2024-11-05 - Martial Arts Kleinanzeigen™

Chihiro Suzuki-Kleber Koike Erbst Title Rematch to Headline Rizin’s NYE Show

Featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki will defend his title in a rematch against ex-title holder Kleber Koike Erbst in the main event of Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Year’s Eve card.

The Japanese promotion announced the bout during a press conference on Tuesday. The event, entitled Rizin 49 "Decade",” takes place on Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and is available via pay-per-view. No other fights were announced for the card.

Erbst was the reigning 145-pound champion for the first matchup with Suzuki in June 2023. However, the Brazilian lost the title on the scale when he missed weight one day prior to their meeting at Rizin 43. As a result, the belt remained vacant following Erbst’s first-round submission victory, which was declared a no contest due to Rizin rules.

Suzuki has won three straight contests since that defeat, beginning with a first-round knockout of Bellator champ Patricio Freire in a lightweight affair. H…

Victim, Doctor Testify Against McGregor in Civil Trial Related to Sexual Assault Case

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor is due to appear before the High Court for a personal injury case against him https://t.co/D8XpT8kq8X

— Irish Daily Mirror (@IrishMirror) November 5, 2024

The alleged victim and the emergency room doctor who treated her testified against Conor McGregor during the beginning of a civil lawsuit related to an alleged sexual assault committed by the former UFC champion in 2018.

McGregor and the alleged victim, Nikita Ni Lamhain (Hand), were both present in Dublin High Court on Tuesday. The civil lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Hand, who alleges that McGregor and James Lawrence raped her in a hotel room in December 2018. Both McGregor and Lawrence, who are not facing criminal charges, have denied the accusations. The beginning of the trial was covered by multiple outlets, including The Irish Times and the Irish Mirror.

According to testimony from Hand, she was an acquaintance of McGrego…

Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira Set for UFC Event on Feb. 22

A women’s bantamweight tilt between Macy Chiasson and Ketlen Vieira has been rebooked for an Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Feb. 22.

Chiasson and Vieira were initially slated to meet at UFC Fight Night 234 on Jan. 13 before a knee injury forced Vieira to withdraw from the bout. Ag.Fight was first to report the new booking. The UFC Fight Night card does not currently have a confirmed location or headliner.

Chiasson is 2-0 thus far in 2024. “The Ultimate Fighter 28” winner kicked off her campaign with a first-round submission of Pannie Kianzad at UFC Fight Night 239 on March 16 before earning a second-round TKO stoppage of Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 303 on June 29. The 33-year-old is 8-3 during her promotional tenure, which also includes fights at 145 pounds.

Vieira, meanwhile, returned at UFC 307 on Oct. 5, where she dropped a three-round verdict to two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison. Vieira’s resume includes notable wins over the likes of…

Former WEC Welterweight Title Challenger Hiromitsu Miura Dead at 43

World Extreme Cagefighting veteran Hiromitsu Miura died recently following a battle with acute leukemia.

In a statement on social media, Miura’s family revealed that he “passed away suddenly” on Oct. 26 after fighting the disease since mid-September. Miura was 43 years old.

“The funeral was attended only by his immediate family,” the statement read. “We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the kindness you extended to the deceased during his lifetime.”

Miura compiled a 13-8 record over the course of an MMA career that began in 2004. He was best known for a five-bout WEC stint, where he fell to Carlos Condit via fourth-round technical knockout in a welterweight title bout on Aug. 3, 2008. It was an entertaining, back-and-forth affair in which Miura dumped Condit on the canvas several times with judo throws before succumbing to a knee and follow-up punches at the 4:43 mark of Round 4.

Miura also competed for Pancrase, K-1 and …

Zach Scroggin Steps in on Short Notice to Face Elizeu Zaleski at UFC Vegas 100

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Zach Scroggin will replace the injured Nicolas Dalby and square off against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on short notice at UFC Vegas 100.

