UFC Fight Night 90: Dos Anjos vs Alvarez live results, play by play, round scoring

Join us tonight on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion and play-by-play asUFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez takes flight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The entire event will stream on UFC Fight Pass.

Reigning UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos puts his belt on the line against hard-nosed wrestle-boxer Eddie Alvarez in the main event. In the co-main, big fellasDerrick Lewis and Roy “Big Country” Nelson will surely try to fell one another quickly and emphatically. Rounding out the main card are welterweights Alan Jouban vs. Belal Muhammad and lightweights Joseph Duffy vs. Mitch Clarke.

Live results and play-by-play will commence with the opening preliminary bout on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET. The full lineup and schedule follows. Check out this week’s MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on each match up.

Main Card
(UFC Fight Pass, 10 p.m. ET)

Rafael dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez (UFC LW championship)
Derrick Lewis vs. Roy Nelson
Alan Jouban vs. Belal Muhammad
Mitch Clarke vs. Joseph Duffy

Preliminary Card
(UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Alberto Mina vs. Mike Pyle
Mehdi Baghdad vs. John Makdessi
Anthony Birchak vs. Dileno Lopes
Russell Doane vs. Pedro Munhoz
Felipe Arantes vs. Jerrod Sanders

Gilbert Burns vs. Lukasz Sajewski

R1:

Marco Beltran vs. Reginaldo Vieira

R1: Vieira comes out heaving a one-two that Beltran sidesteps. Beltran lands a short left while retreating, then glances with a quick counter knee as Vieira forces a clinch. Vieira hits a takedown but Beltran pops back up. Vieira sticks with the double leg and yanks Beltran’s hips off the cage to take him down. Cradle pass for Vieira but Beltran stands back up in the transition, then gets away with a quick fence grab to disrupt Vieira’s takedown.

They reset in the center. Beltran goes airborne with a wild flying knee but ends up dinging Vieira with a left hook. Now a sturdy knee lands for Beltran. Blood is now streaming down the center of Vieira’s face but he manages to catch Beltran with a short uppercut. Step-off left lands for Beltran. 10-9 Beltran.

R2: Vieira has a significant vertical gash on his eyebrow, right next to his nose. This doesn’t stop him from wading forward and tagging Beltran with some thuggish punches in the phone booth, which set up a clean double leg for Vieira. Beltran is slippery off his back but Vieira catches him with some ground-and-pound.

Beltran angles for a submission, then flings a volley of up-kicks to the face of Vieira: one glances, the next flattens Vieira, who lands with a rather confused look on his face. Perhaps on instinct, Vieira counters with a leg lock that’s surprisingly effective. Beltran shakes loose and immediately transitions to Vieira’s back, then sinks in a deep rear-naked choke. Vieira taps.

Alvaro Herrera vs. Vicente Luque

R1: Luque glances with an inside low kick 30 seconds in, but he’s warned for a potential low blow on his second offering. Luque snaps an outside low kick home but Herrera blasts him with a mean right cross. Luque fires a jab and times a beautiful single leg, finishing it. Herrera bounces off the canvas and Luque keeps him on the fence, pursuing a double leg.

Luque peels him off the fence and finishes the takedown, landing in Herrera’s full guard. Luque keeps Herrera’s head pinned on the fence, then unleashes a few short left elbows to the head, also passing to half guard. Luque tries to step over and pin Herrera’s left arm to no avail. Herrera goes onto his left hip and stands up, and is finally able to separate. Herrera plugs Luque with a stiff body shot before he’s jammed on the fence and taken down again. Two sharp left elbows from Luque on top. 10-9 Luque.

R2: Luque starts the second in southpaw but quickly returns to orthodox. Luque scores with a left hook and a left round kick to the body. Luque changes levels for a double leg, switches to a single leg to drive Herrera onto the fence, then switches back to a double to complete the takedown. Full, closed guard for Herrera, again with his head jammed on the fence. Grinding cross-face elbows from Luque. Herrera nearly boots Luque off with two feet on his chest but Luque retains top position.

Herrera battles back to his feet and blocks a spinning back elbow. Luque partially lands a double flying knee and flows into an easy double leg, this time landing in side mount. Luque turns the clock and laces on an anaconda choke while, oddly, Herrera stays flat on his back. Luque cranks it and Herrera cries uncle.