Mike Malott gave Edmonton a main event to remember. The Canadian welterweight read Joaquin Buckley dipping into the pocket midway through the second round, met him with a knee flush on the chin, and closed UFC Fight Night 291 at Rogers Place on Saturday night with the loudest finish of his career — a knockout at 2:32 of Round 2 that should lift him into the welterweight top 10.
“I want to cross paths with Natalia Silva again. We have a history.”
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It was Malott's fifth straight win, all five of them on Canadian soil, and it headlined a card that tied a UFC record: 12 of the 13 fights ended inside the distance, matching the all-time stoppage mark. Only the co-main event needed the judges.
Jasudavicius outgrapples Blanchfield, calls for the champion
Jasmine Jasudavicius banked the biggest win of her career in the co-main, riding her grappling to a unanimous decision over Erin Blanchfield — 29-28 on all three scorecards. She controlled the first two rounds from the mat, survived Blanchfield's late surge standing, and went straight for the top of the division afterward.
"I want to cross paths with Natalia Silva again. We have a history."
The win was her seventh in her last eight, and it makes her the clear next name for Silva's flyweight title.
Twenty-seven seconds of Cristian Perez
The night's fastest finish belonged to a debutant. Contender Series graduate Cristian Perez recovered from an early shot, put Canadian veteran Kyle Nelson down and finished him with punches just 27 seconds into the first round — a statement arrival at lightweight.
Marc-Andre Barriault supplied the other first-round main-card stoppage, overwhelming Kyle Daukaus with elbows and punches at 4:28 of the first. It was a rough start to the night for the home crowd — Nelson, Louis Jourdain, Melissa Croden and Chad Anheliger all lost — before Malott, Jasudavicius, Barriault and heavyweight Tanner Boser, who stopped Jhonata Diniz in the third, carried the flag.
The money
With 12 finishes, the UFC skipped Fight of the Night entirely. Four fighters banked $100,000 Performance of the Night bonuses: Malott, Barriault, Mandel Nallo and Joel Faglier. Every other finisher on the card took home $25,000 — $600,000 in bonuses all told.
Performance of the Night ($100,000): Mike Malott, Marc-Andre Barriault, Mandel Nallo, Joel Faglier
Finish bonuses ($25,000): Cristian Perez, Timmy Cuamba, Tanner Boser, Nick Galanti, Katlyn Cerminara, Steven Koslow, Chelsea Chandler, SuYoung You
Full results
Main card
- Mike Malott def. Joaquin Buckley — KO (knee), Round 2, 2:32
- Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Erin Blanchfield — Decision (unanimous, 29-28 x3), Round 3, 5:00
- Cristian Perez def. Kyle Nelson — KO (punches), Round 1, 0:27
- Marc-Andre Barriault def. Kyle Daukaus — TKO (elbows), Round 1, 4:28
- Timmy Cuamba def. Louis Jourdain — Submission (neck crank), Round 2, 2:48
- Mandel Nallo def. Nate Landwehr — TKO (leg kick and punches), Round 2, 0:47
Preliminary card
- Tanner Boser def. Jhonata Diniz — TKO (punches), Round 3, 4:26
- Nick Galanti def. Julien Leblanc — Submission (face crank), Round 1, 1:26
- Joel Faglier def. Javad Mahjoub — TKO (punches), Round 2, 2:11
- Katlyn Cerminara def. Mackenzie Stiller — TKO (punches), Round 1, 4:46
- Steven Koslow def. Chad Anheliger — Submission (rear-naked choke), Round 3, 4:31
- Chelsea Chandler def. Melissa Croden — Submission (kimura), Round 1, 4:52
- SuYoung You def. Cody Chovancek — Submission (kimura), Round 3, 4:19
Jamey-Lyn Horth withdrew injured before the event; Mackenzie Stiller stepped in against Cerminara on short notice.
Correction: an earlier version of this article misstated several of the night's results. The results above are the official ones, and we regret the errors.
