UFC on ESPN 59 play-by-play and live results

UFC on ESPN 59 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results. UFC on ESPN 59 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place at Ball Arena in Denver.

Former women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Tracy Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) meet in the flyweight main event. Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) takes on Muslim Salikhov (19-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the co-feature.

Follow along with our round-by-round updates and official results beginning at approximately 7 p.m. ET for the prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ and 10 p.m. ET for the main card on ESPN/ESPN+.

Enjoy the fights, everyone.

Evan Elder vs. Darrius Flowers

Round 1 – Body kick by Elder. Flowers putting on the pressure here. Another body kick by Elder and a body shot to follow up. Another body shot by Elder. He’s targeting the body. A right hook lands for Elder and Flowers responds with a double jab. Another body kick by Elder. Flowers is taunting Elder. They clinch, Elder gets the throw, but Flowers gets right back to his feet. Flowers keeps taunting Elder. Flowers goes down! Unsure if he got caught or if he lost balance. Elder jumps on him. Flowers scrambles, takes his back, but gets thrown off and is now on bottom. One minute left. Flowers shoots, gets stuffed and now Elder is on top. Elder ends the round on top.

MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9, Elder.

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Records : Elder (8-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Flowers (12-7-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
Division : Welterweight
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Referee : Joel Ojeda
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Josh Fremd vs. Andre Petroski

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Records : Fremd (11-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC), Petroski (10-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC)
Division : Middleweight
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Mariya Agapova vs. Luana Santos

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Records : Agapova (10-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC), Santos (7-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Division : Women’s flyweight
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Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Montel Jackson

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Records : Blackshear (14-6-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC), Jackson (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC)
Division : Bantamweight
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Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Fatima Kline

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Records : Jasudavicius (10-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC), Kline (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Division : Women’s flyweight
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Charles Johnson vs. Joshua Van

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Records : Johnson (15-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC), Van (10-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Division : Flyweight
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Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage

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Records : Alhassan (12-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC), Brundage (10-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC)
Division : Middleweight
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Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez

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Records : Erosa (29-12 MMA, 7-7 UFC), Rodriguez (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Division : Featherweight
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Gabriel Bonfim vs. Ange Loosa :
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Records : Bonfim (15-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Loosa (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
Division : Welterweight
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Drew Dober vs. Jean Silva

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Records : Dober (27-13 MMA, 13-9 UFC), Silva (13-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Division : Lightweight
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Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov

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Records : Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC), Salikhov (19-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC)
Division : Welterweight
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Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez

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Records : Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC), Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC)
Division : Women’s flyweight
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