UFC 208 turned out to be a controversial night as Germaine de Randamie was crowned the inaugural UFC Women’s featherweight champion. She faced off against Holly Holm in the main event of the pay-per-view and Germaine came under the bad limelight twice for trading illegal blows after the bells.
The inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight champion
Despite her actions, she took home the win via a unanimous decision but the fight turned out to be underwhelming. Elsewhere, Anderson Silva got back to a winning track when he defeated Derek Brunson in the co-main event of the night.
Ronald Souza defeated Tim Boestch to perhaps edge closer to a title shot which has been eluding him for a long time. Glover Teixiera and Dustin Poirier also secured important wins during the night. Below are the complete results from the show.
Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
Anderson Silva def. Derek Brunson unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Ronaldo Souza def. Tim Boetsch via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 3:41
Glover Teixeira def. Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Dustin Poirier def. Jim Miller via majority decision (28-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Belal Muhammad def. Randy Brown via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Wilson Reis def. Ulka Sasaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Islam Makhachev def. Nik Lentz via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
Rick Glenn def. Phillipe Nover via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Ryan LaFlare def. Roan Carneiro via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-28)