UFC Fight Night 137 live results: Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders

Welcome to F4WOnline.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 137: Santos vs. Anders, emanating from Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Octagon heads back to Sao Paulo with a 14-fight card featuring a main event that has undergone a slew of changes in recent weeks.

Long-time middleweight fighters Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders meet in the headline bout, but as a light heavyweight bout, as both men stepped in on short notice for this event. Santos replaced Glover Teixeira while Anders replaced Jimi Manuwa, taking the fight on just six days’ notice. Both men are looking to score their second straight win.

Also on the card is a light heavyweight battle between Sam Alvey and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, while former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan Barao looks to end his losing skid as he takes on UFC newcomer Andre Ewell. On the preliminary card are two long-time UFC veterans, lightweight Evan Dunham and middleweight Thales Leites, who both have said they will be retiring after their fights on this card.

Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.

UFC FIGHT PASS PRELIMS | 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT

> Livia Renata Souza (11-1, 0-0 UFC) vs. Alex Chambers (5-4, 1-3 UFC)
Women’s Strawweights

Souza lands an overhand right that hurts Chambers. Souza follows with a leg kick and then another overhand right. Chambers in trouble early. Souza with a combo then gets a single-leg takedown. Souza gets full mount and lands some punches. Souza has a guillotine from mount locked in and it is in tight. Chambers taps! Souza gets the quick win in impressive fashion.

Official Result- Livia Renata Souza def. Alex Chambers by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:21 of Round 1

> Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (19-5, 5-1 UFC) vs. Luigi Vendramini (7-0, 0-0 UFC)
Welterweights

Zaleski with a body kick but Vendramini takes him down. Zaleski then gets a tight modified guillotine choke in. A Peruvian Necktie it is. Vendramini fighting out of it but still in deep. He escapes and then gets the back of Zaleski. Vendramini climbing on the back standing. Vendramini looking for a rear-naked choke and they go to the mat. Zaleski fighting it off. Vendramini still looking to lock it in. Vendramini just gouged the eyes of Zaleski. Zaleski gets out and they break. Zaleski with some kicks. Zaleski lands some punches. They trade kicks. 10-9 Vendramini.

Zaleski looking to land something big. Vendramini throwing punches but is missing them. Zaleski lands a left hand. Zaleski then lands a flying knee that rocks Vendramini and then follows it up with a right hand that finishes Vendramini off. Big win for Zaleski in another crazy finish by him.

Official Result- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Luigi Vendramini by knockout (flying knee, punches) at 1:20 of Round 2

> Thales Leites (27-9, 12-8 UFC) vs. Hector Lombard (34-9-1 2 NC, 3-7 1 NC UFC)
Middleweights

Leites misses a head kick to start off. Leites with a high kick. He lands another. Lombard with a leg kick. Leites with a high kick. Lombard with a leg kick. Leites lands a right hand. Lombard with a leg kick and Leites counters with a body kick. Both looking for counters and not going on heavy attacks. Lombard with an inside leg kick. Lombard with a heavy leg kick. Leites is limping as he keeps getting his front leg kicked. Leites not switching his stance. Lombard with more leg kicks. 10-9 Lombard.

Lombard with more inside leg kicks. Leites lands a right hand. Lombard with another leg kick but trips and goes to the ground and Leites tries to take control but they spring to their feet. Leites starting to land right hands. Lombard finds himself pressed against the fence. Leites landing combos but Lombard still attacking the knee. They clinch and Leites pulls an arm down looking for an armbar but lets Lombard get in his guard but they stand. Leites with a knee in the clinch. Lombard cut over his eye. Leites with a right hand. 10-9 Leites, 19-19.

Lombard back with some more leg kicks. They clinch. Lombard with some body punches. Leites with some knees to the body before they break. Leites with a body kick. They trade punches. They trade again. Leites with a leg kick. They trade leg kicks. Lombard has slowed tremendously. Leites lands a right hand. Leites with the jab followed by a right hand. Lombard affected by the cut. Leites with a high kick. Lombard not busy at all. He’s thrown the fight away after winning the first round. Lombard gets the body lock. Leites gets a late takedown and that should seal it. 10-9 Leites, 29-28 Leites.

