UFC 206 Results: Holloway vs. Pettis
Max Holloway won the interim featherweight championship at UFC 206 on December 10, 2016, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. A reworked main event delivered a new titleholder, while the supporting card featured memorable striking battles and several decisive finishes.
View the official UFC 206 event archive on UFC.com.
Holloway earns the interim featherweight belt
Holloway stopped Anthony Pettis with a body kick and punches late in the third round. The championship conditions were unusual: Pettis had missed the featherweight limit, so only Holloway was eligible to receive the interim belt.
That made the contest more than a generic number-one-contender bout. Holloway left with an official UFC championship and a route toward unification with Jose Aldo. Pettis’s weight miss did not prevent the fight from taking place, but it did remove his opportunity to become interim champion that night.
Cerrone and Swanson provide the striking highlights
Donald Cerrone knocked out Matt Brown with a head kick early in round three. The finish punctuated a competitive welterweight fight and continued Cerrone’s successful move into the division.
Cub Swanson and Dooho Choi went the distance in a featherweight battle full of momentum changes. Swanson received the unanimous decision after three rounds, but the enduring appeal of the fight came from the exchanges both men produced. It offered a different kind of highlight from Cerrone’s sudden finish: sustained action that demanded an answer each time either fighter surged forward.
Gastelum finishes Kennedy; submissions shape the prelims
Kelvin Gastelum stopped Tim Kennedy in the third round, while Emil Meek defeated Jordan Mein by unanimous decision. Together those bouts completed a main card with both stoppages and full-distance contests.
Misha Cirkunov submitted Nikita Krylov, and Olivier Aubin-Mercier finished Drew Dober with a rear-naked choke. Lando Vannata’s spinning-kick knockout of John Makdessi supplied another sharp finish earlier in the evening. Decision wins for Viviane Pereira, Matthew Lopez, Rustam Khabilov and Dustin Ortiz rounded out the 12 completed bouts.
Complete UFC 206 results
- Max Holloway defeated Anthony Pettis — TKO (body kick and punches), R3, 4:50; Holloway won the interim featherweight title.
- Donald Cerrone defeated Matt Brown — KO (head kick), R3, 0:34.
- Cub Swanson defeated Dooho Choi — unanimous decision, R3, 5:00.
- Kelvin Gastelum defeated Tim Kennedy — TKO (punches), R3, 2:45.
- Emil Meek defeated Jordan Mein — unanimous decision, R3, 5:00.
- Misha Cirkunov defeated Nikita Krylov — submission (guillotine choke), R1, 4:38.
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeated Drew Dober — submission (rear-naked choke), R2, 2:57.
- Viviane Pereira defeated Valerie Letourneau — split decision, R3, 5:00; catchweight.
- Matthew Lopez defeated Mitch Gagnon — unanimous decision, R3, 5:00.
- Lando Vannata defeated John Makdessi — KO (spinning wheel kick), R1, 1:40.
- Rustam Khabilov defeated Jason Saggo — unanimous decision, R3, 5:00; catchweight.
- Dustin Ortiz defeated Zach Makovsky — split decision, R3, 5:00.
Sources
UFC 206 official fight reports; Event results record.
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