UFC Kansas City 2023 Results and Recap: Holloway Outworks Allen As Barboza Stops Quarantillo

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Kansas City, April 16: Former champion Max Holloway dominated Arnold Allen in the featherweight contenders main event in UFC Kansas City 2023: Holloway vs. Allen at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Saturday (April 15).

It was a thrilling and emotional collection of fights that took place in front of an incredible crowd in UFC's return to Kansas City for the first time in almost four years as the event saw 7 fights end in stoppage and 7 go the distance.

Among the seven stoppage wins, five were knockouts or technical knockouts, while two were submission wins. Five of the seven stoppages also happened in the preliminary card.

The preliminary card main event between featherweights Bill Algeo and TJ Brown was awarded the Fight of the Night, while Brandon Royval, Edson Barboza and Gillian Robertson earned an extra USD 50K as performance of the night bonuses for their stoppage wins.

In the main event, former featherweight champ Holloway showed his legendary brilliance against talented Allen with a victory on the scorecards. Holloway set a record for over 3,000 significant strikes thrown in the Octagon, and cemented his opportunity to reclaim the featherweight title.

Following the bout, Holloway said: "I wanted to come out here with nothing (blank slate), but Arnold Allen hits like a truck. I wanted to keep tagging him, he didn't want to go out, he wanted to go all the way, and I welcome that. Don't boo the man, it takes two to dance and he did it. "

In the co-main event, another featherweight fireworks was in store. Although they both came out blasting, veteran #14 Edson Barboza denied Billy Quarantillo a platform to rise in the division with a highlight reel-worthy first round KO by knee.

After the fight, Barboza said, "The most important: I love to see you guys in the crowd, that's why I'm here! I trained exactly this movement for eight weeks. Please (give me) someone ranked in front of me. Edson Barboza is still here, I'm ready!"

Also on the card, hometown favorite Zak Cummings returned from a lengthy layoff to get an entertaining victory over fellow veteran Ed Herman. Cummings knocked down Herman, busted his nose, and finally got the finish in the very last seconds of the fight.

In an emotional conclusion, both veterans laid down their gloves and announced their retirement from the sport during the preliminary card of the UFC Kansas City 2023 event on Saturday (April 15) night.

UFC Kansas City 2023 Results

Main Card

1. Featherweight Bout: Max Holloway (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) defeated Arnold Allen by Unanimous Decision

2. Featherweight Bout: Edson Barboza defeated Billy Quarantillo by KO (knee) at 2:37 of Round 1

3. Light Heavyweight Bout: Azamat Murzakanov (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) defeated Dustin Jacoby by Unanimous Decision

4. Light Heavyweight Bout: Ion Cutelaba defeated Tanner Boser by TKO (strikes) at 2:05 of Round 1

5. Bantamweight Bout: Pedro Munhoz (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) defeated Chris Gutierrez by Unanimous Decision

6. Lightweight Bout: Rafa Garcia (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) defeated Clay Guida by Unanimous Decision

Preliminary Card

1. Featherweight Bout: Bill Algeo defeated TJ Brown by Submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:40 of Round 2

2. Flyweight Bout: Brandon Royval defeated Matheus Nicolau by KO (knee and strikes) at 2:09 of Round 1

3. Light Heavyweight Bout: Zak Cummings defeated Ed Herman by TKO (strikes) at 4:13 of Round 3

4. Women's Strawweight Bout: Gillian Robertson defeated Piera Rodriguez by verbal Submission (Armbar) at 4:21 of Round 2

5. Lightweight Bout: Daniel Zellhuber (29-27, 29-28, 30-27) defeated Lando Vannata by Unanimous Decision

6. Women's Strawweight Bout: Denise Gomes defeated Bruna Brasil by TKO (strikes) at 2:42 of Round 2

7. Bantamweight Bout: Gaston Bolanos (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) defeated Aaron Phillips by Unanimous Decision

8. Women's Bantamweight Bout: Joselyne Edwards (29-28, 29-28) defeated Lucie Pudilova (29-28) by Split Decision