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Kai Asakura (21-4) believes knockout power is his greatest advantage over Alexandre Pantoja (28-5).

Asakura will challenge Pantoja for the flyweight title in his promotional debut in the main event of UFC 310 on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The former Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight champ claims he can knock “The Cannibal” out cold with one clean shot. According to Asakura, Pantoja just needs to have one lapse for him to end the contest with his proven knockout power.

“My advantage over Pantoja is that I can finish him in one shot,” Asakura said on the UFC 310 Countdown show. “So if he makes even one mistake, I’m confident that I can KO him in one shot.”

Asakura has finished 16 of his 21 career wins, which incl…

It appears that Leon Edwards will headline the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship card in London.

During a recent interview with DAZN Boxing, Edwards revealed that he will be headlining the UFC card scheduled for March 22 at the O2 Arena in London. The opponent remains unknown. The news was first by Ariel Helwani.

Edwards put his welterweight title on the line against Belal Muhammad in front of his home fans at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester at UFC 304 this past July. The Englishman suffered a lopsided unanimous decision loss against Muhammad, putting an end to their longstanding rivalry. The loss also saw Edwards’ 13-fight winning unbeaten streak snapped.

Meanwhile, Muhammad was scheduled to defend his title against Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, “Remember the Name” was forced out with a bone infection and replaced by Ian Garry. With Garry and “Nomad” squaring off in a potential title eliminat…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title picture has turned into an online battleground.

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Former champs Jamahal Hill (12-2) and Jiri Prochazka (30-5) are scheduled to fight at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. Hill, Prochazka and fellow contender Magomed Ankalaev (19-1) have been recently trading multiple barbs, with champ Alex Pereira (12-2) also joining the fray on occasion.

Hill took multiple digs at Prochazka and Ankalaev in recent interviews, although not entirely unprovoked. Hill went off on Ankalaev in an expletive-laden rant in response to the Russian mocking him for being passed on for the title shot. While both Hill and Prochazka are coming off losses against Pereira, “Sweet Dreams” claims the Czech was dominated while he got caught by a lucky shot.

Pereira responded to Hill’s recent comments, promising him a rematch if he gets past “BJP.”

The Brazilian wrote on X: “Calm down, my son…

👀Ian Garry talks on his fight with Shavkat Rakhmonov:

“Everybody thinks the guy is boogeyman of the division. I’m going to go out there December 7th and shock everyone’s else world.”🔥

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Ian Garry (15-0) sees himself upsetting Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0) at UFC 310.

Garry and Rakhmonov will meet in a clash of undefeated welterweight contenders at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Despite both being undefeated, Rakhmonov is a -400 betting favorite against Garry’s +290 underdog status.

However, Garry vows to shock the world by taking the Kazakh’s ‘0’ in their UFC 310 fight. The Irishman is also excited about the bout, as rarely do two undefeated contenders meet in such a high stakes matchup inside the UFC.

“Everybody's turning him [Rakhmonov] down. 18-0, 18 finishes. That excites me,” Garry sa…

Dakota Ditcheva is a problem.

In the span of less than 365 days, the mauler from Manchester has won the Professional Fighters League Europe championship, five straight fights by KO/TKO, and on Friday at the PFL 2024 Season Championships, she became the youngest PFL global champ in history when she demolished Taila Santos (22-4) in two rounds.

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We could be watching the birth of a bonafide superstar in the world of women’s mixed martial arts. Ditcheva (14-0) is a monster. She showed that she has the wrestling to shut down a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship title challenger and the striking prowess to put anyone in her way into the dirt. Santos is a world-class fighter, who was one round away from winning the UFC flyweight title, and Ditcheva blew her out of the water. Her muay thai skills are deadly, and she shows no mercy.

You can etch Timur Khizriev’s name in the history books of the Dagestani empire. The undefeated featherweight claimed the…

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The Professional Fighters League on Friday descended on King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the PFL Middle East and North Africa finals serving as the appetizer for the PFL 2024 Season Championships. Four regional fighters were crowned as PFL MENA champions and could potentially find themselves a part of next season’s global showcase.

Ali Taleb quickly and brutally won the PFL MENA bantamweight title in one round after catching Rachid El Hazoume with an uppercut from the underworld. With the Moroccan staggered, Taleb put the finishing touches on his beatdown with a crispy right hook that put El Hozoume down for the count. The win marked Taleb’s second-straight first-round knockout.

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Mohsen Mohammadseifi claimed the PFL MENA lightweight title after unanimously outpointing Lebananon’s Georges Eid: 50-45, 50-45, 49-46. Despite the lopsided scores, the fight was much closer. Eid’s length kept Mohammadseifi at range, and the fight w…

[embedded content] Ultimate Fighting Championship great Fabricio Werdum is preparing to make the transition into coaching as he grows older.

