Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., Nov. 7, 2026) with UFC Vegas 124, streaming live online via Paramount+. The event goes down inside the familiar META APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was supposed to be Sean Brady vs. Gabriel Bonfim; however, a nasty infection ruined that. Sliding in will be Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Johnny Walker in the Heavyweight division.
UFC remains inside Meta APEX for the second straight week here, with Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker as the main event. Cortes-Acosta has found himself off the pace in the title chase lately, after coughing up two decision losses in a row. Walker, meanwhile, introduced himself to the “Land of the Giants” with a cracking knockout over Mick Parkin earlier this year (re-live that here).
The co-main event has Tatiana Suarez vs. Virna Jandiroba. Both these women had unsuccessful title challenges in recent years. This bout might determine which among them has any shot of getting a second title fight at 115 pounds.
Rounding out the main card is Davey Grant vs. Elijah Smith, Billy Elekana vs. Lucas Fernando, Priscila Cachoeira vs. Nina Milosevic and Mitch Raposo vs. Marcus Degli. Smith, Fernando, Milosevic and Degli are the showcase fighters here. UFC will be hoping each of those produces a highlight reel finish.
The featured “Prelims” bout is Road to UFC winner, Keiichiro Nakamura, taking on Ollie Schmid. There are some established veterans on the undercard, too, with Andre Petroski meeting Mantas Kondratavicius, Wellington Turman returning to face Seokhyeon Ko and Karine Silva taking on Gabriella Fernandes.
The “Prelims” also include Thomas Petersen vs. Gabriel Lorenco, Jose Delano vs Murtazali Magomedov, Austin Bashi vs. Carlos Calderon and Jonny Parsons vs. Jose Souza.
UFC Vegas 124 Start Date and Time
We are back in the APEX tonight and that means a return to our usual broadcast times.
UFC Vegas 124 “Prelims” will begin at 5 p.m. ET.UFC Vegas 124 main card is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.All of UFC Vegas 124 airs on Paramount+, which you can stream here.
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UFC VEGAS 124 QUICK RESULTS
265 lbs.: Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta by KO (head kick and punches), round 3 (2:27) — HIGHLIGHTS115 lbs.: Tatiana Suarez def. Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)135 lbs.: Elijah Smith def. Davey Grant by KO (punches), round 1 (1:00) — HIGHLIGHTS205 lbs.: Lucas Fernando def. Billy Elekana by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)135 lbs.: Nina Milosevic def. Priscila Cachoeira by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (3:40) – HIGHLIGHTS125 lbs.: Mitch Raposo def. Marcus Degli by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
145 lbs.: Ollie Schmid def. Keiichiro Nakamura by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)265 lbs.: Thomas Petersen def. Gabriel Lorenco by TKO (ground and pound), round 3 (4:47)125 lbs.: Karine Silva def. Gabriella Fernandes by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)145 lbs.: Murtazali Magomedov def. Jose Delano by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)145 lbs.: Austin Bashi def. Carlos Calderon by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (1:07) — HIGHLIGHTS185 lbs.: Andre Petroski def. Mantas Kondratavicius by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (4:39)170 lbs.: Seokhyeon Ko def. Wellington Turman by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)170 lbs.: Jose Souza def. Jonny Parsons by KO (punches), round 2 (4:16) — HIGHLIGHTS
UFC VEGAS 124 PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Johnny Walker
Round 1: Walker opens with three leg kicks in a row. Walker keeps throwing kicks out. Cortes-Acosta is trying to close distance with his right hand cocked and ready to fly. Walker lands another good leg kick. Cortes-Acosta runs through it, though. He fires punches at Walker and catches up to him on the fence. Walker does down, but it might be a slip/trip. He pops right up. Walker buckles Cortes-Acosta with another leg kick. Cortes-Acosta throws more haymakers, but misses. Walker lands some inside leg kicks and Cortes-Acosta’s movement is starting to be affected. Cortes-Acosta leaps forwards and lands a big punch and then tries to pin Walker on the fence. He swings for the fences and Walker responds, they brawl it out for the last few seconds of the round round. That’s a razor close round, but I think Walker’s leg kicks were the most significant strikes.
Round 2: Walker rips another leg kick. Cortes-Acosta cracks him with a straight right. Walker hurts Cortes-Acosta with some more low kicks. Walker lands another buckling kick. Cortes-Acosta slings punches, but he’s not landing clean. Walker has slowed down now. That’s making it easier for Cortes-Acosta to avoid the low kicks. Cortes-Acosta throws more bombs when they get close to the fence. Walker goes down, not from a punch and Cortes-Acosta gets on top. Cortes-Acosta lands some short elbows.
