UFC on ESPN 4 live results: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Leon Edwards


Welcome to F4WOnline.com’s live coverage of UFC On ESPN 4: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards, emanating from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The Octagon returns to San Antonio for the first time since June 2014 with an exciting welterweight main event and a very solid line-up of fights.
In the night’s main event, former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos looks for his second straight win when he takes on Leon Edwards, winner of seven straight fights. Dos Anjos makes the quick turnaround after submitting Kevin Lee in May, while Edwards is coming off a win over Gunnar Nelson in March. This will have a major effect on the welterweight rankings.
Also on the main card is a trio of heavyweight fights that sees Aleksei Oleinik taking on Walt Harris, former NFL player Greg Hardy battling Juan Adams, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski taking on Ben Rothwell. There is also a pair of exciting lightweight fights on the main card as James Vick takes on Dan Hooker, and Alexander Hernandez takes on Francisco Trinaldo.
Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.
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> Domingo Pilarte (8-1, 0-0 UFC) vs. Felipe Colares (8-1, 0-1 UFC)
Bantamweights
Pilarte with leg kicks to start. Colares landed a big body kick and they clinch. Colares has the back and landing some knees to the legs. Colares working the back and lands some foot stomps. Pilarte with some backwards elbows while eating some knees. They exchange punches and Colares with a big knee. They break and Pilarte with a high kick. Colares with a big body kick. Colares with some more knees and then gets a takedown. Colares gets to side control. Pilarte gets the arm and almost has an armbar in but Colares escapes and starts landing from the top. They scramble to their feet. Colares has back control as the round ends. 10-9 Colares.
Pilarte throwing hands to start the second and they trade leg kicks. Colares with a body kick and he shoots for a takedown. They battle against the fence with both landing shots. Pilarte rolls for an armbar but Colares escapes and they scramble up. Pilarte has back control now. They go to the mat and Colares gets the back of Pilarte. Pilarte grabs the arm and escapes and now has the back as they stand. They go to the mat and Pilarte lands a big left hand. They stand and Pilarte lands a combo and gets a takedown. They stand. They break and Colares shoots in but Pilarte grabs the neck. Colares escapes but gives up his arm and Pilarte rolls for an armbar but Colares escapes and lands from the top before going into the guard. Colares lands some punches. 10-9 Pilarte, 19-19.
Colares lands a low blow and we have a timeout. Back to action and they clinch. Pilarte has the back and jumps on Colares and drags him down. Pilarte working for a choke. Pilarte has an arm in but Colares is fighting it off. Pilarte still working as Colares tries to fight him off. Pilarte with some elbows. Colares throwing back punches and making lots of noise while doing so. Pilarte still trying to work for the choke. Colares throwing more punches but Pilarte gets the choke locked in while he was doing so. He survives. 10-9 Pilarte, 29-28 Pilarte.
Official Result- Felipe Colares def. Domingo Pilarte by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
> Mario Bautista (6-1, 0-1 UFC) vs. Jinsoo Son (9-3, 0-1 UFC)
Bantamweights
Bautista throws a high kick and eats a counter right from Son. Son with a right hand. They both land in close range. Bautista with a leg kick. Bautista with a right hand. They trade in close range. Bautista with a quick combo. They both land punches in dirty boxing range. Son lands a combo. Son with a leg kick but eats a counter right from Bautista. They trade in close range. Son witb a flying knee. They tie up. They break and Bautista with an overhand right. They trade leg kicks. Son with the jab while Bautista lands a body kick. Son with a left hand and a combo. Close round. 10-9 Son.
Son lands some punches and Bautista rushes in to tie up. They trade knees. Son working for a takedown against the fence. Bautista has a standing armbar locked in but Son fights off and takes the back. They break and Son gets a takedown but they scramble up and Son has the back. Bautista spins and lands a few body punches and an elbow as they break. Son lands a left hook as they trade. Son lands an uppercut and Bautista fires back with a combo. They are both landing in a tie up. They are just throwing wild punches. Bautista drops Son to a knee with a hard right hand. Bautista with an elbow. They trade in close range. They continue to trade wild punches. Bautista shoots in late but can’t get it as the round ends. 10-9 Bautista, 19-19.
