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BREAKING: Per source, Darrick Minner is facing Damon Jackson in a featherweight clash that will go down at the upcoming UFC Fight Night event on June 4.

— Tudor Leonte (@MrTudorLeonte) April 20, 2022 The upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship card on June 4 has just gained a 145-pound grappler’s delight as Damon Jackson will take on Darrick Minner.

Sherdog learned about the matchup on Thursday from a source with knowledge of the situation. The scheduled encounter has been confirmed by both fighters on their social media accounts. The featherweights will battle it out on UFC Fight Night 207, which will be held at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on June 4.

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Onetime Legacy Fighting Alliance titleholder Jackson (20-4-1, 1 NC; 3-2-1, 1 NC UFC) is coming off back-to-back victories over Charles Rosa and Kamuela Kirk at UFC Fight Night 194 and UFC Fight Night 203, respectively. The Fortis MMA representative has rattled off nine wins…

BREAKING: Per source, Tresean Gore is set to clash with Josh Fremd in an interesting 185-pound affair that will go down at the upcoming UFC Fight Night on July 9. pic.twitter.com/5JbAotRcs5

— Tudor Leonte (@MrTudorLeonte) April 21, 2022 An interesting 185-pound clash has been added to an upcoming UFC Fight Night card set for July.

According to a source close to the situation on Thursday, Tresean Gore (3-1) will take on Josh Fremd (9-3) on July 9 at middleweight. The source has asked to stay anonymous since the matchup hasn’t been officially announced yet. The two men will square off on the currently unnamed UFC Fight Night event on that date, which does not yet have a destination on the books.

“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 finalist Gore (3-1, 0-1 UFC) is eager to add another name on his win column, and bounce back from the first loss of his career. “Mr. Vicious” met eventual tourney victor Bryan Battle at UFC Fight Night 200 in Februar…

.@UFC announces an additional update to #UFCVegas52 : https://t.co/0JqGHP4rVN

— UFC News (@UFCNews) April 21, 2022 One of the more exciting bouts from the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship card has been nixed days before it was set to take place.

Per the organization on Thursday, the flyweight matchup between Manel Kape (17-6) and Su Mudaerji (16-4) has been removed from the lineup of UFC Fight Night 205. The explanation for its cancellation was that Kape had to withdraw for personal reasons. There will be no replacement sought for Mudaerji, and the fight has been scrubbed from the billing. The event on April 23 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas will carry on with 12 fights.

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“Starboy” Kape was looking to keep his momentum going, as he notched a pair of first-round knockouts in 2021 against Ode Osbourne and Zhalgas Zhumagulov. Of note, the stoppage of Osbourne – one where he missed weight by three pounds – ended a two…

#Bellator278 Weigh-In Results: Liz Carmouche @iamgirlrilla (125) pic.twitter.com/qUXxHQetbs

— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR) April 21, 2022 Bellator MMA's flyweight championship will be on the line in the Bellator 278 main event tomorrow as all fighters successfully made weight.

The card is quite top-heavy with a flyweight title fight between Juliana Velasquez and Liz Carmouche as the headliner. The main card also features two bantamweight grand prix wild card bouts: Jornel Lugo vs. Danny Sabatello and Enrique Barzola vs. Nikita Mikhailov, although the latter is at a 140-pound catchweight. A scheduled contest between C.J. Hamilton vs. Erik Perez was scratched the day prior for currently undetermined reasons.

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Velasquez (12-0) looks to make her second championship defense against Carmouche. The unbeaten fighter has been perfect throughout her seven-fight tenure with the promotion, but she was tested in her last …

Clay Collard decided to fight fire with fire and emerged no worse for wear.

Accuracy and activity carried “Cassius Clay” to a unanimous decision over Jeremy Stephens in an unforgettable PFL 1 headliner, as the Professional Fighters League kicked off its 2022 campaign on Wednesday at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. All three cageside judges scored it 30-27, though most other observers thought it to be far more competitive than the verdict indicated.

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Stephens (28-20, 0-1 PFL) threw heat for the duration and rang his counterpart’s bell more than once with powerful right hands. Collard (21-9, 3-1 PFL) was undeterred. He stepped into high-volume punching combinations to the head and body, incorporated kicks when needed and even mixed in a few takedowns. His seemingly limitless gas tank and Kevlar beard allowed him to stay ahead of Stephens, who fought through fatigue and perhaps did his best work in the third round. His stock likely rose i…

We’re back at this.I think I’m the only 185er that can say that has never pulled out of a fight but anyway smash boys I’ll get you back to back lets do it I’m willing to die just show up @KChimaev @darrentill2 @Mickmaynard2 @AliAbdelaziz00 @danawhite

— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) April 20, 2022

A much-anticipated middleweight clash has been scratched from the upcoming UFC 275 card on June 11 as Marvin Vettori won’t be facing former UFC 185-pound titleholder Robert Whittaker. On Wednesday morning, Vettori wrote a fiery tweet that implied “Bobby Knuckles” had pulled out of their scheduled meeting. A source close to the situation confirmed to Sherdog that Vettori is looking for a new opponent. An official reason hasn’t been disclosed for Whittaker’s withdrawal.