Round 3: Cortes-Acosta lands a big punch right away. They fight in the clinch and Walker lands a jumping knee. Walker is looking really tired. Cortes-Acosta pushes him into the fence. Jason Herzog breaks them up against the fence. Walker lands a question mark kick and then a back fist. Cortes-Acosta turns and then starts wobbling! Walker chases him down and lays him out with punch right on the jaw. He jumps on top and pounds away, almost hitting Herzog.
Official decision: Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta by KO (head kick and punches), round 3 (2:27)
Tatiana Suarez vs. Virna Jandiroba
Round 1: Suarez goes for a single leg immediately. Jandiroba hops to stay up. Suarez pushes her to the fence and switches legs. Jandiroba defends well, though. There’s a little bit of striking, with neither woman landing anything hard. Suarez goes in on the single leg again. She switches to a double. Jandiroba manages to stay up, though. Jandiroba shoots a double of her own. She kind of gets Suarez down, but Suarez is able to get to a knee. Jandiroba tries to grapple, but doesn’t have the position.
Round 2: Jandiroba lands a nice right hand. Suarez responds with a knee. Suarez then goes for the single leg. Jandiroba hits her with some Travis Browne elbows. Jandiroba gets away. Jandiroba lands a good straight punch. Suarez comes in with a combo, but Jandiroba gives as good as she gets. Suarez then comes in with another single leg. Jandiroba teases a guillotine, but then gets the whizzer and uses that to stay up. Jandiroba lands a good knee on the break. Jandiroba dives in on an ankle, but Suarez stuffs it and gets top position. Suarez grabs Jandiroba’s neck, but can’t do anything with it. Jandiroba’s guard is too good for Suarez to do any damage. And Suarez’s top control is too heavy for Jandiroba to sweep. Jandiroba looks for a kneebar but the buzzer sounds. Closer round, but that top position at the end sways it for Suarez.
Round 3: Suarez gets her takedown and is again able to stay on top, despite how ticky Jandiroba’s guard play is. Jandiroba is doing all kind of things off her back to force Suarez to keep adjusting and never get comfortable. Suarez tries to land ground and pound, but Jandiroba is never still long enough for it to land. Jandiroba looks for arms, but Suarez is too strong to give those up.
Official decision: Tatiana Suarez def. Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Davey Grant vs. Elijah Smith
Round 1: They trade in the pocket, both land, Smith fires back again and Grant gets rocked (through the guarD). Smith keeps firing and Grant is out cold! That might be the last we see of Grant in UFC.
Official decision: Elijah Smith def. Davey Grant by KO (punches), round 1 (1:00)
Billy Elekana vs. Lucas Fernando
Round 1: Fernando throws a high kick and then spinning back kick combo. the second kick just misses the cup. The fight is paused, but not for long. They both then throw haymakers. Fernando lands a heavy body kick and then clinches up. Elekana reverses the position. Fernando lands some big knees as he turns the clinch around. They separate and exchange stiff jabs. Fernando lands some big shots and traps Elekana on the fence. Elekana shoots on Fernando’s hips, but it’s like he hit a brick wall. Fernando pushes him to the fence and punishes him in the clinch.
Round 2: Fernando keeps landing heavy leather on Elekana. Elekana is tough, but these shots are really zapping his energy. Fernando lands big shots in the open and then clinches and lands very hard knees. Elekana is starting to wear some damage, but he seems to have his wits about him still. Elekana keeps looking for a body lock, but Fernando is too strong and is able to keep turning him and putting Elekana on the cage.
Round 3: Elekana goes for the body lock again and this time gets a takedown. That shows how tired Fernando is in this last round. Elekana throws some punches from top position, but Fernando has a tight closed guard and seems content to just chill here. Elekana tries to create space and lands a nice elbow. He’s running out of time, though. He takes the round, but loses the fight.
Official decision: Lucas Fernando def. Billy Elekana by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Nina Milosevic
Round 1: Milosevic rushes out of her corner with a flying front kick. It misses, but she gets Cachoeira down on the fence and takes her back. Milosevic lands some good punches while Cachoeira offers very little defense. Milosevic keeps going, but she’s not hurting Cachoeira enough to elicit a stoppage. She tries to set up a choke, but Cachoeira grabs her wrist. Milosvic ramps up the intensity on her ground and pound, but Cachoeira hangs in there. Milosevic spends the entire round on top landing punches, that’s a 10-8 round for me.
Round 2: Cachoeira comes out swinging. Milosevic stings her with a counter, though. Milosevic is teeing off. Cachoeira manages to bite down and come forwards and land a big combo. Milosevic showed a good chin to take all of that. Milosevic then dumps Cachoeira down against the fence and moves straight into full mount. Milosevic drops elbows and really pushes for the finish. She gets it. Cachoeira complains. She wasn’t going out or anything, but she was also not defending herself.
