UFC 251 Fight Island live updates: Volkanovski defeats Holloway by split decision

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The inaugural event of UFC Fight Island, UFC 251, started on Sunday (July 12) at 7:30 am at Yas Island in UAE's Abu Dhabi. This is the first time in UFC's history that the octagon was set up on the middle of an exotic beach. The main fight of UFC 251 saw Kamaru Usman defending his welterweight title against BMF champion Jorge Masvidal. 

Here are the other latest and live updates of UFC 251:

# Kamaru Usman defeats Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision, 50-45, 50-45, 49-46.

# Round 2: Masvidal lands a left kick, while Usman gets deep on single-leg but phenomenal takedown defense from Gamebred. Usman shoots again and is now going to try and grind the challenger downthrough. 

# Round 1: Masvidal lands a low kick. Both men threw shots early and Usman catches a kick and scores an early takedown. Masvidal active with strikes off his back for a moment. 

#  Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal welterweight headliner begins at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

# Elizeu Zaleski defeated Muslim Salikhov by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

# Makwan Amirkhani beat Danny Henry by technical submission (anaconda choke) at 3:15 of Round One

# Leonardo Santos defeated Roman Bogatov by unanimous decision (29-26 x3)

# Petr Yan defeated Aldo by TKO (punches) at 3:24 of Round Five

#Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas — Namajunas defeated Andrade by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

# Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant — Ribas defeated VanZant by submission (armbar) at 2:21 of Round One

# Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka — Prochazka defeated Oezdemir by KO (punch) at 0:49 of Round Two

# Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov — Salikhov defeated Zaleski dos Santos by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

# In the co-main headliner, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will face former champion Max Holloway in a rematch.

# Peter Yan and Jose Aldo will clash for the vacated bantamweight title.

# Another key fight features the return of Rose Namajunas, who takes on Jessica Andrade in a rematch of their May 11, 2019, bout in which Namajunas was defeated by Andrade. 

# UFC 251 Live Main Card
1 Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal – Welterweight title bout (Usman vs. Masvidal Live)
2 Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Max Holloway – Featherweight title bout
3 Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – Bantamweight title bout
4 Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas – Women’s Strawweight bout
5 Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant – Women’s Flyweight bout

#UFC 251 Live Preliminary Card
1 Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka – Light Heavyweight bout
2 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov – Welterweight bout
3 Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry – Featherweight bout
4 Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov – Lightweight bout

#UFC 251 Live Early Prelims
1 Marcin Tybura vs. Maxim Grishin – Heavyweight bout
2 Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov – Flyweight bout
3 Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo – Women’s Bantamweight bout
4 Davey Grant vs. Martin Day – Bantamweight bout