Kevin Holland hopes to get one more fight in before the end of the year to bounce back from a hectic UFC 279 fight week. In the co-main event of the pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena, Holland (23-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) faced an aggressive undefeated grappler in Khamzat Chimaev. It was not Holland’s original matchup, as he entered fight week preparing for a contest against Daniel Rodriguez in a 180-pound catchweight bout that came together two weeks prior to the event. After Chimaev missed weight for his originally-scheduled bout against Nate Diaz, the promotion shuffled matchups and ended up with Chimaev vs. Holland in the co-feature. Chimaev dominated and finished the fight in the first round by D’arce choke submission.
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