couple early leg kicks is swiftly caught in a guillotine. He stays calm and eventually is able to pop his head out.

Tumendemberel wants to keep this in the clench and is trying to work him back to the ground, with any period of separation being brief.

They exchange top control before Durden shoots for the armbar – the Mongolian manages to get out.

Some hard elbows on the mat from Tumendemberel to end the round, the first time we’ve seen him show anything reflective of his nickname – which is “Art of Knockout”.

First up in the televised prelims, we’ve got a flyweight bout between Cody Durden and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel.

The fighters are out and Bruce Buffer is loosening his lungs…

We have three results to run down from the early prelims, with the night kicking off with a first-round finish!

Sumudaerji def. Jesus Aguilar via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Diyar Nurgozhay def. Rafael Tobias via uannimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Rodolfo Bellato def. Luke Fernandez via first-round knockout (punches, 2:42)

Max Holloway (C) vs Charles Oliveira 2 (“Baddest Motherf****r” title)

Caio Borralho vs Reinier de Ridder (middleweight)

Rob Font vs Raul Rosas Jr (bantamweight)

Drew Dober vs Michael Johnson (lightweight)

Gregory Rodrigues vs Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)

Cody Garbrandt vs Xiao Long (bantamweight)

Donte Johnson vs Dusko Todorovic (middleweight)

Ricky Turcios vs Alberto Montes (featherweight)

Cody Durden vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (flyweight)

Sumudaerji vs Jesus Aguilar (flyweight)

Diyar Nurgozhay vs Rafael Tobias (light-heavyweight)

Luke Fernandez vs Rodolfo Bellato (light-heavyweight)

We are just about ready to join the action with the UFC 326 prelims set to kick-off! First up, it’s Cody Durden against Nyamjargal Tumendemberel at flyweight.

Stay tuned for round-by-round updates from every fight!

With two of the UFC’s longest-serving fan favourites set to throw down, Will Castle previews UFC 326 in the context of Dana White’s eye-watering acquisition of Conor Benn, which highlights once again how the company’s top fighters are undervalued:

Dana White made it abundantly clear what he thought of his UFC servants, and mixed martial arts in its entirety, when he stuffed a reported $15m into the pocket of Conor Benn. Obsessed with his Zuffa Boxing venture and the civil war that is breaking out on the other side of the combat world, the UFC suddenly feels like a secondary project to its own president.

Benn, a big name in boxing but not yet at that elite level of worldwide marketability, is allegedly being paid this eye-watering fee – a number which White neither confirmed nor denied when probed in an interview with Piers Morgan – for one co-main event bout against Regis Prograis, a former two-time super-lightweight champion who is long past his prime and is fighting outside of his natural weight category. These contract terms do not exist in the UFC, even for its biggest, best and most beloved stars.

Fighter pay has always been a pressing issue, as was notoriously harnessed by Jake Paul as ammunition against White, but the UFC head honcho’s undervaluing of his own employees has arguably never felt this pertinent. It’s led to said top stars speaking out to an extent that some haven’t dared to before.

In the thick of a brewing “Cold War” in boxing, this wasn’t played off as if circumstances weren’t a factor.