UFC Edmonton Results: Malott Knees Buckley, 12 Finishes in 13 Fights

Thirteen fights, and only one went to the scorecards. UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Oct. 17 delivered seven knockouts and five submissions. In the main event, Canada-based Mike Malott stopped Joaquin Buckley in front of a home crowd.

Main event: Malott def. Buckley. The #13 welterweight finished #10 Buckley at 2:32 of the second round with a knee to the head from range. Malott scored a knockdown and dominated the exchanges, landing 37 of 50 significant strikes (74%) to Buckley's 14 of 53. No takedowns, just clean striking, and a Performance of the Night bonus on top. He moves to 15-2-1.

Co-main: Jasudavicius def. Blanchfield. The night's lone decision. #4 Erin Blanchfield landed more significant strikes, 62 to 43, but Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius (#6) won it with her wrestling: she landed five of 13 takedowns, logged 7:59 of control time and made three submission attempts. All three judges scored it 29-28 for Jasudavicius, who improves to 16-4.

Rest of the main card

• Cristian Perez def. Kyle Nelson. The fastest finish of the night: Perez dropped Nelson and finished him with punches just 27 seconds in.
• Marc-Andre Barriault def. Kyle Daukaus. Daukaus racked up 3:15 of control time, but the Canadian closed the show with elbows on the ground at 4:28 of round one. Performance of the Night.
• Timmy Cuamba def. Louis Jourdain. Cuamba went 4-for-4 on takedowns and finished it with a neck crank from back control at 2:48 of the second round.
• Mandel Nallo def. Nate Landwehr. Nallo outlanded Landwehr 58 to 13 in significant strikes, scored a knockdown and finished him with ground strikes 47 seconds into round two. Another Performance of the Night bonus, and another win for Canada.

Prelims

• Tanner Boser def. Jhonata Diniz. A perfect 3-for-3 on takedowns, 10:18 of control and 196 total strikes landed before a ground-and-pound stoppage at 4:26 of the third round.
• Nick Galanti def. Julien Leblanc. Two takedowns, back control and a neck crank, all in the first 1:26.
• Joel Faglier def. Javad Mahjoub. The comeback of the night. Mahjoub knocked Faglier down twice and outlanded him 60 to 51, but Faglier landed his only takedown and finished the fight with ground-and-pound at 2:11 of round two. He stays unbeaten at 7-0 and earns a Performance of the Night bonus.
• Katlyn Cerminara def. Mackenzie Stiller. A knockdown and ground-and-pound with 14 seconds left in the first round. Win number 19 for Cerminara.
• Steven Koslow def. Chad Anheliger. Koslow went 4-for-4 on takedowns, piled up nearly seven minutes of control and sank a rear-naked choke at 4:31 of the third round.
• Chelsea Chandler def. Melissa Croden. Croden landed the fight's only takedown and had more control time, but Chandler caught a kimura from side control with eight seconds left in round one.
• SuYoung You def. Cody Chovancek. SuYoung You landed six of eight takedowns and racked up 11:49 of control before finishing it with a kimura at 4:19 of the third round.

Performance of the Night bonuses went to Mike Malott, Marc-Andre Barriault, Mandel Nallo and Joel Faglier.

By the numbers. Twelve finishes in 13 fights: seven by KO/TKO and five by submission, including two kimuras and two neck cranks. Canada-based fighters won five fights, the main and co-main events among them.