Overview
- Judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 for Green in a 160‑pound catchweight at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with both fighters weighing 158.5 pounds.
- The victory halted Green’s two-fight skid and returned the lightweight veteran to the win column.
- Gibson Jr. stepped in on short notice for his first UFC appearance, joining his father Lance Gibson Sr. among the organization’s few father–son competitors.
- Gibson secured takedowns in the later rounds, but Green consistently scrambled up, dictated the closing stretches, and finished with damaging top control.
- Green criticized the split decision in his post-fight comments as some analysts questioned the scoring, and no official review or change has been reported.