The third UFC pay-per-view event of 2025 went down on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the fans in Sin City were treated to plenty of jaw-dropping moments.
In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira was dethroned by Magomed Ankalaev by way of a somewhat-contentious unanimous decision. The Russian offered plenty of pressure but failed to take 'Poatan' down despite multiple attempts over the course of 25 minutes.
Nonetheless, the UFC now has a new champion at 205 pounds and a lot of the discussion coming out of this event will centre around whether Pereira gets an immediate rematch, or elects to move up to the heavyweight division to face either Tom Aspinall or Jon Jones.
In the co-main, Justin Gaethje picked up his second win over Rafael Fiziev in a bout that served as a great showcase for the excitement both fighters have consistently brought to the table.
There were also wins for Ignacio Bahamondes and Amanda Lemos, and the main card opened with one of the all-time greatest UFC knockouts as Mauricio Ruffy caught King Green with a spinning wheel kick that had echoes of Edson Barbosa's memorable KO of Terry Etim all those years ago.
UFC 313 Bonus Winners
- Fight of the night: Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev
- Performance of the night bonuses: Iganacio Bahamondes and Maurcio Ruffy
Check Out All The UFC 313 Results Below
Main Card
- Magomed Ankalaev defeated Alex Pereira via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)...Ankalaev becomes UFC light heavyweight champion
- Justin Gaethje defeated Rafael Fiziev via unanimous decsion (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Ignacio Bahamonde defeated Jalin Turner via submission (triangle choke) at 2:29 of round one
- Amanda Lemos defeated Iasmin Lucindo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mauricio Ruffy defeated King Green via knockout (spinning wheel kick) at 2:07 of round one
Preliminary Card
- Joshua Van defeated Rei Tsuruya via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Brunno Ferreira defeated Armen Petrosyan via submission (armbar) at 1:27 of round two
- Carlos Leal defeated Alex Morono via TKO (punches) at 4:16 of round one
- Marian Santos defeated Francis Marshall via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
- Ozzy Diaz defeated Djorden Santos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
