Day: 12. Juni 2026

The Ultimate Fighting Championship could use a little more transparency.

In a backstage interview ahead of UFC Freedom 250, former two-division champ Alex Pereira spoke with fellow ex-two weight class kingpin Daniel Cormier, with Pereira’s coach Plinio Cruz translating. During their conversation, the subject of the World Cup came up, as Cruz was sporting the Brazilian national football team’s shirt. The most successful team in FIFA World Cup history, Brazil is matched in Group C against Morocco, Haiti and Scotland within the next few weeks.

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North America will play host to the World Cup this year, with Mexico and Canada sharing sites with the U.S. to run the matches. Taking advantage of the atmosphere, “DC” suggested a bet to the Brazilian on which team would go further in the competition: the U.S. or Brazil.How about $20KWhether swept up in the moment, overly enthusiastic to be leading up to the big tentpole show or genuinely filled with national p…

The last-ditch effort to stop the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s tentpole show at the White House has gone up in smoke.

Federal judge Amit Mehta from the District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion on the lawsuit filed by the Public Integrity Project to halt the UFC White House card. The memorandum was filed on Friday, which denied the motion to establish a temporary restraining order to halt the event until the court can fully rule on the matters. The court indicated that the plaintiffs had not fully demonstrated standing—that is, the right to bring a lawsuit—or that they have suffered a demonstrable, actual harm that they would suffer should this show carry on.

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In order to establish standing, the plaintiffs have to establish that they were or are about to be injured physically, financially, etc. They must also show a link between that injury and what they are suing about, to show the causal connection between the two. Finally…

⚖️ #PFLNigeria Official Weigh In Results:

Wasi Adeshina - 144.8 lbs ✅Nacho Campos - 145.8 lbs ✅

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The main event is on!#PFLNigeria | Saturday, June 13 | Live on SuperSport pic.twitter.com/v5em2pWyK7 — PFL Africa (@PFLAfrica) June 12, 2026 The Professional Fighters League Africa returns this week with the opening rounds of its lightweight and bantamweight tournament.

The main event of PFL Nigeria will see Wasi Adeshina take on Ignacio Campos in a featherweight showcase. Both men successfully made weight without issue for the three-round fight. All other fighters hit their marks, including the 16 tournament fighters and the lone bantamweight alternate.

"The Nigerian Jaguar" will look to make his home country proud in the headliner. Adeshina (10-3) is on a six-fight win streak that includes three straight victories inside the promotion. Meanwhile, Campos (7-2) is 1-1 inside the PFL, with his lone win coming over …

Elisandra Ferreira enjoys proving the doubters wrong. The diminutive Brazilian, a former Invicta Fighting Championships atomweight queen, makes her Professional Fighters League debut Saturday in Lagos, Nigeria.

Early on, due to a relatively late start in mixed martial arts, “Lili” fought her first professional bout on a wing and a prayer. A technical knockout win reinforced the idea that, despite still having much to learn, this was going to be her chosen path.

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“I’ve never been one to turn down a fight. I wanted to see how it would go,” she shared in her native Portuguese.

“I had competed in muay thai and jiu-jitsu, separately. I lost two bouts as an amateur, but it wasn't a bad thing. It was more of a wakeup call. I now knew I wanted to pursue this, and that I needed to improve. I wished I had had more fights as an amateur, but age counts for a lot in MMA. When the opportunity came for me to fight as a pro, now that I was training seriously, we d…