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Now that the #LFA158 weigh-in is in the books, which fight are you looking forward to most?

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The main event of LFA 158 will see Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani take on Jacobi Jones for the promotion's lightweight championship. Both title participants made weight, although Eric McConico and Joe Stafford missed weight for their respective bouts. Both fights will continue, with the overweight fighters being fined.

The main event will be a test of grappling styles. Lebosnoyani is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, who holds a 5-1 professional mixed martial arts record. "The Lifeguard" is on a three-fight …

Just a few years ago, it would have been practically unimaginable that Mexico could not only get on the board but hold more Ultimate Fighting Championship titles than powerhouse countries Brazil or Russia.

The promotion currently has three Mexican champions: Brandon Moreno at flyweight, Yair Rodriguez as the interim featherweight beltholder and Alexa Grasso as the women’s flyweight champ. This ties the nation with the United States, in which Aljamain Sterling (bantamweight) Jamahal Hill (light heavyweight) and Jon Jones (heavyweight) hold straps in their weight categories. If the prediction of recent UFC signee and Lobo Gym Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Diego Lopes is accurate, Mexico will have its fourth concurrent champion on June 10. That night, at UFC 289 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Mexican challenger Irene Aldana will take on vaunted bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes in the main attraction. Lopes, in an interview with Sherdog shortly after his thrilling performanc…

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be heading to Australia’s most populous city on a regular basis for the next few years.

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Dana White on Wednesday announced that UFC 293 will be held in Sydney on Sept. 9, making it the first event held in the Australian city since 2017. It will be the first of three pay-per-view events to be held in Sydney over the course of the next four years as part of a deal the promotion has signed with the New South Wales government.

“I just want to say thank you to New South Wales’ government, Premier Chris Minns and the team at Destination New South Wales for making all of this happen,” White said. “I will see you all in Sydney.”

The promotion’s last venture to Sydney was UFC Fight Night 121 on Nov. 18, 2017, when Fabricio Werdum outpointed Marcin Tybura in the evening’s heavyweight headl…

Jimmy Crute and Alonzo Menifield will attempt to gain some closure when they square off for a second time at UFC 290.

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The promotion confirmed the light heavyweight pairing in a release on Wednesday. UFC 290 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 8 and is headlined by a featherweight title tilt pitting Alexander Volkanovski against Yair Rodriguez. In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno will defend his flyweight belt against Alexandre Pantoja. Crute and Menifield first fought on Feb. 11, when they battle to a majority draw at UFC 284.

The 27-year-old Crute is winless in his last three Octagon appearances, as he suffered back-to-back KO/TKO defeats against Jamahal Hill and Anthony Smith before facing Menifield. The Dana White’s Contender Series alum began his promotional tenure with wins in four of his first five bouts.

Prior to his matchup with Crute, Menifield had been victorious in four of his last five UFC outings. He went 2-0…

Nine fighters from the first leg of the Professional Fighters League regular season are facing punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for failed drug tests in relation to their bouts.

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During a meeting on Wednesday, the NSAC announced sanctions or future hearings for the following PFL athletes: Alejandro Flores Garcia , Krzysztof Jotko, Bruno Cappelozza, Rizvan Kuniev, Mohammad Fakhreddine, Cezar Ferreira, Will Fleury, Daniel Torres and Thiago Santos. All of those fighters competed at PFL events held on April 1, 7 or 14.

Three of those fighters received fines and suspensions on Tuesday. Flores, who defeated Torres via unanimous decision at PFL 1 on April 1, was suspended six months and fined $2,926 after testing positive for furosemide. His victory was also overturned to a no contest. Jotko, who dropped a unanimous verdict to Fleury at PFL 1, was suspended six months and fined $6,826 after testing positive. Cappelozza, who defeated Mat…

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UFC fighter Kyler Phillips and ex-Dana White’s Contender Series competitor Darrius Flowers received six-month suspensions after failing drug tests for the banned susbstance ostarine.

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The sanctions were announced at a Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting on Wednesday. Ostarine is a Selective Androgen Receptor Module (SARM) that is banned at all times according to the WADA prohibited list. Ostarine is categorized as an anabolic agent and can aid in areas of athletic performance such as muscle growth, fat burning and endurance. Phillips' suspension will end on July 22, while Flowers' sanction expires on July 27. Both fighters also were ordered to pay attorney fees totaling $407.50.

Phillips was removed from a proposed matchup with Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night 221 on March 11, while Flowers was supposed to make his promotional debut against Erick Gonzalez at UFC Fight Night 220 on Feb. 25 before being pul…

Four athletes from this past Saturday’s UFC on ABC 4 card are facing an indefinite period on the sidelines.