The promotion announced the change to the welterweight bout on Tuesday. The nature of Dalby’s injury was not revealed. UFC Vegas 100 — also known as UFC Fight Night 247 — takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a welterweight clash pitting Carlos Prates against Neil Magny.

Scroggin will take a 7-0 record into his promotional debut. The Kansas native has competed exclusively for the Fighting Alliance Championship organization during his professional tenure, finishing all but one of his opponents inside the distance.

Dos Santos is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Randy Brown at UFC 302 this past June.

Michael Chandler Explains Why He Accepted Charles Oliveira Matchup

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Michael Chandler had to move on from a long-anticipated booking with Conor McGregor to a matchup against Charles Oliveira.

McGregor hasn’t fought since suffering a leg break in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. “Notorious” starred opposite Chandler as rival coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter 31” in 2023 with a future clash planned between the two.

After multiple delays in McGregor’s return timeline, they were finally scheduled to headline UFC 303 this past June. However, the Irishman pulled out two weeks before fight night due a toe injury. Meanwhile, Chandler also hasn’t fought since a submission loss to Poirier at UFC 281 in 2022, mostly due to awaiting a fight against McGregor.

Chandler will finally return to action in a rematch against Oliveira in a five-round co-headliner at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York. “Iron” recently revealed how he moved on from the McGregor figh…

Yadong Song Believes Fight Against Umar Nurmagomedov is Likely for UFC 311

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Yadong Song believes Umar Nurmagomedov will most likely have to go through him to secure a bantamweight title shot.

While Nurmagomedov has been demanding a title shot against Merab Dvalishvili, the champ thinks the undefeated contender still has more to prove for a gold bid. Nurmagomedov was then reportedly on the verge of finalizing a UFC Tampa headliner matchup against Song in December. However, Nurmagomedov announced soon after that the booking was off as Yadong won’t be ready to fight at that event.

Nurmagomedov has since been going back and forth with Dvalishvili, who has consistently accused the Dagestani of enjoying privileges due to his relation to cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov has verbally agreed to postpone the Song matchup to UFC 311 in January if Dvalishvili doesn’t agree to fight him. And “Kung Fu Kid” is positive that Nurmagomedov will have to fight him in January, unless Dvalishvili accepts the matchup be…

Shavkat Rakhmonov Questions Timing of Belal Muhammad’s Withdrawal from UFC 310

Shavkat Rakhmonov has his doubts about the timing of Belal Muhammad’s exit from UFC 310.

Rakhmonov was scheduled to challenge Muhammad for the welterweight title in the main event at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, Muhammad pulled out of the matchup, citing a bone infection that led to severe swelling in his foot.

Rakhmonov has now questioned the recency of Muhammad’s injury. The undefeated Kazakh believes Muhammad’s injury is older than he advertised, as he claims to have heard of the champ training recently. According to “Nomad,” Muhammad could have fought at UFC 310 if he wanted to but chose to exercise more caution.

“From what I heard and what I know, he got injuries even earlier before it went public,” Rakhmonov recently told Ariel Helwani. “Because I [heard about] him train recently. Maybe he just posted his picture recently, but the problem occurred even earlier. So I think he [would be] able to fight in De…

Stipe Miocic: More People Want to See Jon Jones Fight Me Than Tom Aspinall

Stipe Miocic (20-4) recently responded to critics of his UFC 309 title shot booking against Jon Jones (27-1).

Miocic was originally scheduled to challenge Jones for the heavyweight title at UFC 295 in November 2023 before “Bones” was forced out with an injury. Tom Aspinall knocked out Sergei Pavlovich in a short-notice interim title fight on the same card.

While Aspinall initially called for Jones to be stripped of the title, he later started rallying for a title unification bout against Jones. “Honey Badger” even defended his interim strap with a KO win over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 this past July. However, Jones remained adamant on fighting Miocic upon his return, leading to their main-event booking at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Miocic last fought at UFC 260 in 2021, when he lost his strap to Francis Ngannou via brutal KO. While many consider Aspinall the rightful title contender, the UFC has defended the book…