Johnny Walker earned a KO finish over Waldo Cortes Acosta in the UFC Vegas 124 main event.
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UFC Vegas 124 took place Saturday from the Apex in Las Vegas, headlined by a five-round heavyweight fight between Waldo Cortes Acosta and Johnny Walker.
Cortes Acosta and Walker met after the card was slated to stream at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, with the main card beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
In the main event, Johnny Walker defeated Waldo Cortes Acosta by KO (TKO) in Round 3 at 2:27. Walker entered the bout with a listed record of 24-10, while Cortes Acosta was listed at 17-5.
The co-main event featured Tatiana Suarez and Virna Jandiroba. Suarez won by unanimous decision, with scores of 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28.
Elijah Smith defeated Davey Grant by KO in Round 1 at 1:00, and Lucas Fernando earned a unanimous decision win over Billy Elekana, with the official results listed as 29-28 (x3).
Nina Milošević picked up a TKO win over Priscila Cachoeira in Round 2 at 3:40, while Mitch Raposo defeated Marcos Degli by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Ollie Schmid won a unanimous decision over Keiichiro Nakamura (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Thomas Petersen defeated Gabriel Lorenço by TKO in Round 3 at 4:41, and Karine Silva won a unanimous decision over Gabriella Fernandes (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
On the preliminary portion, Austin Bashi submitted Carlos Calderon with a rear-naked choke at 1:07 in Round 1, Andre Petroski defeated Mantas Kondratavičius by TKO at 4:39 in Round 2, Seokhyeon Ko won by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), and José Souza won by KO at 4:16 in Round 1.
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