Official decision: Nina Milosevic def. Priscila Cachoeira by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (3:40)
Mitch Raposo vs. Marcus Degli
Round 1: Lots of movement from Raposo, but Degli is looking very poised and is able to crack him with a nice check left hook. He tags him with a step in elbow, too. Raposo has landed two nice right hands over the top. Raposo tries to repeat that sequence, but Degli is blocking it now. Degli ducks for a takedown attempt, but can’t finish it. It’s a closer round than the commentary suggests, but Degli landed the better shots for me.
Round 2: Raposo lands his right hand. He’s taken the center of the cage and Degli is looking quite tentative early in this round. In the second half of the round Degli tries to shift the momentum and starts trying to hunt down Raposo. He’s not throwing much, though. Raposo shows great movement to prevent Degli scoring much of anything before the round ends.
Round 3: They clash heads early in the round and Raposo pulls back looking a little stunned. That doesn’t last long, though. Raposo moves forwards continuing to throw the straight left and right hand over the top. Raposo is bleeding from an elbow Degli landed right on his hairline. Degli throws a nice body kick. Raposo walks through it and lands a great punch to the ribs. That looked like it hurt Degli. Raposo lands upstairs again. Raposo then lands two shots to the body. Degli shoots a desperation takedown and Raposo stuffs and reverses him.
Official decision: Mitch Raposo def. Marcus Degli by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Ollie Schmid: Nakamura and Schmid were very well matched in this fight and we had a decent kickboxing bout between the two. Schmid won many of the exchanges and showed off a particularly impressive kicking game. Nakamaura almost won the fight in the third, knocking down Schmid and then almost pounding him out. That almost gave him his second third round comeback in a row. Schmid gutted it out, though, and earned the decision.
Official decision: Ollie Schmid def. Keiichiro Nakamura by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Thomas Petersen vs. Gabriel Lorenco: Lorenco scored a handful of knockdowns in round one to earn a 10-8, on my scorecard. He gassed himself out, though. Petersen then almost finished him at the start of the second round. He gassed himself out doing that, though. In the third both men started very slow, but it was Petersen who showed more grit and summoned up the strength to get Lorenco down and pound him out (and save himself from a likely draw).
Official decision: Thomas Petersen def. Gabriel Lorenco by TKO (ground and pound), round 3 (4:47)
Karine Silva vs. Gabriella Fernandes: This was a highly skippable fight with the first round spent entirely on the fence with neither woman doing anything to advance the position or offer any kind of threat. It picked up a little as the fight wore on, but still looked mostly like sparring. Silva is the busier fighter, so she edged it on my scorecard.
Official decision: Karine Silva def. Gabriella Fernandes by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Murtazali Magomedov vs. Jose Delano: These two put on a very close and technical fight. Delano got the first round, for me, with his volume striking. Magomedov got the second round, with his wrestling and a nice head kick. The third was a toss up, with Delano having more gas in the tank and doing more with his striking. But Magomedov scored a knockdown in the final seconds. That gave him the round, and fight, on my scorecard. If not for the knockdown, I would have given that final round to Delano.
Official decision: Murtazali Magomedov def. Jose Delano by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Austin Bashi vs. Carlos Calderon: Bashi made quick work of the short notice opponent. He threw some chaotic strikes Calderon’s way, but looked much more composed when he got his takedown. On the ground he took the back easily and pounced on a tight rear naked choke/neck crank for the win.
Official decision: Austin Bashi def. Carlos Calderon by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (1:07)
Andre Petroski vs. Mantas Kondratavicius: Kondratavicius had Petroski in some trouble early on, cracking him with very hard shots every time Petroski thought about a takedown. In the second round, though, Petroski imposed his wrestling game on the former kickboxer. Kondratavicius got trapped underneath and Petroski was able to break him down with ground and pound and snap his three fight losing streak.
Official decision: Andre Petroski def. Mantas Kondratavicius by TKO (ground and pound), round 2 (4:39)
Seokhyeon Ko vs. Wellington Turman: That was all Ko. He was sparking Turman with solid single shots throughout the fight and also got him down with some flashy takedowns. In the second Turman showed he’s got some bite on the feet and that led Ko to lean on his wrestling to seal the win here down the stretch.
Official decision: Seokhyeon Ko def. Wellington Turman by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jose Souza vs. Jonny Parsons: Parsons was game for as long as this fight was on, but he didn’t have many answers for Souza’s length. Souza eventually cracked him with an uppercut and wrapped this up in the second round.
Official decision: Jose Souza def. Jonny Parsons by KO (uppercut), round 2 (4:16)
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