At UFC 249, Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje fought in the main event. Gaethje scored a fifth-round TKO to become the interim lightweight champion. In the co-main event between Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight championship, Cejudo secured a second-round stoppage albeit after a somewhat controversial referee decision. Francis Ngannou also demolished Jairzinho Rozenstruik in short order, Calvin Kattar scored a vicious elbow TKO win over Jeremy Stephens. To open the pay-per-view main card, Greg Hardy earned an uninspiring decision over Yorgan De Castro.

Elsewhere on the fight card, Anthony Pettis defeated Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision, Carla Esparza got past Michelle Waterson, Alexei Oleinik defeated Fabricio Werdum via split decision, Vicente Luque won his rematch with Niko Price via TKO, Bryce Mitchell put on a dominant grappling display to best Charles Rosa and more.

This is my UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje Post-Fight Special.