They both throw punches to start the third. Bautista with a body kick followed by a left hand. They both land punches. Bautista lands a hard right hand. They both land elbows. Son with a knee in the clinch. Bautista lands a couple of elbows. They both land a right hand. Son gets a takedown and is in side control. They get to their feet. Bautista lands some punches. Son with a left hand. Bautista lands a right hand. They both land in close range. Both men are tired. They continue to land. Son with an uppercut. Bautista lands a right hand. Bautista landing more punches late. They are swinging wildly late. Fun fight, close fight. 10-9 Bautista, 29-28 Bautista.
Official Result- Mario Bautista def. Jinsoo Son by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
> Ray Borg (11-4, 5-4 UFC) vs. Gabriel Silva (7-0, 0-0 UFC)
Bantamweights
Borg with a leg kick. Silva lands a right hand as Borg rushes in. They clinch and both land as Borg pushes Silva against the fence. Borg working hard for the takedown against the fence. Silva grabs a single leg and gets Borg down. Silva landing from the guard. They get up but Silva has the back and drags it down though Borg scrambles up and has clinch advantage. They both battle for position. Silva has the back but Borg escapes and lands a right hand. 10-9 Silva.
Silva misses a punch as Borg ducks under and scores a takedown. Borg working in the half-guard. Silva rolls out to the top but Borg has the neck and has a guillotine locked in tight. SIlva defending. Borg squeezing but Silva pops his head out and is now on top. Silva with an elbow from the top. Borg gives up his back as he tries to scramble out. Silva gets the hooks in. Silva trying to lock a choke in but doesn’t quite have it. Borg spins out to the guard and lands some punches. Borg now gets the back and has the hooks in. They get to their feet and break. Borg with an uppercut. Borg with some punches. Borg has the back and Silva falls into his back control. Borg has the back as the round ends. 10-9 Borg, 19-19.
Silva shoots right in but Borg escapes. Borg picks Silva up and slams him to the ground and has side control. He moves to half-guard. Borg in control on the top. Borg with an elbow but they get to their feet. Borg gets a takedown. They get to their feet and Borg has the back and gets another takedown. Borg has back control and lands a punch. Silva stands but Borg still has his back. Silva stands and has Borg on his back. Borg gets Silva back down and lands some punches. Borg has the neck but Silva gets out. Borg with some late punches. 10-9 Borg, 29-28 Borg.
Official Result- Ray Borg def. Gabriel Silva by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
> Roxanne Modafferi (#5, 23-15, 2-3 UFC) vs. Jennifer Maia (#6, 16-5-1, 1-1 UFC)
Women’s Flyweights* (Maia missed weight by 3 pounds)
Maia missed weight for this bout. Modafferi with a right hand. They trade punches. Maia lands a combo. They trade and clinch. They battle for position in the clinch and Maia with a right hand. They break after both land. Modafferi shoots in for a takedown against the fence. Modafferi trying to take Maia down but Maia defending well. Modafferi drags her down but Maia escapes and they stance. Maia with a knee in the clinch. Modafferi tries a late takedown to no avail. 10-9 Maia.
Maia lands a right hand. Modafferi with a right hand. Modafferi lands a combo. Maia returns punches. Maia lands a right hand. Maia with a combo as Modafferi lands a right hand. Maia with an uppercut and they clinch and Maia lands a couple uppercuts. They clinch against the fence and Maia lands a right hand as they break. They both land a jab. Modafferi with a leg kick. Modafferi tries a trip but Maia throws her to the ground. Maia with another uppercut in the clinch. They clinch and both battling for underhooks. Maia with a combo late. 10-9 Maia, 20-18 Maia.
Maia wth a right hand. Modafferi lands a right hand but eats an uppercut from Maia. Maia landing close-range punches. Maia with a couple of uppercuts. Maia lands a hard right hand. Maia landing some punches. They clinch and Maia with punches. Modafferi can’t get her down. Modafferi trying a takedown but Maia defending it. They break. Maia with an uppercut. They trade and clinch. 10-9 Maia, 30-27 Maia.
Official Result- Jennifer Maia def. Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
> Sam Alvey (33-12 1 NC, 10-7 UFC) vs. Klidson Abreu (14-3, 0-1 UFC)
Light Heavyweights
Abreu with a front kick. Abreu with a right hand as he rushes in for a takedown. They trade knees and Abreu’s knee lands low. Alvey with a leg kick. Abreu goes high but Alvey blocks it. They clinch but break. Abreu lands a left hand. Alvey with a leg kick. Abreu with a leg kick. Alvey with a right hand. They both land a punch. Alvey lands late. Abreu lands at the end. 10-9 Abreu.
