The UFC’s first event of the new decade went down on Saturday night, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC 246 saw Conor McGregor return after a fifteen month layoff, stopping ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone after only 40 seconds of the first round in the main event.
In the co-main event, Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington in their rematch. The former UFC bantamweight champion won their first encounter at UFC 184 via split decision and got it done this time by unanimous decision.
Elsewhere on the UFC 246 card, Aleksei Oleinik scored yet another submission win in his 72nd professional MMA bout. ‘The Boa Restrictor’ became the first fighter in the UFC to earn victories over four decades, by submitting Maurice Greene via an armbar in the second round.
Diego Ferreira also notched up a second round submission win, by way of a rear naked choke over the former UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis. While Roxanne Modafferi produced the upset of the night, after handing Maycee Barber the first loss of her professional career.
You can see the full results from UFC 246 here and the post fight Performance of the Night Bonus Award winners here.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has released the medical suspensions, following on from UFC 246. Several fighters were handed six month suspensions, including ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, Anthony Pettis and Maycee Barber.
Full list of medical suspensions (via MMA Fighting):
- ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone: suspended until July 17th unless cleared by maxillofacial doctor for nasal fracture and mild orbital fracture; suspended at minimum until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Aleksei Oleinik: suspended until March 4th with no contact until February 18th.
- Maurice Green: needs MRI of right elbow and X-ray of right foot – if positive, suspended until July 17th unless cleared by orthopedic doctor; suspended at minimum until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Ode Osbourne: suspended until February 9th with no contact until February 2nd.
- Anthony Pettis: needs clearance of left foot by orthopedic doctor or suspended until July 17th; suspended at minimum until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Diego Ferreira: needs MRI of right knee – if positive, suspended until July 17th unless cleared by orthopedic doctor; suspended at minimum until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Maycee Barber: needs MRI of left knee – if positive, suspended until July 17th unless cleared by orthopedic doctor; suspended at minimum until March 4th with no contact until February 18th for left forehead laceration.
- Andre Fili: suspended until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Sodiq Yusuff: needs X-ray of right foot – if positive, suspended until July 17th unless cleared by orthopedic doctor; suspended at minimum until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Tim Elliott: suspended until March 4th with no contact until February 18th.
- Askar Askarov: suspended until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- Nasrat Haqparast: suspended until March 19th with no contact until March 4th.
- Justin Ledet: suspended until February 18th with no contact until February 9th.
- JJ Aldrich: needs X-ray of right hand – if positive, suspended until July 17th unless cleared by orthopedic doctor; suspended at minimum until February 9th with no contact until February 2nd.
Below, we’ve put together all the best UFC 246 post fight videos. Including the post fight press conference and interviews with Conor McGregor and Dana White.
We will continue to update this page as more videos and interviews appear online.
This is how the combat sport world reacted to UFC 246:
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