Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the UFC Vegas 34 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place this Sat. night (Aug. 21, 2021) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, streaming LIVE on both ESPN and ESPN+. Main event duties fall to middleweight contenders Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum, who collide for a spot in the 185-pound title chase. In the lightweight co-headliner, veteran bruiser Clay Guida battles fast-rising Olympic star Mark Madsen.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) delivers another action-packed card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sat., Aug. 21, 2021, headlined by a critical match up in the stacked Middleweight division, as No. 3-ranked contender, Jared Cannonier, collides with No. 9-seeded Kelvin Gastelum. In UFC Vegas 34’s co-main event, relentless grapplers lock horns when Clay Guida tangles with Mark O. Madsen.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 34 fight card below, starting with the ESPN2/ESPN+ “Prelims” bouts at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN/ESPN+ main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.
Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Cannonier vs. Gastelum.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC Vegas 34 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action).
UFC VEGAS 34 QUICK RESULTS:
Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Clay Guida vs. Mark Madsen
Parker Porter vs. Chase Sherman
Trevin Jones vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov
Austin Hubbard vs. Vinc Pichel
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
Austin Lingo vs. Luis Saldana
Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
Bea Malecki vs. Josiane Nunes
Fabio Cherant vs. William Knight
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Roosevelt Roberts — Bahamondes def. Roberts by KO (wheel kick) at 4:55 of Round Three — HIGHLIGHTS
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Sasha Palatnikov — Brahimaj def. Palatnikov by technical submission (rear naked choke) at 2:33 of Round One — HIGHLIGHTS
UFC VEGAS 34 PLAY-BY-PLAY:
185 lbs.: Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum
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155 lbs.: Clay Guida vs. Mark Madsen
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265 lbs.: Parker Porter vs. Chase Sherman
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135 lbs.: Trevin Jones vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov
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155 lbs.: Austin Hubbard vs. Vinc Pichel
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125 lbs.: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
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145 lbs.: Austin Lingo vs. Luis Saldana
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135 lbs.: Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
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135 lbs.: Bea Malecki vs. Josiane Nunes
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205 lbs.: Fabio Cherant vs. William Knight
Round 1: Hard low kicks from Knight to start. Tries to go high. Cherant with a left hand downstairs, eats another hard low kick. Again a minute in. Head kick attempt. Cherant lands another left to the body. Combination upstairs. Body shot. Knight whiffs on a 1-2, lands a pair of leg kicks two minutes in. Cherant body shots, Knight low kicks. Overhand left by Cherant and a jab behind it. Two minutes to go.
Cherant to the body again. Heavy body kick from Knight. Cherant digs a body shot of his own and tries to chase him with left hands, but Knight catches him coming in with a left hook that sends “Water Buffalo” face-first to the mat.
Final result: Knight def. Cherant by KO (punch)
155 lbs.: Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Roosevelt Roberts
Round 1: Both men meet in the center and start whipping jabs and kicks at each other. Sharp right hand from Roberts, who takes Bahamondes to the fence. Bahamondes manages to separate and land a counter right. Roberts 1-2 a minute in. Bahamondes knocks him over with a low kick. Trading leg kicks, heavy right cross from Bahamondes. Roberts keeping pace in the boxing. 1-3. Bahamondes tries a spinning back fist two minutes in, then lands a punch the ref mistakes for an eye poke. Trading jabs. Roberts two-piece, eats a snap kick downstairs. Roberts with a well-timed single-leg attempt with two minutes to go.
Bahamondes limp-legs out and they get back to trading. Combinations from Bahamondes on the fence. Good body kick, Roberts answering with jabs. One minute to go. Bahamondes tries a head kick and Roberts gets in deep on a takedown attempt. Rear waist lock. Bahamondes again manages to escape, firing knees and punches. 10-9 Bahamondes.
Round 2: More good exchanges to start, favoring Bahaomndes. Roberts landing more stiff jabs but not as many power shots. Bahamondes limo-legs out of another level change. Low kicks landing. One minute in. Roberts sending out jabs and straights off the back foot. Roberts jab, Bahamondes low kick. Bahamondes digs a right downstairs. Two minutes in. Doing work with the low kicks, Roberts answering with clean jabs. Spinning back kick and left hook from Bahamondes. 3-2. Sharp right upstairs. Two minutes to go.
Roberts just isn’t doing enough after the jab and it’s letting Bahamondes walk him down and outland him. Bahamondes adding more body shots. More clean jabs from Roberts. He catches a knee and puts him on the fence. One minute to go. They separate. Roberts continuing to land jabs, avoids head kicks. 10-9 Bahamondes.
Round 3: Back to trading in the center. Roberts shoots, denied. Bahamondes body shots and one of them really stings Roberts, who shoots and rolles to his back. Bahamondes with an axe kick to the body, then lets him up. One minute in. Spinning back kick and another left to the same spot. Roberts shoots, denied, pulls guard again. Bahamondes lets him up. Hard right hands inside, tries to spin. Two minutes in. Front kicks to the body. Vicious left hand to the body, right cross up top. Roberts comes back with uppercuts. Bahamondes continues to target the body, tries a Hug Tornado. Two minutes to go.
Roberts shoots, gets sprawled on, tries to pull guard. Bahamondes with some noncommittal strikes while standing over him. He lets Roberts up. They trade rights on the fence. One minute to go. More body shots by Bahamondes. They trade power hands. Roberts with an uppercut, jab, right hand. He shoots and Bahamondes latches onto a guillotine, then exits with an elbow. With 10 seconds to go, Bahamondes unleashes a wheel kick that catches Roberts cold. Stunning knockout from “La Jaula.”
Final result: Bahamondes def. Roberts by KO (wheel kick)
170 lbs.: Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Sasha Palatnikov
Round 1: Jab exchange to start. Brahimaj bowls him over with a double-leg, can’t establish, gets him down on the re-shoot. Right to half guard. Trying to set up an arm triangle. Palatnikov gets his arm free a minute in. Slick mount by Brahimaj. He [ins a wrist, moves to the back, and looks for the RNC. It’s in real deep but Palatnikov’s fighting admirably. It’s not enough, though, and out go the lights.
Final result: Brahimaj def. Palatnikov by technical submission (rear naked choke)