UFC 251 Post Fight Videos And Medical Suspensions

UFC 251 went down this weekend on Fight Island, situated on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Kamaru Usman defended his welterweight title by beating Jorge Masvidal via unanimous decision. ‘Gamebred’ had stepped in and replaced Gilbert Burns on one week’s notice, after the Brazilian was removed from the card as a result of testing positive for the COVID-19.

Alex Volkanovski defended his featherweight title in the UFC 251 co-main event. Having won the title from Max Holloway seven months ago at UFC 245, the Australian once again beat the Hawaiian via a decision. Albeit a much closer split decision this time.

In the third title fight on the stacked UFC 251 card, Petr Yan scored a fifth round TKO win over the former featherweight champion Jose Aldo, to win the vacant bantamweight title. The Tiger Muay Thai trained Russian finished the fight with some brutal ground and pound.

Ahead of the three title fights, two former champions went head-to-head in the women’s strawweight division. Having lost the title to Jessica Andrade last year at UFC 237, Rose Namajunas avenged the loss and almost certainly earned herself a shot at the current champion, Zhang Weili.

You can see the full results from UFC 251 here and the Performance of the Night bonus winners here.

Below we’ve put together the best post fight videos from Fight Island, including the post fight press conference and post fight interviews. We’ve also added the UFC 251 medical suspensions below (via MMA Fighting).

Kamaru Usman: suspended 180 days or until cleared by nasal X-ray, 21 days no contact.

Jorge Masvidal: suspended 30 days for forehead laceration, 21 days no contact.

Alexander Volkanovski: suspended 30 days due to hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Max Holloway: suspended 30 days due to hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Petr Yan: suspended 30 days due to hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Jose Aldo: suspended 45 days due to TKO, mandatory 30 days no contact.

Rose Namajunas: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.

Jessica Andrade: suspended mandatory seven days.

Amanda Ribas: suspended mandatory seven days.

Paige VanZant: suspended mandatory seven days.

Jiri Prochazka: suspended mandatory seven days.

Volkan Oezdemir: suspended 60 days due to KO, 45 days no contact.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: suspended mandatory seven days.

Muslim Salikhov: suspended mandatory seven days.

Makwan Amirkhani: suspended mandatory seven days.

Danny Henry: suspended mandatory seven days.

Leonardo Santos: suspended 45 days due to hard bout, 30 days no contact.

Roman Bogatov: suspended 30 days due to hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Marcin Tybura: suspended mandatory seven days.

Maxim Grishin: suspended 180 days or until cleared by nasal X-ray, 21 days no contact

Raulian Paiva: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.

Zhalgas Zhumagulov: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.

Karol Rosa: suspended mandatory seven days.

Vanessa Melo: suspended mandatory seven days.

Davey Grant: suspended 180 days or until cleared by oral maxillofacial doctor, 30 days no contact.

Martin Day: suspended 60 days due to KO, 45 days no contact.


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UFC Fight Island 1 goes down this Wednesday night and will be headlined by an exciting featherweight clash between Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige.

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