MMA Fighting has Benavidez vs. Yarde results live for the David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde fight card at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday afternoon.
When the main event begins around 8:30 p.m. ET, check out our Benavidez vs. Yarde live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event.
David Benavidez (30-0) has yet to taste defeat in his career, recording 24 knockouts. He will defend his WBC light heavyweight title for the first time.
Anthony Yarde (27-3) has reeled off four straight wins, including a unanimous decision win over Lyndon Arthur this past April.
Check out Benavidez vs. Yarde results below.
David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde
Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney
Jesse Rodriguez vs. Fernando Martinez
Abdullah Mason def. Sam Noakes via unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 115-113)
Vito Mielnicki def. Samuel Nmomah via TKO — 3:09, Round 9.
Prelims (MMA Fighting LIVE now)
Mohammed Alakel def. Jiaming Li via unanimous decision (60-53 x3)
Julio Ruiz and Pius Mpenda fight to a unanimous draw (57-57 x3)
Sultan Almohammed def. Umesh Chavan via TKO — 2:05, Round 1.
Juan El Guerito de Tepito def. Barker Ssewanyana via unanimous decision (40-35 x3)
Check out live blogs below for the biggest fights on the undercard.
Jesse Rodriguez vs. Fernando Martinez
Walkouts: Martinez comes out in black trunks with gold trim. He’s looking very intense ahead of this title fight. “Bam” Rodriguez is out in black trunks with white trim. He’s looking very calm and confident.
Round 1: Martinez out aggressively but Bam is moving, using that footwork, setting the distance with his jab. Both men starting hot and Martinez lands a decent right hand early. Bam’s jab is getting in there, but Martinez showing limited respect early. Bam lands a nice body shot that gets a reaction, but Martinez lands a looping right hand in response. OH! Martinez landed a right hand and Bam touched the canvas. Commentary is saying Bam is the one who landed, but from this angle it sure looked that that was a knockdown. Ref didn’t acknowledge it though and Bam sidestaps Martinez. Great footwork from Bam. Martinez just digging in and chucking hammers. Lands a good one to the body but Bam keeps the jab going.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Martinez.
Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney
