This is the live blog for Mateusz Gamrot vs. Quillan Salkilld, the lightweight main event for Saturday's UFC Vegas 120 fight card at the newly renovated Meta APEX in Las Vegas.

Gamrot enters the headliner after flip-flopping wins and losses over his past five bouts. In his most recent outing, the former KSW champion submitted Esteban Ribovics with an arm-triangle choke in the second round at UFC 327 in April. This will be Gamrot's third UFC headliner, going 1-1 in octagon main events with a decision win over Arman Tsarukyan, and suffering a first-round stoppage loss to Charles Oliveira this past October at UFC Rio.

Salkilld gets his first UFC main event spot after winning his first five bouts inside the octagon. The 26-year-old has stopped four of his five opponents and earning four bonuses — including his first-round TKO victory against Beneil Dariush at UFC Perth in May.

Check out the UFC Vegas 120 live blog below.

According to FanDuel, Quillan Salkilld closes as a slight favorite at -144, while the comeback on Mateusz Gamrot is +122.

Salkilld is a very fun and skilled fighter with a super bright future at lightweight. He's looked really good, and he's shown some low-key fight IQ things that most aren't able to pick up — from luring opponents into standup exchanges he wants, and even with his defensive grappling abilities. However, the experience difference concerns me, especially against a guy like Gamrot who has fought the best the division has to offer, and makes very few mistakes.

Joe Pyfer got his big step-up moment, and got taught a vet lesson by Jack Hermansson — but one he learned a lot from. I feel as if Salkilld is about to get his first, super valuable UFC lesson to learn handed to him tonight. The pick is Gamrot via submission in Round 3.

Salkilld out first and is ready to go. Here comes Gamrot to “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark†by Fall Out Boy, and the crowd in the newly renovated APEX seems to enjoy it.

The judges are Mike Bell, Derek Cleary and Sal D'Amato, with Jason Herzog serving as the referee.

We're off! They march to the center of the octagon, Gamrot lands a nice counter right hand after Salkilld lands a jab, leg kick as well. Salkilld lands another nice jab and Gamrot shoots a single. Salkilld trying to defend and doing a nice job of it getting in a top position on the ground. Gamrot back to the feet and they clinch against the fence.

Gamrot going for a heel hook and it looks tight. Salkilld shaking his head, and eventually rolls out of it. Back to the feet they go and Salkilld just misses with a kick. Gamrot, I'm sure, knew he'd have to go through the fire early, and he is. Salkilld shoots a takedown and gets it. Wow! Salkilld going for the back and rear-naked choke, Gamrot scrambles. Salkilld throws his legs up, Gamrot trying to turn in, but Salkilld doing a spectacular job keeping position.

Salkilld puts the hooks in and locks in the RNC and it's TIGHT. Gamrot taps! What a performance. Salkilld is for real, for real!

OFFICIAL RESULT: Quillan Salkilld def. Mateusz Gamrot via submission (RNC) — Round 1, 4:25

Post-Fight: Salkilld says the top-5 better watch out while he loves his performance. No callout, but says he wants a top-5 guy — but there's just no chance he gets it.

Yadier del Valle spoiled Darren Elkins' retirement at UFC Vegas 120 on Saturday after connecting with a brutal left hand that ended their fight just 35 seconds into the opening round.

After fending off a kick but coming up short on a takedown, Elkins was already dealing with immense pressure from del Valle. The end came just seconds later when del Valle uncorked a hellacious left hand that sent Elkins crashing to the canvas in a heap.

A few more strikes were landed on the ground but the referee quickly rushed in to rescue Elkins from further harm with del Valle getting the first-round finish.

“Please for everyone a round of applause for Darren Elkins,†del Valle said after his win. “This was one of the hardest camps I've had. This is the first thing. So I was ready for this.â€

While certainly not the ending he wanted, Elkins already vowed that Saturday night would be the final fight of his career — win, lose or draw.

Throughout his career, Elkins displayed heart and durability like few ever have in the sport and his willingness to step through the fire in every single fight absolutely defined his career.

“Gratitude,†Elkins said about how he was feeling after laying his gloves down in the octagon. “I didn't love how this ended but that's life. I'm going to keep going. I can't lose in life. I'm happy.

“This has been a journey. Almost 17 years. I never thought I'd still be doing it at 42 years old. I always left in the cage. Sometimes it didn't go my way but keep going.â€

Elkins retires with a 29-13 record including a record for the most bouts in UFC featherweight history with 29 including four post-fight bonuses and the second most wins in the history of the 145-pound division with 18.

