LIVE! Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA Results, Streaming Updates TONIGHT!

Former UFC champions compete in a rematch 15 years in the making!

Happy Friday!

It’s Sept. 8, 2023, and former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight kingpin, Fabricio Werdum, is fighting another former champion, Junior dos Santos … again! Okay, so it’s minus the gloves, and they’re old and in the best shape of their unencumbered-by-United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) lives, but whatever, let’s fire up the senior circuit and watch some old-timers go to work.

Indeed, it’s Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred promotion, coming to you live from inside VySar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., starting at 6 p.m. ET on YouTube.com (it will also stream in the video player above and right here).

Again, we’ve got two highly recognizable names in the mixed martial arts (MMA) world and while the humor is lessened by having to explain any joke, each of them look like they’re about to say, “I’m In The Best Shape Of My Life.” It would’ve been cool to get this rematch five or 10 years ago, but better than nothing, right?

Let’s see if Werdum’s improved striking is enough to get him past the big hands of “JDS” or if the heavy-hitting baldy can make it 2-0.

In other action, the Gamebred card is sprinkled with other former UFC veterans, so there’s plenty of familiarity on the undercard for everyone to enjoy. In a world of countless “Assassins” and “Pitbulls,” Maki “Coconut Bombz” Pitolo stands out from the rest. He brings with him a large swath of experience, having fought seven times under the UFC and Bellator banners. He faces off with Joel Bauman, who also once had a cup of coffee with Bellator, but just for one measly fight.

Every Pitolo fight is fireworks, so look for this one.

Going along the experience ladder, there’s Anthony Njokuani and his 15 UFC/WEC fights to really bring it back for us old dogs. He’ll be fighting a man 12 years his junior, former UFC and Professional Fighters League (PFL) veterean, Brandon Jenkins.

That’s not all.

Not to sound like a broken record, but for a minor-league MMA event, we’ve got even more UFC products going at it, bringing up the name value. Local Florida redemption story, Irwin Rivera, is squaring up with Mississippi’s Joshua Weems (yup, he’s a UFC vet … and so is his opponent, too). And so is Brandon Davis, just to list the names of every ex-UFC man on this card.

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA: ‘dos Santos vs. Werdum’ Quick Results:

265 lbs.: Junior Dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum
185 lbs.: Maki Pitolo vs. Joel Bauman
135 lbs.: Irwin Rivera vs. Joshua Weems
145 lbs.: Brandon Davis vs. Ago Huskic
170 lbs.: Anthony Njokuani vs. Brandon Jenkins
140 lbs.: Joey Ruquet def. Joe Penafiel — TKO (strikes), 3:01 Rd 2
155 lbs.: Jhonasky Sojo def. Tyler Hill — TKO (ground & pound), 4:52 Rd 1
205 lbs.: Reggie Northrup def. Cody Herbert — Decision (unanimous), 30-27, 30-26 x2
150 lbs.: Shahzaib Rindh def. Carlos Guerra — TKO (ground & pound), 2:41 Rd 1
145 lbs.: Juan Alvarez def. Christopher Wingate — Submission (Heel Hook), 0:13 Rd 1

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA: ‘dos Santos vs. Werdum’ Play-By-Play Updates:

Junior Dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum

Round 1:

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Round 3:

Final result:

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Maki Pitolo vs. Joel Bauman

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

Final result:

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Irwin Rivera vs. Joshua Weems

Round 1:

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Round 3:

Final result:

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Anthony Njokuani vs. Brandon Jenkins

Round 1: Njokuani in black, Jenkins in white. Jenkins closes into a clinch, but Njokuani knees him repeatedly. Jenkins is walking into everything that Njokuani is throwing early. We’re about 60 seconds in, and I think that Anthony’s strike percentage is north of 80%. Eyepoke by Jenkins pauses the action. We’re back and Njokuani ducks under a punch and counters with a 3-piece. Jenkins lands a right, eats one for his troubles. Jenkins isn’t moving his head much, which has let the quicker Njokuani snipe away at his leisure.

Another eyepoke, but this was off an uppercut and the ref just kinda took Njokuani’s word on it. Replays showed it not to be the case and we’re back to action immediately thereafter. Left-right by Njokuani and Jenkins tries (and fails) on a takedown. Big right hand by Anthony. Superman punch. Knee.

10-9 Njokuani

Round 2: Jenkins with a calf kick and a couple shots to the body. He gets in an elbow, too. Easily the best moments of the fight for Brandon. Njokuani spins Jenkins around with a leg kick and uses that spin to kick him up high. Thai clinch and a big knee-3-2 combo. Njokuani punts him in the peanuts and we’ve got a break in the action. Jenkins with a right hand and a spinning back elbow that rocks Njokuani! Njokuani is stumbling and he goes to the ground after another elbow! Jenkins follows him down into full guard. Open-hand strikes by Jenkins, which is a bit of an odd choice.

Jenkins tries to posture up, but Njokuani uses it to push off and get up. Now Njokuani gets the takedown, gets on top and is striking down, but Jenkins reverses him. They’re up and scrambling and reversing and re-reversing and it’s the whole Uno deck of reverses right now. Jenkins ends the round on top.

10-9 Jenkins

Round 3:

Final result:

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