In 2016, the UFC octagon returned to Mexico and welcomed Tijuana's Henry Briones to face Brazilian Douglas Silva de Andrade. Tonight, 'Bure' returned to the cage in his home country to face another Brazilian, jiu-jitsu expert Rani Yahya.
During the first round, Yahya managed to take Briones to the cage and then take the fight to the ground, where they fought until the Brazilian gained the position to submit Briones with a kimura, giving 'Bure' his third consecutive loss.
UFC Mexico
August 5
Arena Ciudad de México
TV: Fighting Sports Network 18:00 hrs (Early prelims), 19:00 hrs (Prelims), 21:00 hrs (Main card)
ALL RESULTS
Main Card
- Sergio Pettis defeated Brandon Moreno by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-46, 48-46).
- Alexa Grasso defeated Randa Markos by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
- Niko Price knocked out Alan Jouban (Strikes) (R1, 1:44).
- Humberto Bandenay knocked out Martín Bravo (Strikes) (R1, 0:26).
- Sam Alvey defeated Rashad Evans by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
- Alejandro Pérez defeated Andre Soukhamthath by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Prelims
- Jack Hermansson defeated Bradley Scott by TKO (Strikes) (3:50).
- Dustin Ortiz knocked out Héctor Sandoval (Strikes) (R1, 0:15).
- Rani Yahya submitted Henry Briones (Kimura) (R1, 2:01).
- José Alberto Quiñónez defeated Diego Rivas by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Early Prelims
- Joseph Morales submitted Robert Sanchez (Rear-Naked Choke) (R1, 3:56).
- Jordan Rinaldi submitted Álvaro Herrera (Von Flue Choke) (R1, 2:01).