Diego Lopes and Steve Garcia are feeling each other out in the first of three rounds.
Lopes lands the first real shot of the night, launching with a couple of high right kicks, before landing with some heavy right hands.
But Garcia clocks him with an overhand right, which seems to rattle the Brazilian.
The crowd likes it, but not as much as it does when some bloke shouts “HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP!”. Comfortably the biggest cheer of the night.
“LET’S GO LOPES!” goes the chant. Hmmmm, cheering against the American on the South Lawn of the White House. That’s not very semiquincentennial birthday celebration of you.
As Daniel Cormier points out in commentary, “he’s the known commodity” so it’s no surprise the fans are getting behind him.
But that’s a really strong start by Garcia, ending the round with good straight left to the face of Lopes. Tight round, but Garcia might have nabbed that one on points.