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Gabriel Bonfim Suffers Knockout Loss At UFC Sao Paolo
Gabriel Bonfim walked out of the Octagon with his first loss after Saturday's matchup with Nicolas Dalby at UFC Sao Paolo. Brazilian welterweight, Bonfim, was a massive favorite coming into his UFC Sao Paolo bout against Dalby. However, Dalby fought past the odds and secured a second-round knockout over Bonfim. In 9:33 of action, Bonfim... Read More
Don'Tale Mayes Takes Decision Loss
Don'Tale Mayes suffered a unanimous decision loss to Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. Mayes was last seen in action at June's UFC Vegas 74 event, where he scored a second-round TKO victory over former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. Mayes had a few good moments in the third round but it wasn't enough... Read More
Rodrigo Nascimento Extends His Win Streak
Rodrigo Nascimento scored a clear-cut decision over Don'Tale Mayes at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. Nascimento, with the Brazilian crowd firmly behind him, started lighting up Mayes with a barrage of strikes. Nascimento continued his dominance in the second round, pinning Mayes against the fence and landing big shots. In 15 minutes of action, Nascimento... Read More
Nicolas Dalby Looking To Extend Win Streak
Nicolas Dalby (22-4-1) will look for his fourth straight victory when he faces Gabriel Bonfim at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. In his three previous fights, Dalby defeated Muslim Salikhov, Warlley Alves, and Claudio Silva. Dalby has never been finished in his 29-fight career. Overall, the tenured UFC veteran is 6-3-1, with all nine fights... Read More
Gabriel Bonfim Set For Third UFC Appearance
Gabriel Bonfim (15-0) is set for his third UFC fight as he takes on Nicolas Dalby on Saturday at UFC Sao Paolo. Known as a dangerous finisher, 12 of his 15 wins have come by submission and three by knockout/TKO. DraftKings sees Bonfim as the favorite with a salary of $9,300. He averages 107.9 fantasy... Read More
Don'Tale Mayes Set To Face Rodrigo Nascimento
Don'Tale Mayes is set to rematch Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. Mayes faced Nascimento back in May 2020 and got submitted in the second round. That was Mayes' second UFC bout and his second loss in the promotion. Mayes responded brilliantly to that loss by earning a unanimous decision over Roque Martinez... Read More
Rodrigo Nascimento Set For A Rematch At UFC Sao Paolo
Rodrigo Nascimento will be meeting Don'Tale Mayes for the second time in their UFC careers, the first resulting in a submission win by Nascimento in 2020. Nascimento comes into this fight with an MMA record of 10-1. He is 4-1 in the UFC, most recently beating Ilir Latifi by split decision back in May of... Read More
Armen Petrosyan Looking For Third Win In A Row
Armen Petrosyan will be looking for his third straight win as he takes on Rodolfo Vieira at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. After losing to Caio Borralhno, Petrosyan defeated Aj Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan via unanimous decision. Petrosyan's MMA record is 8-2, with five of his 10 fights ending via knockout/TKO. DraftKings sees him... Read More
Rodolfo Vieira Seeking Victory In Sixth UFC Appearance
Coming off a submission victory in his last bout, UFC middleweight Rodolfo Vieira will enter the Octagon against Armen Petrosyan at UFC Sao Paolo on Saturday. A very dangerous submission artist, eight of his nine wins have come by submission. DraftKings sees Vieira as a slight underdog with a salary of $7,900. He averages 76.3... Read More
Islam Makhachev Defends Crown At UFC 294
Islam Makhachev remains at the top of the lightweight division, defeating Alexander Volkanovski by first-round knockout in the main event of UFC 294 on Saturday. The two champions fought for a second time in Saturday's main event in Abu Dhabi, and once again it was Makhachev who emerged victorious. Makhachev unloaded a vicious head kick... Read More
Alexander Volkanovski Knocked Out At UFC 294
Alexander Volkanovski was stepping in for Charles Oliveira on just two weeks' notice but wanted his second chance to take down Islam Makhachev and become UFC's newest double champion. Unfortunately for Volkanovski, Makhachev emerged victorious, successfully defending his lightweight title with a first-round knockout of Volkanovski. The Saturday night fight was a rematch from UFC... Read More
Johnny Walker's Fight Ruled A No-Contest After Bizarre Call From Doctor
Johnny Walker was taking on Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, but the fight was bizarrely stopped on the doctor's orders after Ankalaev landed an illegal knee on Walker, who was still grounded. Requiring time to gather himself following the devastating illegal blow, Walker was subjected to a concussion test by the Octagon-side... Read More
Ikram Aliskerov Quickly TKOs Warlley Alves
Ikram Aliskerov picked up his second UFC victory in a big way as he scored a first-round TKO of Warlley Alves at UFC 294. It didn't take Aliskerov long to establish his range and keep Alves on his toes. He dropped Alves with a jab, and when Alves got up, Aliskerov landed a stunning flying... Read More
Warlley Alves Losses Third Fight In A Row
Warlley Alves suffered a first-round TKO loss to Ikram Alsikerov at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Alves was stepping up to middleweight to fill in for Nassourdine Imavov who had some traveling issues ahead of this event. Aliskerov dropped Alves with a jab, then he landed a flying knee and finished Alves... Read More
Alexander Volkanovski Steps Up On Short Notice At UFC 294
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is stepping up on short notice to face Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 294 on Saturday, which will take place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Volkanovski (26-2) is coming off a TKO win over Yair Rodriguez back in July. Makhachev and Volkanovski... Read More
