Power Slap 8 live results and highlights

Power Slap returns with its eighth event on Friday, June 28. Live from Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, Nevada, the eight-fight card will serve as part of the UFC’s biggest fight week of the year.

The 2024 UFC International Fight Week will feature several events, including the 2024 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, headlined by the UFC 303 event. That fight night will take place on Saturday, June 29, but in the run-up to it, Power Slap returns with an exciting evening full of action.

Power Slap 8 will be headlined by the super heavyweight championship match between Koa ‘Da Crazy Hawaiian’ Viernes and Danie ‘The Pitbull’ Van Heerden. This will be a showdown of the ages and is sure to be one of the best matches to watch during UFC 303 weekend.

Viernes is the current super heavyweight champion and is a legend within the promotion, while Van Heerden is the No. 4 ranked super heavyweight.

The Power Slap 8 co-main event will be a welterweight bout. Emanuel “No Love” Muniz will defend his welterweight title for the first time against rising No. 2-ranked striker, Anthony “Babyface” Blackburn.

This will be Muniz’s eighth match, with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses. Two of his wins were knockouts. Blackburn is still undefeated in his four-fight career.

The card will also see the promotional debut of Paige ’12 Gauge’ VanZant against Christine ‘The Edge’ Wolmarans.

VanZant is known for her stints in mixed martial arts, boxing and bareknuckle boxing. She will now make her transition to the world of slap fighting against Wolmarans in a bantamweight bout.

Another super heavyweight bout on the card will see Vasilii ‘Dumpling’ Kamotskii clash with Kamil ‘Polar Bear’ Marusarz. While Kamotskii looks to climb the division rankings, Marusarz hopes to maintain his No. 9 position and possibly even rise in the division.

The main curtain-raiser card will be the lone heavyweight bout between Austin ‘Turp Daddy Slim’ Turpin and Vernon ‘The Mechanic’ Cathey. The bout was originally scheduled to take place at light heavyweight, but after Turpin failed to make the weight, they were moved up in weight.

The preliminary rounds will feature three fights from three divisions. Namely fights from the middleweight, super heavyweight and women’s featherweight divisions.

The prelim card feature bout will feature a middleweight bout between Wesley ‘All The Smoke’ Drain and Isaih ‘Pretty Boy’ Quinones. Ranked No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, Drain and Quinones look to make their mark in the division and potentially challenge champion John Davis.

The Power Slap 8 card will also feature a women’s featherweight bout between Jackie ‘The Hybrid’ Cataline and Katharina ‘German Gypsy’ Lehner. This will be the first of two women’s bouts on the card.

Opening the prelim card are Dayne “Da Hawaiian Hitman” Viernes and Duane “The Iron Giant” Crespo. The two will clash in a three-round super heavyweight bout.

The card will also feature three other non-live taped fights that will air at a later date. The three matches will take place in the heavyweight division, middleweight division and welterweight division.

All fighters have weighed in and tossed their coins, now all that remains is for the action to take place.

This page will be updated live throughout the night as the action unfolds.

Koa Viernes vs. Danie van Heerde

Emanuel Muniz vs. Anthony Blackburn

Paige VanZant vs. Christine Wolmarans

Kamil Marusarz vs Vasilii Kamotskii

Austin Turpin vs. Vernon Cathey

Power Slap 8 preliminaries

Wesley Drain vs. Isaih Quinones

Jackie Cataline vs. Katharina Lehner

Dayne Viernes vs. Duane Crespo Jr.