The octagon returned to its birthplace of Denver on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Enviornment, the place seven of the 12 bouts on the cardboard ended inside the gap.

One of many fights that required the judges was the principle occasion, the place former UFC strawweight champ Rose Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) earned a unanimous choice nod over Tracy Cortez (11-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) to proceed her trajectory towards a ladies’s flyweight title shot.

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Rose Namajunas def. Tracy Cortez

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Rose Namajunas (pink gloves) fights Tracy Cortez (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Namajunas improved to 2-1 since she moved as much as the ladies’s flyweight division in September 2023.

Cortez fell to 3-1 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in April 2021.

Cortez suffered the primary choice lack of her profession.

Muslim Salikhov def. Santiago Ponzinibbio

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Santiago Ponzinibbio (pink gloves) fights Muslim Salikhov (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Muslim Salikhov (20-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has earned 4 of his seven UFC victories by knockout.

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-7 UFC) fell to 2-5 in his previous seven fights courting again to January 2021.

Jean Silva def. Drew Dober

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Drew Dober (pink gloves) fights Jean Silva (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Silva (14-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned 13 of his 14 profession victories by stoppage.

Silva’s two UFC victories in a 14-day stretch is tied for the third-shortest turnaround in trendy firm historical past. Khamzat Chimaev holds the file at 10 days.

Dober (27-14 MMA, 13-10 UFC) has suffered six of his 10 UFC losses by stoppage.

Gabriel Bonfim def. Ange Loosa

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Gabriel Bonfim (pink gloves) fights Ange Loosa (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Gabriel Bonfim (16-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) earned the primary choice victory of his profession.

Ange Loosa (10-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered all 4 of his profession losses by choice.

Julian Erosa def. Christian Rodriguez

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Julian Erosa (pink gloves) fights Christian Rodriguez (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Julian Erosa (29-11 MMA, 8-7 UFC) improved to 7-3 since he returned to the UFC for a 3rd stint in June 2020.

Erosa has earned 24 of his 29 profession victories by stoppage.

Christian Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he moved as much as the UFC featherweight division in March 2024.

Rodriguez suffered the primary stoppage lack of his profession with a submission defeat.

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Abdul Razak Alhassan (pink gloves) reacts throughout a pause in his struggle towards Cody Brundage (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Abdul Razak Alhassan (13-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) is 3-3 with on no contest since he moved as much as the UFC middleweight division in April 2021.

Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Charles Johnson (blue gloves) knocks out Joshua Van (pink gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Johnson (16-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.

Joshua Van (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has suffered each of his profession losses by stoppage.

Van suffered the primary knockout lack of his profession.

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Fatima Kline

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Jasmine Jasudavicius (pink gloves) hugs Fatima Kline (blue gloves) after their struggle throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Jasmine Jasudavicius (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned 4 of her 5 UFC victories by choice.

Fatima Kline (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her six-fight successful steak snapped for the primary defeat of her profession.

Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Luana Santos (pink gloves) celebrates after knocking out Mariya Agapova (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Jackson’s (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) five-fight UFC successful streak at bantamweight is the third-longest energetic streak within the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (9) and Mario Bautista (six).

Jackson’s 18-second knockout marked the second-fastest end in UFC bantamweight historical past behind Erik Perez’s 17-second win at UFC 150.

Jackson’s 11 knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competitors are most in divisional historical past.

Jackson has landed a knockdown in seven consecutive UFC fights, tied with Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Cody Garbrandt, and Josh Emmett for the longest run in firm historical past.

Da’Mon Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) suffered the primary stoppage lack of his profession with a knockout defeat.

Luana Santos def. Mariya Agapova

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Luana Santos (pink gloves) celebrates defeating Mariya Agapova (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Luana Santos (8-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned 4 of her 5 profession stoppage victories by submission.

Mariya Agapova’s (10-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC) three-fight shedding skid is the longest of her profession. She hasn’t earned a victory since October 2021.

Agapova fell to 1-4 in her previous 5 fights courting again to August 2020.

Agapova has suffered 4 of her 5 profession losses by stoppage.

Evan Elder def. Darrius Flowers

Jul 13, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Evan Elder (pink gloves) celebrates defeating Darrius Flowers (blue gloves) throughout UFC Combat Night time at Ball Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports activities

Evan Elder (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned six of his 9 profession victories by stoppage.

Darrius Flowers’ (12-8-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight shedding skid is the longest of his profession. He hasn’t earned a victory since August 2022.

Flowers has suffered seven of his eight carer losses by stoppage. He’s been submitted in six of these defeats.

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UFC analysis analyst and reside statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on X @MJCflipdascript.