Last night (Sat. February 2, 2019) WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez made his first title defense. His opponent was the very man he took the title away from, Sergey Kovalev. Alvarez finished Kovalev in the seventh round of their August meeting in 2018. He extended his undefeated streak to 24-0 with the victory. Unfortunately, Alvarez wasn’t able to repeat that performance, as he lost his title back to Kovalev via decision.
Also on the card, Oscar Valdez successfully defended his WBO featherweight championship against Carmine Tommasone. The vacant IBF lightweight championship was won by Richard Commey, who defeated Isa Chaniev with a second-round TKO. Check out MMA News’ live coverage of Alvarez vs. Kovalev II for the WBO light heavyweight title below:
- Light heavyweight: Sergey Kovalev def. (C) Eleider Alvarez via unanimous decision
- Lightweight:Â Teofimo Lopez def. Diego Magdaleno via R7 KO
- Featherweight: (C)Â Oscar Valdez def. Carmine Tommasone via R7 TKO
- Lightweight:Â Richard Commey def. Isa Chaniev via R2 TKO
- Super middleweight:Â Janibek Alimkhanuly def. Steven Martinez via R5 TKO
- Junior middleweight:Â Pat Day def. Ismail Iliev via unanimous decision
- Featherweight:Â Jason Sanchez def. Daniel Olea via R2 TKO
- Junior middleweight:Â Bakhram Murtazaliev def. Elvin Ayala via R9 TKO
- Welterweight:Â Enriko Gogokhia def. Vitor Freitas via R3 TKO
