UFC Seattle Prelim Results: Explosive Finishes and Rising
The Seattle prelim card on February 22, 2025, produced seven finishes, including four in the first round. The bouts below ranged from rapid knockouts to a late submission, with several fighters’ fortunes changing again over the next year. The official scorecards and prelim results confirm the Seattle methods and times.
The embedded MMA Gambling Podcast episode is a preview with predictions and picks, not footage from the fights. Ion Cutelaba opened the results here by submitting Ibo Aslan with an arm-triangle choke at 2:51 of Round 1. Cutelaba later submitted Oumar Sy in March 2026 before losing to Navajo Stirling by second-round TKO in June. Aslan returned to the cage but was knocked out by Iwo Baraniewski in December 2025. The fighters’ official history for Cutelaba and Aslan’s official record reflect those later results.
Melquizael Costa caught Andre Fili in a guillotine at 4:30 of Round 1. Costa continued to build momentum after the win and reached his first main event, but Arnold Allen outpointed him over five rounds in May 2026. Fili’s record turned again after Seattle: he lost to Vinicius Oliveira by stoppage in June, then knocked out Kai Kamaka III with a second-round head kick on October 10. The official Costa history and Fili’s official history track the two paths since Seattle.
Mansur Abdul-Malik stopped Nick Klein with strikes at 3:24 of Round 2 after a competitive opening round. Abdul-Malik’s results later included a majority draw with Cody Brundage, a first-round submission win over Antonio Trocoli, and stoppage losses to Yousri Belgaroui and Dustin Stoltzfus, the latter in August 2026. Klein’s next appearance ended in a second-round stoppage loss to Andrey Pulyaev in August 2025. The official Abdul-Malik profile and Klein’s record document their subsequent bouts.
Ricky Simon knocked Javid Basharat out with a right hand at 3:15 of Round 1. Basharat recovered with a unanimous-decision win over Gianni Vasquez in February 2026. Simon’s later schedule was less steady: he beat Cameron Smotherman, lost to Raoni Barcelos, drew Adrian Yanez, and most recently suffered a second-round TKO loss to Montel Jackson in September 2026. The official Simon record confirms that the Seattle stoppage was at 3:15, and Basharat’s history shows his return to the win column.
Austin Vanderford stopped Nikolay Veretennikov at 4:13 of Round 2 in their 175-pound catchweight bout. It was a strong debut for Vanderford, but Ramiz Brahimaj submitted him by guillotine in October 2025. Veretennikov later knocked out Niko Price in February 2026, then lost to Khaos Williams by first-round TKO in May. Their official fighter histories record both the Seattle result and the later reversals.
Nursulton Ruziboev stopped Eric McConico at 0:33 of Round 2. Ruziboev followed with a decision win over Dustin Stoltzfus, submitted Andrey Pulyaev in June 2026, then lost a unanimous decision to Michael Page in September. McConico went on to beat Cody Brundage and Rodolfo Vieira, but suffered stoppage losses to Baisangur Susurkaev and Donte Johnson, the most recent in August 2026. The official Ruziboev history and McConico’s official record provide the updated sequence.
Modestas Bukauskas finished the card’s final bout in this roundup by knocking out Rafael Cerqueira at 2:12 of Round 1. Bukauskas later added wins over Ion Cutelaba, Paul Craig, Christian Edwards, and Oumar Sy, with a knockout loss to Nikita Krylov in between. Cerqueira lost decisions to Julius Walker and a November 2025 submission to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev after the Seattle knockout. The official Bukauskas history and Cerqueira’s profile update the aftermath of the prelim card.
Several finishes made Seattle an eventful night, but the later records show how differently the results aged. Some winners extended their runs; others soon met losses, while fighters stopped on the card found ways back to the win column. The official scorecards preserve the precise stoppages, and the current fighter histories put each result in context.
