That was nuts.
Thanks to a late injury to Michael Chiesa, top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight contender Tony Ferguson was forced to fight Lando Vannata on super short notice in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 91 inside Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, live on FOX Sports 1.
Full results and play-by-play right here.
While most folks in the mixed martial arts (MMA) community believed Vannata was being fed to "El Cucuy," and perhaps rightfully so, the regional import proved he was not going to stick to the script, uncorking his unorthodox offense and nearly finishing Ferguson in round one.