Day: 2. Juni 2025

A pair of flyweight contenders will square off at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Aug. 9.

The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Monday at Steve Erceg will face Alex Perez in a matchup of former title contenders at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The UFC Fight Night event will be headlined by a middleweight scrap pitting Anthony Hernandez against Roman Dolidze.

Erceg began his promotional tenure with three consecutive triumphs, earning himself a title shot against Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 301 in May 2024. After dropping a unanimous decision to the Brazilian champion, “Astro Boy” has fallen to Kai Kara-France and Brandon Moreno in his last two Octagon appearances.

Perez, meanwhile, was a flyweight title challenger at UFC 255, where he suffered a first-round submission defeat to then champion Deiveson Figueiredo on Nov. 21, 2020. Including that bout, the Team Oyama product has lost four of his last five promotional outings.

After consecutive setbacks against Dustin Jacoby and Anthony Smith, CM System athlete Vitor Petrino is aware that he needs a victory against Austen Lane at UFC Nashville on July 12.

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“I have always given everything in my fights, and the biggest proof that the UFC recognizes this is that we have just renewed for four more fights,” Petrino told Sherdog.com, betting that the fight will not go to the judges’ decision.

“Austen Lane is strong and experienced, but I believe that I am stronger and more technical than him. My goal is to knock him out or submit him.”

Considering that his opponent is a boxer with 11 knockouts on his record, Petrino makes no effort to hide that the ground game has been a primary area of focus in this camp.

This was not only the case in the weekly sparring sessions led by head coach Cristiano Marcello, a black belt under Royler Gracie, but also through private lessons with the person directly responsible for the team…

Tom Aspinall is beyond ready to close the book on the Jon Jones saga.

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During an appearance on the "Good Guy/Bad Guy" show with Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen, Aspinall declared that is looking at Jones as a retired athlete going forward.

“Jon’s retired,” Aspinall said (transcription via MMAFighting.com). “What are you talking about? You guys don’t follow Jon on social media? The guy is living his best life. He’s had a fantastic career, we all know. We know Jon’s a religious man, so I want to say God bless him moving forward, what he does in his life and his career, and we move on. We move on. I’m the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. I’m ready to take on all comers, get this division moving again. Us guys have been waiting around too long. The guys, contenders are getting sick of it, everybody’s getting sick of it, even the fans are getting sick of it. Jon’s retired and it’s time that we move on.”

Jones hasn’t officially announce…

Jordan Breen, who was regarded as one MMA media’s most brilliant minds during his time in the industry, has tragically passed away.

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MMAjunkie.com senior reporter Mike Bohn, a longtime friend, brought word of Breen’s death in a social media post on Monday. Further details surrounding his passing are currently unknown. Breen’s 38th birthday was on Sunday.

“Jordan had a huge part in making Sherdog the best and a pivotal role in shaping MMA coverage for what it is today. He will be deeply missed,” Sherdog.com founder Jeff Sherwood told Sherdog.

A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Breen started at Sherdog in 2006 as a reporter and feature news columnist. When he joined the Sherdog Radio Network in 2007, “The Jordan Breen Show” quickly became a must listen for diehard fans of the sport. He became the site’s administrative editor in 2010, and his work as curator of the FightFinder was pivotal in helping make it the premiere database in the sp…

UFC 316 has a new addition to the lineup on the week of the card.

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The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Monday that MarQuel Mederos will lock horns with Mark Choinski in a 155-pound contest on Saturday. Mederos was supposed to compete against Bolaji Oki at UFC Vegas 107 this past Saturday before withdrawing due to illness.

UFC 316 takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and is headlined by a bantamweight championship rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley. In the co-main event, Julianna Pena will defend the bantamweight crown against Kayla Harrison. The main card airs on pay-per-view via ESPN+ beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Prelims broadcast on ESPN+ and Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT before shifting to ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Mederos has been victorious in 10 of his 11 professional outings. He has posted victories over Landon Quinones and Austin Hubbard in his first two UFC appeara…

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A lightweight clash pitting Makkasharip Zaynukov against Takeshi Izumi will complete the lineup for the PFL’s upcoming Champions Series event in South Africa.

The promotion announced the full fight card for the event on Monday. PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai takes place at GrandWest Arena in Capetown, South Africa and is headlined by a middleweight title tilt between Johnny Eblen and Costello van Steenis. In the co-main event, Dakota Ditcheva will face Sumiko Inaba in a women’s flyweight bout. PFL Champions Series will be preceded by PFL Africa 1, which features first-round tournament bouts at bantamweight and hea…

🙏👏Kayla Harrison decided to take care of her sister’s children, as her sister is struggling with addiction

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Kayla Harrison has her hands full as a mother, although not in the conventional way. 

Harrison recently revealed that her sister has been engaged in a long battle with addiction. Harrison’s niece and nephew were initially under the custody of her mother and stepfather. However, Harrison had to take control when her mother suffered a stroke. Harrison decided to take care of her sister’s kids, initially only for a while. 

However, there was no looking back once they moved in with Harrison, who acquired full custody after the death of her stepfather. According to Harrison, taking care of her niece and nephew was the boldest yet best decision she ever made.

“It’s definitely a bittersweet story,” Harrison said on the…