Sooo … About Last Night

Last night (Sat., Nov. 7, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) remained inside the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC Vegas 124. Unfortunately, the original main event between Sean Brady vs. Gabriel Bonfim was scrapped after the Philadelphia-native withdrew due to injury. As a result of the shakeup, a Heavyweight collision between Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Johnny Walker was elevated to the top billing. Outside of the main event, Tatiana Suarez aimed to score a showdown versus Mackenzie Dern by turning away former title challenger Virna Jandiroba.

Let’s take a closer look at the best performances and highlight finishes of the evening:

Still Crazy After All These Years

At 205 pounds or Heavyweight, Johnny Walker is a mad man.

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The difference seems to be that he can absorb the consequences of his actions at Heavyweight. Without a massive water cut draining his body and chin, Walker can take a big punch and return fire. He was forced to display his grit and durability on several occasions versus Cortes-Acosta, who was throwing right hands like he was still trying to make it as an MLB pitcher. Walker was definitely hurt on a couple occasions, but he kept his wits about him and survived rather than crumbling in cartoonish fashion.

Offensively, Walker remains a special force. His low kicks were brutalizing Cortes-Acosta and stealing away much of his quickness. He also stabbed at the belly with front kicks and threw the occasional lancing jab. The Brazilian would greatly benefit from some boxing fundamentals, and yet he won the contest with a wild spinning backfist off a landed high kick. There’s a time and place for critique, but Walker just knocked out one of the division’s better boxers in perhaps the best win of his career.

The post-victory worm was well-deserved.

Down Goes Davey

If you’re the type of fight fan who regularly turns into these no-name Apex cards, then you already know Davey Grant. At 40 years of age, he’s a favorite of the hardcore fight fan, a consistently violent veteran with a unique mix of skills that always produces fun fights. He’s frequently upset younger men with prettier records and has generally fared well against high-quality competition in recent years.

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Elijah Smith steamrolled him in 60 seconds.

Truthfully, Grant looked great for about 55 of those seconds! He was landing kicks and finding his range, then it all went horribly wrong when he … landed a clean left hand that knocked Smith backwards? Smith landed too, a short check hook that didn’t make as much of a visible impact but still hurt the English slugger. “Swift” followed up with a combination, and Grant was out cold in a flash.

At just 24 years of age, Grant is a serious problem for the Bantamweight division. The hyper-athletic young talent is already 4-0 inside the Octagon with a downright nasty highlight reel, and he just picked up the biggest win of his career.

I hate that it came against Davey Grant, but one still has to be impressed by the prodigious young fighter.

Put Down The Zombie Girl

The Priscila Cachoeira experiment should have ended long ago.

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Let’s be clear: the Brazilian knockout artist was never any good. Her UFC career began with three straight defeats that revealed monstrous technical flaws. She rebounded, however, winning four of her next five fights with a handful of fun knockouts. That stretch will go down as the highlight of her entire career, and it still included a weight miss and questionable judges’ decision.

Since then, Cachoeira has won a single time in seven trips to the cage. She has cheated relentlessly and still rarely finds the win. Moving up to Bantamweight has removed her primary asset — raw physicality — and now she’s simply terrible.

Nina Milosevic outclassed her easily. She let her walk into dozens of counter shots then dominated from top position for the TKO finish. There’s no need to keep booking 38-year-old Cachoeira, whose skill set has never developed and is now on the physical decline.

Additional Thoughts

• Thomas Petersen defeats Gabriel Lorenco via third-round knockout: Cardio and toughness decide many a fight. Lorenco enjoyed a first round of knocking down Petersen three separate times and nearly scoring the finish, but he absolutely emptied the tank in the process. Petersen still entered the second firing and almost stopped his opponent … but also emptied the tank in the process! With five minutes remaining, Petersen was able to dig deeper and outlast his younger foe to return to the win column.

• Austin Bashi defeats Carlos Calderon via first-round rear naked choke (highlights): 25-year-old Bashi hasn’t yet lived up to the hype in his four fight UFC career, losing to a pair of skilled opponents in Christian Rodriguez and Jose Delgado. This rebound victory was a nice reminder that there’s still plenty of time for Bashi to excel in the Octagon! It took roughly a minute for Bashi to strangle his debuting foe, as a single takedown produced a lightning-quick back take and subsequent submission victory.

• Andre Petroski defeats Mantas Kondratavicius via second-round knockout: This “Prelims” matchup was a tale of two rounds. Kondratavicius did well early, getting a quick read on his opponent’s timing and shutting down the takedown attempts with long punches. He stunned Petroski — not known for his durability — and had him in real danger. By the second, however, Kondratavicius was a little slower, and Petroski was able to enter on the hips. Once Petroski gained top position, the difference in grappling was massive, and he was able to break down his foe with ground strikes.

• Jose Souza defeats Jonny Parsons via first-round knockout (highlights): Parsons hasn’t fought in three years, and he wasn’t pitched a softball in his Octagon return. Souza was more than a decade younger and held MASSIVE advantages in height and reach! Parsons gamely tried to pressure his way into his boxing range, but Souza put him under fire and damaged him for every step forward. Eventually, an uppercut connected too clean, and Parsons was asleep before he hit the canvas.

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