Alonzo Menifield

The light heavyweights traded heavy shots in the first round, with Baraniewski landing the more telling blows while Menifield stayed in the fight. Menifield broke Baraniewski's nose and used his experience to keep the pressure on as the pace slowed. The final two rounds were more measured, but Menifield's key exchanges were enough for the split decision.

Key moments

• Baraniewski landed the more damaging early shots in a wild opening round.
• Menifield broke Baraniewski's nose and managed the slower middle rounds with experience.
• The judges narrowly gave Menifield the decision after three rounds.

Alonzo Menifield and Mingyang Zhang exchanged heavy shots from the opening bell in a fast-paced light heavyweight firefight. Menifield found the breakthrough late in the first round, hurt Zhang with a clean shot, and swarmed with follow-up strikes for the stoppage.

Key moments

• Both fighters traded heavy punches through more than four minutes of back-and-forth action.
• Menifield landed the shot that visibly hurt Zhang late in the opening round.
• Menifield followed with ground strikes after the knockdown.
• The referee stopped the fight at 4:15 of round one.

It also showed the jump in class immediately: he could survive and compete for rounds, but the margin for error had shrunk sharply from the regional scene.

Key moments

• The fight went all three rounds in Walker's Octagon debut.
• He lost by split decision rather than being finished.
• That made the performance more competitive than the later losses to Jacoby and Yakhyaev.

After a year away, Murzakanov returned with one of his best UFC performances by systematically beating up Menifield and finishing him in the second round. The knockout showed that the inactivity had not dulled his timing and earned him another performance bonus.

Key moments

• Knocked out Alonzo Menifield with punches at 3:18 of round two.
• The win earned Murzakanov a Performance of the Night bonus.
• It came in his first fight since the April 2023 decision over Dustin Jacoby.

Menifield charged early, but Ulberg answered almost immediately and ended the fight in twelve seconds.

Key moments

• Stopped Alonzo Menifield by knockout at 0:12 of round one.
• The finish earned Performance of the Night at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento.
• It was Ulberg's quickest UFC win to that point.