UFC 295 LIVE: Prochazka vs Pereira and Aspinall vs Pavlovich – fight updates and results

Nice knee to the body by Godinez in a brief clinch. Ricci then walks onto a jab.

Ricci’s range is off; she’s throwing a lot, but she’s too far away for the most part. She kicks low well, though.

Good step-in left hook by Godinez, then a right! Ricci kicks high but only finds the guard of Godinez.

Stern jab by Godinez, who kicks low now. Godinez backs up to defend a double-leg takedown, then tags Ricci with a right hook upstairs!

Decent head kick by Ricci, however! It’s partially blocked but still gets Godinez’s attention.

Clean left hook for Godinez, who follows up with straight punches but steps onto an elbow! She hits the mat for the second time in this fight – and at the end of the round, just like last time!

Both fighters stand orthodox. Lots of twitchy movements from Ricci.

Godinez seems happy to just get a read in the first minute, but now she opens up with a couple of low kicks and punches up top.

Ricci catches her with a nice straight punch, but Godinez fires back in kind. Ricci rolls under a punch and gets a body lock; she forces Godinez to the fence but is unable to get a takedown before Godinez breaks free.

The strawweights move into space. Two good left hooks from Godinez, the latter of which drops Ricci!

Ricci stays composed and stands, and she’s able to hold Godinez against the fence, recovering all the while.

Again the fighters move into space. There’s a period of inaccuracy from both women, until Ricci drops Godinez to a knee with the final punch of the round!!

Next up, Tabatha Ricci vs Loopy Godinez in a women’s strawweight bout.

A bit of a wait for this one to get under way.

Aaaaaaaand finally, we’ll get going.

Mateusz Rebecki def. Roosevelt Roberts via first-round submission (armbar, 3:08).

Roberts is stepping in on short notice for Nurullo Aliev, who suffered an injury this week.

Aliev gets off to a fast start, taking down Roberts and controlling him on the canvas. Roberts eventually stands, but Rebecki slips behind and takes the back, dragging Roberts to the mat again.

The lightweights are positioned by the fence, and Rebecki has both hooks in. He’s working on an armbar… and he gets it!

A clinical performance for Rebecki!

More lightweight action next, as Mateusz Rebecki faces Roosevelt Roberts.

Nazim Sadykhov and Viacheslav Borshchev fight to majority draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28).

A fair result, and speaking of results, here’s your rundown of the early-prelim results:

Jared Gordon def. Mark Madsen via first-round TKO (4:42)

John Castaneda def. Kyung Ho Kang via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Joshua Van def. Kevin Borjas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jamall Emmers def. Dennis Buzukja via first-round TKO (0:49)

Sadykhov secures a takedown early in this final round, but Borshchev is able to stand with relative ease.

Nice body shots from both lightweights, including a knee from Sadykhov, who eventually slips under a jab and lifts Borshchev with a double-leg.

He completes the takedown, but again Borshchev does well to stand and get back to his bread and butter: mixing kicks and punches to the head and body of Sadykhov.

Borshchev is getting the better of these exchanges, and he actually could be on course to secure a draw here, after a good first round but a second round that was clearly Sadykhov’s…

Lovely drive double-leg by Sadykhov late in the round, but Borshchev stands one more time.

Beautiful head movement from Borshchev, who also flits in and out of range nicely, showing off his kickboxing pedigree with some clean shots to the head and body.

Borshchev kicks to the body, and Sadykhov returns fire with a hook to the body.

OH! But against the run of the action, Sadykhov wobbles Borshchev with a hook upstairs! He follows up with a clean head kick, which drops Borshchev! The NYC crowd has come to life!

Sadykhov follows his opponent to the mat, but Borshchev is cognisant enough to get closed guard. He’s been cut open to his forehead, however… It looks like an elbow did the damage!

The fighters scramble and stand, and Sadykhov is stalking Borshchev now…

Sadykhov gets a takedown, but Borshchev makes it to the buzzer!

Sadykhov and Borshchev both stand southpaw. Lots of feints from Sadykhov early on, while Borshchev kicks low.

Sadykhov gets ahold of his fellow lightweight and forces him to the fence, landing a good knee to the body before Borshchev gets free and circles away.

Slick left hook to the head then an uppercut to the body by Borshchev, who then kicks Sadykhov’s lead leg out from under him twice.

Again Sadykhov drops to the mat after a low kick from Borshchev. Clean left hook up top by Borshchev, who’s had a great first round.