Abreu with a high kick. Abreu with a leg kick. Abreu lands a jumping knee right to the chin of Alvey. Alvey with a left hand. Abreu with a leg kick. Alve lands a left but Abreu gets a takedown and Abreu gets the back. Alvey turns into Abreu’s guard. Alvey with a few punches from the top. They get to their feet. They clinch. They break. 10-9 Abreu, 20-18 Abreu.
Abreu with a head kick and then a leg kick. Alvey misses a left hand. Abreu with a high kick. Abreu with a hard leg kick. Alvey lands a right hand. Abreu with a left hand. Alvey lands a combo and Abreu retreats. They clinch and Alvey with some knees. Abreu lands some punches. Alvey with a leg kick. 10-9 Alvey, 29-28 Abreu.
Official Result- Klidson Abreu def. Sam Alvey by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
> Raquel Pennington (#6, 9-7, 6-4 UFC) vs. Irene Aldana (#10, 10-4, 3-2 UFC)
Women’s Bantamweights
Pennington with a right hand. Pennington with a body kick. Aldana lands a right hand. Pennington lands a right hand. Pennington with a leg kick. Aldana lands a combo. Pennington rushes in. Pennington lands a right hand. ALdana with a leg kick. Aldana with a heavy leg kick. Aldana with more inside leg kicks and Pennington lands a left hand. Aldana with a combo ending with a leg kick. Pennington shoots in and lands a right hand at the end. They trade late. 10-9 Pennington.
Pennington lands a right hand. Aldana with a right hand. Pennington with a high kick. She lands a leg kick. Aldana lands a flush right hand. Aldana now ripping to the body but Pennington fires back. Pennington with a right hand. Aldana with a left hook and lands a right hand. Aldana with a right hand. Pennington lands a flush right hand. Aldana with a combo. They clinch and Pennington has the advantage. Aldana with a knee. Pennington working for a takedown as Aldana has the neck. Aldana with a knee to the body. They trade knees and Pennngton lands an elbow. Pennington goes for a takedown but Aldana defends. Penningto with some late punches. Close round. 10-9 Pennington, 20-18 Pennington.
Aldana with a left hand. Aldana with a right hand. They both land punches. Aldana with a right hand. Aldana with a leg kick and Pennington grabs it. Pennington gets the takedown off of it. Aldana trying for a kneebar. She goes for a calf slicer. Pennington rolling out of it. Pennington lands an elbow from the top. Aldana grabs the back but Pennington landing hammerfists from the top. Pennington now gets on top and is looking for a choke. She lets go and has back control and lands punches. Pennington with lots of punches from the top. She ends the round strong. 10-9 Pennington, 30-27 Pennington.
Official Result- Raquel Pennington def. Irene Aldana by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
> Alex Caceres (14-12 1 NC, 9-10 1 NC UFC) vs. Steven Peterson (17-8, 1-2 UFC)
Featherweights
They come out trading. They trade big kicks. Caceres with a left hand. They trade. Peterson with a front kick. Caceres with a short combo. Peterson with a body kick. Caceres lands a left hand. Caceres with a high kick. Peterson lands a right hand. Peterson with another right hand. Caceres with a left hand. Caceres with a body kick. Peterson gets a takedown and has the back. Peterson has the choke locked in. Caceres fights it off. They stand and Peterson still has the neck but Caceres gets out. Peterson with punches from the back. 10-9 Peterson.
Peterson misses a high kick. Caceres with a short uppercut. Caceres with a high kick. Peterson is cut open. They clinch and both land. Peterson with a leg kick. Caceres with a body punch. Caceres with a body kick. They trade. Caceres told his corner he broke his hand in the first round. Caceres with a right hand stumbles Peterson. Peterson with a head kick. Caceres with a left hand. Caceres with a side kick. Peterson with a jumping body kick. 10-9 Caceres, 19-19.
Caceres with a body kick. Caceres avoiding Peterson’s striking attacks. Caceres with a combo. Caceres with a body kick. Peterson shoots but Caceres easily gets away. Caceres with a right hook. Caceres with the jab. Peterson goes for a body lock but Caceres escapes. They trade strikes. Peterson lands a left hand. Lots of running around avoiding strikes by Caceres. Peterson with a body kick. They trade in close range. Peterson with a left hand. Caceres backpeadling. Peterson drops Caceres with a punch and gets on top in the half-guard. Peterson now in the full guard. He ends the fight on top. 10-9 Peterson, 29-28 Peterson.
