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‘UFC 194: Aldo Vs. McGregor’ Pay-Per-View Results — Updated LIVE!

By Jan Omega
Published on: 11:21 PST, Dec 12, 2015

Today, December 12, 2015, UFC will present UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, only through pay-per-view. The event will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Las Vegas, Nevada. For those who are unable to attend the fight live, once again it is a pay-per-view and will cost an average of $50 in standard definition, $10 more for high-definition.

Fortunately, those who cannot afford the pay-per-view are given some luxuries at a smaller price. Starting at 6:30 p.m./3:30 p.m. ET/PT, the early preliminary card can be viewed through the UFC Fight Pass. One hour and 30 minutes later, the preliminary card can be viewed through Fox Sports 1. Take note that the UFC 194 main card is when the women’s bantamweight championship title fight takes place. Until then, here are some past articles from the Inquisitr that assist in the build-up for this fight.

  • The winner of the UFC featherweight championship unification fight (José Aldo vs. Conor McGregor) will not only be the undisputed UFC featherweight champion, but they will also accompany Ronda Rousey on the cover of EA Sports UFC 2.
  • When the fight between José Aldo and Conor McGregor was first announced, Aldo promised he would “run over” McGregor.

MMA fans, especially those exclusive to UFC, have wanted to see a fight between “Junior” (or “Scarface”) and “The Notorious” one for the longest time. Originally, José Aldo and Conor McGregor were supposed to fight back on July 11, 2015 at UFC 189. Unfortunately, Aldo had to drop out due to a rib injury. Ergo, Dana White and UFC company called in Chad Mendes to take Aldo’s place. Also, the main event fight would now be for an interim championship for their division, similar to the situation in the UFC heavyweight division when Cain Velasquez was out for quite some time.

The results of the main fight card will be shown below as they become available. This is a live-updating article, so for those who are unable to watch the pay-per-view, you can use this article as a means to find out the latest results. Please note that due to online limitations, only the overall result shall be posted live with a fight synopsis detailed after the pay-per-view. Since preliminary matches are fairly easy to watch — either on UFC Fight Pass or television — they will not be included.

Main Card (Pay-Per-View – 10 p.m./7 p.m. ET/PT)

“Blessed” Max Holloway vs. “Lil’ Heathen” Jeremy Stephens – Holloway (USA) is 14-3-0 and ranked number five. Stephens (USA) is 24-11-0 and ranked number eight. They are fighting in the Featherweight Division.

RESULTS: Max Holloway defeats Jeremy Stephens via Unanimous Decision.

SYNOPSIS: This fight surely had the hallmarks of a first fight of the main card. If one were to joke, round one was ballroom dancing, round two was fist bumping, and round three had a fraternity brother chest bump. Seriously though, most of the action took place in the last minute of the second round but mostly in the third when Holloway took down Stephens. While Holloway had ground control, he attempted to do a triangle choke followed by a rear-naked choke followed by a guillotine. All were failures but it was evident Holloway was in control and looking to end the fight. He didn’t finish the fight but the fact Holloway tried to (along with doing more during the whole fight in general), it makes sense he would win by unanimous decision.

Demian Maia vs. Gunnar “Gunni” Nelson – Maia (Brazil) is 21-6-0 and ranked number six. Nelson (Iceland) is 14-1-0 and ranked number 12. They are fighting in the Welterweight Division.

RESULTS: Demian Maia defeats Gunnar Nelson via Unanimous Decision.

SYNOPSIS: It should be noted that going into this fight, both Demian Maia and Gunnar Nelson specialize in grappling. However, Maia is higher in rank by six numbers. Ergo, Maia statistically is at an advantage and it showed throughout this fight. The first round was mostly both fighters gunning for ground control. Eventually, the fight did go down to the floor (in which Nelson even scored some takedowns with control), but Maia pretty much dominated ground game. There were even times when Maia had Nelson’s back in which the latter could only cover up. In the end though, Nelson just didn’t do enough for judges to see any favor on his behalf. Even that quick counter near the end of the last round where Nelson ended up on top of Maia after the latter had the former’s back for awhile did not matter.

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. “Soldier of God” Yoel Romero – Souza (Brazil) is 22-3-0 with one no contest and ranked number two. Romero (Cuba) is 10-1-0 and ranked number three. They are fighting in the Middleweight Division.

RESULTS: Yoel Romero defeats Ronaldo Souza via Split Decision.

SYNOPSIS: This fight started out slow in the first round but truly picked up once Yoel Romero connected with a spinning back fist that connected on the right side of Ronaldo Souza’s face. Souza was clearly dazed as he went down. Romero followed up with wicked ground-and-pound in which Souza could not recover from. What saved Souza was the bell because everyone could clearly see he was dazed. That should be a sign for Romero to pick up his aggression in the second round, but for some reason he held back. There was a moment in the second round Romero took down Souza but the referee ordered a stand-up because Romero held onto the cage to get the takedown. The third round was Souza’s comeback in which he got Romero to the cage and unleashed striking combinations. Unfortunately, Souza went in for the takedown but Romero countered. In the end, Romero won by split decision. He might have gotten a unanimous decision if it weren’t for his penalty in the second round.

“The All-American” Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold – Weidman (USA) is 13-0-0 and the defending UFC middleweight champion. Rockhold (USA) is 14-2-0 and ranked number one. They are fighting in the Middleweight Division for the UFC championship on the line.

RESULTS: Luke Rockhold defeats Chris Weidman via TKO, 3:12 into the fourth round to become the new UFC middleweight champion.

SYNOPSIS: From start to when Chris Weidman was TKO’d out, this fight was easily total domination for Luke Rockhold. For most of the fight, Rockhold was able to control Weidman in both the clinch and on the ground. However, it was literally the beginning of the end near the end of the third round. Weidman tried to connect with a wheel kick but Rockhold countered and took him down. Rockhold then established full mount and proceeded to do ground-and-pound. The referee should have called for a TKO then and there but given the fact the round was almost done, he let it go giving Weidman a chance to recover. Eventually the bell saved him, but it didn’t matter because Weidman was in the same situation of Rockhold on top of him feeding him fists. This time around, the referee stopped the fight giving Rockhold the TKO victory.

José Aldo “Junior” vs. “The Notorious” Conor McGregor – Aldo (Brazil) is 25-1-0 and the defending UFC featherweight champion. McGregor (Ireland) is 18-2-0 and ranked number one. They are fighting in the Featherweight Division for the UFC championship on the line.

RESULTS: Conor McGregor defeats José Aldo via KO, 0:13 in the first round to become the undisputed UFC featherweight champion.

SYNOPSIS: This was one of the fastest championship fights ever. Within 13 seconds of the first round, José Aldo rushed in and connected with a left hook to Conor McGregor’s face. McGregor however traded a left hook of his own too. Given the fact that Aldo was going in, the impact was probably a lot worse for Aldo resulting in his very first KO loss.

[Photos by Steve Marcus/Getty Images]

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