UFC VEGAS 25: ‘REYES VS PROCHAZKA’ | 6th Round Post-Fight Show

Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado are here tonight, Sat, May 1st, 2021, to breakdown the UFC VEGAS 25: ‘Reyes vs. Prochazka’ event. The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event. (SPOILERS...)

Tonight, entering the octagon for the main event, we had a LHW clash between former 2-time title contender, Dominick ‘The Devastator’ Reyes, who was coming at this bout off of 2 losses in 2020 to Jan Blachowicz & Jon Jones, preceded by a 12-bout career win streak, giving him a 12-2 record; his opponent tonight was former RIZIN Fighting Federation champ, Jiří ‘Denisa’ Procházka, who was coming off an 11 fight win streak, with a 27-3 career record. Tonight he was handed a huge opportunity to rocket into title contention in just his 2nd UFC bout when ‘Denisa’ toppled Reyes, via 2nd Rd knockout with a wicked spinning back elbow.

In the co-main, we had a FW tilt between WEC & UFC mainstay, veteran contender Cub Swanson & rising star, Giga ‘Ninja’ Chikadze, a power striker who was coming at this bout off a 7 fight win-streak, & an overall 12-2 record. Chikadze captured the biggest win of his MMA career in 63 seconds, when he scored a vicious 1st Rd TKO liver kick over Swanson. This was the defining performance the ‘Ninja’ needed to make his move toward the FW top 10. He’s now 6-0 since joining the UFC back in 2019 & has earned himself a pretty significant fight his next time out, which Chikadze hopes is a matchup with former UFC champion Max Holloway. Our 3d big bout of the evening had Ion Cutelaba & Dustin Jacoby facing off in a LHW clash. After an excellent fight, the bout was declared a split draw.

Overall, this now 11-bout card saw 2 exhilarating 1st Rd KO/TKO finishes, including our main event, as well as 1 DQ, 1 Draw, no subs, and 7 decisions - including 2 Split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Jiří Procházka & Giga Chikadze; FOTN honors went to Jiří Procházka vs. Dominick Reyes. What a night of fights we have to share with you, join us to discuss all the action...

Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 25 RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:

ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 1
12. Jiří Procházka (28-3) DEF Dominick Reyes (12-3) - KO/TKO, Spinning Elbow at 4:29 pf Rd 2 of 5, Total 9:29

11. Giga Chikadze (13-2) DEF Cub Swanson (27-12) - KO/TKO, Body Kick to G&P at 1:03 of Rd 1

10. Ion Cutelaba (15-6) vs. Dustin Jacoby (14-5) - ENDS IN A DRAW, SPLIT

9. Sean Strickland (23-3) DEF Krzysztof Jotko (22-5) - DEC, Unanimous

8. Merab Dvalishvili (13-4) DEF Cody Stamann (19-4) - DEC, Unanimous

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS
6. Luana Pinheiro (9-1) DEF Randa Markos (10-11) - DQ, Illegal Upkick at 4:16 of Rd 1

5. TJ Brown (15-8) DEF Kai Kamaka III (8-4) - DEC, SPLIT

4. Luana Carolina (7-2) DEF Poliana Botelho (8-4) - DEC, SPLIT

3. Loma Lookboonmee (6-2) DEF Sam Hughes (5-3) - DEC, Unanimous

2. Andreas Michailidis (13-4) DEF KB Bhullar (8-2) - DEC, Unanimous

1. Felipe Colares (10-2) DEF Luke Sanders (13-5) - DEC, Unanimous

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