Official Result- Thales Leites def. Hector Lombard by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

> Mayra Bueno Silva (5-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Gillian Robertson (5-2, 2-0 UFC)
Women’s Flyweights

Robertson goes for a quick takedown but it is defended by Silva. Silva lands an elbow. She wobbled Robertson. Robertson gets a takedown and looks to get to mount but settles for half-guard. Robertson with some hammerfists from the top and steps to side control. They get to their feet and Silva lands a right elbow. Silva with a spin kick to the body and then lands some right hands. Robertson gets a takedown but Silva able to step over on top. Robertson grabs a leg and looks for a leg lock. Robertson gets in the guard of Silva. Robertson with some punches but Silva grabs the arm and locks in an armbar and gets Robertson to tap with seconds left in the first round. Wow, that came out of nowhere.

Official Result- Mayra Bueno Silva def. Gillian Robertson by submission (armbar) at 4:55 of Round 1

> Sergio Moraes (13-3-1, 7-2-1 UFC) vs. Ben Saunders (22-9-2, 9-6 UFC)
Welterweights

They spend the first minute feeling each other out before swinging at the minute mark. Moraes gets a takedown and Saunders has rubber guard. Moraes in the half-guard. Saunders landing short punches from the bottom. Moraes keeps working from the top and moves to full mount. He kept advancing and hasn’t been stalling despite Saunders landing more from the bottom. Moraes looking for an armbar but Saunders fights it off to the horn. 10-9 Moraes.

Moraes gets another takedown to start the second round. Moraes trying to pass back to the mount as Saunders has rubber guard. Moraes trying to pull away from the fence and Moraes gets back to half-guard. Moraes gets the mount. Both men are landing soft punches on the ground as Moraes is trying to set up a submission. Moraes working for an arm-triangle and he steps over and has it locked in. Saunders fighting it but eventually taps. Moraes with a ground clinic as he gets the submission.

Official Result- Sergio Moraes def. Ben Saunders by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:42 of Round 2

FOX SPORTS 2 PRELIMS | 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT

> Augusto Sakai (11-1-1, 0-0 UFC) vs. Chase Sherman (11-5, 2-4 UFC)
Heavyweights

Sherman with a body kick. Sakai fires back with a leg kick and lands another. They trade leg kicks. Sherman with a right hand. They trade leg kicks and Sakai lands an overhand right. Sherman with a left hand to the body. They trade punches. Sakai lands a combo. Sherman lands a combo ending with a body kick. Sakai lands a right hand and they trade in close range. Sherman lands a lead left hand and a body kick. They trade punches. Sherman lands a big left hand and Sherman with a big elbow at the end. 10-9 Sherman.

We have a quick timeout due to an eye poke in the second. Back to action and Sherman lands a stiff jab. Sherman lands a combo and a knee to the body. Sakai lands an overhand right. They trade kicks. They trade punches and Sherman lands an uppercut that gets through. They trade inside the pocket. Sakai lands a combo and they clinch and Sakai lands some uppercuts. They are pressed against the fence. They break. They trade big punches. Sakai lands a knee in a brief clinch. Sherman with a combo ending with a leg kick. They trade punches. Both are hitting each other with some solid power. Sakai with an overhand right. 10-9 Sakai, 19-19.

Sakai with a couple of body kicks. Sakai with a combo. They trade inside the pocket. Sherman with some body kicks. Sakai lands some hard punches and Sherman is eating them well. Sakai landing some big shots as Sherman has his back to the fence. They clinch and both are tired. They trade knees. Sakai hurts Sherman with a big knee to the body. Sakai with some big knees to the head. Sherman stays standing. Sakai with more knees and is looking to finish. Sherman somehow survived but then went crashing to the mat. Sakai in side control and landing big elbows. Sherman is exhausted. Sakai landing punches and the fight is stopped. Big win for Sakai as he finishes the tough Sherman.

