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Arman Petrosyan Submitted At UFC Vegas 86
Armen Petrosyan suffered a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira at UFC Vegas 86. In a classic battle between striker vs. grappler, Vieira wasted no time getting Petrosyan to the ground and showing off his superior skills on the mat. Petrosyan did a solid job scrambling back to his feet, but he kept on giving... Read More
Rodolfo Vieira Submits Armen Petrosyan At UFC Vegas 86
Rodolfo Vieira beat Armen Petrosyan by first-round submission at UFC Vegas 86 on Saturday. Vieira dominated the grappling exchange, swiftly taking Petrosyan to the ground and showcasing his superior skills. He finished the fight shortly after transitioning to mount and submitting Petrosyan via arm triangle. In 4:48 of action, the Brazilian contender landed three takedowns... Read More
Jack Hermansson Making Long-Awaited Return This Weekend
Jack Hermansson returns to the Octagon after over a year on the sidelines due to injury when he faces Joe Pyfer at UFC Vegas 86 on Saturday evening. Hermansson is looking to rebound from a loss to Roman Dolidze at UFC on ESPN 42. The upcoming fight presents Hermansson with the opportunity to demonstrate his... Read More
Joe Pyfer Set For First UFC Main Event
This Saturday, Joe Pyfer (12-2) is seeking his fourth straight win in the UFC when he faces Jack Hermansson in the main event on UFC Vegas 86. The 27-year-old has made a name for himself thanks to his finishing prowess, plus a nice marketing push from the organization. This is the biggest test in Pyfer's... Read More
Ihor Potieria Steps Up On Short Notice At UFC Vegas 86
Ihor Potieria (20-5) stepped up on less than a week's notice to face UFC newcomer Robert Bryczek on the main card of UFC Vegas 86. He's coming down a weight class for the fight on short notice. Potieria will try to snap a two-fight losing streak when he faces off against Bryczek. He last appeared... Read More
Robert Bryczek Set For UFC Debut
Robert Bryczek is set to make his promotional debut on the main card of UFC Vegas 86 and his opponent will now be Ihor Potieria. Bryczek is currently on a five-fight winning streak, with all victories coming via first-round finishes. He was originally scheduled to face off against Albert Duraev but Duraev pulled out of... Read More
Armen Petrosyan Looking To Extend Win Streak
Armen Petrosyan (8-2) will look for his third straight victory when he faces Gabriel Bonfim at UFC Vegas 86 on Saturday. In his two previous fights, Petrosyan defeated Christian Leroy Duncan and AJ Dobson. Petrosyan is the slight underdog on DraftKings with a salary of $8,000. He averages 66.8 fantasy points per contest through four... Read More
Rodolfo Vieira Seeking Victory In Seventh UFC Appearance
Rodolfo Vieira (9-2) is set for his seventh UFC fight as he takes on Armen Petrosyan on Saturday at UFC Vegas 86. Known as a dangerous finisher, eight of his nine wins have come by submission and one by knockout/TKO. DraftKings sees Vieira as the favorite with a salary of $8,200. He averages 76.3 fantasy... Read More
Nassourdine Imamov Gets Back In The Win Column
Nassourdine Imamov returned to the win column at UFC Vegas 85 with a majority decision victory over Roman Dolidze. Imamov was coming off a unanimous decision loss to Sean Strickland in May 2023. In this fight, however, he was a superior striker throughout five rounds. In the fourth round, Imamov landed a head kick when... Read More
Roman Dolidze On Two-Fight Losing Streak
Roman Dolidze suffered a majority decision loss to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Vegas 85. Dolidze had his four-fight win streak stopped by former title challenger Marvin Vettori in his last outing, and now he has suffered back-to-back losses. Dolidze just couldn't get much going during the five-round fight as he was stuck trying to close... Read More
Viviane Araujo Drops To 6-5 In The UFC
After winning her last bout, Viviane Araujo suffered a setback when she was defeated by UFC prospect Natalia Silva. The first was a tough round to score with very little action until the last twenty seconds when Silva landed notable damage, which was later returned. In the third, Silva threw kicks to Araujo's legs, and... Read More
Natalia Silva Defeats Viviane Araujo
Natalia Silva picked up a hard-fought decision win over Viviane Araujo at UFC Vegas 85 on Saturday. Silva continued her impressive win streak and improved her run to 11-0 since her most recent defeat, which dates back to 2017. There was little to separate them according to official UFC statistics as Silva landed 65 shots... Read More
Makhmud Muradov's Bout Ends In No-Contest
A fight between Makhmud Muradov and Aliskhab Khizriev unfortunately didn't live up to expectations. The middleweight bout at UFC Vegas 85 ended in a no-contest after only 11 seconds, tying the promotion's record for the quickest no-contest due to an eye poke. The eye poke was a bad one as the doctor was heard informing... Read More
Aliaskhab Khizriev's Fight Ends In No-Contest
A fight between Aliaskhab Khizriev and Makhmud Muradov lasted only 11 seconds after Khizriev poked Muradov in the eye. Inactivity has plagued Khizriev since signing with the UFC in 2020. He's had five fights canceled for one reason or another since then. It took him two years to get to his debut against Denis Tiuliulin.... Read More
Nassourdine Imavov A Favorite At UFC Vegas 85
Nassourdine Imavov (12-4) will take on Roman Dolidze in a potential fight of the night in the main event at UFC Vegas 85 on Saturday. Both are coming off disappointing results. Imamov's last fight with Chris Curtis was declared the No Contest after an accidental clash of heads, while Dolidze lost a controversial unanimous decision... Read More
