UFC Kansas City went down last night (Sat., April 26, 2025) inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO., featuring a Welterweight fight that saw Ian Machado Garry defeat Carlos Prates via unanimous decision after five rounds of action (full recap here). In the co-main event, Zhang Mingyang sent Anthony Smith off into retirement a bloody mess, stopping him in the very first round (see it again here).

Biggest Winner: Ian Garry

There were some tense moments in the fifth and final round for Garry, who was seemingly on the ropes, but “The Future” pulled through and survived Carlos Prates’ late surge to pull off the unanimous decision win. Other than the final round, Garry dominated and controlled the fight rather handily, and ended the Brazilian’s five-year, 11-fight unbeaten streak. He also revealed after the fight that his victory secured his backup role for the upcoming title fight between division king, Belal Muhammad, and Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315.

Runner (s) Up: Randy Brown and Zhang Mingyang

“Rude Boy” delivered one of the best knockout (KO) wins of the year last night, violently ending Nicolas Dalby’s evening with a vicious one-hitter quitter. Indeed, Brown and Dalby went toe-to-toe in the second round of their Welterweight bout, which ultimately favored “Rude Boy,” who slept Dalby with a nasty left hook in walk-off fashion. With the win, Brown gets back into the win column after losing to Bryan Battle via split-decision in his previous bout. He also goes home $50,000 richer. As for Mingyang, he secures his twelfth straight win — fourth inside the Octagon — by absolutely destroying former Light Heavyweight contender, Anthony Smith, in bloody fashion in the very first round. The win should put him in the Top 15 since “Lionheart” was holding on to the final spot, and he will no longer be occupying it since he is retiring.

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Biggest Losers: Cameron Saaiman and Polyana Viana

We are going to go with simple wins and losses for this section this week, which makes Saaiman and Viana two of the biggest losers. Saaiman suffered a knockout loss at the hands of Malcolm Wellmaker, giving him his second straight defeat in that manner, three straight overall. A for Viana, she is on the same boat because as a result of her submission loss to Jaqueline Amorim, she has now been finished in three straight fights, which makes her a top potential target to get her walking papers sooner, rather than later.

For complete UFC Kansas City results and play-by-play, click here.

Get MMA Junkie staff member predictions for all 14 fights at UFC on ESPN 66

The UFC is back in one of America’s great Midwestern cities with welterweight rising stars at the top of the card.

UFC on ESPN 66 (ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz

• Records: Aliskerov (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Muniz (24-6 MMA, 6-2 UFC)
• Past five: Aliskerov 4-1, Muniz 3-2
• Division: Middleweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Aliskerov -455, Muniz +350
• Junkie pick results: Aliskerov 9, Muniz 2

Randy Brown vs. Nicolas Dalby

• Records: Brown (19-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC), Dalby (23-5-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC)
• Past five: Brown 3-2, Dalby 4-1
• Division: Welterweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Brown -300, Dalby +240
• Junkie pick results: Brown 9, Dalby 2

Abus Magomedov vs. Michel Pereira

• Records: Magomedov (27-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC), Pereira (31-12 MMA, 9-3 UFC)
• Past five: Magomedov 3-2, Pereira 4-1
• Division: Middleweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Magomedov +125, Pereira -150
• Junkie pick results: Pereira 6, Magomedov 5

Giga Chikadze vs. David Onama

• Records: Chikadze (15-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC), Onama (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC)
• Past five: Chikadze 3-2, Onama 4-1
• Division: Featherweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Chikadze +165, Onama -200
• Junkie pick results: Chikadze 8, Onama 3

Zhang Mingyang vs. Anthony Smith

• Records: Mingyang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC), Smith (38-21 MMA, 13-11 UFC)
• Past five: Mingyang 5-0, Smith 2-3
• Division: Light heavyweight
• Rankings: Smith honorable mention
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Mingyang -410, Smith +320
• Junkie pick results: Mingyang 10, Smith 1

Ian Machado Garry vs. Carlos Prates

• Records: Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), Prates (21-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC)
• Past five: Garry 4-1, Prates 5-0
• Division: Welterweight
• Rankings: Garry No. 9, Prates honorable mention
• Odds (as of 04.26.25): Garry -160, Prates +135
• Junkie pick results: Prates 6, Garry 5

Preliminary card picks

Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results: 

• Jimmy Flick vs. Matt Schnell: Schnell 6, Flick 5
• Evan Elder vs. Gauge Young: Elder 9, Young 2
• John Castaneda vs. Chris Gutierrez: Gutierrez 11, Castaneda 0
• Heili Alateng vs. Da’Mon Blackshear: Blackshear 9, Alateng 2
• Cameron Saaiman vs. Malcolm Wellmaker: Wellmaker 9, Saaiman 2
• Jaqueline Amorim vs. Polyana Viana: Amorim 11, Viana 0
• Timmy Cuamba vs. Roberto Romero: Romero 7, Cuamba 4
• Chelsea Chandler vs. Joselyne Edwards: Edwards 7, Chandler 4

Check out all the main card picks below.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged with child pornography offenses.

Jeffrey Lynn Petrie, 40, was charged on April 25 with two charges.

The charges include one count of distributing child pornography over the internet in May 2024. The second count is for possessing child pornography from Dec. 9, 2024, to April 24, 2025.

An affidavit filed states that officers received a cyber tip reporting that a user was uploading video files depicting child sexual abuse materials. Petrie was later identified as the user.

The FBI searched Petrie’s residence on April 24 and seized a cell phone.

Petrie is a registered sex offender in Missouri based on prior convictions for child molestation in the second degree.

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