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“We’re back at this. I think I’m the only 185er that can say that has never pulled out of a fight but anyway smash boys I’ll get you back to back lets do it I’m…

The 2022 Professional Fighters League Season kicks off Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET.

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PFL 1 “Collard vs. Stephens” takes place on Wednesday at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/PT, while the prelims stream to ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

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Lightweights and light heavyweights will step to the stage when the Professional Fighters League kicks off its 2022 campaign and the chase for $1 million bounties begins.

Clay Collard tipped the scales at 155 pounds in advance of his PFL 1 headliner opposite fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Jeremy Stephens (156) on Wednesday at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. Meanwhile, Raush Manfio (156) and Don Madge (155.75) were also given the green light to compete at Tuesday’s official weigh-in.

PFL 1 “Collard vs. Stephens”—which airs live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—features two other matches on the main card, as Antonio Carlos Jr. (205.5) locks horns with Delan Monte (205) at light heavyweight and Natan Schulte (156) toes the line against Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155.75) at lightweight. The six-fight undercard, highlighted by a light heavyweight tilt between Emiliano Sordi (…

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Should things go according to Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White’s plans, fans are about to be treated to a dream heavyweight matchup.

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In a recent interview with TMZ, White expressed his hopes about enrolling former 205-pound kingpin Jon Jones for an upcoming UFC event. While White didn’t expressly indicate the name of the card, it is safe to assume that he was hinting at International Fight Week, which is headlined by UFC 276.

“Listen, people have been talking about how awesome this card is, and I was just telling somebody the other day our lineup for this summer is incredible,” White said. “I’m hoping that Jon Jones is gonna be a part of that lineup this summer.”

When asked about a potential opponent for “Bones,” the first name that came to White’s mind was the one of former heavyweight titleholder Stipe Miocic.

“Yeah, Stipe makes sense.”

The las…

Also, the matchup between Buchecha and Reug Reug has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later event #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) April 18, 2022

Destiny appears not to favor a Marcus Almeida vs. Oumar Kane matchup. On Monday morning, the Singapore-based promotion announced that One “Reloaded” lost the much-anticipated heavyweight matchup. An official reason hasn’t been disclosed, but One aims to reschedule the clash for an as-yet unannounced event. It is the second time the promotion has postponed the fight after the pair was supposed to collide at last year’s ONE on TNT 1.

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Multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu heavyweight champion Almeida (2-0, 2-0 One) impressed in his mixed martial arts debut, where he submitted Anderson “Braddock” Silva thanks to a vicious north-south choke at 2:55 in the opening frame at One: “Revolution.” In his most recent appearance, “Buchecha” forced Ji …

JUST LIKE THAT@ToshiJJ gets the tap in the very 1st round

AND STILL

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#RIZIN35 Watch on @livenowglobal→https://t.co/6gKrHxMVSe pic.twitter.com/GAqnNgEJjd — RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English) April 17, 2022

Rizin Fighting Federation’s latest event went down at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, and featured three championship rematches.

The Rizin 35 headliner saw Roberto de Souza facing Johnny Case in a lightweight championship clash. De Souza (14-1, 7-1 Rizin) and Case (27-8-1, 3-2 Rizin) had a brief exchange on the feet before “Satoshi” shot for a single-leg takedown. Case reversed the attempt in the brief scramble that followed. Shortly afterward, Case ended up in the crucifix position before De Souza shrugged him off his back. “Hollywood” looked good on the feet as his jab was starting to hit the mark more frequently. In turn, the Brazilian champion quickly jumped on Case’s back and locked up a trian…

Andre Fialho is $50,000 richer after securing his first UFC victory.

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The Portugal native received a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his first-round stoppage of Miguel Baeza in a featured welterweight affair at UFC on ESPN 34 on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Fialho rocked his foe with a series of uppercuts in the clinch, dropped him with a left hook and finished the fight with a hammerfist on the ground at the 4:39 mark of Round 1.

Elsewhere, Mayra Bueno Silva and Yanan Wu garnered “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their three-round bantamweight clash. Both fighters had their moments, but ultimately Silva landed the harder shots to win a unanimous decision in her 135-pound debut.

Finally, Drakkar Klose took home the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” paycheck by virtue of a second-round TKO of Brandon Jenkins in a preliminary lightweight affair. Klose nearly finished Jenkins in Round 1 with …