The UFC Octagon traveled north to Seattle, Washington, the place fighters fought in entrance of a raucous crowd on the Local weather Pledge Enviornment in an epic night time of UFC Battle Evening: Adesanya vs. Pifer.
Listed here are the facility rankings of UFC Seattle’s main card winners:
UFC Seattle Energy Rankings
Alexa Grasso
Former girls’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso bounced again from a two-fight slide with considered one of her 2026 finishes, knocking in-form Macy Barber unconscious in one of many scariest sequences we have seen within the UFC in a very long time.
Grasso gave Barber a giant shot that despatched “The Future” to the mat, then instantly utilized a rear-naked choke to Barber earlier than the referee might intervene. Barber had already gotten out of the punch and the official’s stoppage was completely timed, so there was no want for a choke.
However as an alternative of rapidly recovering and standing up, Ms. Barber lay on the canvas along with her eyes open and unresponsive. It was a daunting second as medics labored to slowly carry the fighter again on his toes. Nonetheless, the lengthy interval throughout which Barber seemed to be unconscious was fairly scary to look at.
However that did not take away from Grasso’s spectacular efficiency. The Mexican star proved he’s nonetheless a severe risk to the flyweight title and warned a totally match Grasso is a distinct proposition than any fighter he has seen in earlier bouts.
Grasso’s subsequent struggle goes to be a giant one, whether or not it is her subsequent title shot or a title eliminator, and it would not be shocking to see her compete in the course of the subsequent Worldwide Battle Week. Nonetheless, if she will get her want, she is going to return to motion in her hometown of Guadalajara, and Grasso is searching for a struggle in her hometown reasonably than an opponent.
Joe Pifer
From Contender Collection prospect to high contender, Joe Pifer has made a meteoric rise to the highest echelon of the UFC middleweight division, and in Saturday night time’s important occasion, “Bodybugs” knocked out former two-time champion Israel Adesanya with a second-round TKO, knocking the division’s elite out of the gate.
Whereas Pifer’s punching energy was well-known and revered earlier than Saturday’s headliner, his combined martial arts bout as an entire was maybe not as extremely regarded. After that efficiency, that may change. He defeated Adesanya’s smoother, extra correct hanging with sheer toughness, punching energy and a dominant floor sport, finally sending the previous champion to the canvas and pummeling him with floor and pound, securing a career-changing victory.
Pifer will certainly have a giant struggle subsequent. And whereas it could nonetheless appear a bit far-fetched, a possible matchup between former champion Doricus du Plessis and Pifer could be an absolute dogfight for later this summer time.
Terrence McKinney
There appear to be three certainties in life: dying, taxes, and the Terrence McKinney struggle not making it previous the primary spherical.
Solely 4 of McKinney’s 26 profession video games have lasted greater than 5 minutes, and every of his previous 14 wins have come within the first spherical. His most up-to-date bout occurred on Saturday night time, the place he defeated Kyle Nelson in simply 24 seconds, incomes him the ninth knockout victory of his profession.
McKinney’s all-gas, no-brakes strategy makes him an thrilling addition to any struggle card he seems on, but it surely stays to be seen the place he suits into the UFC’s light-weight division. As soon as he is turned on, he is nearly unstoppable. However he can be caught, as his fights with Chris Duncan and Esteban Livovic over the previous few years have proven.
Which means at any time when McKinney fights, the recommendation is easy: Do not blink!
lelian douglas
Brazil’s Lelian Douglas had a memorable debut, beginning his UFC profession in model with an announcement stoppage victory over the seasoned veteran.
It took Douglas lower than a spherical to complete off Julian Erosa with strikes to announce his arrival within the proficient UFC featherweight division, with the hard-hitting Brazilian delivering some hard-hitting photographs to spectacular impact.
It was an excellent debut for the Contender Collection graduate. And the 30-year-old former LFA champion is prone to be a person in a rush as he goals to climb as much as the 145-pound division as quickly as potential.
Yusri Bergaly
In some other week, Yousri Bergaly’s second-year UFC look would have earned him the next spot on the facility rankings record and sure racked up a $100,000 UFC bonus.
The Tunisian-Dutch striker made an enormous impression in Seattle. He had a back-and-forth battle with the undefeated and extremely touted Mansoor Abdul Malik, ultimately defeating him in three rounds and ending him off with a blow.
Bergaly’s calmness and composure stood out within the warmth of the Octagon, and he used his world-class kickboxing expertise to attain a TKO end halfway by means of the ultimate spherical.
Three spherical finishes appear to be his specialty nowadays. He earned a UFC contract with a third-round TKO of Dana White on the Contender Collection, and stopped Azamat Bekoev within the third spherical with hanging blows in his UFC debut final October.
Now he added one other three spherical stoppage within the end of Abdul Malik, exhibiting he may be simply as harmful in his new sport after swapping kickboxing gloves for combined martial arts gloves.
michael church
Ultimately, Michael Chiesa bowed out with a first-round end on Nico Value, ending his preventing profession with a signature rear-naked choke end.
Chiesa was just too good for Value, and he rapidly introduced the struggle to the canvas. And as soon as they obtained there, they wanted treasured little time to get “The Hybrid” again and lead the RNC to victory.
With family and friends within the stands, together with his mom, it was the proper send-off for an emotional Chiesa, who capped a preventing chapter of his profession in his house state.
However this would not be the final we might see of Chiesa. The Spokane Valley man has already established himself because the lead analyst for UFC BJJ and is certain to look on different UFC broadcasts within the coming months and years.