Official Result- Augusto Sakai def. Chase Sherman by TKO (strikes) at 4:03 of Round 3

> Luis Henrique (10-4 1 NC, 2-3 UFC) vs. Ryan Spann (14-5, 0-0 UFC)
Light Heavyweights

Henrique with a leg kick but eats a counter right hand from Spann. Spann with the jab. Henrique already bleeding from the nose. Henrique tries for a takedown but Spann grabs the neck and Henrique lets go. Spann with the jab. Spann with an overhand right and Henrique finds an opening for a takedown. They get to their feet and Henrique goes back for another takedown. Spann grabs the neck and commits for the guillotine. He had it for a moment but Henrique spins out and they scramble to their feet. Henrique lands a right hand. Henrique with a late takedown. 10-9 Henrique.

They clinch to start the second. They trade in the clinch. Henrique tries a trip takedown and gets it but Spann reverses to the top in the half-guard. They scramble to their feet. Henrique grabs a leg and trips Spann to the ground and gets on top. Henrique landing punches from the top as Spann is unable to get up from the bottom. Spann is able to reverse and gets on top and works to side control. He is looking to set up a D’arce choke but uses it to get into mount. Spann with some big punches and elbows from the top to end the round. 10-9 Spann, 20-18 Spann.

Henrique gets a takedown early in the third round. Henrique looking to set something up but Spann is able to sweep to the top and has side control. Spann landing from the top and he moves to the half-guard. Spann doing enough to keep it from being stood up. Henrique doing nothing from the bottom. Spann rides out the round on the top landing a couple of knees. They get to their feet late. Slow and boring final round. 10-9 Spann, 29-28 Spann.

Official Result- Ryan Spann def. Luis Henrique by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

> Francisco Trinaldo (22-6, 12-5 UFC) vs. Evan Dunham (18-7-1, 11-7-1 UFC)
Lightweights

Dunham lands a left hand. Dunham with a body kick that Trinaldo catches and he lands a counter punch. They trade left hands. Dunham shoots for a takedown but it is defended by Trinaldo. They trade left hands and Trinaldo with a spin kick that is partially blocked. Dunham with a leg kick. Trinaldo with an overhand left. Trinaldo tries a kick but Dunham grabs the leg and throws him to the mat following a left hand. They scramble and Dunham has the neck but Trinaldo escapes into the half-guard. Trinaldo with an elbow as Dunham sprawls out. Trinaldo with a huge head kick that Dunham eats. 10-9 Trinaldo.

Dunham tries a head kick but Trinaldo knocks him off balance with a left hand. They trade punches and Trinaldo lands cleaner. Trinaldo grabs the neck and they go to the mat and Trinaldo trying to set up a choke. Trinaldo lets go and they get to their feet and trade punches. Dunham lands a left hand. They trade left hands. Trinaldo misses a big left hand. Dunham with some kicks. Trinaldo then with a big knee to the body drops Dunham and this fight is stopped as Dunham is in absolute pain. Wow. Big finish by Trinaldo.

Official Result- Francisco Trinaldo def. Evan Dunham by knockout (knee) at 4:10 of Round 2

> Charles Oliveira (23-8 1 NC, 11-8 1 NC UFC) vs. Christos Giagos (15-6, 1-2 UFC)
Lightweights

Oliveira with a leg kick. Giagos with a body punch. Oliviera just misses a flying knee but lands a leg kick. Giagos lands a right hand. Oliveira with a spinning back kick. They clinch for a moment but neither land much before they break. Oliveira with a leg kick. Oliveira with a jump knee to the body but eats a straight right hand. Oliveira ducks under a right hand and gets a takedown. Oliveira with full mount but Giagos able to reverse it and gets to his feet. Oliviera stands. Oliveira with a jumping kick. They trade and Giagos landed a nice right hand. 10-9 Oliveira.

