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Rose Namajunas def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk via unanimous decision (49-46 across board) to retain the UFC strawweight title in the co-main event of UFC 223. The Sports Courier’s Fred Richani discusses the sort of controversial decision amongst some MMA fans!

UFC 223 results and event facts
  • Date: April 7, 2018
  • Venue: Barclays Center
  • City: Brooklyn, New York
  • Attendance: 17,026
  • Buy rate: 350,000
  • Total gate: $3,007,108

Main Card

  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta via Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–43, 50–43) (Round 5, 5:00; Lightweight; for the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship (only Nurmagomedov was eligible))
  2. Rose Namajunas (c) def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk via Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) (Round 5, 5:00; Women’s Strawweight; for the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship)
  3. Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Featherweight)
  4. Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Kyle Bochniak via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Featherweight)
  5. Chris Gruetzemacher def. Joe Lauzon via TKO (corner stoppage) (Round 2, 5:00; Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

  1. Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Felice Herrig via Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Strawweight)
  2. Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Evan Dunham via TKO (knees to the body and punches) (Round 1, 0:53; Lightweight)
  3. Ashlee Evans-Smith def. Bec Rawlings via Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Flyweight)
  4. Devin Clark def. Mike Rodríguez via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)

Title change: Khabib Nurmagomedov won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship (title history).

(c) = champion going into the match.

Source: Wikipedia.org (adapted, CC BY-SA 4.0)


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