Makhachev Breaks Win Streak Record, Johnson Steals Show With Rare Finish

Islam Makhachev did what he usually does. Five rounds, one-sided enough, decision made before the scorecards were read. The win pushed him past Anderson Silva's old mark for consecutive victories, and nobody in the building seemed surprised it happened against Garry, who came in unbeaten in the promotion but left with his first loss all the same.

Mackenzie Dern kept her belt with another dominant showing, no drama involved. Jalin Turner needed 39 seconds to collect his bonus, the kind of finish that makes the rest of the card look slow by comparison.

The real story was further down. Charles Johnson locked up a Scottish twister on Eduardo Henrique, a submission so rarely seen that he later admitted he'd learned it from a former Bellator champion rather than any UFC gym. It was one of two finishes on the night that the promotion flagged as upsets when the bonus checks went out.

Esteban Ribovics stopped Edson Barboza with strikes in the second round. Barboza, a veteran of the promotion for over a decade, pulled his gloves off in the cage afterward and called it a career. Not the way anyone wanted to see him go out, but a clean, final way to go.

Johnson did more for his stock than anyone else on the card. A finish nobody expects, on a fighter nobody had circled as a threat, is the kind of result that gets a name remembered long after the arena empties out. Turner's knockout will make the highlight reels, but Johnson's night is the one worth following from here.

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