Oliveira with two spinning back fists. Oliveira with another jumping kick and they clinch. They continue to trade with Oliveira getting the better of it. Oliveira misses a spin kick but changes levels and gets a takedown. Oliveira takes the back and is working for a choke. Oliveira has the body triangle and has a rear-naked choke locked in and gets the submission. With the submission, Oliveira has now set the UFC record for most wins by submission with 11, breaking the record he held with Royce Gracie. Impressive.

Official Result- Charles Oliveira def. Christos Giagos by submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:22 of Round 2

FOX SPORTS 1 MAIN CARD | 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT

> Randa Markos (#13, 8-6, 4-5 UFC) vs. Marina Rodriguez (11-0, 0-0 UFC)
Women’s Strawweights

Markos trying to come out quick with punches. They trade right hands and then clinch. Markos grabs the head and gets a takedown and Rodriguez is trying to escape. Markos in dominant position as she moves to mount. Markos with some big right hands from the top. Markos with more big punches from the top as she moves to half-guard. Markos gets back to full mount but goes back to half-guard. She moves to side control. Markos with some knees to the body. Markos with punches and elbows from the top. Rodriguez had nothing for Markos on the mat. 10-8 Markos.

Rodriguez with a leg kick. They trade punches and clinch and Markos with some dirty boxing. Rodriguez lands a couple of kicks. Markos with some uppercuts from a brief clinch. Rodriguez with some low kicks. Markos lands a right hand. They trade punches and Rodriguez with a leg kick. Markos lands some punches and they clinch but break. Markos lands a left hand and gets underhooks but lets go. Markos lands a left hand. They trade in close range. Rodriguez lands some punches and they trade elbows late. Markos misses a spinning back fist. Close round. 10-9 Rodriguez, 19-18 Markos.

Markos lands some punches and gets a clinch. Markos tries a sloppy throw and is on top for a moment but they stand up and Rodriguez lands a forearm. Markos with some dirty boxing as they remain clinched. They break. Rodriguez with a right hand and they clinch. Markos with the double jab and gets a takedown. She is in the guard. Markos landing from the top. Rodriguez able to roll out from under and they get to their feet. Rodriguez lands some kicks. Markos with some dirty boxing. Rodriguez with some leg kicks. Rodriguez mixing her kicks up. Close fight. 10-9 Rodriguez, 28-28 DRAW.

Official Result- Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez ends in a majority draw (29-28 Markos, 28-28, 28-28)

> Renan Barao (34-6 1 NC, 9-5 UFC) vs. Andre Ewell (13-4, 0-0 UFC)
Bantamweights* (Barao missed weight by 5.75 pounds- 141.75)

Barao missed weight badly for this one. They trade in the pocket. Barao with a body kick and he chases Ewell around the Octagon but Ewell drops Barao with a left hand. Barao recovers and gets to his feet and looks for a takedown. They go to the mat with Ewell on top but they get back to their feet. Barao gets a takedown and is in side control. Barao with some punches and a knee from the half-guard. Barao with some more knees to the body. Barao with a huge barrage of punches. Barao steps over into mount and lands some punches and then goes for an armbar but Ewell fighting it off. Barao sweeps and still has the arm but Ewell escapes. They get up but Barao with another takedown. 10-9 Barao.

Barao with some kicks to start the second. The pace has slowed to start the round. They trade some punches but neither doing much. Ewell rocks Barao with a left hand. Ewell lands another good combination after eating a right hand from Barao. Barao with a leg kick. Ewell with a body punch. He is landing lots more than Barao. Ewell with another one-two combo. Barao shoots for a takedown but Ewell defends it. Barao has the body lock and gets an outside trip to the mat. Barao ends the round on top but didn’t do a lot. 10-9 Ewell, 19-19.

Ewell with some leg kicks. He lands a combo. Barao needs to do something on the feet as he has given away the fight standing. Ewell lands a left hand. Ewell still landing. Barao doing nothing and missing when he actually does something. Ewell with a knee to the body. Barao with a leg kick. Ewell with a hard jab. Ewell lands a right hand. Barao with a right hand. Ewell lands a straight left hand and then two more and Barao is hurt. Ewell lands more left hands. Both breathing heavy. Barao with a spin kick and both have a late flurry. 10-9 Ewell, 29-28 Ewell.

