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Round 1 - Gorimbo took the center of the Octagon to start, but Wells immediately uncorked a heavy right hand and followed with a quick combination that forced Gorimbo backward. Gorimbo responded by shooting for a takedown and successfully bringing Wells to the mat. Wells quickly returned to his feet, yet Gorimbo stayed attached and secured another takedown, advancing straight into full mount. Wells turned belly down, allowing Gorimbo to take his back and land punches from top position.

David Onama and Steve Garcia headline their first fight card inside the Octagon when the featherweights square off in the main event at UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday ( 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with prelims at 4 p.m.). Onama enters the fight riding a four-fight winning streak; his most recent victory was a unanimous decision over Giga Chikadze in April. Garcia is on an unbeaten streak dating back to October 2022. He has won six consecutive fights, including a unanimous decision over Calvin Kattar in his most recent appearance in July.

As recently announced by the promotion, Gillian Robertson (16-8) will take on Iasmin Lucindo (18-6) at the event, which takes place at the UFC Apex on December 13, 2025 and is the final UFC card of the year. That same announcement also included Jamey-Lyn Horth (8-2) facing off with Tereza Bleda (7-1). Since moving back to strawweight, Robertson, the UFC women's submission leader, has won five of her six fights, including four straight heading into UFC Vegas 112.

Normally for any title fight with a reigning champion coming into the event, there would be a little (c) next to the title holder's name in the results section down below. Not so with Oktagon 79 however, as despite coming into Fight Week as the Oktagon MMA welterweight champion, Ion Surdu found himself stripped of his title prior to the event.

Who told you I like fighting? I fight because this is a sport I'm good at, I think. I made an agreement with myself when I started this sport 15 years ago that I wanted to become a champion in my previous promotion in Africa, and I did that. And I said I want to be a champion in the UFC, and I'll do that.

Kowal is a 48-year-old brown belt who hasn't competed in six years. But now, in late May, he is participating in a massive jiu-jitsu tournament in Long Beach, California, with the hope that winning his weight class could help him finally get bumped up to black belt. But more than anything, he hopes people will read his gi and help join what he calls the biggest fight of his life

"I haven't talked about it a lot, but I was really not feeling good during that fight. I had a tough weight cut, and then just kind of messed up on my refueling process. Really had some like stomach issues going on, and certain things like that,"

Jandiroba has battled adversity to get to this point, including dropping her UFC debut and a 3-3 start in the promotion. "To dream of something is great, but to finally get to do it is even better. We've been on this journey for a long, long time. On Saturday, we're gonna be able to finally do it. It was a long road, but now I'm finally here, and I'm here to take the belt on Saturday."

You know for me, I don't have hate in my heart for any of my opponents. For me it's just business. I consider myself more like a hitman. I don't need to hate you to want to kill you. I go out there, and I'm going to do my job. I know what my mission is, it's to go out there and fight and leave everything behind.

She also got a first in her UFC career - fighting with fans in attendance. After two straight fights at the virtually barren UFC Apex, Luciano got to experience a live crowd in Vancouver (a very live one at that). "Fighting with the fans was something else. I like the vibe, I like feeling the crowd," she told Cageside Press following the bout, backstage at the Rogers Arena. "So the more people, the better."

It's hard to grasp in words, you can't even put it into martial arts words, you've really got to put it in a warrior style, or war and how people used to approach war back in the vintage times. Actually going in there, not sleeping for four days, not eating, going in the cold and obliterating an opponent. That's how close you've got to get to coming in how he approaches a fight, and I take a lot from that.