Official Result- Alex Caceres def. Steven Peterson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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> Andrei Arlovski (27-18 2 NC, 16-12 1 NC UFC) vs. Ben Rothwell (36-11, 6-5 UFC)
Heavyweights
Arlovski with a right hand to the body. Arlovski with a body kick. Arlovski with two right hands. Rothwell lands a right hand followed by an uppercut. They trade in close and Arlovski with an uppercut. Arlovski with a body kick. Rothwell with a right hand. Arlovski lands a right hand. Arlovski with a spinning back fist. He lands an uppercut. Arlovski with a combo that knocks Rothwell back. Arlovski with a leg kick. Arlovski with a combo and a leg kick. They trade right hands. Rothwell is bleeding. Arlovski with a right hand. Arlovski with a spinning back fist. Arlovski with a combo and high kick. They trade punches. 10-9 Arlovski.
They trade to start the second. Arlovski with a leg kick followed by punches. Arlovski with a hard right hand. Arlovski with a combo. Arlovski with a high side kick. Arlovski with another spinning back fist. Rothwell lands a right hand. They clinch and nothing is going on. Arlovski with a knee as he escapes and then lands a right hand. Rothwell’s face is a mess. They clinch again. Arlovski with another spinning back fist. Arlovski with a right hand. He lands another. Arlovski with a right hand at the end. 10-9 Arlovski, 20-18 Arlovski.
Arlovski with a short uppercut. They continue to trade and Rothwell is just a punching bag at this point. He does land a right hand but eats a counter right from Arlovski. Rothwell gets a brief takedown. They get up and Arlovski has the body lock. Rothwell reverses position. They are trading and Arlovski landing punches and kicks. Rothwell lands some short punches and Arlovski is hurt. Arlovski gets the body lock at the end as he was in lots of trouble. 10-9 Rothwell, 29-28 Arlovski.
Official Result- Andrei Arlovski def. Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
> Alexander Hernandez (#13, 10-2, 2-1 UFC) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (23-6, 13-5 UFC)
Lightweights
Hernandez with a high kick. Hernandez with a cracking right hand. Hernandez with a body kick. Trinaldo with a body kick. They trade punches. Hernandez with a high side kick. Hernandez with a leg kick. They trade as Hernandez lands a body kick. Hernandez with a head kick. Trinaldo with a low blow and we have a timeout. Hernandez with a high kick late. 10-9 Hernandez.
Hernandez with a right hand. Trinaldo with a high kick. Neither man finding much openings. Hernandez with a body kick and then gets the back but Trinadlo spins out and they break. Hernandez with a quick combo and then slips away. Hernandez doing a lot of circling away. Trinaldo misses a spin kick. Hernandez lands a right hand. Hernandez’ left eye is a mess. Trinaldo just misses a head kick. Hernandez with a body kick. 10-9 Trinaldo, 19-19.
Hernandez gets the body lock and pushes Trinaldo against the fence. They trade knees. Hernandez with a kick and Trinaldo slips to the ground but gets right up. Hernandez with a high kick. They trade in close range. Hernandez with a body kick but Trinaldo is chasing him down. Trinaldo with a high kick. They trade close. Hernandez pushes Trinaldo back but does nothing else. They trade late. Boring fight but crowd was into it. 10-9 Trinaldo, 29-28 Trinaldo.
Official Result- Alexander Hernandez def. Francisco Trinaldo by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
> James Vick (#15, 13-3, 9-3 UFC) vs. Dan Hooker (17-8, 7-4 UFC)
Lightweights
Hooker with a leg kick. They trade leg kicks. Hooker with a leg kick. Hooker with some punches and Vick returns fire. Hooker with a left hand. Vick lands a right hand. They trade kicks. Hooker with a left hand. Hooker drops Vick with a left hand and then finishes him off with more punches on the ground! We finally have a finish on this card after ten straight decisions.
