UFC London live results and play-by-play analysis

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TODAY (Sat., March 21, 2026) with UFC London, streaming live online via Paramount+. The event is happening inside O2 Arena, at 1 p.m. ET this afternoon (start time details here). The main event is Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy in what should be a Featherweight title eliminator match-up.

UFC London’s main event pits two undefeated fighters against each other for a likely shot at a belt (right?!?!?). The problem is, these are two of the least hyped and discussed undefeated fighters we’ve ever seen in UFC.

Evloev has dominated everyone he’s faced. However, because of always taking them to decisions, he’s not exactly got fans clamoring for him to get a title shot. Don’t call him boring, though … he hates that.

Murphy has been a little more exciting than Evloev, finishing Aaron Pico with a spinning elbow in his last fight. However, he’s not really captured much attention (unlike a few select others in the Featherweight rankings).

It seems likely that the winner of this will get a title shot. However, it wouldn’t be too surprising if either got passed over in favor of someone else who gets a big win and captures a lot of attention while doing so.

The co-main for this one is Luke Riley vs. Michael Aswell Jr. Riley is undefeated, too. He’s a highly-touted prospect out of Paddy Pimblett’s gym who fight fans must keep their eyes on.

The main card also has Michael ‘Venom’ Page vs. Sam Patterson, which might be a bit of a spite booking for Page (who is not very pleased with the state of UFC right now).

The main card also has Iwo Baraniewski, who was part of one of the wildest rounds in UFC history last year. He’s taking on human heavy bag, Austen Lane. The streaking Christian Leroy Duncan also meets the slumping Roman Dolidze, while up-and-comer Kurtis Campbell will be tested by Danny Silva.

The “Prelims” have a lot of interesting prospects, including former OKTAGON double champ, Losene Keita (who fights Nathaniel Wood), and Mario Pinto (whose got Felipe Franco).

UFC London Start Date and Time

We’re doing things a little different this weekend.

This event is airing during primetime in the United Kingdom. That means an earlier start for us on this side of the Atlantic.

The live blog here starts rolling at 1 p.m. ET. Join us and chat it up in the comments below.

UFC LONDON PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES

Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy

Round 1: Evloev took the center and was aggressive in stalking Murphy to the cage. He threw some big punches and connected on some nice kicks to the body, but he didn’t attempt any wrestling. As a result, Murphy was able to spent the round on his feet and was able to out land Evloev there and catch him coming in with some hard punches.

Round 2: Well, Evloev seems like he wants to have a kick boxing match tonight. For the second straight round Murphy has been able to stay in his comfort zone. That allows him to put another round in the bank, thanks to his more clinical striking. Evloev is throwing and landing plenty, but nothing is looking terribly impressive.

Round 3: Evloev landed a takedown in this one, but couldn’t keep Murphy down long. He also landed a good body kick and a big overhand that has caused some damage. That, plus his forward pressure, has me scoring this round for him. I’m sure plenty will score for Murphy, though, who slipped and ripped a lot in this round.

Round 4: This was Evloev’s best round. He landed a beautiful takedown and a little ground and pound. He was able to put Murphy down a few times, but never hold him down long. Evloev also landed some hard punches in the round, including a jab that splattered blood across Murphy’s nose and had the Englishman frozen for a split second.

Luke Riley vs. Michael Aswell Jr.

Round 1: Aswell started really strong, taking the center and backing Riley up with a one-two-clinch combination. It took almost four minutes for Riley to warm up, but he finally took back the center and was able to land lots of hard single shots. Those looked like they started to slow Aswell down towards the end of the round.

Round 2: Riley continued on with the good work he did at the end of round one. He led Aswell around the cage and tagged him with hard shots. Aswell looked to be really fading towards the end of this round. That’s all despite Aswell landing plenty of shots of his own. It’s just that Riley’s are effecting him every time they land.

Round 3: No changes happened in the third round. Riley still lead the action and repeatedly landed solid, albeit single shots. Aswell is tough as they come, so he hung in there, but he couldn’t change the momentum of the fight.

Official decision: Luke Riley def. Michael Aswell Jr. by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Michael Page vs. Sam Patterson

Round 1: The round ended to a chorus of boos. That was a five minute long staring contest, with MVP hopping around with his hands down and Patterson backing up. Page landed five strikes to Patterson’s 3.

Round 2: Same as the first, with a little clinch pressure from Patterson. Patterson also ran into a big punch at the end of the round.

Round 3: Well that was a waste of everyone’s time. Patterson tried to chase the fight a little in the last minute. But this was just dreadful.

