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Following a 52-second win, Denis Goltsov already has his next PFL matchup booked.| 📷: PFL MMA

The Professional Fighters League has added a heavyweight matchup to its upcoming event in Chicago.

Promotion officials confirmed to Sherdog on Wednesday that 2024 PFL heavyweight tournament champion Denis Goltsov will return against Maxwell Djantou Nana on Oct. 16. The matchup features two ranked contenders in the division.

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2024 PFL heavyweight tournament champion Denis Goltsov faces Maxwell Djantou Nana on Oct. 16 Goltsov most recently competed at PFL Charlotte, where he stopped Hasan Mezhiev via technical knockout in just 52 seconds in his first appearance of 2026.

Before that victory, Goltsov suffered a loss to Corey Anderson in July 2025. The Russian entered that bout on a four-fight winning streak that included his run to the 2024 PFL heavyweight tournament championship.

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Islam Makhachev has revealed how many fights he has left in him before he hangs up his gloves.

Makhachev (29-1) recently defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title against Ian Garry at UFC 330. The win over Garry saw Makhachev break Anderson Silva’s record for the longest winning streak in UFC history, having won 17 straight. The Dagestani wants to extend his win streak to 20 before walking away from the sport.

Makhachev eyes three more UFC fights while chasing a 20-fight winning streak Makhachev knows there’s one record that he isn’t likely to break: most title fight wins in UFC history. With seven title wins, Makhachev is still far behind the record holder Jon Jones, who has 16. However, Makhachev notes that he got to fight for a title much later in his UFC career than Jones.

Makhachev revealed that he expects to fight at least three more times before calling it a career. With the logjam of elite contenders in the welterweight division, Makhachev …

Week 3 of Dana White’s Contender Series saw the biggest upset in the history of the show.

Week 3 of the 10th season of DWCS went down at Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Aug. 25. All five winners on the card walked away with Ultimate Fighting Championship contracts.

Alex Apodaca defeats the -6000 favorite to cap DWCS 2026 Week 3 The main event of the card saw the biggest upset in the history of DWCS. Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir’s daughter Bella Mir (4-1) was a -6000 favorite going into her bantamweight clash against Alex Apodaca (5-1). Apodaca outclassed Mir on the feet while holding her own in wrestling exchanges to earn a unanimous decision win.

White admits that while he is mostly unbiased in fights, he was heavily biased towards Mir, having been a mentor to her. White notes that Michael Bisping had correctly expected Apodaca’s experience to play a factor in the fight.

“Alex, what you had to face tonight… Now I’m very proud of myself that in 10 years…