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there's an MMA show every other day.

It's often been said that the best defense is a good offense, and that's served many a fighter well. But what about the worst defense? Oh, exactly what you'd expect.

(Big thanks as always to @Barrelelapierna for their weekly lists of the best KOs, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for uploading many of the clips you see here. Give them a follow and chip in on Patreon if you can.)

Jan Cieplowski vs. Reimison Saraiva

What are you going to do? Punch me?

Listen, your guess is as good as mine as to what Reimison Saraiva was thinking here. In the middle of an exchange with Jan Cieplowski, Saraiva just drops his hands and invites Cieplowski to tee off on him.

There's a slight hint of head movement, so maybe Saraiva was thinking to goad Cieplowski into making a mistake? I also wonder if one of those earlier shots rattled Saraiva, and that's what caused him to lose all sense of self-preservation. Or maybe he's watched Rocky one too many times and thought he could just “Italian Stallion†his way to victory. No clue.

Regardless, the end result was Cieplowski landing six unanswered haymakers square on Saraiva's jaw and sending him plummeting to the canvas. Legitimately one of the most brutal knockouts I've seen this year.

Every angle, it just looks worse.

Digging a little deeper, you'll be shocked to know Saraiva has 10 losses all by knockout or submission in the first round and of his 14 career victories, Tapology has flagged five of them. All above board, folks.

DWM 10 is available for free replay on YouTube.

Deyan Galinov vs. Alexander Mikael

Our runner-up for most brutal knockout of the week comes from Brave CF 107 in Burgas, Bulgaria, where Deyan Galinov connected with a left hook that sent Alexander Mikael on an all expenses paid trip to The Shadow Realm.

Look at his eyes. He's not here anymore.

Makhmud Muradov def. Will Fleury
Ivan Klevets vs. Kevin Enz

At Oktagon 92, the co-main event was rife with crazy chaos and controversy as former UFC fighter Makhmud Muradov pulled off an insane comeback to beat Will Fleury and claim the light heavyweight title.

Check out the action yourself.

Fleury appeared to knock Muradov out at the end of the first round, though the exclamation point blow clearly came after the buzzer. A rattled Muradov came out for the second round and less than 20 seconds later, he dropped Fleury with an overhand right and went in for the kill. Muradov landed some heavy shots and referee Piotr Jarosz stepped in to stop the fight, though it did look like Fleury was starting to fight back.

In the end, we probably ended up with the right winner, but I wouldn't blame any Fleury fans if they were upset with the result. Don't expect to hear any complaining from Fleury himself, though.

Earlier on the card, Ivan Klevets stole the show with an absolutely disgusting spin kick knockout.

Seyedmostafa Salehizadeh vs. Roggers Souza

Hopping on over to UFC Fight Pass real quick (and I do mean quick), here's Seyedmostafa Salehizadeh successfully defending his Samourai MMA heavyweight title in nine seconds.

Not even kidding, given the current state of heavyweight MMA, the UFC should just sign Salehizadeh now. You're telling me he wouldn't be a pick'em against Allen Frye?

Marllon Santos vs. Rogerio Alves

Heavyweight Marllon Santos got creative in his pro debut, breaking out an elbow technique I haven't seen land with such gusto in a while.

It doesn't even look like that upward elbow made it all the way through the defense, but it was more than enough to cause Rogerio Alves to cover up until the referee saved him. Might have bopped him right on the nose or something.

R1 Fighting Series 7 is available for free replay on YouTube.

Hyun Shin Chang vs. Ung Kim Seong

This next clip comes to us from Seoul's Black Combat promotion, which is appropriate because only the darkest of hearts could enjoy this:

That's right, this stomp and hammerfist knockout is for all you sickos out there.

Oton Jasse vs. Joao Dantas
Weslley Alec vs. Guilherme Lazzarini

Over at Jungle Fight 153 in Sao Paulo, Oton Jasse created just enough space to rifle off a head kick that landed on the money and completely shut down Joao Dantas.

One of those knockouts where the landing looks just as bad as the initial impact.

We've had so many nasty finishes this week, let's go out on some good vibes at Jungle Fight 154, with Weslley Alec front kicking his way to victory and then celebrating his little heart out.

If you know of a recent fight or event that you think may have been overlooked, or a promotion that could use some attention, please let us know on X — @AlexanderKLee — using the hashtag #MissedFists.