Official decision: Michael Page def. Sam Patterson by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Iwo Baraniewski vs. Austen Lane

Round 1: That went how everyone was expecting. Baraniewski cracked Lane with a two punch combo that put him down. Then he swarmed and got the TKO (with the ref struggling to get him off Lane).

Official decision: Iwo Baraniewski def. Austen Lane by TKO (punches), round 1 (0:28)

Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Roman Dolidze

Round 1: Duncan came out firing for this fight, but Dolidze was able to avoid the early offense and get a takedown. He sucked up a lot of round time in the better position and he even landed a flash knock down with a spinning back fist. After that, though, Duncan really woke up and he came close to finishing him after landing combos and a nice high kick.

Round 2: Dolidze continued to do a Ryan Hall impression in this fight, diving at Duncan’s ankles and doing whatever he could to avoid Duncan’s firepower. He was able to do that for most of the round, but when Duncan caught him he hurt him. Duncan also caused a lot of damage around Doldize’s left eye. That damage discounts all the grappling positions, in my book.

Round 3: In the final round Doldize succeeded in both being able to spent lots of time on top of Duncan and not getting hit hard when he does. He wasn’t able to threaten with anything on the ground and never looked like he was working for a finish, so he took the last round but nothing else.

Official decision: Christian Leroy Duncan def. Roman Dolidze by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Kurtis Campbell vs. Danny Silva

Round 1: Campbell quickly turned this into a grappling match and was able to get on top of Silva. Silva stayed calm though and used his wrestling skills to avoid taking damage and then get up. Campbell would get him down again, though, and get on his back. Silva was able to get out of that and land a takedown of his own in the last minute.

Round 2: Silva landed a big right hand early in the second that wobbled Campbell. He followed up with a punch that had Campbell falling into the fence. Campbell tried to cover up and get away, but Silva emptied the tank and threw non stop until the ref waved it off. Campbell complained about the stoppage, but it was more than fair.

Official decision: Danny Silva def. Kurtis Campbell by TKO (punches), round 2 (0:31)

Mason Jones vs. Axel Sola: This was one of the best fights of the year so far. These two knocked lumps out of each other for three straight rounds. Sola had some of the cleaner shots, but Jones landed the nastiest offence. He opened up a huge cut on Sola’s cheek and finished the round rifling off knees to Sola’s body. The damage and the relentless nature of Jones is what got him past Sola on the card.

Official decision: Mason Jones def. Axel Sola by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Nathaniel Wood vs. Losene Keita: These two put on a close and highly technical fight. There weren’t many big moments, though. That’s the norm with a Nathaniel Wood fight. Keita looked very good, but just didn’t do enough to stop Wood from coming forwards and implementing his cautious yet effective game.

Official decision: Nathaniel Wood def. Losene Keita by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Mario Pinto vs. Felipe Franco: Pinto failed to live up to his hype in this one. He looked patient at first, but that soon drifted into looking passive. Franco looked good in his short notice debut and was able to stifle and ware out Pinto. Pinto ended up doing just enough to earn the decision, but the fight was a dud.

Official decision: Mario Pinto def. Felipe Franco by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Mantas Kondratavicius vs. Antonio Trocoli: Trocoli’s anti-fighting made this a bit of a slog to get through. Kondratavicius, after being held against the fence in the first, almost got a finish in the second. He was tired in the third, though. Kondratavicius is the obvious winner in his debut here and that’s first time he’s ever gone the distance.

Official result: Mantas Kondratavicius def. Antonio Trocoli by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 29-27)

Louie Sutherland vs. Brnado Pericic: Percic continued to look like a very interesting prospect at Heavyweight. He and Sutherland threw heavy shots at each other, but his landed with far more power. Sutherland eventually crumbled under that pressure, including some nasty clinch knees and uppercuts.

Official decision: Brando Pericic def. Louie Sutherland by TKO (punches), round 1 (1:48)

Shem Rock vs. Abdul Kareem Al-Selwady: Rock started well, but after he got stung be Al-Selwady half-way through the first he got shy. Rock was very tentative from that point on and that meant Al-Selwady was able to come on and land lots of offense across the rest of the fight. As things went longer Rock locked to have less and less ideas.

Official decision: Abdul Kareem Al-Selwady def. Shem Rock by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Shanelle Dyer vs. Ravenna Oliveira: Oliveira looked very game in the first round, throwing lots of punches but not handing very efficiently. Dyer was landing, especially to the legs. In the second round she went upstairs and hurt Oliveira with a head kick before finishing her on the ground. That’s an impressive debut for the Contender Series grad.

Official decision: Shanelle Dyer def. Ravenna Oliveira by TKO (head kick and punches), round 2 (1:17)

Live stream begins at 1 p.m. ET. …