Tom Nolan
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November 1, 2026
Tom
Nolan scored the biggest win of his blossoming MMA career,
stopping veteran Renato
Carneiro in the third round in the main event of
UFC Vegas 123 inside the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. However, the
win wasn’t without controversy.
Carneiro (21-8-1) dominated much of the first two rounds, scoring
takedowns and constantly threatening Nolan’s neck with rear-naked
choke attempts and strikes from the back. Nolan couldn’t free
himself from the position, and late in the second, with the
Brazilian again on Nolan’s back, landing punches and elbows and
threatening with the choke, the crowd began booing. Longtime
referee Dan Miraglioota inexplicably intervened and stood the
fighters up, forcing „Moicano“ to lose a dominant position.
From there, Nolan (12-1) landed a knee to Carneiro’s face, badly
rocking him. The Aussie nearly knocked „Moicano“ out, but the
Brazilian survived the round. Unfortunately for Carneiro, his head
wasn’t clear to start the third, and Nolan capitalized. “Big Train”
landed dozens of punches, knocked his lightweight foe down, and
then
finished him off with strikes at 1:28 of the third.
Jacobe
Smith took on Randy Brown
(20-9) on short notice, and it paid off. Smith (14-0) remained
unbeaten as he ground out a unanimous decision win over three
rounds at welterweight in the co-main event. Smith scored multiple
takedowns and landed dozens of punches and elbows to Brown’s head,
winning every round. All three judges favored Smith, with scores of
30-26.
Cody
Durden had a battle on his hands against Ode
Osbourne as the flyweights largely grappled for three rounds,
but Durden’s early aggression paved the way for victory. Durden
(19-11-1) scored multiple takedowns and threatened submissions in
the first two rounds, only to fend off Osbourne’s sub threats in
the third. In the end, all three judges saw it 29-28 for Durden;
Osbourne sank to 13-10.
Luana
Santos used superior takedown ability and controlled most of
the bantamweight contest on the ground to earn a unanimous decision
over Yana Santos.
Luana (12-2) threatened with submission attempts multiple times in
rounds two and three, but Yana (17-9-, 1 NC) fended them all off.
All three judges scored it 29-28 for Luana.
Jean-Paul
Lebosnoyani took another step up the welterweight ladder as he
battered and sliced up Farman
Hasanov, scoring a TKO in the third from severe lacerations.
Lebosnoyani (12-2) landed dozens of punches and kicks to the head
and body, but Hasanov (5-1) was as tough as leather and never
stopped swinging for the fences. However, referee Dan Miragliotta
paused the action in the final round to have Hasanov’s cuts
examined, and it
was determined they were too severe, ending the fight at the
2:11 mark.
Featherweight contender Dakota Hope
eked past Francis
Marshall to nab his first-ever win inside the Octagon. Hope
(12-2) rallied in the second half with sheer aggression and more
pressure to win the bout by split decision. Hope won 29-28 on two
official scorecards, while one card gave Marshall (10-4) the win
29-28.
Rodrigo
Sezinando scored a TKO at the end of the second round when the
cageside doctor felt a nasty cut on Theodor
Berggren’s upper lip was too severe. Sezinando (9-2) landed a
vicious elbow from on top near the end of the second, which busted
“Simba’s”
lip wide opene. But before the third could begin, referee Kerry
Hatley took the doctor’s advice and ended the fight. Berggren fell
to 8-5.
Longtime veteran Julian
Erosa was fabulous in his farewell fight, starching
featherweight adversary Jeong Yeong
Lee in just 91 seconds. Lee (11-4) hurt Erosa when he erupted
with strikes as soon as the fight began, but “Juicy J” weathered
the storm and returned fire. When he did, “The Korean Tiger” was
dropped by an overhand right to the face and from there, Erosa
(32-13) landed follow-up punches until referee Chris Tognoni pulled
him off.
Zachary
Reese was too much for Mickey Gall
to handle as he easily toppled him via unanimous decision in their
three-round middleweight affair. Reese (11-4) controlled the pace
and landed the better strikes, winning from scores of 30-27
(thrice). Gall dipped to 7-8.
Middleweight contender Joseph
Kropschot made a statement in his UFC debut as he became the
first to submit Nick Klein
in MMA. Klein (6-4) tried to secure a rear-naked choke early in the
second, but Kropschot (10-3) scrambled out and locked in a
slick inverted triangle armbar. Kelin tapped out at 1:25 of the
second.
In a strawweight battle, Piera
Rodriguez prevailed via unanimous decision over Talita
Alencar (8-2-1). Each round was about as close as they come,
with both women landing solid strikes, but the three cageside
judges favored Rodriguez (13-2) 30-27 across the board.
Lucia
Szabova was impressive in her UFC debut as she wore down and
took out fellow flyweight Tainara
Lisboa in the third. After dragging Lisboa (7-5) to the canvas
around the midway point of the final round, the Russian unloaded
a steady ground-and-pound attack to force the referee stoppage.
The end came at 3:20 of the third, allowing Szabova to improve to
11-0.