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Magomed Ankalaev Scores Big Knockout At UFC Vegas 84
Magomed Ankalaev Khalil picked up a second-round knockout win over Johnny Walker in the main event of UFC Vegas 84, serving as vindication for a fight that ended in a no-contest three months ago. The bout had significant implications for the light-heavyweight title picture. Ankalaev landed a right hook that dropped Walker to the mat.... Read More
Johnny Walker Suffers Second-Round Knockout Loss
Johnny Walker suffered a second-round knockout loss to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Vegas 84 on Saturday. The first meeting between Walker and Ankalaev took place back in October 2023 at UFC 294. The fight ended in the first round, following an illegal knee strike from Ankalaev. Once the second round began, Ankalaev found his rhythm... Read More
Gabriel Benitez Submitted At UFC Vegas 84
Gabriel Benitez suffered a third-round submission loss to Jim Miller at UFC Vegas 84 on Saturday. Before this fight, Benitez was out of action for quite some time. His last fight took place in August 2022 where he scored a first-round knockout against Charlie Ontiveros. The fight was competitive as both fighters had their moments.... Read More
Johnny Walker Set For A Rematch
A title shot could be at stake on Saturday in the main event of UFC Vegas 84 when Johnny Walker takes on Magomed Ankalaev. The No Contest in his last fight against Ankalaev, at UFC 294 interrupted a three-fight winning streak for Johnny Walker, which included victories over Anthony Smith, Paul Craig, and Ion Cutelaba.... Read More
Magomed Ankalaev Set For First Main Event Of 2024
Magomed Ankalaev is set to face Johnny Walker in a main event of UFC Vegas 84 on Saturday. This light heavyweight bout is a rematch of the clash that took place at UFC 294 in October. It was that event's only disappointing fight, as it was stopped due to an accidental but illegal knee strike... Read More
Matheus Nicolau Looks For Eighth UFC Victory
Matheus Nicolau and Manel Kape will rematch at UFC Vegas 84 in Las Vegas after their controversial split-decision bout in March 2021. Nicolau comes into this fight on the back of a defeat at the hands of Brandon Royval, which ended his four-match winning streak in the UFC. Nicolau's recent loss to Royval will likely... Read More
Manel Kape, Matheus Nicolau Set For Rematch At UFC Vegas 84
This weekend, UFC flyweights Manel Kape (19-6) and Matheus Nicolau will rematch at UFC Vegas 84 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kape will look to avenge a split decision loss dating back to 2021. He has amassed a four-fight winning streak since suffering the loss and has gained quite a lot of momentum... Read More
Gabriel Benitez Looking For Second Win In A Row
Gabriel Benitez (23-10) is set to face off against Jim Miller at UFC Vegas 84 on Saturday. Known as a dangerous finisher, 10 of his 23 wins have come by submission and nine by knockout/TKO. Benitez is looking to put together a second straight win for the third time in the UFC. He's yet to... Read More
Alexandre Pantoja Defends Flyweight Title
Alexandre Pantoja held on to the UFC flyweight championship with a unanimous decision win over Brandon Royval in the co-main event of UFC 296 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. For his first defense after dethroning former champion Brandon Moreno, Pantoja faced another familiar foe in Royval, whom he already defeated via second-round submission two... Read More
Brandon Royval Takes Decision Loss
Brandon Royval suffered a unanimous decision loss to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296 on Saturday. Royval was last seen in action at April's UFC on ESPN 44 event, where he scored a first-round TKO victory over Matheus Nicolau. This was a rematch, as Pantoja secured a second-round submission finish over Royval back in 2021. Pantoja... Read More
Shavkat Rakhmonov Extends Win Streak To 18
Continuing his truly spectacular run to the welterweight championship, unbeaten Kazakh contender, Shavkat Rakhmonov, achieved a historic feat at UFC 296 by becoming the first fighter to submit Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson. After engaging in a clinch for most of the first round, Rakhmonov took over the fight in the second round with his grappling and... Read More
Stephen Thompson Gets Submitted For The First Time Ever
Stephen Thompson suffered a second-round submission loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 296 on Saturday. Thompson did well to remain standing throughout the opening round, hand-fighting to keep Rakhmonov from getting in deep on takedown attempts. Rakhmonov applied the same tactic more successfully in round two, taking Thompson down and eventually securing a rear naked... Read More
Josh Emmett Scores First-Round Knockout At UFC 296
Josh Emmett snapped the first two-fight skid of his career in incredible fashion when he took on Bryce Mitchell at UFC 296. Emmett, who entered tonight's fight with Mitchell in a short-notice reworked clash, had most recently suffered a one-sided unanimous decision loss to Ilia Topuria earlier this summer. This time, however, Emmett knocked out... Read More
Josh Emmett Looking To Return To The Win Column
With Ian Machado Garry versus Vicente Luque cancelled, the featherweight fight between Josh Emmett and Bryce Mitchell has been bumped up to the UFC 296 main card. Emmett was first slated to take on Giga Chikadze at UFC 296. About two weeks before making the walk, Chikadze suffered an injury and was forced to pull... Read More
Alexandre Pantoja Set For First Title Defense Against Familiar Foe
Alexandre Pantoja, the reigning UFC flyweight champion, is seeking his fifth straight victory in the Octagon. His first title defense will be against Brandon Royval. Pantoja and Royval faced off two years ago at UFC Vegas 34, where Pantoja scored a second-round submission finish and a Performance of the Night bonus. Since then, Pantoja has... Read More