Official Result- Dan Hooker def. James Vick by knockout (punches) at 2:33 of Round 1
> Greg Hardy (4-1, 1-1 UFC) vs. Juan Adams (5-1, 1-1 UFC)
Heavyweights
Adams stuns Hardy with the first jab thrown. Both throwing bombs. Adams goes for a single leg but Hardy defends and is landing punches. The referee is warning Adams to do something and he stops the fight! Wow, that was bad. Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight as Adams was trying to get himself set up for a single leg, but he was eating a lot of punches. Hardy wins. Adams is really upset.
Official Result- Greg Hardy def. Juan Adams by TKO (punches) at :45 of Round 1
> Aleksei Oleinik (#9, 54-12-1, 6-3 UFC) vs. Walt Harris (#14, 12-7 1 NC, 5-6 1 NC UFC)
Heavyweights
Harris with a jumping knee to the body and then connects with a left hand that knocks Oleinik down and after two more punches Oleinik is out cold. Wow. It went right around ten seconds. Big win for Harris there.
Official Result- Walt Harris def. Aleksei Oleinik by knockout (strikes) at :12 of Round 1
> Rafael Dos Anjos (#4, 29-11, 18-9 UFC) vs. Leon Edwards (#12, 17-3, 9-2 UFC)
Welterweights
Edwards with a quick combo. Edwards gets a takedown and is on top. Edwards looking to pass to the mount. Edwards with an elbow from the top. Dos Anjos grabs the leg. Edwards with some punches from the top. They get to their feet. Edwards has back control. Edwards with a head kick as they break. Dos Anjos with a hard leg kick. They clinch and Edwards with a knee. They break. Dos Anjos with a leg kick but Edwards lands a right hand. Edwards with an elbow. Edwards goes low for a takedown but time runs out. He lands an elbow as they break. 10-9 Edwards.
Dos Anjos with a body kick and Edwards returns fire with a leg kick. Edwards lands a left hand. Edwards with a cracking right hand. Dos Anjos lands a left hand. Dos Anjos with a leg kick. Edwards grabs a single leg but Dos Anjos defends against the fence. They break. Edwards lands a couple of left hands. Edwards with a high kick. Dos Anjos with a body kick. DOs Anjos goes for a takedown but Edwards defends. Edwards with an elbow. Dos Anjos lands a leg kick as Edwards was trying to grab him and Edwards rolls to the bottom and Dos Anjos in his half-guard. Edwards sprawls out from the bottom. Edwards lands a nice combo. They trade strikes. Dos Anjos is cut under his right eye. 10-9 Edwards, 20-18 Edwards.
They checked the cut before the round and let Dos Anjos continue. Edwards with the jab. They trade punches. Dos Anjos back attacking the legs. Dos Anjos shoots for the takedown but Edwards defends against the fence. They break and Edwards lands a nice combination. Edwards with another hard elbow. He lands another one after they break a clinch. Edwards with a high kick that is blocked. Dos Anjos goes for a takedown against the fence but Edwards defending. Edwards now has the better position. Edwards with body punches against the fence. Edwards is looking really good here. They are broken up by the referee. Edwards with a nice uppercut. Dos Anjos gets the body lock against the fence. Edwards reverses. Edwards breaks with an elbow. 10-9 Edwards, 30-27 Edwards.
Edwards landing quick punches to start the fourth. He lands a left hand. They trade in close range. Dos Anjos with a body kick. They trade in close range. Edwards with a leg kick. They trade left hands. Dos Anjos with a right hook to the body. They clinch and Edwards with an elbow. Edwards with another hard elbow. Dos Anjos with two leg kicks. Dos Anjos lands a flying knee but Edwards grabs him as he lands it and slams him to the ground. They scramble to their feet after Edwards lands some shots from the top. They trade knees. 10-9 Edwards, 40-36 Edwards.
Dos Anjos might need a finish to win here but these decisions tonight have been questionable. Edwards with a nice combo to start the round. Dos Anjos with an uppercut. They clinch and Edwards has the body lock. They break. Dos Anjos with a leg kick. They trade in close range. Edwards dumps Dos Anjos to the ground for a second and grabs the back. Dos Anjos complaining about something. They break. Edwards with the jab. Dos Anjos with an uppercut to the body. Edwards with a stiff elbow. Edwards with a left hand. Dos Anjos with a body kick and Edwards grabs the leg and pushes him against the fence. They break. Dos Anjos tries a flying knee but Edwards catches him and takes him down right before the fight ends. 10-9 Edwards, 50-45 Edwards.
Official Result- Leon Edwards def. Rafael Dos Anjos by unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)