Islam Makhachev Set For Title Defense To Headline UFC 294
Islam Makhachev (24-1) is set to defend his lightweight title against Alexander Volkanovski on Saturday in the main event of UFC 294. Makhachev and Volkanovski fought back in February at UFC 284 where Makhachev beat the featherweight champion by unanimous decision. Makhachev was originally scheduled to fight Charles Oliveira but Oliveira was forced to withdraw... Read More
Johnny Walker Set To Face Magomed Ankalaev
Johnny Walker (21-7) will look for his fourth straight victory when he faces Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 294 on Saturday. A dangerous finisher, 16 out of his 21 wins have come by knockout/TKO and three by submission. In his three previous fights, Walker has defeated Ion Cutelaba, Paul Craig, and former title challenger Anthony Smith,... Read More
Warlley Alves Has A Tough Test In Front Of Him
Warlley Alves (14-6) and Ikram Aliskerov are scheduled for three rounds in the middleweight division as a featured undercard attraction on this weekend's UFC 294 card that will take place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Alves is coming off of back-to-back losses to Nicolas Dalby and Jeremiah Wells at welterweight... Read More
Ikram Aliskerov Set For Second UFC Fight
Ikram Aliskerov (14-1) is set for his second appearance at middleweight in the UFC. He was originally scheduled to face Nassourdine Imavov, but Imamov was forced to withdraw due to facing Visa issues. Aliskerov is now set to face Warlley Alves at UFC 294. His last bout was at UFC 288 where he knocked out... Read More
Edson Barboza Defeats Sodiq Yusuff By Unanimous Decision At UFC Vegas 81
Edson Barboza was nearly knocked out in the first round of his UFC Vegas 81 clash with Sodiq Yusuff but survived the onslaught to come through as the fight winner. Barboza has experienced mixed results following his 2020 move down to the featherweight division, but now he's won back-to-back fights. In 25 minutes of action,... Read More
Sodiq Yusuff Suffers A Setback
After back-to-back wins, Sodiq Yusuff suffered a setback when he was defeated by UFC veteran Edson Barboza in the main event of UFC Vegas 81 on Saturday. Yusuff almost knocked Barboza out less than a minute into the fight, but Barboza survived, recovered, and managed to win by unanimous decision. In 25 minutes of action,... Read More
Jennifer Maia Loses To Viviane Araujo
Former Invicta FC champion Jennifer Maia suffered a unanimous decision loss to Viviane Araujo at UFC Vegas 81 on Saturday. In her last fight, Maia defeated Casey O'Neill via unanimous decision. In 15 minutes of action, Maia landed two takedowns and 41 significant strikes, compared to Araujo who landed 24 significant strikes and two takedowns... Read More
Viviane Araujo Snaps Losing Streak
Viviane Araujo returned to the win column with a decision win over Jennifer Maia at UFC Vegas 81 on Saturday. Araujo entered the fight coming off a unanimous decision loss to Amanda Ribas back in March. With the win, Araujo improves to 12-5 as a professional and is now 6-4 in the UFC. In 15... Read More
Edson Barboza Seeking Victory In 29th UFC Appearance
Coming off a knockout victory in his last bout, UFC featherweight Edson Barboza (23-11) will enter the Octagon against Sadiq Yusuff at UFC Vegas 81 on Saturday. A very dangerous striker, 13 of his 23 wins have come by knockout/TKO, including his first Octagon win. DraftKings sees Barboza as the underdog with a salary of... Read More
Sodiq Yusuff Set For First UFC Main Event
Sodiq Yusuff (13-2) will be looking for his third straight win as he takes on Edson Barboza at UFC Vegas 81 on Saturday. This will be Yusuff's first main event in the promotion. He will look to build off a winning streak that includes consecutive victories over Alex Caceres and Don Shainis. Yusuff has been... Read More
Jennifer Maia Returns To Action In Co-Main Event
This Saturday, Jennifer Maia (21-9-1) is seeking her third straight win when she faces Viviane Araujo in the co-main event on UFC Vegas 81. After losing back-to-back fights to Katlyn Chookagian and Manon Fiorot, Maia defeated Maryna Moroz and Casey O'Neill. Maia's UFC record is 6-5, with 10 of her 11 fights inside the Octagon... Read More
Viviane Araujo Looks To Get Back In Win Column
Viviane Araujo (11-5) will try to snap a two-fight losing streak when she takes on Jennifer Maia in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 81 at the UFC Apex on Saturday. She last appeared at UFC 285, where she suffered a unanimous decision loss to Amanda Ribas. Araujo was originally slated to face Casey O'Neill... Read More
Daniel Lacerda Set For A Rematch At UFC Vegas 81
Daniel Lacerda (11-5) is set to rematch Edgar Chairez at UFC Vegas 81. The first time Lacerda and Chairez fought, the fight ended in controversy. In the first round of their bout, Chairez sank in a standing guillotine choke, and referee Chris Tognoni, who believed Larcerda was choked out, called a stop to the contest.... Read More
Edgar Chairez Rebooked Against Daniel Lacerda At UFC Vegas 81
After the controversial ending in their first encounter, Edgar Chairez (10-5) and Daniel Lacerda are set for a rematch at UFC Vegas 81. The flyweight fight was waved off by referee Chris Tognoni when he mistakenly thought Lacerda was put to sleep from Chairez's standing guillotine in the first round. After a review, the fight... Read More
Abdul Razak Alhassan Suffers Submission Loss
Though he had some solid moments with his striking, Abdul Razak Alhassan was unable to do enough in the fight against Joe Pyfer on Saturday, suffering a second-round submission loss. What started as a striking battle, ended with Pyfer turning to his grappling after Alhassan landed a pair of punishing calf kicks. Just as Alhassan... Read More