Brandon Royval Hoping To Earn Flyweight Belt
This weekend's UFC 296 pay-per-view event will feature Brandon Royval challenging for the flyweight title for the first time in his career, facing reigning champion Alexandre Pantoja. Royval enters this fight on a three-fight win streak, having defeated Matheus Nicolau, Matt Schnell, and Rogerio Bontorin. Despite being ranked second at flyweight and on a winning... Read More
Shavkat Rakhmonov Looks To Remain Undefeated
The undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov fights Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson this Saturday at UFC 296 with a championship opportunity potentially on the line. Rakhmonov is coming off a third-round submission win over Geoff Neal back in March. This fight earned Rakhmonov his first Fight of the Night award. Heading into the fight, Rakhmonov is a massive favorite,... Read More
Stephen Thompson Seeking Victory In 19th UFC Appearance
Coming off a submission victory in his last bout, UFC welterweight Stephen Thompson will enter the Octagon against Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 296 on Saturday. A very dangerous striker, eight of his 17 wins have come by knockout/TKO. For "Wonderboy," the contest marks the chance to stake his claim for a late third opportunity at... Read More
Song Yadong Earns Big Win Saturday
Bantamweights Song Yadong and Chris Gutierrez headlined Saturday's UFC Fight Night 233 fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Yadong showed versatility to his overall game as he defeated Gutierrez by unanimous decision. He swept Gutierrez on the scorecards, earning two 50-45, 50-45, and even a 50-44 for five rounds of superior striking... Read More
Chris Gutierrez Drops Decision Matchup
It was not the return Chris Gutierrez would have hoped for. He took a tough decision loss of 44-50, 45-50, and 45-50 on the judges' scorecards. In 25 minutes of action, he landed 87 significant strikes. Gutierrez entered the fight on Saturday ranked 15th in the division. In his last fight, Gutierrez defeated Alateng Heili... Read More
Su Mudaerji Suffers First-Round Submission Loss
The losses are starting to roll in for Su Mudaerji after his three-fight winning streak. He suffered a first-round armbar loss to Tim Elliott at UFC Fight Night 233 on Saturday. Mudaerji has now lost back-to-back bouts via submission. Despite being the rangier fighter, Mudaerji had a tough time getting a bead on Elliott. Elliott... Read More
Tim Elliott Gets Back On Track With Submission Win
UFC flyweight contender Tim Elliott secured a stunning victory against Su Mudaerji on just five days' notice at UFC Fight Night 233. Elliott was filling in for an injured Allan Nascimento so the fight was contested in the bantamweight division. In a swift turnaround, Elliott, coming off a defeat to Muhammad Mokaev at UFC 294... Read More
Jun Yong Park Drops Split Decision
In a closely contested middleweight showdown on Saturday, Jun Yong Park was on the wrong side of a split-decision announcement after his fight with Andre Muniz. Though he had his moments in this fight, Park was unable to do enough in 15 minutes of action to earn a victory (28-29, 29-28, 28-29). In 15 minutes... Read More
Chris Gutierrez Eyes Ninth UFC Win
At UFC Fight Night 233 this Saturday, Chris Gutierrez will make his 11th UFC appearance as he takes on Song Yadong in the main event. Gutierrez managed to bounce back from his loss to Pedro Munhoz by defeating Alateng Heili back in October. The loss to Pedro Munhoz was his first defeat in 10 fights.... Read More
Song Yadong A Favorite Once Again
Song Yadong (20-7-1) is coming off a fifth-round TKO over Ricky Simon back in April. The victory got him back into the win column after suffering a TKO loss to Cory Sandhagen. Yadong holds wins over the likes of Ricky Simon, Marlon Vera, and Marlon Moraes, He is set to face Chris Gutierrez in the... Read More
Tim Elliott Steps Up On Short Notice At UFC Fight Night 233
Tim Elliott (19-3-1) is set to face off against Su Mudaerji in a main-card bantamweight bout this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 233, which takes place at the UFC Apex. Elliott looks to bounce back from a submission loss to Muhammad Mokaev at UFC 294 in October. Prior to that, Elliott had been victorious in... Read More
Su Mudaerji Set For Sixth UFC Appearance
Su Mudaerji will try to get back in the win column when he takes on Tim Elliott on the main card of UFC Fight Night 233, which takes place at the UFC Apex. He is coming off a second-round submission loss to Matt Schnell, which was his second loss in the UFC. Mudaerji was originally... Read More
Jun Yong Park Looks For Fifth Win In A Row
Jun Yong Park will aim for his fifth win in a row when he meets Andre Muniz on Saturday's UFC Fight Night 233 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Park's last three victories have all come via rear-naked choke. He won seven out of his last eight fights DraftKings sees Park as... Read More
Beneil Dariush Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss At UFC Austin
Beneil Dariush had a tough night at the office on Saturday when he suffered a first-round knockout loss to Arman Tsarukyan. Dariush entered the bout coming off a loss to former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. The bout began with a cautious exchange of strikes, with both fighters measuring each other's range and timing. The finishing... Read More
Arman Tsarukyan Knocks Out Beneil Dariush In 64 Seconds
Arman Tsarukyan knocked out Beneil Dariush with a huge right hand a little after a minute in their headline lightweight clash at UFC Austin. Tsarukyan entered the fight riding a two-fight winning streak, beating Damir Ismagulov and Joaquim Silva in his previous two bouts. This was his tenth knockout victory on top of five submission... Read More