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Chidi Njokuani Snaps Losing Streak At UFC Atlantic City
Chidi Njokuani returned to the win column with a split-decision loss to Rhys McKee at UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Njokuani entered the bout on a three-fight losing streak, so he made the drop to welterweight to face McKee. Njokuani had success on the feet as he outstruck McKee in every single round, as the... Read More
Bill Algeo Gets Upset At UFC Atlantic City
Bill Algeo suffered a first-round TKO loss to Kyle Nelson at UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Algeo entered the fight as a sizeable betting favorite, but early on, he got caught by a clean punch that rocked him. Once he was rocked, Nelson swarmed him landing heavy shots which forced the ref to jump in... Read More
Kyle Nelson Gets First-Round Knockout At UFC Atlantic City
Kyle Nelson picked up his third straight win, and third straight upset win as he scored a first-round knockout win over Bill Algeo at UFC Atlantic City. Nelson was one of the bigger underdogs on the card, but from the get-go, he stormed Algeo landing heavy shots and had him wobbled. After Nelson landed more... Read More
Joaquin Buckley Gets Biggest Win Of His Career
Joaquin Buckley scored a second-round TKO win over Vicente Luque in the co-main event of UFC Atlantic City. Buckley stepped up on short notice to face Luque, who was ranked 11th at the time. The first round was competitive as it was back-and-forth, but in the second round, as Luque tried to get the fight... Read More
Vicente Luque Falls To 1-3 In Last Four
Vicente Luque suffered a second-round TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley in the co-main event of UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Luque was originally supposed to face Sean Brady but after the American was forced to withdraw, Buckley stepped up on short notice. The first round was competitive as both landed 15 significant strikes apiece. Yet,... Read More
Rhys McKee Searching For First UFC Win
Rhys McKee (13-5-1) is set to open up the UFC Atlantic City main card against Chidi Njokuani. McKee enters the fight with an 0-3 UFC record as he's in his second stint with the promotion and he's coming off a decision loss to Ange Loosa in his return to the UFC. McKee enters this fight... Read More
Chidi Njokuani Drops Back Down To Welterweight At UFC Atlantic City
Chidi Njokuani (22-10) is set to open up the UFC Atlantic City main card on Saturday against Rhys McKee. Njokuani will be cutting down to welterweight for the first time since 2017 when he missed weight, as he vowed to never cut down to 170lbs again. Entering this fight, Njokuani is a slight favorite as... Read More
Kyle Nelson An Underdog Again At UFC Atlantic City
Kyle Nelson (15-5-1) is set to take on Bill Algeo on the main card of UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Nelson is coming off back-to-back upset wins and is once again the underdog as DraftKings has him at a salary of $7,100. Nelson is 3-4-1 in the UFC and has saved his job after picking... Read More
Bill Algeo Eyes Sixth UFC Win
Bill Algeo (18-7) is set to take on Kyle Nelson on the main card of UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Algeo is coming off a decision win over Alexander Hernandez back in October and against Nelson, he's the favorite as DraftKings has him at a salary of $9,100. Algeo is 5-3 in the UFC and... Read More
Joaquin Buckley Gets Ranked Opponent At UFC Atlantic City
Joaquin Buckley (17-6) is set to take on the 11th-ranked welterweight in Vicente Luque at UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Buckley is stepping up on short notice to face Luque, and entering the fight, DraftKings has him at a salary of $8,000. Buckley is 7-4 in the UFC but is a perfect 2-0 since dropping... Read More
Vicente Luque Gets Short-Notice Opponent At UFC Atlantic City
Vicente Luque (22-9-1) is set to take on Joaquin Buckley in the co-main event of UFC Atlantic City on Saturday. Luque was supposed to fight Sean Brady but after an injury to the American, Buckley stepped up on short notice. Although Luque is fighting an unranked opponent, DraftKings has this at a pick'em as the... Read More
Billy Quarantillo Suffers Submission Loss At UFC Vegas 89
Billy Quarantillo suffered a second-round submission loss to Youssef Zalal at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Zalal took the fight on short notice and in the first round, Quarantillo was outstruck and was also taken down and controlled. In the second round, Quarantillo was once again taken down as Zalal got ahold of his back... Read More
Youssef Zalal Gets Submission Win In Return To The UFC
Youssef Zalal picked up a second-round submission win over Billy Quarantillo. Zalal was cut from the UFC after going 3-3-1 and ending his first stint going 0-3-1. After going 3-0 on the regional scene, Zalal took on Quarantillo on short notice and dominated the fight. Zalal landed the better shots in the first round, while... Read More
Cameron Saaiman Gets Knocked Out At UFC Vegas 89
Cameron Saaiman suffered a second-round knockout loss to Payton Talbott at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Saaiman was coming off his first career loss and the 23-year-old was facing a fellow prospect in Talbott. Early on, the South African struggled as Talbott was landing the better shots. To begin the second round, Talbott landed a... Read More
Payton Talbott Scores KO Win At UFC Vegas 89
