CANADA HAS A TOP 10 WELTERWEIGHT 🇨🇦 Mike
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October 18, 2026
Mike
Malott’s patience paid off as he knocked out Joaquin
Buckley in the main event of UFC Edmonton at Rogers Place in
Edmonton, Alberta, on Saturday night.
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Buckley refused to touch gloves before the fight, setting the tone
for a tense opening round. Neither man committed to sustained
offense early, but the pace increased in the second, when Malott
found the decisive strike.
Mike Malott knocks out Joaquin Buckley with second-round knee
at UFC Edmonton
Malott (15-2-1) brought the crowd to its feet with a knee to
Buckley’s jaw midway through the second round, sending the
American’s mouthpiece flying. Buckley fell face-first to the
canvas, and Malott followed with a punch before the stoppage at
2:32. Buckley dropped to 21-9, while Malott strengthened his case
for a place in the welterweight top 10. Jasmine
Jasudavicius took another step toward a flyweight title shot
with a unanimous decision over Erin
Blanchfield. Jasudavicius controlled the first two rounds with
takedowns and submission attempts but could not secure a finish.
Blanchfield (14-3) rallied with clean punches in the third, but all
three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Jasudavicius, who improved
to 16-4.
Mexico’s Cristian
Perez needed just 27 seconds to knock out Kyle Nelson
in his UFC debut. Perez (16-2) mixed a knee into a flurry of
punches,
dropped Nelson and finished with hammerfists. Nelson (17-8-1)
attempted to grapple with referee Jason Herzog after the
stoppage.
Marc-Andre
Barriault survived Kyle
Daukaus’ early grappling attack before stopping him in their
middleweight bout. Barriault (18-11) escaped to his feet, landed a
knee in the clinch and took control on the ground.
Punches and elbows prompted referee Marc Goddard
to intervene at 4:28 of the first round, dropping Daukaus to
17-6.
Timothy
Cuamba used his grappling to submit Louis
Jourdain in the second round. Cuamba (11-4) repeatedly took
Jourdain down, secured back control and threatened a rear-naked
choke
before switching to a neck crank. Jourdain (9-4) tapped at
2:48.
Mandel
Nallo stopped Nate
Landwehr early in the second round of their lightweight bout.
Nallo (15-4) repeatedly hurt Landwehr with crisp punches and heavy
leg kicks in the first. Another leg kick sent Landwehr (18-9) to
the canvas in the second, and follow-up punches prompted referee
Luke
Boutin to
stop the fight at 47 seconds.
Tanner
Boser dominated Jhonata
Diniz before
stopping him late in the third round. Boser (23-11-1)
repeatedly took Diniz down and landed ground-and-pound until
referee Jason Herzog intervened at 4:26. Diniz fell to 9-3, closing
a preliminary card in which every bout ended inside the
distance.
Middleweight prospect Nick
Galanti submitted Julien
Leblanc in 86 seconds. Galanti (9-1) secured an early takedown,
maintained control and
worked his way to the back before forcing a tap with a face
crank. Leblanc dropped to 10-4.
In a back-and-forth heavyweight bout, Joel
Faglier rallied to stop Javad
Mahjoub in the second round. Mahjoub (5-1) hurt Faglier
repeatedly in the first but could not finish him. Faglier (7-0)
attacked the body as Mahjoub tired,
then overwhelmed him with punches until referee Marc Goddard
stopped the fight at 2:11.
Flyweight Katlyn
Cerminara stopped Mackenzie
Stiller late in the first round. Cerminara (19-6) used her
reach to keep Stiller at bay before hurting her with a left head
kick along the fence. Stiller (6-2) tried to retreat, but
Cerminara followed with punches until referee Luke Boutin
intervened at 4:46.
Steven
Koslow controlled Chad
Anheliger for much of their bantamweight bout
before submitting him with a rear-naked choke. Koslow (7-1)
scored repeated takedowns and landed the cleaner strikes on the
feet. Anheliger (13-9) tapped at 4:31 of the third round.
Chelsea
Chandler bloodied Melissa
Croden from the bottom
before sweeping her and securing a kimura. Croden (8-4) tried
to escape but tapped at 4:52 of the first round. Chandler improved
to 8-4.
Su
Young You dominated previously unbeaten Cody
Chovancek with his grappling
before securing a third-round submission. You (17-4, two no
contests) repeatedly took Chovancek down and finished with a kimura
at 4:19. Chovancek fell to 9-1.