Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s coverage of UFC Fight Night 269, headlined by Josh Emmett versus Kevin Vallejos in featherweight action at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. 

Vallejos will be looking to extend his unbeaten UFC run against the 41-year-old veteran while Emmett is looking to get back to winning ways after back-to-back defeats. They’re not the only featherweights in action, with Andre Fili taking on Jose Miguel Delgado and Marwan Rahiki taking on Harry Hardwick. 

Charles Johnson will be facing Bruno Silva, having stepped up to replace Lone’er Kavanagh in the bout after he himself had stepped up to beat Brandon Moreno at flyweight two weeks ago. 

Ion Cutelaba will be facing Oumar Sy at light heavyweight, and the only women’s action on the main card will come at strawweight between Amanda Lemos and Gillian Robertson. 

The event will be available to watch on Paramount+ for those in the US, as well as UFC Fight Pass and TNT Sports internationally, with the preliminary fights due to start at 5 PM ET, and the main card at 8 PM ET. 

Round one starts and Bruno Silva tries to find the range, Charles Johnson goes into the clinch and lands two kicks before shooting unsuccessfully for the double-leg takedown. 

Silva pushes Johnson up against the cage. Silva continues to lead with his left and pressure Johnson onto the outside, catches him a solid right hand and a right kick to the body. Silva continues to pressure and Johnson goes into the clinch against the cage again. Johnson guards an attempted takedown and connects a solid elbow to push Silva back. 

Johnson tries to slip in twice but both times gets caught with an uppercut to halt him, Silva follows up with another counter-punch that wobbles Johnson. Both make use of freer hands as the first round comes to an end. 

Round two begins and Johnson throws some stronger strikes that really fail to hit the mark. Silva continues to press him up against the cage, throwing counters to each and every one of Johnson’s flurries. Silva shoots for the double but Johnson defends it well, staying up against the cage.

Official time out called after Silva connects with a kick below the belt. 

The fight resumes and Silva continues to enjoy accurate counter-punching, Johnson defends another takedown attempt but continues to be pressed up against the cage. Another official time out called after an unintentional clash of heads. 

The fight resumes and yet another official time out is called after Silva connects with another kick below the belt. Silva gets a stern warning but no further action. Silva throws a kick as the fight resumes but Johnson catches it, fails to make use of the advantage as the round ends. 

Round three begins with both Silva and Johnson throwing kicks that get caught and defended. Silva has Johnson against the cage once more. Silva connects with a solid combination and continues to have Johnson pinned against the cage. Every time the action gets started the pair start tussling back to the cage. 

Johnson gets some good knees off in the clinch and continues to make use of the hold to get some shorter offense in, Silva continues to search with combinations upstairs. Johnson starts to up the tempo with a combination of elbows, knees, and hooks. Silva looks as though he is fading but gets some good counter-punches off as the horn sounds for the end of the fight. 

Charles Johnson def. Bruno Silva via Split Decision (28-29; 29-28; 30-27)

Round one begins and Oumar Sy throws some kicks to establish the range between them. Ion Cutelaba follows up with two left shots followed by a left with his leading leg, continuing to lead and then hook in with his right. Sy and Cutelaba clinch against the cage. 

Cutelaba gets the trip-takedown on Sy, Sy turns it around, gets to his feet and looks for the takedown control himself. He gets it but Cutelaba swings the momentum on the ground. Sy sought for the leg hook but Cutelaba fought out of it, and as Sy pushes forward Cutelaba cinches in a guillotine. 

Sy taps out almost immediately. 

Ion Cutelaba def. Oumar Sy via Submission in Round One