Ian Machado Garry ended the hype train of Carlos Prates last night (Sat., April 26, 2025) at UFC Kansas City LIVE on ESPN2/ESPN+ from inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, delivering an impressive unanimous decision win over “Nightmare” in the main event
In addition to the welterweight headliner, UFC Kansas City played host to a collection of high-tilt matchups, knockout finishes, and suffocating submissions. Check them out below and let us know which ones stood out the most:
- Joselyne Edwards looked better than ever with a blistering first-round knockout win over Chelsea Chandler
- Featherweight prospect Timmy Cuamba delivered his first UFC win with a massive flying knee TKO over Roberto Romero (see HERE)
- Jaqueline Amorim put the women’s strawweight division on notice by submitting Polyana Viana for her fourth-straight finish inside of the Octagon
- Former Contender Series standout Malcolm Wellmaker made a huge bantamweight splash with a one-punch debut knockout over Cameron Saaiman
- Middleweight contender Ikram Aliskerov proved he belongs in the UFC’s top 15 with a blistering TKO stoppage over Andre Muniz (watch HERE)
- Randy Brown turned in one of the best knockouts you’ll ever see with a walkoff finish over the never-before-finished Nicolas Dalby
- Zhang Mingyang spoiled Anthony Smith’s retirement fight with a lopsided first-round TKO that left “Lionheart” in a pool of his own blood.
To sift through the action and see which fighters took home an extra $50,000, we take a closer look at the official UFC Kansas City post-fight bonus winners below:
- Fight of the Night: Randy Brown vs. Nicolas Dalby
- Performance of the Night: Zhang Mingyang
- Performance of the Night: Malcolm Wellmaker
For more UFC Kansas City results, coverage, and highlights click HERE.
This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
