UFC Fight Night 123 results: Ortega chokes Swanson; Moraes stops Sterling

California, December 10: Brian Ortega remains perfects as he chokes Cub Swanson to win via submission at UFC Fight Night 123 hosted by the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California on Saturday (December 9).

In the main event of the evening, Swanson was having some success in the standup game against Ortega, but when Ortega latched onto his neck in the second round with a brilliant guillotine choke, Swanson had to tap at the 3:22 mark of the round.

T-CITY! BRIAN ORTEGA JUST DID THAT! WOW! #Taps #UFCFresno https://t.co/3XzNcCAvXG

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Brian Ortega wraps up Cub Swanson and finishes him with a guillotine choke.

He remains undefeated and has won all of his fights inside the octagon by stoppage #UFCFresno pic.twitter.com/J3taFVxDfU

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In the co-main event of the FN 123, Gabriel Benitez got his finger bitten and his eye poked by Jason Knight, but he got his revenge in the end after he battered Knight from start to finish in a one-sided affair that ended in a unanimous decision victory with scores of 30-26, 30-26, and 29-27 in Benitez's favour.

Gabriel Benitez landed at will (even while being bit) in a big win over Jason Knight! #UFCFresno https://t.co/2kK5lQl359

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To kick off the main card, bantamweights Benito Lopez and Albert Morales took turns dropping each other in the first round, then battered one another all the way to the finish and it was Lopez who took the unanimous decision, beating Morales with scores of 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28.

Later in a middleweight scrap, Eryk Anders dominated in a unanimous decision win over UFC debutant Markus Perez with scores of 30-26, 30-25, 29-28.

A lightweight bout followed and Scott Holtzman dominated Darrell Horcher to earn points across the board to pick up a unanimous decision victory.

KNEE GAME PROPER! Marlon Moraes with the absurd KO knee on Aljamain Sterling! #UFCFresno https://t.co/Wn9Q0ul7fz

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Fighting for the second time in a month, Marlon Moraes made a major statement to the UFC's bantamweight division with a brutal knockout of Aljamain Sterling in a bantamweight bout.

To open the event, Trevin Giles had to weather a first-round ground game storm from Antonio Braga Neto, who was fighting for the first time in three and a half years. But thanks to his boxing on point all fight, Giles picked up a TKO at the 2:27 mark of the third round of a middleweight bout.

Followed it was a lightweight bout where Davi Ramos and Chris Gruetzemacher were in a close battle but Ramos got the better of Gruetzemacher and locked in the RNC to force the tap at the 0:50 mark of Round 3.

Next up bantamweights, Alejandro Perez and Iuri Alcantara turned in 15 minutes of a slugfest that most fans would've considered a great opportunity to hit the bathroom or concession stand. However, Perez took a unanimous decision from Alcantara in the end.

Later in a battle between one man who saw the clinch as an opportunity to strike and another who looked at it as an invitation to wrestle, Frankie Saenz did enough damage with his punches and knees to win via a narrow split-decision victory over UFC newcomer Merab Dvalishvili.

Next up, Dana White's Contender Series' Alex Perez picked up right where he left off when made easy work of Carls John de Tomas with a dominant performance on the ground, ultimately coaxing de Tomas to tap to a D'Arce choke at the 1:54 mark of the second round.

To conclude with the prelims, Alexis Davis took a split decision from Liz Carmouche in a rematch between a pair of former bantamweight title contenders in a women's flyweight bout with a pair of 29-28 scores to make her 2-0 against Carmouche, inluding their first UFC bout in 2013.

Here are the final results of UFC Fight Night 123:

Main Card

1. Featherweight bout: Brian Ortega defeated Cub Swanson by submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 3:22

2. Featherweight bout: Gabriel Benitez defeated Jason Knight by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)

3. Bantamweight bout: Marlon Moraes defeated Aljamain Sterling by knockout (knee) - Round 1, 1:07

4. Lightweight bout: Scott Holtzman defeated Darrell Horcher by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

5. Middleweight bout: Eryk Anders defeated Markus Perez by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-25, 29-28)

6. Bantamweight bout: Benito Lopez defeated Albert Morales by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Preliminary Card

1. Women's Flyweight bout: Alexis Davis defeated Liz Carmouche by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

2. Bantamweight bout: Alex Perez defeated Carls John de Tomas by submission (D'arce choke) - Round 2, 1:54

3. Bantamweight bout: Frankie Saenz defeated Merab Dvalishvili by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

4. Bantamweight bout: Alejandro Perez defeated Iuri Alcantara by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

5. Lightweight bout: Davi Ramos defeated Chris Gruetzemacher by submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 0:50

6. Middleweight bout: Trevin Giles defeated Antonio Braga Neto by TKO (punches) - Round 3, 2:27