This is the UFC Minneapolis live blog for Joseph Benavidez vs. Jussier Formiga 2, a flyweight rematch at Saturday’s UFC event at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Benavidez, who has won two straight and eight of his last nine, faces Formiga, who has won four straight fights, in the co-main event.
This is a rematch of their Sept. 4, 2013, encounter at a UFC Fight Night event in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, that Benavidez won by first-round TKO.
Check out the UFC Minneapolis live blog below.
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Official result: