Justin Gaethje clinched the BMF title after knocking out Dustin Poirier with a right high kick in the early stages of the second round at Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
After running level through the first round, Gaethje’s perfectly placed kick breached Poirier’s guard and put him down.
Meanwhile, in the co-main event, Alex Pereira impressed in the light heavyweight division, defeating former champion Jan Blachowicz in an intense battle during the UFC 291.
Two of the three judges scored the fight in favour of Pereira with a scoreline of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
All the results from UFC 291
Justin Gaethje defeats Dustin Poirier by KO (right high kick) at 1:00 of Round 2
Alex Pereira defeats Jan Blachowicz by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Derrick Lewis defeats Marcos Rogerio de Lima by TKO (strikes) at 0:33 of Round 1
Bobby Green defeats Tony Ferguson by technical submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:54 of Round 3
Kevin Holland defeats Michael Chiesa by submission (D’arce choke) at 2:39 of Round 1
Gabriel Bonfim def. Trevin Giles by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:13 of Round 1
CJ Vergara defeats Vinicius Salvador by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Roman Kopylov defeats Claudio Ribeiro by KO (left high kick) at 0:33 of Round 2
Jake Matthews defeats Darrius Flowers by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:37 of Round 2
Uros Medic defeats Matthew Semelsberger by TKO (strikes) at 2:36 of Round 3
Miranda Maverick defeats Priscila Cachoeira by submission (armbar) at 2:11 of Round 3