Payton Talbott scored a second-round knockout win over Cameron Saaiman at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Talbott had success early on with his striking as he outstruck Saaiman 63-to-33 in the first round and landed some heavy shots. In the second round, Talbott landed a big left hand that dropped Saaiman and finished him with... Read More
Justin Tafa Drops To .500 In The UFC
Justin Tafa suffered a decision loss to Karl Williams in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Tafa stepped up on short notice replacing his younger brother, Junior to face the American. Tafa struggled to keep the fight standing as he was taken down seven times and was controlled for over 10 minutes... Read More
Karl Williams Remains Undefeated In The UFC
Karl Williams picked up a decision win over Justin Tafa in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Williams used his wrestling to dominate Tafa as he went 7-for-12 on his takedowns and had over 10 minutes of control. The American also outstruck Tafa 123-to-27 to cruise to a clear-cut win. With the... Read More
Youssef Zalal Back In The UFC
Youssef Zalal (13-5-1) has signed back with the UFC as he's stepped up on short notice to face Billy Quarantillo at UFC Vegas 89. Zalal was in the UFC from 2022 until 2022 and began his UFC career on a three-fight winning streak. He then lost three fights in a row and after fighting Da'Mon... Read More
Billy Quarantillo Gets New Opponent At UFC Vegas 89
Billy Quarantillo (18-5) is set to face Youssef Zalal on the main card of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Quarantillo was supposed to fight Gabriel Miranda but his opponent had to withdraw and was replaced by Zalal. Quarantillo is coming off a decision win over Damon Jackson and is 6-3 in the UFC. He enters... Read More
Cameron Saaiman Faces Fellow Prospect At UFC Vegas 89
Cameron Saaiman (9-1) is set to take on Payton Talbott on the main card of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Saaiman is coming off his first career loss as he suffered a decision loss to Christian Rodriguez in October. The South African is 3-1 in the UFC as he also beat Terrence Mitchell, Mana Martinez,... Read More
Payton Talbott Puts Undefeated Record On The Line At UFC Vegas 89
Payton Talbott (7-0) is set to take on Cameron Saaiman in his second UFC fight on the main card of UFC Vegas 89. Talbott is coming off a third-round submission win over Nick Aguirre in his debut. Talbott, who's 25, is the favorite in this matchup as DraftKings has him at a salary of $8,300.... Read More
Justin Tafa Replaces His Brother At UFC Vegas 89
Justin Tafa (7-3) is set to face Karl Williams in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Tafa was supposed to face Marcos Rogerio de Lima in February, but on fight week he suffered a knee injury and was replaced by his brother Junior Tafa. With Junior fighting then, Justin has since replaced... Read More
Karl Williams Looks To Extend Win Streak To Seven
Karl Williams (9-1) is set to face Justin Tafa in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday. Williams is coming off a decision win over Chase Sherman last May and will now face Justin after he was originally booked to face Junior Tafa. Williams enters the fight as a sizeable favorite as DraftKings... Read More
Pannie Kianzad Drops To .500 In The UFC
Pannie Kianzad suffered a first-round submission loss to Macy Chiasson on the main card of UFC Vegas 88. It served as a rematch of their 2018 fight which Chiasson also won by submission. Kianzad was taken down early by Chiasson, and the Swede gave up her back. Once Chiasson was on her back, she sunk... Read More
Macy Chiasson Gets First-Round Submission Win
Macy Chiasson picked up a first-round submission win over Pannie Kianzad at UFC Vegas 88 on Saturday. Chiasson was fighting for the first time since September 2022 when she suffered a TKO loss to Irene Aldana. Chiasson started the fight well and got Kianzad down. Once she got Kianzad down, Chiasson was able to get... Read More
Isaac Dulgarian Suffers First Career Loss
Isaac Dulgarian dropped a controversial split decision loss to Christian Rodriguez on the main card of UFC Vegas 88. Dulgarian had over 4:48 of control time in the opening round to get a 10-8 round. In the second round, he had over four minutes of control but didn't do much damage, as Rodriguez did land... Read More
Christian Rodriguez Overcomes Early Adversity At UFC Vegas 88
Christian Rodriguez handed Isaac Dulgarian his first career loss as he edged out a controversial split decision at UFC Vegas 88. Rodriguez was dominated in the first round as he was controlled for all but 12 seconds of the opening round. Rodriguez was then controlled for over four minutes in the second round but did... Read More
Tai Tuivasa Suffers Fourth Straight Loss
Tai Tuivasa suffered a first-round submission los to Marcin Tybura in the main event of UFC Vegas 88 on Saturday. Tuivasa entered the fight as the small betting favorite and early on had success as he landed some good strikes, including some elbows that cut Tybura. However, Tuivasa was taken down and absorbed some heavy... Read More
Marcin Tybura Gets First-Round Submission
Marcin Tybura improved to 25-8 with a first-round submission win over Tai Tuivasa in the main event of UFC Vegas 88 on Saturday. Tybura started out slow as Tuivasa hit him with some good shots and cut him open with an elbow. However, the Pole was able to get Tuivasa down. Once the ground, he... Read More
Pannie Kianzad Looking For Redemption At UFC Vegas 88
Pannie Kianzad (16-7) is set to rematch Macy Chiasson on the main card of UFC Vegas 88 on Saturday. Kianzad is coming off a decision loss to Ketlen Vieira back in July as the Swede has alternated wins and losses in her last four fights. She had suffered a submission loss to Chiasson back in... Read More