UFC 219 results: Full winners, analysis and reaction from Cyborg vs. Holm

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm is over, with Cris Cyborg successfully defending her UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship against Holly Holm in the main event. Cyborg and Holm went the distance, with the champion ultimately controlling the latter three rounds, and winning unanimously on the judge’s scorecards
The first round was competitive, with Cyborg landing a hard right hand, but Holm connecting with more hard shots of her own and controlling the action. Cyborg started to connect more in the second round, but every time she did, Holm widely closed the gap, clinched, and got her against the fence. Holm landed her own shots in the round, but Cyborg was a bit more active.
Things took a turn in the third, when Cyborg became more aggressive, and Holm stopped being able to keep up. Cyborg landed some very hard shots in the third and fourth. Holm tried to fight back with some good combos in the fifth, but Cyborg did enough to win that round.
In the co-feature, Khabib Nurmagomedov extended his unbeaten streak to 25 wins, thoroughly dominating Edson Barboza en route to a three-round decision. One judge saw it 30-24 in favor of Nurmagomedov, who threw around 200 significant strikes to around 20 from Barboza, according to the broadcast.
Nurmagomedov thought he had a title shot previously, and had a chip on his shoulder when he didn’t get it despite dominant wins. He’s now beaten some of the very best and should have a shot at Conor McGregor or the interim champion, Tony Ferguson. Barboza was riding a three-fight winning streak going into their match on Saturday.
The main card opened with a pair of bouts featuring former champions. The first saw Carlos Condit and Neil Magny go three rounds in the welterweight division, a bout that eventually went to Magny via unanimous decision. Condit was striking well, but his takedown defense was nonexistent, and Magny was quickly ahead on the scorecards.
It will be interesting to see where Condit, 33, goes from here. He’s now lost his last three bouts, but all were against top competition. His last win was against Thiago Alves in May 2015.
The second bout saw former champion Carla Esparza take on Cynthia Calvillo in another bout that went all three rounds, with the former holding on to win a unanimous decision. All three judges gave her a 29-28 score, but it was a very close fight, and many think Calvillo did enough to win the first two rounds.
In the third main card fight, Dan Hooker and Marc Diakiese fought a very even fight for two rounds, but the fight ended in the third when Hooker was able to catch his opponent going for a takedown, securing a guillotine choke that forced a tap. Diakiese’s corner had just warned him against going for a takedown between rounds, too.
Below is the full round-by-round coverage of the main card fights, and below that is a full list of results from the entire UFC 219 card.

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