Former UFC heavyweight champions Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum will rematch in tonight’s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA headliner.
The fight card takes place live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville and we have you covered for all of the live results and highlights.
Werdum (24-9-1 MMA) and Dos Santos (21-10 MMA) originally collided at UFC 90 in October of 2008, with ‘JDS’ emerging victorious by way of first-round TKO in a fight that served as his promotional debut.
Now, almost fifteen full years later, the pair are set to square off again, this time under Jorge Masvidal’s ‘Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA’ fight banner.
Junior dos Santos will enter the contest with hopes of snapping his five-fight losing skid. The former UFC heavyweight champion has lost all five of his most recent fights by TKO, suffering those defeats to Francis Ngannou, Curtis Blaydes, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Ciryl Gane and most recently Yorgan De Castro.
Meanwhile, Fabricio Werdum last competed under the PFL banner in May of 2021, where his bout with Renan Ferreira was ultimately ruled a no-contest. Prior to that controversial fight, ‘Vai Cavalo’ was coming off a first-round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson under the UFC banner in July of 2020.
Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):
Gamebred Fighting Championship 5 Main Card (7pm EST)
Junior dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum – dos Santos def. Werdum by split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
The right hand that sat down Werdum 👊🏼 #GamebredBareknuckle pic.twitter.com/zQG2CJrgYZ
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) September 9, 2023
Joel Bauman vs. Maki Pitolo – Bauman def. Pitolo via TKO (punches) at 2:36 of Round 2
Joel Bauman picks up the TKO victory over Maki Pitolo 👊🏼 #GamebredBareknuckle (🎥 via @Grabaka_Hitman) pic.twitter.com/l0ghBZKVxU
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) September 9, 2023
Irwin Rivera vs. Joshua Weems – Weems def. Rivera by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Brandon Davis vs. Ago Huskic – Huskic def. Davis by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Brandon Jenkins vs. Anthony Njokuani – Njokuani def. Jenkins by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Joe Penafiel vs. Joey Ruquet – Ruquet def. Penafiel via TKO (strikes) at 3:01 of Round 2
An absolute dog fight between Joey Ruquet and Joe Penafiel ends with a nasty left hook to the body from Ruquet. Those elbows sliced Penafiel up bad. What a war. #GamebredBareknuckle pic.twitter.com/GL4r1TlUob
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 9, 2023
Tyler Hill vs. Jhonasky Sojo – Sojo def. Hill via TKO (punches) at 4:52 of Round 1
After a chaotic round Jhonasky Sojo stops Tyler Hill with 8 seconds left in the first. Anticlimactic ending, and multiple shots to the back of the head. #GamebredBareknuckle pic.twitter.com/UPd7wgAr73
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 9, 2023
Reggie Northrup vs. Cody Herbert – Northrup def. Herbert by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27 x2)
Shahzaib Rind vs. Carlos Guerra – Rind def. Guerra via TKO (punches) at 2:40 of Round 1
3x Pakistan Wushu champ Shahzaib Rindh debuts in MMA with no gloves and a first round TKO over Carlos Guerra. #GamebredBareknuckle pic.twitter.com/dAe3CbkIVh
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 9, 2023
Juan Alvarez vs. Christopher Wingate – Alvarez def. Wingate via submission (heel hook) at 0:13 of Round 1
Juan Alvarez heel hooks Christopher Wingate in 13 seconds to kick off Gamebred FC #GamebredBareknuckle pic.twitter.com/Twe2qkVeaF
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 8, 2023
Who are you picking to win tonight’s rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Junior dos Santos??