Official Result- Andre Ewell def. Renan Barao by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

> Sam Alvey (33-10 1 NC, 10-5 UFC) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (22-8, 5-5 UFC)
Light Heavyweights

Alvey with an inside leg kick. Alvey with a left hand. Alvey lands another left hand. Nogueira moving forward but being passive. Alvey with a low kick and leads with the jab. Nogueira lands an overhand left. Nogueira with another left hand. Alvey keeping his back to the fence. Nogueira pokes Alvey in the eye and we have a brief timeout. They trade soft leg kicks. Both being very cautious. They trade in close range. Alvey lands a left hand that rocks Nogueira. Alvey lands another left hand. Nogueira lands a late left hand. 10-9 Alvey.

Nogueira lands a left hand and clips Alvey a couple of times. Alvey is backing away as Nogueira lands punches. Nogueira opening up and he drops Alvey and the fight is stopped. Alvey protested the stoppage as he was trying a takedown as the fight was stopped but he had trouble standing. Vintage knockout by Nogueira as he gets his first win in a long time.

Official Result- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Sam Alvey by knockout (punches) at 1:00 of Round 2

> Alex Oliveira (#14, 19-4-1 2 NC, 8-3 1 NC UFC) vs. Carlo Pedersoli (11-1, 1-0 UFC)
Welterweights

Oliveira coming out with high kicks. Pedersoli lands a kick and gets dropped from a right hand by Oliveira. Pedersoli is hurt. Oliveira with some ground and pound and is landing big punches and the referee stops the fight. Impressive stoppage by Oliveira in less than a minute.

Official Result- Alex Oliveira def. Carlo Pedersoli by knockout (punches) at :39 of Round 1

> Thiago Santos (#12 MW, 18-6, 10-5 UFC) vs. Eryk Anders (11-1, 3-1 UFC)
Light Heavyweights

Santos with a low kick and Anders counters to a takedown. They scramble up to their feet, then back to the mat and then back to the feet. Anders has Santos pinned against the fence. Anders grabs a leg and pulls Santos to the mat for a second but they get up. Anders with a knee. They break and Anders with a left hand. Santos with a body kick and then a high kick. Santos with a left hand. They clinch and trade knees. Anders lands a left hand as they break. Santos lands two left hands. Santos with a low kick. Close round. 10-9 Anders.

Santos with a body kick. They trade big punches and Anders shoots for a takedown but Santos defending against the fence. Santos gets in the guard of Anders and lands some big punches. Santos with more big punches as Anders can’t get off of his back. Santos in the half-guard but Anders gets to his feet. Santos lands a knee as Anders gets up. Santos with some big punches that hurt Anders. Anders is firing back. Santos with a body kick. Santos with another one after they exchange punches. Santos with a leg kick. Anders with a left hand. Santos with a body kick and he is unloading punches and Anders is able to get away. Santos with a big elbow and then an eye poke. Back to action and Santos with a high kick. Anders gets a late takedown and lands a big knee. 10-9 Santos, 19-19.

Santos with a leg kick. Santos with some more leg kicks. Anders lands a left hand that stuns Santos and then scores a takedown. Santos gets the back and has the hooks in. Anders with an elbow and he is looking for a choke but didn’t have it in. Santos spins and they scramble to the feet. Santos with a knee followed by a left hand and a high kick. Santos with a spinning elbow. Santos with some big punches but Anders counters with a big left hand. They are swinging. Anders gets a takedown and is in half-guard. They get up and Anders gets a takedown but Santos lands elbows. They get up and Santos lands knees. Anders working for a takedown but Santos landing elbows and punches. Anders in trouble but survives the round. 10-9 Santos, 29-28 Santos.

Anders was having trouble getting up after the third round. He got up, was walking funny and fell to the mat. He got up again and then fell right back down and the fight was waved off. Santos gets the win. Huge credit to Anders, who took the fight on Sunday and had no training camp for the fight.

Official Result- Thiago Santos def. Eryk Anders by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 3