UFC Vegas 17: ‘Thompson vs. Neal’ Live Results and Highlights

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 17 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Stephen Thompson vs. Geoff Neal.

Thompson (15-4-1 MMA) is set to return for the first time since UFC 244 in November of 2019, where he earned a unanimous decision victory over Vicente Luque. Prior that win, ‘Wonderboy’ was coming off the first knockout loss of his career thanks to a superman punch from Anthony Pettis.

Meanwhile, Geoff Neal (15-40-1 MMA) will enter UFC Vegas 17 on a seven-fight win streak, his latest being a TKO victory over Mike Perry at UFC 245. ‘Handz of Steel’ has gone 5-0 inside of the Octagon since making his promotional debut in February of 2018.

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 17 event is co-headlined by a bantamweight bout featuring former featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo squaring off with Marlon Vera.

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Aldo (28-7 MMA) will enter tonight’s co-headliner in hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. In his most recent effort at UFC 251, Jose Aldo suffered a fifth round TKO loss to Petr Yan in a bout for the promotions vacant bantamweight title.

As for Marlon Vera (16-6-1 MMA), ‘Chito’ was most recently seen in action at UFC 252, where he handed Sean O’Malley the first loss of his career by way of TKO . Vera enters tonight’s event having gone 6-1 over his past seven fights, with his lone loss in that time coming to Song Yadong by way of unanimous decision.

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 17 event also features a highly anticipated welterweight matchup between fan favorites Michel Pereira and Khaos Williams.

Pereira (24-11 MMA) most recently competed in September where he scored a submission victory over Zelim Imadaev. That victory had snapped a two-fight losing skid for ‘Demolidor’, as he had previously suffered setbacks to Diego Sanchez and Tristan Connelly.

Meanwhile, Khaos Williams (11-1 MMA) will enter UFC Vegas 17 on a two-fight win streak, his latest being a sensational knockout win over Abdul Razak Alhassan. That 30-second knockout victory was preceded by a 27-second knockout win over Alex Moreno in his promotional debut at UFC 247.

Get all of tonight’s UFC Live Results and Highlights below:

UFC Vegas 17 Main Card (7pm EST on ESPN+)

Stephen Thompson vs. Geoff Neal – Thompson def. Neal by unanimous decision (50-45 x3)

Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Vera – Aldo def. Vera by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Michel Pereira vs. Khaos Williams – Pereira def. Williams by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Rob Font vs. Marlon Moraes – Font def. Moraes via KO at 3:47 of Round 1

Greg Hardy vs. Marcin Tybura – Tybura def. Hardy via TKO in Round 2

UFC Vegas 17 Prelims (4pm EST on ESPN+)

Alex Morono vs. Anthony Pettis – Pettis def. Morono by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Sijara Eubanks vs. Pannie Kianzad – Kianzad def. Eubanks by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Antonio Arroyo vs. Deron Winn – Winn def. Arroyo by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Gillian Robertson vs. Taila Santos – Santos def. Robertson by unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 29-28)

Tafon Nchukwi vs. Jamie Pickett – Nchukwi def. Picket by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26 x2)

Cody Durden vs. Jimmy Flick – Flick def. Durden via submission (flying triangle) at 3:18 of Round 1

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Christos Giagos vs. Carlton Minus – Giagos def. Minus by unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27, 29-28)

Who are you picking to win tonight’s headliner between perennial welterweight contenders Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal? Share your thoughts in the comments section PENN Nation!

December 19, 2020