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UFC Vegas 53 Results: Font vs. Vera

Rob Font and Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 53
Rob Font and Marlon Vera will headline UFC Vegas 53 on Saturday night.
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 53 results for the Font vs. Vera fight card, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 53 Twitter updates.

In the main event, Rob Font will square off against Marlon Vera in what was scheduled to be a key bantamweight contest. Font has won four of his past five fights, while Vera has won three of his past five fights.

Font missed weight by 2.5 pounds and the main event has been changed to a 138.5-pound catchweight bout.

Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski battles Jake Collier in the heavyweight co-main event.

Check out UFC Vegas 53 results below.

Main Card

Marlon Vera def. Rob Font via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46).| Live blog | Highlights | Twitter reax

Andrei Arlovski def. Jake Collier via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Joanderson Brito def. Andre Fili via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 0:41

Grant Dawson def. Jared Gordon via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 4:11

Darren Elkins def. Tristan Connelly via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Krzysztof Jotko def. Gerald Meerschaert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary Card

Alexandr Romanov def. Chase Sherman via sub (Americana) - Round 1, 2:11 | Watch finish

Francisco Figueiredo def. Daniel Da Silva via sub (kneebar) - Round 1, 1:18 | Watch finish

Gabriel Green def. Yohan Lainesse via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:02 | Watch finish

Natan Levy def. Mike Breeden via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Shanna Young def. Gina Mazany via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 3:11

Tatsuro Taira vs. Carlos Candelario is cancelled “due to an illness” with Candelario,” the promotion announced on Saturday afternoon.

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