OTTAWA — The preliminary card at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event in our nation’s capital featured four finishes and a numbers of Canadians
Canucks went 4-1 on the early portion of the card. Have a listen to what some of the winners had to say after their bouts.
Elias Theodorou
The always-entertaining TUF Nations middleweight winner won a three-round decision over Sam Alvey. It wasn’t the most exciting fight but a win is a win. Theodorou was entertaining as usual afterwards.
Randa Markos
The Canadian earned a unanimous decision victory over Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger at UFC Ottawa and has her eye on a fellow TUF 20 veteran for her next bout ,which she hopes takes place in Vancouver.
Misha Cirkunov
After his third-round submission victory over Ion Cutelaba, Cirkunov is 3-0 in the UFC and excited about what might be next.
Joe Soto
Soto was the first Bellator featherweight champion and fought for the UFC bantamweight title two years ago, but if you can believe it the 29-year-old’s third-round submission victory over Chris Beal Saturday was his first ever win in the UFC.
Colby Covington
Colby Covington bounced back from his first career loss and improved to 9-1 after his third-round submission victory over Canadian UFC newcomer Jonathan Meunier.
