UFC Fight Night 51: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski Results

UFC Fight Night 51 took place at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday, September 13th.

The card was headlined by a Heavyweight bout between fourth ranked Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and 14th ranked former UFC Heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. As for the co-main event, longtime UFC Lightweight Gleison Tibau took on Polish native Piotr Hallmann.

Below are the full results of UFC Fight Night 51.

Main card:

Andrei Arlovski def. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva via knockout – Round 1, 2:59
Gleison Tibau def. Piotr Hallmann via unanimous decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Leonardo Santos def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Wendell Oliveira via TKO Round 1, 1:20
Iuri Alcantara def. Russell Doane via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jessica Andrade def. Larissa Pacheco via submission (guillotine) – Round 1, 4:33

Preliminary Card:

Godofredo Castro def. Dashon Johnson via submission (triangle armbar) – Round 1 – 4:29
George Sullivan def. Igor Araujo via knockout – Round 2, 2:31
Francisco Trinaldo def. Leandro Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sean Spencer def. Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Rani Yahya def. Johnny Bedford via submission (kimura) – Round 2, 2:04

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Fight of the Night:

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