Roman Dolidze Looking To Return To Win Column
Roman Dolidze and Nassourdine Imavov will face off in this weekend's UFC Vegas 85 main event. In his last fight, Dolidze looked to break into the elite level when he faced Marvin Vettori last year, only to come up short in a controversial bout that many fans scored in his favor. That loss ended a... Read More
Viviane Araujo Looking For Second Win In A Row
Viviane Araujo (12-5) is set to face Natalia Silva at UFC Vegas 85 on Saturday. Araujo is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jennifer Maia to return to the win column after losing back-to-back fights. Another decisive win over a prospect like Silva would be huge for Araujo in a division cluttered at the... Read More
Natalia Silva Set For Fifth UFC Appearance
Natalia Silva will aim for her 11th win in a row when she meets Viviane Araujo on Saturday's UFC Vegas 85 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The 26-year-old has started off her UFC career with four straight wins, two of them coming by knockout. Against Araujo, DraftKings has Silva as the... Read More
Aliaskhab Khizriev Looks To Remain Undefeated
Undefeated prospect Aliaskhab Khizriev is set to face Makhmud Muradov at UFC Vegas 85 on Saturday. Khizriev is on a 14-fight win streak. He appears to be a well-rounded mixed martial artist, with five of his wins coming by knockout, four by submission, and five via decision. DraftKings sees Khizriev as the favorite with a... Read More
Makhmud Muradov Searching For Fifth UFC Win
Makhmud Muradov (26-8) is set to make the walk to the Octagon for the seventh time on Saturday at UFC Vegas 85 as he will take on Aliaskhab Khizriev. Muradov is coming off a unanimous decision win over Bryan Barberena to return to the win column after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Caio Borralho.... Read More
Raquel Pennington Wins Vacant Bantamweight Title
Raquel Pennington captured UFC's vacant bantamweight championship when she defeated Brazilian challenger Mayra Bueno Silva by unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 297. It was a strong return to the spotlight for Pennington, who lost to Nunes as a challenger in 2018 and dropped two of her next three fights before going on... Read More
Mayra Bueno Silva Unsuccessful In Bid To Capture UFC Title
The first title fight on the UFC 297 card featured a women's bantamweight fight between Mayra Bueno Silva and Raquel Pennington. Silva had her submission win over Holly Holm in her last outing turned to a no-contest after testing positive for a banned substance. Prior to that win being overturned, Silva had won three in... Read More
Neil Magny Bounces Back In Epic Comeback To Stop Mike Malott
Neil Magny pulled off an incredible upset win, stopping rising welterweight prospect Mike Malott with a comeback third-round TKO. Magny was the second-biggest underdog on the card at +290. Malott dominated Magny for the better part of three and a half rounds. However, in the final minutes, Magny stepped on the gas and overwhelmed Malott... Read More
Movsar Evloev Defeats Arnold Allen In Competitive Decision At UFC 297
Movsar Evloev improved to 18-0 as a professional and 8-0 in the UFC by winning a back-and-forth decision over Arnold Allen at UFC 297. While Evloev managed to walk away from the bout with a unanimous-decision victory, he sustained significant damage in the final round, courtesy of some questionably legal knees from Allen. In 15... Read More
Arnold Allen Loses Second Fight In A Row
Arnold Allen and Movsar Evloev fought to a controversial unanimous decision at UFC 297 after 15 minutes of back-and-forth action. The most talked-about instance from this fight was the knee strikes Allen hit the undefeated Russian fighter, which was deemed illegal. Evloev sustained a cut on his head as a result of the blows, but... Read More
Mayra Bueno Silva Looks To Extend Win Streak At UFC 297
Following the retirement of the great Amanda Nunes in Vancouver last June, Canada will once again be the location as a successor to Nunes is crowned on Saturday in Toronto. In the co-main event of UFC 297, Silva will look to achieve UFC championship status when she faces off against a longtime UFC contender, Raquel... Read More
Raquel Pennington Set For A Title Shot At UFC 297
UFC women's bantamweight veterans Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva will collide this weekend at UFC 297 inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pennington will be entering the Octagon with five victories in her last five fights. Most recently, she has defeated Ketlen Vieira via split decision. DraftKings sees Pennington as the underdog with... Read More
Neil Magny Has A Tough Test In Front Of Him
Neil Magny is set to face undefeated prospect Mike Malott at UFC 297, continuing his pattern of being matched up with young, up-and-coming fighters. This weekend is Magny's 32nd UFC fight. Magny has, however, lost three of his last five fights, suggesting a possible dip in his form. It's a battle between a rising star... Read More
Movsar Evloev Looks To Remain Undefeated
This Saturday in Toronto, Canada, at UFC 297, Movsar Evloev faces Arnold Allen. Evloev is an undefeated fighter boasting a record of 17 wins and no losses. He had brief scares against a surprisingly game debutant named Diego Lopes last May but came out unscathed. The result followed victories over Hakeem Dawodu and Dan Ige,... Read More
Arnold Allen Looking To Return To Win Column
This Saturday, UFC featherweight contenders Arnold Allen and Movsar Evloev are scheduled to face each other at UFC 297 inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Allen had a 12-fight winning streak snapped by former champion Max Holloway in April 2023. Though Allen didn't manage to secure a title shot, he did confirm his position... Read More