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Thiago Santos made the most of his opportunity in a makeshift main event.

Fighting out of his natural weight class, the hard hitting Brazilian earned a third-round stoppage against fellow middleweight Eryk Anders in the evening’s 205-pound main event at UFC Fight Night 137 in Sao Paulo on Saturday. Both fighters gave it their all for 15 minutes, but ultimately Anders was unable to make it back to his corner following the conclusion of the third stanza. Santos has now won six of his last seven in the Octagon. The bout was originally booked as a 205-pound encounter between Jimi Manuwa and Glover Teixeira before both fighters pulled out of the card due to injuries.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 137, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com.

68: Significant strikes by which Santos outlanded Anders during their 15 minutes in the Octagon together. “Marreta” outlanded his foe 19 to 6 in round one, 27 to 12 in round two and 54 to 14 in round three. Sa…

It wasn’t the main event the UFC originally intended, but Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders put on one heck of a show in Sao Paulo.

The middleweights — competing in a light heavyweight bout — earned “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their spirited scrap in the UFC Fight Night 137 headliner at Ibirapuera Gymnasium on Saturday night. Ultimately, a barrage of elbows from Santos following an Anders takedown resulted in the bout being halted following the conclusion of the third frame.

Elsewhere, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira returned to the Octagon for the first time in two years, earning a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his second-round stoppage of Sam Alvey in a featured light heavyweight affair. “Minotouro” finished the fight off with a big left hand over the top that took Alvey’s legs out from under him, and a few follow-up punches on the mat brought an end to the bout 60 seconds into round two.

Finally, Charles Oliveira made history a…

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Blue-chip prospect A.J. McKee (12-0) becomes the first to finish John Macapá, taking him out with a straight left in a little over a minute! All of the 23-year-old's pro bouts have been in Bellator; he has finished eight of 12 wins, five by first-round KO. #Bellator205 pic.twitter.com/lJuOIls5M7

— Kyle Johnson (@Maldobabo) September 22, 2018

John Teixeira da Conceicao might need some Advil when he wakes up.

A.J. McKee moved one step closer to the top of Bellator MMA’s featherweight division, as he wiped out the Brazilian with a shovel uppercut in the first round of their Bellator 205 headliner on Friday at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. An unconscious da Conceicao (21-4-2, 4-3 Bellator) hit the deck 69 seconds into Round 1, finished for the first time in his 27-fight career.

McKee (12-0, 12-0 Bellator) leaned on his kicks, targeting both the head and the body. A spinning attack from the Team Bodyshop star initiated a scramble…

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Round 1 Trevino is the more efficient striker over the first two minutes, tagging Tuani with counterpunches to the head and body. Tuani sneaks a few lazy jabs in, but quickly gets desperate, throwing looping shots and Superman punches, easily allowing Trevino to pick him off. Tuani eats a straight left that rocks his skull back and Trevino switches stances, drilling him with a crisp one-two. Trevino stays orthodox, lands a hard right roundhouse kick to the body, then slaps Tuani with a left hook just before the bell. One-way traffic in the first round.Sherdog Scores Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 TrevinoBen Duffy scores the round 10-9 TrevinoJay Pettry scores the round 10-9 TrevinoRound 2 Tuani is stalking Trevino, but looks like his gas tank is already depleted as he continues to throw lunging shots against the…

Breaking: UFC welterweight champion @TWooodley no longer in the running to fight at MSG, needs surgery on his right hand and is expected to be out 8-to-12 weeks. pic.twitter.com/EQ7vvbhdZf

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 21, 2018

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight king Tyron Woodley won’t be fighting as soon as he had hoped, as a thumb injury sustained at UFC 228 in his conquest of Darren Till will keep him on the sideline.

ESPN reported on Friday that Woodley would be out a minimum 8 to 12 weeks after impending surgery on his right hand.

Woodley defeated Till after dropping him with a massive overhand counter in the second round before laying down some brutal punches and elbows. Woodley then finished the fight with a brabo choke.

