Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera both came to fight when they faced off for the 5-round Main Event, but Vera took home another highlight-worthy KO victory.
The fight was close for the entire 4-rounds, with Cruz landing a higher output but Vera landing the more powerful shots. Vera had scored a knockdown in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th round, and the final one was the fight-ender.
MASSIVE WIN FOR CHITO ? #UFCSanDiego pic.twitter.com/Cb3zsmxBXL
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 14, 2022
Coming into the fight as the #5 contender, he made it clear in his post-fight interview that he plans to become World Champion.
To Cruz’ credit, he looked sharp at 37-years old, and considering all of the injuries and the long career, it was clear that he’s still got some serious fight in him.
Out of 13 fights, there were a total of 7 finishes, broken down into 6 KO/TKOs and 1 submission. The only submission came in the Light Heavyweight bout between Geral Meerschaert and Bruno Silva, When Meerschaert secured a guillotine finish at 1:53 into the 3rd and final round.
THE CLUB AND SUB FOR GM3 ? #UFCSanDiego pic.twitter.com/w1vJPDQbXE
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 13, 2022
// MAIN CARD //
- Marlon Vera def. Dominick Cruz via KO
- Nate Landwher def. David Onama via Majority Decision
- Yazmin Jauregui def. Iasmin Lucindo via Unanimous Decision
- Azamat Murzakanov def. Devin Clark via TKO
- Priscila Cachoeira def. Ariane Lipski via TKO
- Gerald Meerschaert def. Bruno Silva via Submission (guillotine)
// PRELIMS //
- Angela Hill def. Lupita Godinez via Unanimous Decision
- Martin Buday def. Lukasz Brzeski via Split Decision
- Nina Nunes def. Cynthia Calvillo via Split Decision
- Gabriel Benitez def. Charlie Ontiveros via TKO
- Tyson Nam def. Ode Osbourne via KO
- Josh Quinlan def. Jason Witt via KO
- Youssef Zalal vs. Da’Mon Blackshear ruled a Majority Draw