The NC Boxing and Combat Sports Commission released medical suspensions from Saturday’s event. UFC on ABC 4 took place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., and saw Jailton Almeida defeat Jairzinho Rozenstruik via first-round submission in the main event. Neither Almeida nor Rozenstruik received a suspension following their heavyweight bout.

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However, the following four competitors have received indefinite suspensions and will need physician clearance before they can return to action: Tim Means (left foot), Mandy Bohm (left eye), Ji Yeon Kim (right knee) and Gabriel Green (neurologist clearance). Both Means and Kim also received 180-day terms.

UFC on ABC 4 Medical Suspensions:

Johnny Walker: Suspended 30 days

Anthony Smith: Suspended 30 days

Daniel Rodriguez: Suspended 45 days

Ihor Potieria: Suspended 45 days

Tim M…

Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje are going to run it back with some special hardware at stake.

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Poirier and Gaethje will have their rematch in the UFC 291 headliner at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 29, the promotion announced Tuesday. Poirier defeated Gaethje via fourth-round TKO in their first meeting at UFC on Fox 29 on April 14, 2018. This time, the vacant BMF title will be on the line. The belt was initially awarded to Jorge Masvidal for his victory against Nate Diaz at UFC 244 in November 2019 and has not been defended since then.

Poirier will return to action for the first time since UFC 281, where he submitted Michael Chandler in the third-round of their featured lightweight clash, a bout that was one of the best fights of 2022. The American Top Team standout has been victorious in four of his last five Octagon appearances.

A former World Series of Fighting champion, Gaethje was successful in his first venture of 20…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Boston will feature two title fights at the top of the card.

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Dana White announced on Tuesday that UFC 292 will take place in Boston on Aug. 19 and will be headlined by a bantamweight championship clash between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O'Malley. In the co-main event, Weili Zhang will defend her strawweight crown against Amanda Lemos.

Sterling will make a relatively quick turnaround after taking a hard-fought split-decision triumph against Henry Cejudo in the UFC 288 main event on May 6. “The Funkmaster” has won his last nine promotional appearances, a run that includes successful title defenses against Cejudo, T.J. Dillashaw and Petr Yan.

O’Malley, meanwhile, is unbeaten in his last five bouts and is 8-1 in UFC competition overall. One of the biggest stars to emerge from Dana White’s Contender Series, “Sugar” Sean secured a title shot with a cotentious split-decision win against Yan at UFC 280 t…

Not only did Matt Brown set a knockout record at UFC on ABC 4, but he also walked away with the highest payday from the event.

Brown took home $250,000 for his first-round knockout of Court McGee ($60,000) on Saturday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., according to salary figures released by the NC Boxing and Combat Sport Commission. Brown’s KO was his 13th, tying him with Derrick Lewis for No. 1 all-time in promotion history.

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UFC on ABC 4 was headlined by a heavyweight tilt between Jailton Almeida ($102,000) and Jairzinho Rozenstruik ($130,000), which Almeida won via first-round submission. All told, eight fighters garnered six-figure paychecks for their work in Charlotte.

Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion. Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions made by the commission for …

Fabricio Werdum has entered the Francis Ngannou sweepstakes.

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After Ngannou confirmed his signing with the PFL, Werdum published a video on his Instagram account challenging “The Predator” to face him at a soccer stadium in Brazil. The video shows Werdum being cheered at Gremio Arena, where he was celebrated after winning the UFC heavyweight crown in 2015.

“We brought 48,000 to Curitiba to see my fight with [Stipe Miocic] in the UFC, which is already the national record for an MMA event in Brazil and one of the top five biggest audiences in UFC history. I have no doubt that if Ngannou accepts my challenge to fight at Gremio soccer stadium we will pack the arena with 60,000 people and beat that record,” Werdum said.

Werdum says he would relish the role of underdog in a hypothetical matchup against Ngannou. It’s a position with which he is quite familiar.

“I love to fight as underdog,” he said. “I was also huge underdog against Fedor [Emelianen…

Three fighters are no longer with the Ultimate Fighting Championship following losses at the promotion’s event this past Saturday.

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Twitter account UFC Roster Watch initially brought word that Jessica-Rose Clark, Chase Sherman and Ji Yeon Kim are no longer on the roster, and the news was later confirmed by MMAFighting.com. It is unclear if the athletes were released from their contracts or simply not re-signed. All three suffered defeats at UFC on ABC 4 in Charlotte.

Clark fell to Tainara Lisboa via third-round submission in the card’s opening bout. It was the third straight loss in UFC competition for the bantamweight known as “Jessy Jess.” The 35-year-old Australian went 4-5 during her promotional tenure.

Sherman, meanwhile, went 4-11 over two separate UFC stints. “The Vanilla Gorilla” lost six of his last seven Octagon appearances, including a decision setback against Karl Williams at UFC Charlotte on Saturday.

Finally, Kim exits th…