The UFC light-heavyweight title remained vacant as Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz fought to a split draw,
Ankalaev and Blachowicz were competing for the title at UFC 282 after former champion Jiri Prochazka opted to vacate the belt having suffered the " worst shoulder injury in history ". The Czech was scheduled to defend the belt in a rematch against Glover Teixeira following their epic title fight in June, of which Prochazka won in one of the latest stoppages in UFC title fight history.
Blachowicz was attacking the legs of Ankalaev as the fight got underway, but the Dagestani looked the sharper of the two on the feet. Neither fighter landed anything significant in the first five minutes as boos echoed around the T-Mobile Arena at the end of the round.