UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till live results, discussion, play by play
Live, blow-by-blow updates for today's UFC event in Gdansk, which will be headlined by a welterweight fight between Donald Cerrone and Darren Till.
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring and play-by-play as UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till takes place in the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.
The headliner comes in the welterweight division, with Donald Cerrone taking on English striker Darren Till.
Today's event is in Europe, so the show is early for North Americans. Live results and play-by-play will commence with the Fight Pass broadcast at Noon ET/9am PT for seven preliminary fights. The event will then stay on Fight Pass for the main card, which kicks off at 3pm ET/Noon PT for four fights.
The full lineup and schedule follows. Check out this week's MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each matchup.
Felipe Arantes vs. Josh Emmett
Round 1 - A few feints to start. Arantes lands a spinning back kick to the stomach. Emmett cracks Arantes with a shot and he's down! Emmett wouldn't jump into his guard and told him to get up. Another right and Arantes is down again. It seems like Arantes isn't really hurt by these shots, he's just wanting to grapple. Emmett jumped in briefly, but backed out and told him to get up again. Big shots against the fence from Emmett. Arantes with a knee. Emmett with another right that puts Arantes on the ground. He's trying to overwhelm him but Arantes is up. Two more big shots from Emmett. Arantes fires back with a a left. Another left drops Arantes. Hammerfists. He told him to get back up yet again. Jump knee from Arantes. He looked for a takedown and flopped to his back. Emmett stepped over his guard and landed a left. 10-7 Emmett.
Round 2 - They're both missing with shots early. Emmett with a head kick and a left. Another left gets through. Emmett with an outside leg kick. Emmett charging forward but Arantes evaded. Combo from Arantes. He lands a left. Knee from Arantes as Emmett lands a left. Another knee. Jabs from both men. Switch kick from Emmett. Body kick from Arantes, and a long straight right. Emmett in on a late takedown and gets it. Few big shots on the ground. 10-9 Emmett.
Round 3 - Emmett with a hard right. Arantes with a jump knee and a kick. Body shot from Emmett. Body shot and leg kick from Arantes. Nice combo from Emmett. Inside leg kick from Emmett. Left body kick and leg kick from Emmett. He's really working the body here. Right scores for Emmeett. Jump knee from Arantes. Emmett backing Arantes down and he rips him with a counter right. Another counter knee from Arantes. Head kick and front kick from Arantes. They brawl down the stretch. 10-9 and 30-25 Emmett.
Main Card
Donald Cerrone vs. Darren Till
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jodie Esquibel
Jan Blachowicz vs. Devin Clark
Jonathan Wilson vs. Oskar Piechota
Preliminary Card
Trevor Smith vs. Ramazan Emeev
Jim Wallhead vs. Warlley Alves
Marcin Held vs. Nasrat Haqparast