Day: 26. Mai 2025

A little more than two weeks after coming up short in her bid for flyweight gold against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 315, Manon Fiorot has broken her silence.

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Fiorot dropped a hard-fought unanimous decision to Shevchenko in the UFC 315 co-headliner at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 10. While the Frenchwoman was able to make the bout a grinding affair at times, she still saw a 12-fight professional winning streak come to an end against one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound talents.

The 35-year-old reacted to the loss in a statement on her Instagram account.

"It just wasn't my day. A close fight, but no breakthrough. And even though it hurts, I know one thing: Everything happens for a reason,” Fiorot wrote. “With experience, I've learned to trust. God has a plan. You have to accept, move forward, and keep fighting, my life is a series of challenges. But one thing is certain: I come back stronger every time. And through it a…

Christmas came early see guys international fight week at ufc 317 Terrance “Twrecks” McKinney 🦖Vs Viacheslav “Slav Claus” Borshchev 🎅 😤😤😤 all glory to god for the victory to come 🤫 pic.twitter.com/lPYCAWuE3G

— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) May 26, 2025

A lightweight showdown between Terrance McKinney and Viacheslav Borshchev has been added to the UFC 317 lineup.

McKinney announced the pairing via social media. UFC 317 takes place on June 28 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a lightweight title tilt between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira. In the co-main event, Alexandre Pantoja will defend the flyweight crown against Kai Kara-France.

McKinney has compiled a 6-4 record in UFC competition, with all of his fights ending inside the distance. All of his triumphs have coming in the first round, including a technical knockout of Damir Hadzovic in his most recent outing at UFC Saudi Arabia on Feb. 1.

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Conor McGregor has found success after donning his soccer shoes. 

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While McGregor hasn’t competed in MMA since 2021, the Dubliner recently seems to have taken up a liking for soccer. McGregor recently flex a shoulder tackle during a game, flooring his rival player. 

McGregor’s dabbling in soccer appears to be serious as he has now led his team, Black Forge FC, to a UCFL Premier Division championship win. The former two-division UFC champ shared posted highlights of the 4-3 title win over Mountview CFC on Instagram.

“Elated and exhausted! Won a real tough league,” McGregor wrote. “Winning the league is always the major statement for a team to make! Very impressed and proud! Onwards and upwards we go! #BlackForgeFCWinners”

McGregor hasn’t competed since breaking his leg in a trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier in 2021. While he recovered within the next year, he didn’t get into serious return talks until 2023. After starring…

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Merab Dvalishvili’s coach isn’t worried about his fighter’s latest injury. 

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Dvalishvili is scheduled to defend his bantamweight title in a rematch against Sean O'Malley in the main event at UFC 316 on June 7 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. “The Machine” revealed a nasty injury to his right pinky toe just two weeks away from his title defense against O’Malley. Dvalishvili appeared to have broken his toe, allegedly from landing a head kick on his training partner. 

While Syndicate MMA leader John Wood also believes Dvalishvili’s toe is broken, he not bothered. According to Wood, breaking a toe is nothing compared to some of the extremes Dvalishvili pushes himself to during his fights. Wood is confident that his fighter will show up on fight night.

"I'm sure he broke his toe... That's nothing compared to some of the things we've had going into a lot of the fights... He's going to show up and do his jo…

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Jungle Fight celebrated its 22nd anniversary in a big way over the weekend.

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Jungle Fight 136, which took place on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, marked the beginning of a national television broadcast partnership with Rede Globo. At the conclusion of the event, Jungle Fight founder Wallid Ismail announced that the organization will hold a $1 million reais (approximately $180,000) tournament in the men’s lightweight and women’s strawweight divisions.

Ismael revealed that “Fight of the Million” will debut at Jungle Fight 137 on June 14 at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.

The men’s lightweight bouts are already set: Carlos Alexandre da Costa vs. Lucas Campos; Marcelo Medeiros vs. Bruno Guimaraes Santos; Eliwelton Travassos vs. Arcangelo Oliveira and Jorge Silva vs. Cleiton Morais.

Held at the Pelezinho gym in Sao Pa…