Rosas Jr. stops Barcelos in UFC Vegas 121 main event

Raul Rosas Jr. defeated Raoni Barcelos by referee stoppage in the fifth round of UFC Vegas 121’s main event on September 26, according to the event’s published results. The bantamweight bout ended at 1:38 of the round, giving Rosas the victory in his first UFC headliner at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The results listing also recorded wins for Ailin Perez, Tina Black and Luis Hernandez in featured bouts. Perez beat Norma Dumont by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 29-28. Black stopped Melissa Amaya by punches at 3:19 of the second round in The Ultimate Fighter 34 women’s strawweight final. Hernandez, making his promotional debut on short notice, submitted Sedriques Dumas with a standing guillotine at 0:57 of the first round. Hernandez had replaced Mickey Gall after Gall withdrew from his scheduled matchup with Dumas. The bout was changed to light heavyweight after Hernandez was unable to make the originally intended middleweight limit. A weigh-in account said Dumas weighed 197 pounds and Hernandez 204 pounds. The difference was seven pounds, though both were within the light-heavyweight limit described in the report.