At the tender age of 47, Werdum knows his time in competition is coming to a close. He is not quite done, despite last competing at Gamebred FC 5 in 2023 in a bare-knuckle match with Junior dos Santos. His slate predictably less packed given that he is no longer regularly fighting, Werdum is ready and willing to train other fighters to give back to the sport in a different way. In an interview with Sherdog on Thursday, Werdum discussed who he has his sights on to work with in the near future as well as what lays in store for him.

One can count “Vai Cavalo” among the many impressed by Jon Jones’ recent performance against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, and he thinks he might be able to have what it takes to help a standout competitor get the edge on Jones. That fighter? Alex Pereira, who is considering his next test between Jones and Ma…

The first Professional Fighters League show of the new year will make use of its merged roster well.

The promotion announced via press release the top two bouts for PFL’s Road to Dubai, also known as Champions Series Dubai. This event, the rebranding of the Bellator MMA Champions Series from 2024, will be held on Jan. 25 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The main attraction will be a lightweight championship attraction as Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0, 1 NC) puts his Bellator belt on the line against Paul Hughes (13-1). Additionally, the co-headliner comes at heavyweight as ex-Bellator kingpin Vadim Nemkov (17-2, 1 NC) battles PFL veteran Ante Delija (24-6).

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Nurmagomedov returned following a failed post-fight drug test for an undisclosed substance that resulted in his lightweight title defense against Brent Primus turning to a no contest. The promotion allowed him to keep his belt and continue defending it, as he staved off Alexandr S…

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As the Professional Fighters League prepares for the PFL 2024 Season Championships, there will be six $1 million award winners, several showcase bouts, and for the first time ever, PFL MENA will crown four champions.

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It’ll be a night to remember under a new legacy for the Professional Fighters League, with talent at each level. The event will also show how the PFL is looking to keep develop its regional leagues for integration in the global season.

One of those central to the plan is Dan Hardy, color commentator, host and head of fighter operations for PFL Europe. Ahead of the special and unique night for the PFL, Hardy talked with Sherdog.com about what to expect, how the first year with the Bellator roster has gone, and what to look forward to moving forward.

Winding down on their 2024 PFL season, Hardy acknowledges that not everything was perfect in the first year after acquiring the Bellator roster, but room for improve…

⚖️2024 PFL Featherweight World Title bout is official

Brendan Loughnane: 144.8 lbsTimur Khizriev: 144.7 lbs

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— PFL (@PFLMMA) November 28, 2024 The Professional Fighters League will wrap up its 2024 season with all the title fights.

Sitting atop the 2024 Season PFL Championships card is a featherweight title fight between Brendan Loughnane and Timur Khizriev. Both men successfully made championship weight, as they came in under the 145-pound limit. The rest of the card was just as professional as the 10 other title fight participants on the card also hit their marks.

Loughnane (30-5) previously won the 2022 PFL featherweight tournament. He'll now look to gain his second season title after his 2023 outing was derailed by a knockout defeat to Jesus Pinedo. The British fighter has rebounded nicely by picking up wins over Pedro Carvalho, Justi…

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عبدالله القحطاني: 144.3 رطلًامروان بلكَويط: 144.4 رطلًا

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29 نوفمبر | #PFLMENA | جامعة الملك سعود، الرياض، السعودية | التذاكر عبر https://t.co/aZbvEPijAb🔗 | بث مباشر على منصة شاهد، قنوات إم بي سي أكشن و SSC#نصنع_التاريخ #السعودية… pic.twitter.com/qoXOQY2A6M — PFL MENA (@PFLMENA) November 28, 2024 The Professional Fighters League's inaugural Middle East and North Africa season is coming to an end with four championship fights.

While the bill has gone through some slight transformations on weigh-in day, all eight title fight participants successfully made weight for the event. This show serves as the preliminary portion to the 2024 Season PFL Championships event later that day. It will see PFL MENA fighters compete for gold in five-round fights in the welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight divisions. Two fighters missed weight: Lilia Osmani, who came in 2.3 pound…

The lineup for UFC Saudi Arabia continues to grow, as a bantamweight clash between Vinicius Oliveira and Said Nurmagomedov and a lightweight tilt pitting Terrance McKinney against Damir Hadzovic have been added to the Feb. 1 event.

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Ag.Fight was first to report Oliveira vs. Nurmagomedov, while McKinney and his management announced the matchup with Hadzovic. The UFC Fight Night event takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and features a heavyweight clash between Sergei Pavlovich and Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Oliveira, who is known as “LokDog,” will take a four-bout winning streak into his fight with Nurmagomedov. The 28-year-old Brazilian has kicked off his UFC tenure with a knockout of Bernardo Sopai and a unanimous decision win over Ricky Simon.

