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BELLATOR MMA, the leading mixed martial arts organization, will return to 3Arena on Friday, February 24, marking the promotion’s ninth event in the Irish capital, following the massive success of BELLATOR 285! 3Presale kicks off Wednesday morning followed by general sale Friday pic.twitter.com/gLKjmVRtXt

— 3Arena (@3ArenaDublin) September 26, 2022

Bellator MMA will return to the Irish capital early next year.

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The California-based promotion recently announced that it will hold an event at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 24. No bouts were announced for the card, which will mark Bellator’s ninth event in the country.

Bellator held its initial event in Ireland in 2016. Most recently, Bellator 285 took place at the same venue and saw Benson Henderson captured a unanimous decision over Peter Queally in the evening’s lightweight headliner this past Friday. Afterward, the promotion claimed that the latest event set an attenda…

popo drops pele early in the first and knocks him out shortly after #FMS2 pic.twitter.com/kcOPpGc5lu

— jake (@jakeshreds420) September 26, 2022

After a successful debut, the Fight Music Promotion held its second event on Sunday at Arena de Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. According to the promotion, 7,000 people attended the card, and it was broadcast live in Brazil on the Combate Channel.

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While the boxing debut of Cristiane Justino drew the majority of the attention from the MMA community, the show featured five MMA fights on the undercard and five boxing bouts on the main draw. In the main event, 47-year-old Acelino Popo Freitas face 49-year-old Vale Tudo legend Jose Landi-Jons in a 165-pound catchweight bout. Landi-Jons, who has been retired since 2015 and has no professional boxing experience, was knocked out by Freitas 1:25 into Round 1.

Freitas floored “Pele” within the fight’s opening 10 seconds with a straight rig…

A welterweight clash pitting Mounir Lazzez against Gabriel de Souza Bonfim is on tap for UFC 283.

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Multiple outlets confirmed the booking after Bonfim initially announced the bout on social media. UFC 283 marks the Las Vegas-based promotion’s first visit to Rio de Janeiro since May 2019. The event does not currently have a headliner.

Lazzez has been victorious in two of his first three Octagon appearances. Most recently, the Tunisian known as “Sniper” outpoined Ange Loosa at UFC on ESPN 34 on April 16. The Team Nogueira Duba representative is 11-2 as a professional, with eight wins via KO or TKO.

Bonfim earned a UFC contract thanks to a first-round shoulder choke of Trey Waters at Dana White’s Contender Series on Sept. 6. The former Legacy Fighting Alliance welterweight king is 13-0 since beginning his professional tenure in 2014.

cris cyborg wins her pro boxing debut against simone silva via unanimous decision #FMS2 pic.twitter.com/52UZEtwr93

— jake (@jakeshreds420) September 26, 2022

Cristiane Justino enjoyed a successful debut in the Sweet Science, taking a unanimous verdict against Simone Silva in a boxing match on Sunday night.

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The bout was contested over eight rounds and served as the co-main event of the Fight Music 2 card at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. While the promotion billed it as a professional fight, it is still unclear if it will ultimately be recognized as a pro or exhibition bout, according to MMAFighting.com.

“Cyborg” reportedly landed the harder shots throughout the fight, but Silva was able to survive the power of the Bellator MMA featherweight queen. The contest ended with a wild exchange of punches in Round 8. Judges’ scores were not announced.

R8 entre Cyborg y Silva #CyborgSilva pic.…

A right hand from Floyd just before the bell brings an end to the bout, and Asakura suffers his first KO loss ‼️

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— RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English) September 25, 2022

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It took a little over two rounds for Mikuru Asakura to learn the same lesson his countryman and Rizin FF stablemate Tenshin Nasukawa did back on New Year’s Eve 2018: An exhibition against Floyd Mayweather is exactly as serious as you make it.

In the main event of the Super Rizin card that formed half of a doubleheader with Rizin 38 on Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, the undefeated boxing legend was content to move and trade jabs and three-quarter-speed body shots with the Rizin featherweight contender for most of the first round. Late in that round, Asakura dialed up the intensity, leading to some awkward collisions and a clean head shot or…

It took a little under two rounds for Mikuru Asakura to learn the same lesson his countryman and Rizin FF stablemate Tenshin Nasukawa did back on New Year’s Eve 2018: An exhibition against Floyd Mayweather is exactly as serious as you want to make it.

