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"The Hulk" made short work of Gregory Rodrigues at UFC 283. | Getty/UFC

Brunno Ferreira will attempt to author a repeat of a memorable Octagon debut at UFC 326.

After a proposed middleweight bout against Paulo Costa fell through for undisclosed reasons, “The Hulk” will lock horns with Gregory Rodrigues in a rematch on March 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ferreira confirmed the pairing on social media following an initial report from Laerte Viana. UFC 326 is headlined by a BMF title tilt between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira and airs on Paramount+.

Brazilian Middleweights Surging After earning a contract on Dana White's Contender Series in September 2022, Ferreira faced Rodrigues in his first promotional foray at UFC 283, winning via knockout at the 4:13 mark of Round 1. The 33-year-old Curitiba, Brazil, native is 6-2 in UFC competition overall and is coming off a 3-0 campaign in 2025 that concluded with a decision triumph over Marvin Vettori. Read more

Jones and Cormier are slated to serve as opposing coaches on an MMA reality show. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com

It appears that Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will renew their rivalry as opposing coaches on a mixed martial arts reality show.

On Monday, ALF Reality announced via social media that Jones and Cormier will coach on the third iteration of the show. Noteworthy names such as Nate Diaz, Petr Yan, Khamzat Chimaev and Aljamain Sterling have served as coaches on the Russian show in previous years. A date for the new season was not revealed.

Jones was part of a past season that saw Nate Diaz involved in a brawl with one of the participating fighters. Diaz, Jake Shields and the rest of the team would leave the set and return home to California as a result. Jones was not involved in the incident.

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Cage Warriors hosts a Friday card in Manchester, England. Sherdog's play-by-play kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Check out the MMA Forums to discuss the card or enter your comments and predictions below.

Round 1 Kicking off the CW 113 preliminary card is a 148-pound catchweight contest between Crawford (4-2) and Monarch (10-5). Referee Rich Mitchell will oversee the action, and there is no touch of gloves as these two are amped to get down to it. Crawford misses with an overhand right, but does manage to land a loud leg kick. Monarch throws one back at him, and evades a right looping right from Crawford. The two come together and swing heavily, but neither connect as Monarch backs off and scores a slapping body kick. Crawford scores a straight left hand, and Monarch loads up on a counter but comes up short. Crawford hops forward to score a few right hooks, and a cut has opened up over the eye of Monarch from some of these strikes. Monarch chases Crawford down and backs him a…