Nurmagomedov has won five of his last six Octagon appearances and is coming off a first-round submission of Muin Gafarov at UFC 294 in October 2023. The Dagestani has endured bad luck in 2024, with three po…

There have been a couple changes to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s final pay-per-view of 2024.

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The promotion announced on Wednesday that Kennedy Nzechukwu will replace the injured Talisson Teixeira and face Lukasz Brzeski in a heavyweight clash at UFC 310. Additionally, Martin Buday has been removed from a proposed heavyweight matchup against Rizvan Kuniev due to injury and as a result, the bout has been canceled. The nature of the injuries to Teixeira and Buday were not revealed.

UFC 310 takes place on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a flyweight title tilt pitting Alexandre Pantoja against Kai Askaura. In the co-main event, Shavkat Rakhmonov will square off against Ian Garry.

After competing at 205 pounds for the majority of his promotional tenure, Nzechukwu made his heavyweight debut at UFC 308, where he defeated Chris Barnett via first-round TKO on Oct. 26. That snapped a two-bout skid for the Fortis MM…

Robert Whittaker recently gave due credit to former foe Khamzat Chimaev’s wrestling.

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Whittaker faced Chimaev in potential middleweight title eliminator at UFC 308 on Oct. 26. Chimaev wasted no time in taking Whittaker down before sinking in a face crank that injured the former champion’s jaw, forcing a stoppage in the opening frame.

Whittaker was immensely impressed by Chimaev’s takedowns. While “Bobby Knuckles” felt comfortable for a while on the feet, there was no getting away once Chimaev committed to the takedown. Despite having worked on his wrestling a lot in training camp, Whittaker couldn’t find anyone to replicate the Chechen-born Swede. Whittaker further noted that it isn’t Chimaev’s strength, but his chain wrestling that is most difficult to defend.

“I felt real comfortable standing with him,’ Whittaker recently said on the MMA Arcade podcast. “Then, the dude drops like a millimeter — how do you stop that takedown?... We did a lot …

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Considered the greatest representative for jiu-jitsu practitioners in the 1980s and 1990s, Rickson Gracie revealed in 2023 that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. And it was the battle against the disease that motivated him to launch his second book, “Comfort in the Dark: The Power of Invisible Jiu-Jitsu” in July 2024.

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In an interview on the “Mundo da Luta” podcast on Monday, Gracie spoke about the launch of his new book. In the interview conducted by journalist Ana Hissa, the jiu-jitsu legend revealed how his learning in the world of martial arts strengthened him in the battle against the recently discovered Parkinson's disease, which inspired the new work.

“The idea was that, with the story of my life, after this biography (in the previous book called “Respira”), it was missing that I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and I am going through a, let’s say, evolutionary phase of my life,” he said.”And I would like to pass on t…

Kevin Holland (26-12) will face Reinier de Ridder (18-2) in a middleweight bout at UFC 311.

Multiple outlets confirmed the pairing following an initial report from MMA Mania. UFC 311 takes place on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and also includes a light heavyweight clash pitting Jiri Prochazka against Jamahal Hill.

Holland was named Sherdog's “Breakthrough Fighter of the Year” for 2020 thanks to a 5-0 UFC campaign, but he has since fallen on more difficult times. One of the most active fighters on the UFC roster, “Trailblazer” has fought at least three times each year since 2020. However, that has cost him a few fights against opponents such as Khamzat Chimaev and Jack Della Maddalena. Holland is currently 1-3 in his last four bouts and is fresh off a corner stoppage loss against Roman Dolidze at UFC 307 last month.

Meanwhile, de Ridder was undefeated in his first 16 pro outings, a stretch that saw him become a two-division title holder in ON…

Conor McGregor will no longer be the face of Proper No. 12 Whiskey, according to a report from the Irish Independent.

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Proximo Spirits, which owns the whiskey brand, announced that it will no longer use McGregor’s name or likeness in association with the drink. The decision comes after McGregor was found liable for sexual assault during a civil lawsuit in Dublin High Court last week. The UFC star was ordered to pay more than $250,000 in damages to the victim, Nikita Hand.

“Since 2021, Proximo Spirits has been the 100pc owner of Proper No. 12 Irish Whiskey,” Proximo Spirits said. “Going forward, we do not plan to use Mr. McGregor’s name and likeness in the marketing of the brand.”

McGregor and his partners sold their majority stake in the whiskey brand to Proximo Spirits – which had been a 49% owner -- in 2021 for a reported $600 million. Even after the sale, McGregor maintained an active role within the company as a spokeperson and representat…

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Jamahal Hill recently addressed the origins of his beef with Magomed Ankalaev.