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In the main event of the Super Rizin card that formed half of a doubleheader with Rizin 38 on Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, the undefeated boxing legend was content to move and trade jabs and three-quarter-speed body shots with the Rizin featherweight contender for most of the first round. Late in that round, Asakura dialed up the intensity, leading to some awkward collisions and a clean head shot or two landed on Mayweather. At that point, Mayweather flipped a switch, stinging Asakura with several hard shots before the round expired.

A right hand from Floyd just before the bell brings an end to the bout, and Asakura suffers his first KO loss ‼️

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A heavyweight clash pitting Derrick Lewis against Sergey Spivak will headline an Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Nov. 19.

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The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed the booking on Saturday. The UFC Fight Night card takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

A two-time heavyweight title challenger, Lewis has lost three of his last four Octagon appearances. Most recently, “The Black Beast” suffered a 55-second TKO defeat at the hands of Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277 on July 30.

The 27-year-old Spivak has quietly won five of six in UFC competition since July 2020. “The Polar Bear” is 2-0 in 2022, with TKO wins against Augusto Sakai and Greg Hardy to his credit.

With a combined 28 KOs, these two heavy hitters won't go all 5 rounds 👀@TheBeast_UFC vs Serghei Spivac is OFFICIAL for Nov 19! pic.twitter.com/rtTCGVttGE

— UFC (@ufc) September 24, 2022

Melvin Manhoef is hanging up the four ounce gloves following a mixed martial arts career that began in 1995.

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The Dutch knockout artist announced his decision following a third-round knockout loss to Yoel Romero in the Bellator 285 co-main event in Dublin on Friday.

“I want to thank everybody for supporting my career for 28 years – 28 years I’m fighting and I didn’t want to fight a nobody,” Manhoef said during an in-cage interview. “I want to fight names. I did the best that I can. And for 28 years I’m doing this, this is what I love. I appreciate all the support that you gave me. But today I think we have to hang up the gloves after 28 years of fighting. Thanks for the support. You make my life great. Thank you, Ireland.”

The 46-year-old Amsterdam native retires with a record of 32-16-1 with two no contests. In addition to Bellator, “No Mercy” competed for organizations such as Strikeforce, One Championship, Dream and K-1. His record includes…

Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s third foray into California this year didn’t disappoint.

𝗪𝗢𝗪! 🤯

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Erick Sanchez lands a huge right hand and scores a 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗔𝗟 walk-off KO 🔥

📺 Watch #CW143 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/AudZlnGSfa

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) September 24, 2022 The CW 143 headliner on Friday in San Diego featured a lightweight clash between Erick Sanchez and James Lynch. Sanchez (11-6, 1-0 CW) pushed on the gas and connected with quick punches, which left a mark on his opponent’s face. In turn, Lynch (5-3, 3-2 CW) looked to stop Sanchez’s footwork with some leg kicks. The fighters engaged in a brief scramble on the canvas before bouncing back to their feet. Sanchez’s elusiveness paid off after the clash entered its second minute. The Team Alpha Male representative made the most of a feint to mask an absolute right-hand bomb which immediately dropped Lynch to the canvas, lights out. The official…

That kick... @BensonHenderson 👀 #Bellator285 | 🇺🇸 @SHOSports | 🇬🇧 @BBCThree pic.twitter.com/5KulvEPXnx

— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) September 23, 2022 Benson Henderson, even at 38 years of age, can still get the job done.

The former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder ran circles around Peter Queally and strengthened his position in the Bellator MMA lightweight division with a lopsided unanimous decision in their Bellator 285 headliner on Friday at 3Arena in Dublin. All three judges arrived at the same verdict: 49-45 for Henderson (30-11, 7-6 Bellator), who was deducted a point for an inadvertent low blow in the second round.

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Nothing worked for Queally (13-7-1, 2-3 Bellator). Henderson pulled when the Irishman pushed, lured him into a tarpit clinches, executed takedowns, racked up points with ground-and-pound—his knees to the thigh were particularly effective—and kept “The Showst…

Sherdog's live Bellator 285 coverage kicks off at 1 p.m. ET.

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