Joaquin Buckley picked up a third-round TKO win over Colby Covington in the main event of UFC Tampa on Saturday. Not including Covington's takedown, Buckley dominated the fight, from start to finish. In the first round, Buckley opened up a nasty cut above Covington's right eye, and just before the end of the third round, the referee called a halt to the action because the cut kept opening up. The UFC doctor then advised the referee to call off the fight and so he did. In 14:42 of action, Buckley landed 75 significant strikes. With the win, Buckley has extended his win streak to six and improved to 11-4 in the UFC.

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington suffered a third-round TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Tampa on Saturday. In the first round, Covington suffered a cut over his right eye that led to a doctor finally calling a stop to the contest in the third round. Throughout the fight, Covington was having problems with Buckley's striking and tried to take the fight to the ground. With 18 seconds left, after the fighters got back to their feet, the referee called the doctor back into the cage to look at Covington's eye, it was determined that Covington's cut was bad enough to stop the fight. In 14:42 of action, Covington landed a takedown and 37 significant strikes. Covington has now, for the first time in his career, lost back-to-back fights.

After a disappointing performance in his last fight against Muhammad Mokaev, Manel Kape got back in the win column by defeating Bruno Silva via third-round TKO. While Silva was looking to knock Kape out with every punch that he threw, Kape was tagging Silva with blistering combinations in succession. The fight was marred by multiple low blows from Silva, leading to a point deduction. After recovering for nearly full five minutes, Kape came out searching for the knockout in the round and landed a body kick that dropped Silva. Kape then continued with a barrage of punches, forcing the referee to stop the fight. In 11:57 of action, Kape landed 111 significant strikes.

Bruno Silva suffered a third-round TKO loss to Manel Kape on the main card of UFC Tampa on Saturday. Prior to this bout, Silva had won four straight. Against Kape, Silva was dominated for the entirety of the fight, until he got TKO'd in the third round. Throughout the fight, Silva landed a few low blows and was eventually deducted a point after landing a low blow on Kape. In 15 minutes of action, Silva landed 57 significant strikes. With the loss, Silva is 14-6-2 as a pro and 4-3 with one NC in the UFC.