Leon Edwards vs Sean Brady – UFC London LIVE: Round-by-round updates from stacked card at the O2… as ‘Meatball’ Molly suffers defeat after being choked out by Alexia Thainara in first round

It’s go time for Meatball, can she bounce back to winning ways?

Meatball is in desperate need of a win here – she’s lit up the arena before and one of those magic spinnning elbows would go down a treat. It’s a big ask against impressive Brazilian newcomer Alexia Thainara.

‘I want Terence McKinney in Miami. I’m looking for the 50k though, Dana White you changed my life last time, please do it again!’

What a performance from the Scot! Just as it seemed Vucenic was finding his way back into the fight, Duncan jumps the guillotine, locks it in and that’s all she wrote. Underdogs are delivering tonight and that’s another one.

Duncan said he’d make his mates a lot of money tonight as a big underdog and his prediction looks pretty good so far. He drops Vucenic with body kick and right hand combo, spending the rest of the round on top.

Good old fashioned cross border rivalry now. Jordan Vucenic of England faces Scottish rival Chris Duncan. Bragging rights on the line and also a tattoo on the backside. Both have said they’ll ink the name of the other if they suffer defeat. Plenty on the line!

Jose Mourinho is enjoying his international break here and is given almost as big a cheer as Leon Edwards when he pops up on the big screen. ‘Rocky’ is in the building, looking relaxed and I reckon he’ll be in the cage in another couple of hours from now.

Wood: ‘I want to say that was for my daughter, she’s a proper fighter. It’s down to Dana who I fight next, put me in for a title shot tomorrow if you want I’ll take it. Hats off to Morgan, I hope to have a cup of tea and a beer with him later.’

Charriere is better value in the third but is it too little, too late? He throws multiple spinning elbows without really connecting and Wood always seemed comfortable, probably knowing he’s ahead. The judges should confirm that shortly.

Wood is finding a home for his shots like his Nottingham Forest namesake. His jab is getting through every time and looks the far sharper man on the feet. Charriere shoots for a takedown and the Englishman briefly threatens a submission before they scramble to the feet. Big five minutes ahead.

Wood sends Charriere to the canvas with a perfect right hand and the crowd are on their feet. The Frenchman survives an onslaught and ends up on top on the ground but his opponent lands some tasty elbows. Great opener.

England vs France to kick things off now. Morgan Charriere, the rising star from across the channel enters enemy territory against local lad Nathaniel Wood. This should be a cracker.

The best round by a mile. Herbert resists the takedown attempts and opens a huge gash above Padilla’s eye before ending the round on top. To the scorecards we go…

A solid elbow from short range is absorbed by Herbert late in the round but he had the better of the second stanza. Padilla complained of an eye poke but the ref waved it away. Herbert is working well from range without finding a telling blow.

A very uneventful first round would be the polite way of putting it. No meaningful shots landed and Padilla closes the round with Herbert pushed against the fence, which is probably enough to take it. Pockets of the crowd boo as the hooter sounds.

Jai Herbert is up now in the final pre-lim. Always great value and with the best nickname on the card for my money. Let’s see if he can get the crowd peaking for the main card.

The Spurs striker pats a disconsolate Dos Santos on the chest as the beaten man trudges back to his dressing room.

A bloody contest between Kavanagh and Brazilian opponent Felipe Dos Santos comes to a close to huge cheers from the home crowd, it feels as though the 18,000 are all in now.

Kavanagh doesn’t look like a man who’s won a fight, sliced by elbows from bottom and pouring claret but he was razor sharp himself and earned a unanimous decision win to stay undefeated at 9-0.

Louis Theroux, who performed 30 press-ups for Leon Edwards on a podcast a couple of months ago, has just been spotted mid-fight slipping in the back behind media row to take his seat. Didn’t have the mild mannered presenter as a fight fan but it seems like he’s here supporting ‘Rocky’.

Buenas noche to the featherweight champ, who’s graced the card with his presence tonight, he posed with Lone’er Kavanagh backstage – the first Londoner in action tonight before Nathaniel Wood becomes the second later.

There must be so many Polish fans in tonight, the roars for their man Tybura made it feel more Warsaw than London in here. I had Mick Parkin winning by a round but the judges disagreed and it’s the first setback of his career for the Brit. Incidentally, I’ve always thought Parkin’s nickname should be ‘The Bus’, Parkin the bus? No? I’ll get my coat.

Tom Aspinall is up out of his seat as Mick Parkin swings away at Marcin Tybura, nice to see solidarity between English heavyweights. The interim champ has big plans of his own in the near future as he revealed to Mail Sport this week.

Bruce Buffer has been down to Savile Row for tonight’s fit, never a hair out of place and the voice of the octagon is looking the business for what must be his millionth UFC card.

Christian Leroy Duncan absolutely dominates Andrey Pulyaev to become the first Englishman with his hand raised this evening. It was 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 on the cards and he bounces back from a hammering of his own against Gregory Rodrigues last time out. Next up, big Mick Parkin – Sunderland’s travelling support are making themselves heard.

Only two welterweight champions have reached the pinnacle again – Matt Hughes and GSP. It is a hugely difficult mission Edwards is on but it starts tonight against Sean Brady, who the bookies favor even in enemy territory. We sat down with the daddy of UK MMA, Michael Bisping, to pick his brain about tonight’s main event.

Kauê Fernandes upset the odds in the first fight of the night with a brutal display of kicking against Guram Kutateladze. I have a feeling that won’t be the first underdog of the night to bite hard…

Caolán Loughran exacted revenge for an amateur defeat by Nathan Fletcher in a really tight contest that went to split decision.

And Shauna Bannon made an early play for £50k after being floored before snatching an armbar victory.

Molly McCann is also in action tonight.

Can the ‘Meatball’ snatch the limelight in London?

Edwards has not fought since losing his title to Belal Muhammad in July.

Can he get a win tonight in front of his home fans to put himself back in the title mix?

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport’s live blog for UFC London.

It promises to be a thrilling night of action, with former welterweight champion Leon Edwards topping the bill against America’s Sean Brady.