BE fight experts, Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado, are here tonight – Sat, August 28th. to breakdown the UFC Vegas 35: ‘Barboza vs. Chikadze’ event. The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event. The UFC featured a Featherweight showdown when strikers clashed in the main event of tonight’s Fight Night card. It was anticipated to be a worthwhile bout to catch, between fight veteran, number 9-ranked former lightweight, Edson Barboza ‘Junior’, who was sporting a 22-9 record, and former GLORY fighter, the number 10-seeded DWCS alum, up-and-comer, Giga ‘Ninja’ Chikadze with his 13-2 record, coming into the octagon on an eight fight win streak. For the co-main event we had a TUF 29 Finale Tournament Middleweight Championship bout between Bryan ‘ Pooh Bear’ Battle, making his UFC debut, with his 5-1 record, against Gilbert ‘The RGV Bad Boy’ Urbina with his similar 6-1 record, also making his UFC debut tonight. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 29 finalist, Tresean ‘Mr. Vicious’ Gore, unfortunately suffered a meniscus knee injury recently forcing him to withdraw from his Middleweight showdown opposite Battle, so Urbina (who lost to Gore on Episode 12 of the combat sports reality show) stepped in just 9 days ago to take his place. Prior to that bout, we had another TUF 29 Finale Tournament Bantamweight Championship bout between the 10-2 Ricky ‘Hadouken’ Turcios and the 5-1 Brady ‘Bam Bam’ Hiestand. Additional TUF competitors further down the card, Andre Petroski and Michael ‘The Gentleman’ Gillmore, put on an impressive Middleweight battle that nearly went the distance. Also on the card, we had a highly-anticipated Lightweight bout between Kevin ‘Motown Phenom’ Lee and Daniel ‘D-Rod’ Rodriguez, a Middleweight bout between fight veterans Gerald ‘GM3’ Meerschaert and Makhmud ‘Mach’ Muradov who was on a 14-fight win streak, a couple hot prelim bouts between Dustin ‘The Hanyak’ Jacoby and Darren ‘The Dentist’ Stewart, and a Women’s bout between JJ Aldrich and Vanessa ‘Lil Monster’ Demopoulos. If you blinked or went for a snack, you missed the seventeen-second first round bout in our featured prelim between Abdul Razak Alhassan and Alessio Di Chirico. Early on in the event we had another fast first round finish between Pat Sabatini and Jamall Emmers. Overall, this 12-bout card saw 3 1st Rd finishes, 4 KO/TKO’s (including our main event), 3 subs, & 5 decisions – 3 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Sabatini, Razak Alhassan, Meerschaert & Chikadze; FOTN honors went to Turcios vs. Hiestand (undisclosed bonus) tonight. Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results — UFC VEGAS 35: ‘EDSON BARBOZA VS GIGA CHIKADZE’ ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. AUG 28 12. Giga Chikadze (14-2) DEF. Edson Barboza (22-10) – KO/TKO at 1:44 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 11:44 11. Bryan Battle (6-1) DEF. Gilbert Urbina (6-2) – SUB, Rear-Naked Choke at 2:15 of Rd 2, Total 7:15 10. Ricky Turcios (11-2) DEF. Brady Hiestand (5-2) – DEC, SPLIT 9. Daniel Rodriguez (16-2) DEF. Kevin Lee (18-7) – DEC, Unanimous 8. Andre Petroski (6-1) DEF. Michael Gillmore (6-4) – KO/TKO, G&P at 3:12 of Rd 3, Total 13:12 7. Gerald Meerschaert (33-14) DEF. Makhmud Muradov (25-7) – SUB, Rear-naked choke at 1:49 of Rd 2, Total 6:49 ESPN+ PRELIMS 6. Abdul Razak Alhassan (11-4) DEF. Alessio Di Chirico (13-6) – KO/TKO, Head Kick at 17 seconds of Rd 1 5. Wellington Turman (17-5) DEF. Sam Alvey (33-16) – DEC, SPLIT 4. Dustin Jacoby (15-5) DEF. Darren Stewart (12-8) – KO/TKO, Punches - Standing TKO at 3:04 of Rd 1 3. JJ Aldrich (10-4) DEF. Vanessa Demopoulos (6-4) – DEC, Unanimous 2. Pat Sabatini (15-3) DEF. Jamall Emmers (18-6) – SUB, Heel Hook at 1:53 of Rd 1 1. Mana Martinez (9-2) DEF. Guido Cannetti (8-6) – DEC, SPLIT Be sure to follow Zane - @TheZaneSimon & Eddie - @TheEddieMercado; and follow @BloodyElbow on twitter as well, for all the latest in MMA happenings.