Time for our featured prelim of the night!

The ever-exciting Joshua Van looks to put flyweight on notice as the Myanmar native takes on Bruno Silva, who was on a four-fight tear before suffering defeat last time out to Manel Kape.

This has everything needed for fireworks.

A reminder that this is our last prelim of the night before the UFC 316 main card kicks off - so stay tuned!

“Sugar Sean vs Merab 2 is happening, and I don’t think people are going to be too happy about it,” O’Malley said in April.

“The last time I fought the best bantamweight in the world – the best bantamweight at the time [Aljamain Sterling] – I got the job done. I’m very confident in my skills.

“Last camp we had some s*** going on. I don’t want to sit here and make excuses. We had a great camp, I showed up, I was in shape, we did what we could with what we were able to do. This camp has already been a lot different, and I’m feeling good. I’m excited to go out there and take care of business.

“Last fight camp, every single journal entry was like, ‘My groin kept me up at night,’ because I tore my labrum 10 weeks before the fight. I tore my groin labrum, and I was having serious groin pain. It was super... it wasn’t ideal.”

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Ribeiro is the first to show signs of getting going as he tees off on Murzakanov with kicks.

The Brazilian is looking pretty confident, before BOOM! Murzakanov shifts the tide dramatically with a heavy left before mauling Ribeiro on the ground! It looked like he verbally tapped in the end, putting an end to the vicious ground and pound. And that’s 15-0!

Azamat Murzakanov def. Brendson Ribeiro via first-round knockout (ground strikes, 3:25)

To light heavyweight action we go and it’s Brendson Ribeiro up against the undefeated Azamat Murzakanov.

Bruce Buffer is doing his spiel - stay tuned for all the action, up next!

Round three

Waldo changes his shorts and rips the sides to make them more like his originals. Spivac has been told not to go for takedowns because Waldo is “too slippery”. And the third is underway.

Spivac needs to get on the attack after the second and he does just that as he launches a NUCLEAR overhand towards the skull of Cortes-Acosta. He doesn’t catch all of it but he does enough to evoke what, at first, looked like a seismic wobble from Waldo - but it’s actually completely theatrical as Waldo laughs it off.

Some more big shots come in as Waldo comes under pressure. However, he is able to survive and continues to bring the fight to Spivac.

With a minute to go, Spivac picks Waldo up and dunks him down. He gets straight back up but that nevertheless might be enough to win him the round in the judges’ eyes.

A last-gasp firefight doesn’t come to a Max Holloway-esque KO and we go to the judges.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Serghei Spivac via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Cortes-Acosta kicks off the second on the offensive, clipping with a right hand over the top before changing levels, jabbing at the body and chopping the wood.

They then come together and let their hands go, with Spivac testing Cortes-Acosta’s chin with a sharp right - it withstands.

Waldo is chipping away at Spivac’s resolve with his low kicks, which aren’t getting checked, but nearly gets caught with a single leg. Great takedown defence showcased to stay upright.

Safe to say both fighters are slowing down, though. We’ll go to a third.

Cortes-Acosta starts by trying to do damage with the leg kicks but quickly falls victim to a couple big connections from Spivac that has the Dominican on the retreat!

Spivac soon gets Cortes-Acosta down and up against the cage. We already established in the previous fight that the crowd isn’t going to stand for that.

Cortes-Acosta stumbles back out of nowhere - maybe he hurt himself - but returns with a big overhand that echoes off the shiny head of Spivac.

Heavy right hand from the Polar Bear leaves something extra for the judges to mull over after the first.

Heavyweights in action next up as Serghei Spivac faces off against Waldo Cortes-Acosta.

Spivac comes into this off defeat to Jailton Almeida, with this acting as a big opportunity for Cortes-Acosta to break into the top 10.

The big boys are in the cage!

“I’m the least technical fighter in the UFC, I just love a good fight and a brawl, just like the vikings,” says Gustafsson post-fight.

Not your usual brag, but I’m a fan!

Round three

The slapper sounds and it’s more of the same from Gustafsson. He flies in and echoes a shot off the now-bleeding Khaos before promptly getting him against the cage. Williams is just surviving at this point.

“This is a phone booth fight,” says Joe Rogan on commentary. It’s just short punches up against the fence at this point and Williams can only try to defend, his spirit being broken.

Khaos eventually gets away from the cage but he rolls into a worse position with Gustafsson on top, raining down punches as he looks to take the judges out of the equation.

The fight concludes with Gustafsson on Khaos’ back, mauling him to the final buzzer. It goes the distance, but this won’t be a tough decision for the judges to make...

Andreas Gustafsson def. Khaos Williams via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

What a debut!