UFC 316 Results: Dvalishvili Takes Bantamweight Crown, Harrison Victorious

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Here are the official results from UFC 316, which took place on the night of June 8 in Newark, USA. The event was headlined by a highly anticipated bantamweight title rematch.

Preliminary Card Results

Lightweight: Markel Maderos defeated Mark Hoinsky by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

Lightweight: Quillan Salkeild defeated Yanala Ashmoza by unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).

Featherweight: Ju San Yu defeated Zheka Saragi by knockout in the 1st round.

Women`s Interim Catchweight (up to 59.9 kg): Kong Wang defeated Ariane Lipski by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson defeated Kalin Williams by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–26).

Heavyweight: Valdo Cortez-Acosta defeated Sergey Spivak by unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).

Light Heavyweight: Azamat Murzakanov defeated Brendson Ribeiro by technical knockout in the 1st round.

Flyweight: Joshua Van defeated Bruno Silva by technical knockout in the 3rd round.

Main Card Results

Welterweight: Kevin Holland defeated Vicente Luque by submission in the 2nd round.

Bantamweight: Mario Bautista defeated Patrick Mix by unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).

Middleweight: Joe Pyfer defeated Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 30–27).

Women`s Bantamweight Title Fight: Kayla Harrison became the new champion by defeating Julianna Peña by submission in the 2nd round.

Bantamweight Title Fight: Merab Dvalishvili became the new champion by defeating Sean O’Malley by submission in the 3rd round.

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