UFC 302 LIVE – Islam Makhachev defends lightweight title against Dustin Poirier, Sean Strickland also in action

Kevin Holland returns to middleweight to fight rising Pole ‘Hussar’ Michael Oleksiejczuk.

He takes the fight 29-28 on all three scorecards.

Price with a good uppercut, then takedown midway through the round and though Morono got back to his feet he was exhausted and a spent presence. Surely Price has this.

Morono landed a number of rights but were not having too much effect and when Price landed his own it was more momentous followed by a takedown. All to play for in the third.

Morono with the better of the first round, with Price’s corner calling for more action.

Nico ‘Hybrid’ Price and Alex ‘The Great White’ Morono. Price won when they faced off seven years ago but the result was made a no-contest after he tested positive for cannabis.

Brown won 29-28 on all three scorecards.

A big knee from Brown opens up a cut on Dos Santos. He follows up with a strong jab. Dos Santos takes Brown down in the closing moments, but the Jamaican has probably taken this.

Dos Santos lands a big right hand that has Brown reeling and takes his opponent down. Dos Santos has a body lock against the Octagon but Brown escapes from choke attempt and in the final 30 seconds reverses to get position on the Brazilian’s back and then delivering brutal elbows.

The referee controversially doesn’t give dos Santos time to recover from an eye poke. At the end of the round dos Santos ate a big knee lift.

A battle between Jamaican middleweight (18-5) and veteran Brazilian (24-7-1).

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A surprise one judge had the contest 29-28 to Almeida, one to Kopylov by the same score and another in the Russian’s favour 30-27.

Kopylov puts Almeida down with a right hand and also takes down the Brazilian maintaing control for over three minutes. He has clearly won the contest.

Kopylov still dominating, this time on the ground with Almeida on his back for the majority of the round.

A good round for Kopylov, showcasing his hand skills leaving Almeida’s face swollen and taking the Brazilian down in the closing stages.

Cesar Almeida takes on Roman Kopylov in the middleweight division.

Jailton Almeida is in tears at the end of the bout after a rear-naked choke saw the Russian tap.

The #7-ranked Brazilian heavyweight goes into the bout the favourite against his Russian opponent (13th).

Dawson wins by 30-27 on two cards and 29-28 on the third.

Solecki lands a low blow early but then Dawson gets his third takedown from three attempts in the contest. Almost the entire fight on the ground. Not an exciting fight but a big win for Dawson.

Dawson got Solecki down at the start of the round again and landed a number of blows.

Compelling first round. Dawson raced over and launched into a knee lift. Solecki was taken down but avoided taking much damage on the ground.

A lightweight contest between two 30-year-old fighters both needing victory to get into big fights again.

The opening prelim of the night is taken by Matthews 29-28 (twice) and 30-27.

Thanks for joining our coverage of UFC 302. We will be with you through all the major action from New Jersey, beginning with the prelims and going through to the main card, ending with the lightweight title contest between Islam Makhachev-Dustin Poirier.

Live coverage of the prelims starts at 1am on Sunday, June 2, with the main card following at 3am.

The early prelims kick off at 11:15pm on Saturday night, and can be seen on UFC Fight Pass.

Islam Makhachev v Dustin Poirier

Sean Strickland v Paulo Costa

Kevin Holland v Michal Oleksiejczuk

Randy Brown v Elizeu Zaleski

Cesar Almeida v Roman Kopylov

Jailton Almeida v Alexandr Romanov

Grant Dawson v Joe Solecki

Phil Rowe v Jake Matthews

Mickey Gall v Bassil Hafez

Ailin Perez v Joselyne Edwards

Mitch Raposo v Andre Lima

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