Islam Makhachev defended his lightweight title against Dustin Poirier in a grind of a fight that ended in a fifth-round stoppage win by D'arce choke. The event was marked by controversial scoring decisions but saw other thrilling matches with Kevin Holland winning by armbar submission, and Niko Price taking a decisive victory over Alex Morono. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos weathered a storm against Randy Brown to secure a close unanimous decision win. Jailton Almeida impressed with a rear-naked choke win over Alexandr Romanov. Grant Dawson got back on the winning side with a unanimous decision victory over Joe Solecki. Jake Matthews secured a narrow unanimous decision win over Phil Rowe after an intense fight.