Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson put on the kind of battle most expected Saturday night at UFC 249.
But not many believed it would be as one-sided as it ended up.
Gaethje dominated Ferguson, scoring a fifth round TKO victory to become the new interim UFC lightweight champion.
In the co-main event of the night, Henry Cejudo defended his bantamweight title with a second round finish of former champion Dominick Cruz.
Moments after the decision, Cejudo announced he would be retiring from active competition.
Complete results are below:
Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson via TKO (strikes) at 3:39 of Round 5 to become the interim UFC lightweight champion
Henry Cejudo def. Dominick Cruz via TKO (strikes) at 4:58 of Round 2 to remain UFC bantamweight champion
Francis Ngannou def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik via KO (strike) at :20 of Round 1
Calvin Kattar def. Jeremy Stephens via TKO (strikes) at 2:42 of Round 2
Greg Hardy def. Yorgan De Castro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Anthony Pettis def. Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Aleksei Oleinik def. Fabricio Werdum via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Carla Esparza def. Michelle Waterson via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 27-30)
Vicente Luque def. Niko Price via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 3:37 of Round 3
Bryce Mitchell def. Charles Rosa via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-24)
Ryan Spann def. Sam Alvey via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
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