UFC on ESPN 63 takes place Saturday, and MMA Junkie has you covered with live round-by-round coverage and official results. The event (ESPNews, ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.
In the headliner, former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) takes on surging contender Joaquin Buckley (20-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC). In the co-feature at bantamweight, UFC Hall of Famer Cub Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC) faces Billy Quarantillo (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC).
Below, you can find live round-by-round coverage and official results.
Fernando Padilla vs. Sean Woodson
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Records: Padilla (16-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Woodson (12-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Broadcast: ESPNews, ESPN+
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UFC on ESPN 63 results
MAIN CARD (ESPN2, ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)
Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley
Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo
Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva
Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
Daniel Marcos vs. Adrian Yanez
Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Ottman Azaitar vs. Michael Johnson
Joel Alvarez vs. Drakkar Klose
Fernando Padilla vs. Sean Woodson
Felipe Lima def. Miles Johns via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Miranda Maverick def. Jamey-Lyn Horth via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Davey Grant def. Ramon Taveras via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Piera Rodriguez def. Josefine Knutsson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima
Round 1 – Lima looks to find the range with a few quick leg kicks. Johns swings with a big overhand counter. Johns looks for the takedown, but Lima shakes him off and leaps in with a knee. A few clean punches land for Lima as Johns scrambles back to a single leg attempt. He gives up on it, and they’re back to the center. Lima looks for a hook kick, just missing the mark. Johns lands a 1-2. A spinning kick to the body lands for Lima. The action slows a bit as they look for openings. Johns comes foward with a combination and waves Lima in in the closing moments.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Lima.
Round 2 – The meet in the middle and exchange punches, with Johns controlling the action from the center. Johns adds a nice calf kick that nearly spun Lima around. Lima gathers himself and fires back nicely, putting together a clean combination. Lima then gets a clean takedown. Johns tries to scramble up, but has to fend off a D’arce and guillotine attempt. Johns escapes though, and the fight returns to the center. They’re back to exchanging punches, and Lima points at Johns after lands a clean left. Johns lands a moment later and laughs. The action starts to heat up, punctuated with a huge overhand right from Johns, that nearly takes Lima off his feet. Johns is amped up now, waving Lima into a firefight before the round ends.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Johns.
Round 3 – Johns comes out with forward pressure, looking to land a big punch. Johns swings and misses with a few punches, but keeps coming forward. Lima sneaks in a sharp counter right. Johns looks for the overhand right again, but it’s not there. Lima continues to circle on the outside, and finds an opening to dart in, and leaps on Johns’ back. Lima gets the fight to the ground. The rear-naked choke is slapped on, but it’s not under the chin. Lima adjusts a few times, but Johns keeps the chin low. Johns scrambles free and jumps on Lima’s back! But he gets too high, and Lima throws him off the top. About 50 seconds to go, and Johns starts swinging big punches. Lima gets a hold of him though, and the fight is back on the canvas. Johns reverses the position to take top control. Lima works up, and Johns swings a couple of more hooks, but doesn’t land.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Lima, giving him the fight 29-28.
Result: Felipe Lima def. Miles Johns via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Records: Johns (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC), Silva (14-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Broadcast: ESPNews, ESPN+
Referee: Jason Herzog
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Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Miranda Maverick
Round 1 – They touch ’em up and get to the action with opening leg kicks. Horth controls the center of the cage as both look for openings. Maverick darts forward with a combo, but can’t connect. An overhand left just misses the mark a moment later as they continue to move about the octagon, light on their feet. Maverick changes things up with a takedown shot. The single leg attempt results in a clinch along the fence. Maverick tries to kick out the leg, but Horth remains upright. Maverick continues to adjust for the takedown, while Horth counters with an, uhh… interesting hand placement. Maverick pulls out the leg to get Horth down, but can’t keep her on the mat. The round comes to a close in the clinch.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Maverick.
Round 2 – Another touch of gloves here. Maverick grabs another single leg attempt at Horth comes in with a punch. Back to the same position against the fence, Maverick works for the takedown as a few boo birds chirp. Horth finds a reversal opening and takes Maverick’s back from a standing position. Maverick drops to ground as Horth begins working for a rear-naked choke. Horth slaps it on, but it doesn’t appear under the chin. Maverick gives a thumbs up. Horth gives up on it, and the scramble is on. Maverick ends up on the back. Horth doesn’t rest and quickly reverses by turning into guard. Maverick tries to scramble to her feet, but Horth stays glued to her and adds a few punches on the way up.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Horth.
Round 3 – Maverick lands a solid overhand left to start the round. They continue to exchange single strikes at a time on the feet as Horth pressures from the center. Maverick sees her opening and shoots in for a well-timed takedown. Maverick works from half guard looking to land short strikes, but Horth regains full guard when Maverick looked to improve position. Maverick looks to transition, and their legs become entangled. With 30 seconds to go, the fight returns to the feet, and Maverick unloads a combination. Horth comes forward looking to respond, but time expires.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Maverick, giving her the fight 29-28.
