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— UFC (@ufc) March 6, 2022 Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 272 live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Jalin Turner showed why he was given a featured position on the evening’s preliminary card at UFC 272.

“The Tarantula” secured his fourth consecutive finish in the Octagon, as he defeated Australia’s Jamie Mullarkey via technical knockout in a lightweight clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. A flurry of unanswered left hands on the canvas from the Dana White’s Contender Series alum brought a halt to the bout 46 seconds into Round 2.

The matchup delivered on its all-action promise in Round 1, when both lightweights were rocked at different points during exchanges. However, Turner (12-5, 5-2 UFC) was more effective overall, bloodying Mullarkey’s nose and …

Invicta FC 46 has a new headliner after Ketlen Souza has been forced to withdraw from her flyweight title bout against Karina Rodriguez.

As a result, Daiana Torquato will step in and face Rodriguez in a rematch in the evening’s new headliner. The all-female promotion announced the change on Saturday. A reason for Souza’s exit was not given. With Torquato elevated to the main event, Milana Dudieva will square off agianst Denise Gomes in the Invicta FC 46 co-headliner.

Invicta FC takes place at on March 9 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City and airs on the promotion’s YouTube channel beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. ET.

Rodriguez and Torquato initially fought at Invicta on AXS TV last May, with Rodriguez claiming flyweight gold in a unanimous decision triumph. That setback snapped an eight-bout winning streak for Torquato. Neither flyweight has competed since then.

Hiramoto“I’ve been a loud mouth leading up to the fight but tomorrow I will fight for the people who believed in me”

Suzuki“I will show everybody the way of me. Everybody Please fight with me. I appreciate your support. Thank you” pic.twitter.com/FY7z9VTTnF

— RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English) March 5, 2022 All eight fighters slated for mixed martial arts competition made weight ahead of Sunday’s Rizin “Landmark Vol. 2” card.

The abbreviated event is topped by a featherweight clash between Chihiro Suzuki and Ren Hiramoto. Suzuki tipped the scales at 145.2 pounds, while Hiramoto checked in at 144.7 pounds. Rizin “Landmark Vol. 2” takes place in Tokyo, Japan, and can be viewed via pay-per-view here.

Suzuki last appeared at Rizin “Trigger 1st,” where he outpointed Sora Yamamoto to improve his professional mark to 6-3. Suzuki has won four of his last five outings, with three of those triumphs coming under the Pancrase banner.

Hiramo…

Count Martina Jindrova as the latest addition to the Professional Fighters League roster.

The polished and determined kickboxer did just enough to eke out a split decision over Jacqueline Cavalcanti in the PFL Challenger Series 3 main event on Friday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. All three cageside judges scored it 29-28, two of them siding with Jindrova (4-2). Afterward, she was awarded a contract by PFL President Ray Sefo.

Cavalcanti (2-1) mixed up her attacks beautifully, made fluid stance switches and occasionally beat her counterpart to the punch. After a competitive first five minutes, Jindrova hit the accelerator in Round 2. There, she had Cavalcanti reeling with right hands, cut off her bids for desperation takedowns and continued to assault her with clean, accurate punches in an attempt to finish. The increased output came at a cost, and Jindrova had little left in the tank in the third. Cavalcanti snapped back the Czech’s head more than once with …

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— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) March 5, 2022

Cage Warriors returned to the U.S. for its sixth event, CW 133, which went down at the Del Mar Arena in San Diego.

In the headliner, Dana White’s Contender Series alum Kyle Driscoll faced Bellator MMA vet Joshua Jones in a pretty repetitive and uneventful clash. Driscoll (13-3, 1-0 CW) kept his opponent on the canvas for most of the first stanza thanks to a much more polished wrestling background. In his turn, Jones (11-6, 0-1 CW) answered with a deep kimura attempt. In Round 2, it was Jones' turn to shoot for takedowns, which Driscoll denied every time. Jones looked again for the kimura, but his foe shrugged it off and ended the round in full mount. American Kickboxing Academy standout Driscoll fired back with another takedown early in Round 3. Jones retaliated with the third unsuccessful kimura attempt that Driscoll stopped. Dr…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzcq7qhWDKo&w=560&h=315] Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Gunnar Nelson was hoping to get back in action later this month, but he might have to wait a little bit longer. According to MMA Fighting on Friday, Claudio Silva (14-3) has suffered a knee injury and has been forced to withdraw from UFC Fight Night 204. The March 19 UFC London card, one that may be substantially affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine as it pertains to the travel status of the Russians on the card, is down this welterweight matchup for the time being. It is unclear if the promotion will be able to find a replacement for Nelson (17-5-1) or if the matchup will be preserved and moved to a later date. News of Silva’s injury has since been confirmed by other outlets.