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Hill takes on Jiri Prochazka at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. The former champ recently went off on Ankalaev, and Hill claims his beef with Ankalaev started primarily because due to the Dagestani being a b—h. Ankalaev had poked fun at Hill when Khalil Rountree got a wild card title shot against Alex Pereira at UFC 307 last month. Despite being widely considered the rightful title contender, Ankalaev was matched up against Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308. “Sweet Dreams” claims he was making a case for Ankalaev when the Russian turned around and took digs at him.

Why is Jamahal Hill crying? Pereira just made you sleep, get back in the like and work your way up or be ready for Abu Dhabi because Rakic may pull out

— Magomed Ankalaev (@AnkalaevM) August 16, 2024

"I want to knock Magomed out in his …

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Paddy Pimblett recently recalled watching Anderson Silva’s first loss against Chris Weidman with Conor McGregor.

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Pimblett scored his first Cage Warriors win on the same night that Silva put his middleweight title on the line against Weidman at UFC 162 in July 2013. Meanwhile, McGregor was coming off his UFC debut victory and cornering teammate Philip Mulpeter on the same CW card. Pimblett, McGregor and Mulpeter watched together as Weidman scored a second round upset TKO win over “The Spider,” ending the longest title reign in UFC history — a run that spanned 2,457 days which included 10 defenses.

As a fan of Silva, McGregor was visibly devastated and went on to kick the wall, which had Pimblett tickled.

“When I had my first Cage Warriors fight, he’d just been signed by the UFC. I was 19, I had just won my first Cage Warriors fight and he was there,” Pimblett said on the “Still Talking” show. “We were watching Anderson Silva …

A light heavyweight clash has been added to a UFC Fight Night event in February.

Power punchers Ion Cutelaba (18-10) and Ibo Aslan (14-1) will trade leather at a UFC card on Feb. 22, which is expected to go down in Seattle. The matchup was first reported by Marcel Dorff.

Cutelaba is 7-9 in the UFC, putting on entertaining displays while usually falling prey to elite competition. While the Moldovan dropped all of his three bouts in 2022, he has since improved his fortunes. “The Hulk” has sandwiched a loss against Philipe Lins between a KO win over Tanner Boser and most recently, a split decision over Ivan Erslan this past September.

Meanwhile, Aslan came into UFC with a knockout win over Paulo Renato Jr. on Dana White’s Contender Series last year. “The Last Ottoman” scored a technical knockout win over Anton Turkalj in his UFC debut this past March, avenging his lone career loss which came against “The Pleasure Man” under the Brave CF banner in 2020. The Tu…

👀⚡️Cory Sandhagen wants to fight Petr Yan next:

“I still want to get this one back… Maybe we will do it next.”

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🎥 YT @corysandhagenx ▫️ pic.twitter.com/lZYORg5HbY — Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) November 25, 2024

Cory Sandhagen (17-5) is eyeing Petr Yan (18-5) after the latter’s latest win at UFC Macau.

Yan put on a striking clinic to earn an emphatic unanimous decision win over Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event at UFC Macau last weekend. Sandhagen subsequently called out “No Mercy,” who already has a win over him in 2021. Sandhagen wants to avenge his loss against the Russian even if he doesn’t get that matchup immediately.

“Congrats to Yan. Maybe we will do it next,” Sandhagen said on his YouTube channel. “I don’t really know what the division’s [got] going on. I haven’t really heard too much. I was hoping to hear probably sometime next week about the direction that they are gonna go in. Because I know…

People want to hear from me, I needed time. I know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me.

As much as I…

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 25, 2024

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Conor McGregor has released a statement after being found liable of sexual assault against a woman named Nikita Hand.

Hand accused McGregor and a man named James Lawrence of raping her in a Dublin hotel on Dec. 9, 2018. A jury in a Dublin court recently ruled against McGregor in a civil lawsuit, finding him liable of sexual misconduct. While McGregor wasn’t pronounced “guilty” as it was a civil case, he is ordered to pay Hand more than $250,000 in damages.

“Notorious” recently addressed the ruling, continuing to deny the rape allegations while claiming to have had consensual sex with Hand in …

The worst may be over for Daiane Silva after spending more than a month in the hospital following a bad weight cut ahead of her proposed Bellator MMA debut.

Silva recently returned home to Brazil after spending more than a month under medical care and is gradually making progress in her recovery, according to an initial report from Yahoo! Sports. Silva was scheduled to compete at Bellator Champions Series London on Sept. 14, but was hospitalized due to severe dehydration while trying to cut to the featherweight limit of 146 pounds. The Brazilian fighter suffered from kidney failure as a result and was placed into a medically induced coma.

Manager Alexis Davis provided additional details regarding Silva’s progress in an interview with MMAFighting.com.

“The first prognosis we had was that she could be with dialysis for the rest of her life and it could take months for her to regain consciousness,” Davis said. “… Out of a very sorry prognostics, she is [now] walk…