Result: Miranda Maverick def. Jamey-Lyn Horth via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Records: Horth (7-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), Maverick (15-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Broadcast: EESPNews, ESPN+
Referee: Andrew Glenn
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Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras
Round 1 – No glove touch here. Grant starts the action with a few leg kicks, going inside and outside. Taveras lands a fast left hand. Another lands not far behind it with more power. Grant goes back to the kicks, landing to the leg and to the body. Taveras punches to the body, and Grant gives him one right back. Grant digs in a hard kick to the body. Taveras lands a hard counter punch as Grant closes in. A head kick from Grant a second later nearly gets home. Taveras cracks with a hard counter. Grant’s leg kick lands on the family jewels, and the fight is paused for just under a minute. Back to the action, Taveras presses forward as the crowd chants “U-S-A.” Grant lands an inside kick followed by a punch. A moment later, Grant attempts a spinning back kick, but Taveras defends it well. Grant continues offering a variety of striking techniques until the horn.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Grant.
Round 2 – Grant picks up right where he left off with punches and kicks early, but Taveras drops him with a big counter! Taveras thinks about following to the ground, but he lets Grant up as the crowd begins to chant again. Grant resets, and attacks with more kicks to the legs, body and head. Grant threatens a level change as he continues to lead the dance with strikes. A spinning attack from Grant is broken up by Taveras, and Grant touches the canvas. He pops up quickly, and continues to offer high-volume attacks. A hard punching combination from Grant scores. Taveras remains defensively sound, but struggles to find openings to get his own offense off due to Grant’s volume.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Grant.
Round 3 – They trade clean punches in the first exchange of the final round. Grant keeps the pressure high with volume striking, but Taveras begins to offer more jabs. Grant circles and comes forward with a series of punches, backing up Taveras. Grant continues to unload punches, putting together combinations, some of which are blocked by Taveras. Another solid combination from Grant lands, this time with a kick added to the mix. Another combo lands for Grant, puncutated with a hard right hand. Every time Taveras offers a strike, Grant immediately fires back. With 30 seconds to go, they both turn up the volume as the crowd gets louder. Both land in the final sequences, but Grant ends the fight with a taunt and a smile.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Grant, giving him the fight 30-27.
Result: Davey Grant def. Ramon Taveras via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
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Records: Grant (14-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC), Taveras (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Broadcast: ESPNews, ESPN+
Referee: Keith Peterson
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Josefine Knutsson vs. Piera Rodriguez
Round 1 – They quickly meet in the middle and Rodriguez rocks Knutsson with a fast combination! Rodriguez follows up with a takedown attempt, but Knutsson is able to keep her balance. They wrestle for position against the fence. Rodriguez gets the angle to lift and dump Knutsson to the canvas. Knutsson gets her back to the cage and pops to her feet. Back in the center, Rodriguez charges forward with punches into a clinch, and gets another takedown. Knutsson throws up a gogoplata attempt, but it’s not there. They return to the feet, both unloading punches and kicks. Rodriguez darts in again with punches and gets another takedown in the center of the cage. Knutsson lands a few hard elbows from her back and Rodriguez stands up. Rodriguez plays the up-down position for a moment before going back down to take side control. Knutsson stays active from her back, but Rodriguez rains down a few hard elbows from the top.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Rodriguez.
Round 2 – Rodriguez comes out quickly again with punches and a kick to the body. Knutsson fires back. Rodriguez shoots in and completes another takedown, but Knutsson gets to the fence and wall walks to her feet. Knutsson circles out of the clinch and just misses with a head kick. Knutsson kicks to the body and lands a right. Another combination from Knutsson connects, but Rodriguez times a takedown. Midway through the round, Rodriguez works ground and pound from full guard. Rodriguez takes full mount and postures up with punches, but Knutsson throws her legs up for a beautiful sweep to escape. They’re back to their feet, but Rodriguez keeps the clinch, sticking to Knutsson like glue on the cage. She gets a single leg, but Knutsson nearly reverses to take the back.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Rodriguez.
Round 3 – They circle around each other in the center. Knutsson lands a hard front kick to the body. Rodriguez gathers herself and shoots for the takedown. Knutsson looks for a guillotine, but Rodriguez gets to half guard and escapes. Rodriguez gets to work with ground and pound again while also maintaining control as time ticks away. Knutsson works her way closer to the fence, but Rodriguez gets full mount momentarily. Knutsson gets full guard back, but can’t improve beyond that as Rodriguez rains down a final flurry.
MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9 for Rodriguez, giving her the fight 30-27.
Result: Piera Rodriguez def. Josefine Knutsson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Records: Knutsson (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Rodriguez (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Division: Women’s strawweight
Broadcast: ESPNews, ESPN+
Referee: Jason Herzog
Judging: Eric Colon, Jason Grenier, Sal D’Amato
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