Both Nelson and his former prospective oppone…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ipSfPEAWA&w=560&h=315] Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Terrance McKinney is rocketing up the division with a matchup that might put him among the top 15 should he win. On Friday morning, Ricky Glenn announced on the KJ MMA Show that he would no longer be competing at UFC Fight Night 203 against Drew Dober (23-11, 1 NC) due to a groin injury. In his stead will be the recently victorious Terrance McKinney (12-3), with the news of this first coming from the UFC itself. The two lightweights will battle it out inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on March 12.

“A matchup I’ve been preparing a long time, really hard, feeling really good, and unfortunately [I] got injured,” Glenn explained. “I thought maybe I’d be able to work around it, but unfortunately I gotta pull out – and this is m…

In this era of boxing vs. MMA, new matchups never thought imaginable are coming to fruition.

At the end of January, boxer Acelino “Popo” Freitas faced off against YouTuber Whindersson Nunes in the boxing ring. They fought to a draw after 16 minutes of action, and the results proved to be smash hit for the ratings, drawing millions upon millions of viewers on Brazilian television. After the fight, the 46-year-old “Popo” called out former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champion Jose Aldo, and many other fighters including Patricio Freire and Bibiano Fernandes unsuccessfully asked for the opportunity when Aldo declined due to his UFC contract.

Freitas then extended his challenge to names like Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort, despite the massive size discrepancy between Freitas who typically competed below 135 pounds and those much larger men. Once Belfort heard about the challenge upon speaking to Sherdog, however, he grew quite interested in the matchup and…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqpaUKFafdU&w=560&h=315] Rizin Fighting Federation’s next numbered event may seem light on star power, but it is chock full of excitement potential.

Per a press release by the organization on Friday morning, the Rizin 34 card on March 20 is now complete. The event will be held inside the Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Japan, and a whopping 17 fights will be staged throughout the night. Nine of those contests will take place under MMA rules, and the remaining bouts will be kickboxing. The bout order may not be official, as the organization has listed its kickboxing matches first and then the MMA fights.

A welterweight clash has been added to the billing, as ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors Kiichi Kunimoto (20-8-2, 1 NC) and Daichi Abe (9-5) throw down. “Strasser” has not tasted a defeat in the Rizin ring, and those three victories have accounted for his lone wins since leaving the UFC in 2017. His opponent Abe made hi…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBdVrJNGnnM&w=640&h=360] The weigh-in ceremony was nothing more than a formality on Friday as every fighter made weight.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view with a rare non-championship main event as UFC 272 is headlined by a welterweight grudge match between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. Before their five-round battle, both multiple-time title challengers successfully made weight. There was no issue with any competitor on the card, as the remaining 24 fighters hit their proper marks to make this 13-fight event official.

Just like his opponent, Covington (16-3) is coming off a loss to Kamaru Usman. However, Covington fared better, dropping a decision rather than suffering a brutal knockout. Prior to the setback, "Chaos" had defeated ex-champTyron Woodley. Beyond the two losses to the current welterweight champ, Covington hasn't lost since 2015. The Oregon native officially weighed 170.5 pounds for th…

Credit: Getty/UFC Credit: Getty/UFC Credit: Mike Sloan/Sherdog.com Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. A pair of Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweights with a combined 30 fights of Octagon experience will square off at the end of April. Per MMA Junkie on Thursday, Gerald Meerschaert (34-14) will come to blows with Krzysztof Jotko (23-5) in the 185-pound division on April 30. The middleweights will throw down on UFC on ESPN 35, which is slated to take place inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The matchup has since been confirmed by both fighters on their Instagram pages.

Coming into this battle that may bring with it rankings implications is Meerschaert, who is riding a three-fight submission streak over Bartosz Fabinski, Makhmud Muradov and Dustin Stoltzfus. Since joining the roster in 2016, “GM3” has never won by any way other than stoppage, with eight subm…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaAN97tX_dM&w=560&h=315] Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. American Top Team head coach “Conan” Marcus Silveira is not used to seeing his fighters as betting underdogs on big Ultimate Fighting Championship cards. On March 5, UFC 272 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main event will see a grudge match between former ATT teammates Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal, and the remainder of the main card is equally littered by ATT standouts like Renato Carneiro and Edson Barboza. Ahead of the event, Sherdog spoke to the chief coach of the renowned fight camp, Silveira, who did not seem overly concerned that Masvidal (+270), Carneiro (+150) and Barboza (+145) are all coming in as betting underdogs.

“Most important than odds is the hard work,” Silveira mentioned. “And I’m sure Barboza, Masvidal and Moicano a…