UFC 300 LIVE: Start time, card, fight updates and results tonight

Next up, veterans clash at lightweight as Bobby Green faces Jim Miller.

Miller fought at UFC 100 in 2009 and UFC 200 in 2016, and he completes a remarkable hattrick tonight…

The 40-year-old – who has more UFC fights to his name than any other athlete – won at both of those events and is resurgent right now; can he replicate those successes against Green, who is looking to bounce back from a brutal knockout by Jalin Turner?

Lots of fans want Bruce Buffer to introduce Miller as “Jim F***ing Miller” tonight. So, let’s also find out if the ring announcer delivers on that front…

That first round should belong to Garbrandt. Figueiredo dives in with a right hand, but Garbrandt sidesteps it and lands another good left hook!

He overcommits on his next effort, though, and Figgy gets ahold of him! The Brazilian drags Garbrandt to the mat and gets to work on an arm triangle choke. Garbrandt defends, but Figueiredo takes the back! He has Garbrandt flattened out…

Hard punches from the Brazilian, who goes back to the arm triangle as No Love twists and gets face-up… Garbrandt is clinging on to Figgy’s arm, trying to create space in the choke…

Figueiredo eventually lets go, but he’s still in mount. Garbrandt scrambles, but Figgy takes the back again! He goes for a rear naked choke…

AND GARBRANDT TAPS! IT’S OVER!

Deiveson Figueiredo def. Cody Garbrandt via second-round submission (rear naked choke, 4:02).

Both men stand orthodox. Garbrandt kicks low. Lots of feints from the American. Another inside low kick from him, and another. Figueiredo dives in with a right cross, but he only finds the chest.

Hard low kick by Figgy, and Garbrandt comes back with two counter left hooks! Clean lands for “No Love”!

Garbrandt misses with a one-two, and Figueiredo grabs a body lock. Garbrandt gets free, but he’s soon floored as Figgy lands a kick to the face as Garbrandt tries a wheel kick! Wild!

Garbrandt bounces back up. More leg kicks from him. Figueiredo with a front kick that just misses. Garbrandt blitzes in, and Figueiredo stumbles onto his backside. Garbrandt chooses not to engage for long. He steps away, allowing Figgy back to his feet.

This time Figueiredo’s front kick lands to the chest. He grabs a kick from Garbrandt and a brief grappling exchange ensues. Both men end the round on their feet, though.

UFC 300 is officially under way! Welcome to our live fight coverage!

First up, former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt faces ex-flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo.

In the article below, Will Castle looks at the rise and fall of Garbrandt, whose bantamweight title win in 2016 was a false dawn for the American. Garbrandt has struggled in the cage in the years since, and he faces a tough test against Figueiredo tonight.

This is a frankly outrageous bout to have as the first prelim. But such is the depth of this card…

Some time ago, I spoke to Royce Gracie: the Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend who won UFC 1, becoming the promotion’s first ever champion.

Gracie spoke about that surreal night – the night MMA was born – and much more.

As UFC 300 arrives, let’s look back on UFC 1…

It has almost become a slogan for Charles Oliveira at this point: “I am illuminated by God.” The Brazilian uttered the words more than once during our conversation, and he has uttered them countless times over the past two years.

In fact, it was his only explanation when asked by The Independent how a fighter with such a loose grasp of English could strike such a resonant chord with so many fans worldwide. “I don’t know,” the 34-year-old shrugged, his mouth curling into a smile. Then, with his lips forming a flatter terrain across his face: “I am a guy who is illuminated by God.”

A secular answer would be that Oliveira has a claim to the status of the most exhilarating fighter in UFC history, with more finishes and submissions than any other athlete who has graced the Octagon. Oliveira’s style captivates and combines with some indescribable essence around him to inspire devotion among fans – a devotion bordering on worship.

Oliveira’s own slogan, his mantra perhaps, almost paints the former lightweight champion as the second coming of Christ. The Brazilian’s faith is such that he would hastily dismiss that blasphemous notion, but his current goal is to rise again in the 155lbs division. He craves his old crown. He might even covet it, if that were not a sinful proposition.

Firstly, though, he must get past Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300.

Full, exclusive interview:

Pereira – 4/6; Hill – 6/5

Zhang – 30/100; Yan – 5/2

Gaethje – 4/9; Holloway – 7/4

Oliveira – 7/4; Tsarukyan – 4/9

Nickal – 1/14; Brundage – 6/1

So, you’ve seen the full UFC 300 card (in the post below)… Now here’s our article breaking down EVERY single fight tonight:

Alex Pereira (C) vs Jamahal Hill (light-heavyweight title)

Zhang Weili (C) vs Yan Xiaonan (women’s strawweight title)

Justin Gaethje (C) vs Max Holloway (‘BMF’ title – lightweight)

Charles Oliveira vs Arman Tsarukyan (lightweight)

Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage (middleweight)

Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic (light-heavyweight)

Calvin Kattar vs Aljamain Sterling (featherweight)

Holly Holm vs Kayla Harrison (women’s bantamweight)

Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes (featherweight)

Jalin Turner vs Renato Moicano (lightweight)

Jessica Andrade vs Marina Rodriguez (women’s strawweight)

Bobby Green vs Jim Miller (lightweight)

Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cody Garbrandt (bantamweight)

In the main event, former middleweight champion Alex Pereira defends the light-heavyweight title against his predecessor Jamahal Hill, who vacated the belt due to injury last year. Beforehand, in the co-main event, Zhang Weili puts her strawweight gold on the line against Yan Xiaonan, in the first all-Chinese title fight in UFC history.