UFC Fight Night 235 results: Moicano, McCann, Brown among big winners

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The 13-fight event was headlined by a pivotal middleweight contest between Roman Dolidze and Nassourdine Imavov and a thrilling co-main event between aggressive lightweights Renato Moicano and Drew Dober.

Below are the official results:

MAIN CARD 

Nassourdine Imavov def. Roman Dolidze via MD (49-44, 47-47, 48-46)
Imavov used volume and accuracy to out-strike Dolidze en route to a five-round decision victory. Imavov had a dominant opening round that was scored 10-8 and he was deducted a point in the fourth round for an illegal kick, resulting in some unconventional scorecards.

Renato Moicano def. Drew Dober via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
The exciting lightweight matchup lived up to the hype as the two 155-pounders battered each other for three rounds that left both Moicano and Dober with bloody and swollen faces.

Randy Brown def. Muslim Salikhov via KO at 3:17 of Round 1
Welterweight Brown didn’t have a stoppage win since 2021 and hadn’t won via strikes in nearly five years but he found Salikhov’s chin with a right hand to earn a huge win at 170 pounds.

Natalia Silva def. Viviane Araujo via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Silva will continue moving up the women’s flyweight rankings after her unanimous decision win over Araujo. Silva is now 5-0 in the UFC and has won 11 in a row overall.

Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Makhmud Muradov ruled no-contest at 0:11 of Round 1 
This middleweight contest never really got started after an inadvertent eye poke from Khizriev rendered Muradov unable to see out of his left eye and the fight was called a no-contest after just 11 seconds.

Charles Radtke def. Gilbert Urbina via TKO at 4:47 of Round 1
The left hook was the answer for Radtke who took out his welterweight opponent in the first round after finding the button multiple times on Urbina to open the main card.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Molly McCann def. Diana Belbita via SUB (armbar) at 4:59 of Round 1
Coming off two consecutive submission losses, McCann rebounded by picking up the first submission win of her career when she tapped out Belbita with an armbar with only one second remaining in the opening round of their strawweight fight. It was McCann’s debut at 115 pounds and her second career win over Belbita.

Charles Johnson def. Azat Maksum via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Johnson picked up a come-from-behind victory, handing Maksum his first career loss. Johnson was in trouble early and lost the opening round before battling back and winning the final two rounds which snapped his three-fight losing streak.

Themba Gorimbo def. Pete Rodriguez via KO at 0:32 of Round 1
Gorimbo, known primarily as a submission artist, showed he has punching power by putting away his opponent in less than one minute. 

Lee Jeong Yeong def. Blake Bilder via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
South Korea’s Yeong improved to 10-1 by sweeping the scorecards against Bilder.

Luana Carolina def. Julija Stoliarenko via TKO at 4:52 of Round 3
Carolina defended multiple submission attempts from her opponent throughout the bout, including aggressive triangle and armbar attempts late in the third round, before escaping and finishing an exhausted Stoliarenko with ground strikes to get a stoppage waning seconds of the fight.

Marquel Mederos def. Landon Quinones via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Marquel Mederos extended his winning streak to seven overall and earned his first win under the UFC banner, getting the nod in his lightweight contest with Landon Quinones. Mederos landed more strikes in each of the final two rounds.

Jamal Pogues def. Thomas Petersen via UD (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) 
Jamal Pogues overcame a first-round low blow and a third-round eye poke to earn a judges' decision over fellow heavyweight Thomas Petersen in the opening bout of the prelims. It was the first time Petersen had gone the distance in his pro MMA career.