UFC Vegas 86 Results And Recap: Jack Hermansson holds off Joe Pyfer; Dan Ige Finishes Andre Fili In Opening Round

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Las Vegas, February 11: Top middleweight Jack Hermansson held off Joe Pyfer for the decision win in the main event of UFC Vegas 86: Hermansson vs. Pyfer at the UFC Apex Facility in Las Vegas on Saturday (February 10).

The 14-fight card saw 7 fights, including the main event, go the distance, while six fights ended in stoppages and one ended in No Contest. Among the 6 stoppage wins, five were either knockouts (KO) or technical knockouts (TKO), and one was a submission finish.

While there was no fight of the night awarded in UFC Vegas 86, also known as UFC Fight Night 236, four fighters, including co-main eventer Dan Ige, bagged performance of the night bonuses for their respective stoppage wins.

Apart from Ige, Rodolfo Vieira, Carlos Prates and Bogdan Guskov took home an extra USD50K for their stoppage wins on the under card. Here is the recap for the UFC on ESPN+ 94 event:

UFC Vegas 86 Recap

Veteran No. 11 ranked middleweight Hermansson welcomed rising contender Joe Pyfer to his first main event. Pyfer showed extreme confidence and got off multiple hard shots early, while Hermansson defended well in order to extend the fight into later rounds that favor him.

Experience made all the difference as Hermansson was able to mount his offence and stuff Pyfer's takedowns. Hermansson won the unanimous decision and revealed who he could face next in the UFC.

"I know that people underestimate my boxing skills... but I believed in myself. And especially in a long fight, nobody has the cardio that I have," Hermansson said in the Octagon interview after the stoppage win.

"If you see the earlier fights in my career, I based a lot of my work from that jab, so I just needed to wake it up again. What about Nassourdine Imavov from last weekend? I think that would be a great opponent."

In the co-main event, No. 13 ranked featherweight Ige took on Andre Fili with high emotions, knowing the former training partner wanted to take his ranking. But Ige put aside the feelings and made it all business. He was on point and sent a definitive message buy knocking out Fili in the very first round like he dreamt before the event.

Following the stoppage, Ige said, "I love Andre, but I couldn't let that get in the way. I couldn't come in here and be his friend. I had to go out there and let him know this is different. I've got to give thanks to my wife (who is 37 weeks pregnant). She's probably in labor right now, so I had to make that one quick!"

Also on the main card, Ihor Potieria and Michael Johnson earned unanimous decision wins in their respective middleweight and lightweight bouts by dominating Robert Bryczek and Darrius Flowers over three rounds.

Plus, middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Rodolfo Vieira claimed stoppage wins. While Roderigues stopped Brad Tavares in the third round, Vieira finished Armen Perosyan in the closing stages of the opening stanza.

The preliminary card closed with a second-round stoppage as Carlos Prates defeated Trevin Giles via knockout in a welterweight bout, while Bogdan Guskov stopped Zac Pauga in the first round of a light heavyweight bout.

Also, Thailand's own Muay Thai champion Loma Lookboonmee earned her third-straight victory by imposing her own fight style on Bruna Brasil. For the majority of the three-round fight, Loma dictated the pace, position and out-struck Brasil to be awarded the unanimous decision.

Loma continues to improve her overall skillset and will surely add her name to the strawweight contender discussion very soon. After the win, Loma hinted about moving weight divisions.

"The past year has been the hardest of my life. There hasn't been a day that I've gone by without crying. I'd like to thank myself for getting me here today, and my family and team for sticking by me. I'm so happy, this is my first time in UFC getting three wins in a row! But, if they would open up a 105-pound division for me, I'd really appreciate it."

Filipino Hyder Amil scored a technical knockout victory in an impressive UFC debut over fellow prospect Fernie Garcia. Amil finished his opponent in the second round.

Amil has had an emotional ride to get to UFC, from his childhood in Cebu, Philippines as the son of a Filipina mother and an Indian-Turkish-English-Romanian father, to his start-quit-start relationship with MMA, so this win has a special meaning for him.

UFC Vegas 86 Results

• Middleweight Bout: Jack Hermansson (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) defeated Joe Pyfer by Unanimous Decision
• Featherweight Bout: Dan Ige defeated Andre Fili by KO (right hand) at 2:43 of Round 1
• Middleweight Bout: Ihor Potieria (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) defeated Robert Bryczek by Unanimous Decision
• Middleweight Bout: Gregory Rodrigues defeated Brad Tavares by TKO (strikes) at 0:55 of Round 3
• Lightweight Bout: Michael Johnson (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) defeated Darrius Flowers by Unanimous Decision
• Middleweight Bout: Rodolfo Vieira defeated Armen Petrosyan by Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 4:48 of Round 1
• Welterweight Bout: Carlos Prates defeated Trevin Giles by KO (left hand) at 4:03 of Round 2
• Lightweight Bout: Bolaji Oki (29-28, 29-28) defeated Timmy Cuamba (29-28) by Split Decision
• Women's Strawweight Bout: Loma Lookboonmee (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) defeated Bruna Brasil by Unanimous Decision
• Light Heavyweight Bout: Marcin Prachnio (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) defeated Devin Clark by Unanimous Decision
• Welterweight Bout: Max Griffin (29-28, 29-28) defeated Jeremiah Wells (29-28) by Split Decision
• Light Heavyweight Bout: Bogdan Guskov defeated Zac Pauga by TKO (strikes) at 3:38 of Round 1
• Featherweight Bout: Hyder Amil defeated Fernie Garcia by TKO (strikes) at 2:12 of Round 2
• Bantamweight Bout: Daniel Marcos and Aoriqileng ruled a No Contest (accidental foul) at 3:28 of Round 2