The champion was initially optimistic about a quick turnaround, as Kamaru Usman’s name was thrown around for a potential UFC 230 showdown at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 3.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Sao Paulo on Saturday with a card that has changed quite a bit since it was first announced months back.

Original headliners Jimi Manuwa and Glover Teixeira we’re both forced out of the main event slot, with Thiago Santos moving up from middleweight to replace Teixeira. When Manuwa announced he, too, was out of the fight, the main event became Santos vs. Eryk Anders, two former middleweights who will look to try their luck in the light heavyweight division.

Elsewhere on the card, Brazilian MMA legends Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Renan Barao take on Sam Alvey and Andre Ewell, respectively, with former UFC title challenger Thales Leites locking horns with former Bellator champion Hector Lombard on the card’s prelims.

UFC Fight Night 137 Weigh-In Results: Thiago Santos (203.7) vs. Eryk Anders (205.6)Alex Oliveira (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (170.3)Sa…

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Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Conor McGregor has signed a new eight-fight deal with the organization, and stands to cash out big time.

The news of the deal emerged Thursday during the UFC 229 press conference between event headliners Khabib Nurmagomedov and McGregor, and the Irishman’s appeal following his blockbuster boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather last summer has clearly skyrocketed.

McGregor’s deal with the UFC includes sponsorship of his new whiskey brand, Proper Whiskey, which will be sponsored for every McGregor fight within the promotion.

"You bet your bollocks it is," McGregor said, when asked if the logo of his whiskey would be on the Octagon canvas. "On the canvas. On the canvas. Like [Nurmagomedov's] blood will be on the canvas."

“The Notorious” also stands to cash in on pay-per-view points, of which McGregor will receive a portion on every card he headlines.<…

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Glenn Robinson, one of the founders of the famed Blackzilians has died, his former PR agent Jen Wenk confirmed on Thursday to MMAJunkie. The news was first reported by Christopher James via Facebook.

The cause of his untimely passing has not yet been established.

Robinson, an entrepreneur from Florida, got into the MMA game after friends at American Top Team left the gym to form their own squad. In 2011, Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Jorge Santiago and Robinson, alongside a handful of elite fighters, defected to form their own training camp, which became known as the Blackzillians.

The team boasted an impressive lineup of Alistair Overeem, Rashad Evans and Anthony Johnson during its peak.

The Blackzillians feuded fiercely with ATT, as the two camps were located mere miles from each other in Florida. The rivalry came to a boiling point during Season 21 of “The Ultimate Fighter,”…

Standing 6-foot-3 and cutting weight to make the 265 pound heavyweight limit, Derrick Lewis is one of the most intimidating men to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Even more frightening is the notion that we haven’t really seen everything he can do. The man known as “The Black Beast” has been dealing with a well-documented chronic back injury throughout his UFC career which has hindered his performances inside the Octagon.

From the outside, it’s hard to see how much Lewis’ back issues have affected him, as he has won eight of his last nine fights and racked up six knockouts in the process. Behind the scenes it’s a different story, as his injuries mean the knockout artist enters fights with little to no energy and is unable to train like other fighters.

Recently, Lewis was given some injections to manage the pain in his back and he claims the results have been promising so far.

"It made a big difference," Lewis told FloCombat. "I'm always think…

Jon Jones could be back in the Octagon as soon as UFC 230 following a suspension that was more lenient than most expected.

USADA went through an independent arbitrator to handle its anti-doping case with Jones, and ultimately, the former light heavyweight champion was given a reduced 15-month sanction retroactive to July 28, 2017. As a second time offender, “Jonny Bones” could have received as much as a four-year suspension for testing positive for the anabolic steroid Turinabol at UFC 214.

In the end, USADA and the independent arbitrator, Richard H. McLaren, determined that Jones did not take a banned substance intentionally.

“I find the athlete to have been a truthful witness who recognizes his past mistakes and has learned from them,” McLaren wrote in the arbitration agreement. “His demeanor at the hearing was of a person who is sorry for his past mistakes and recognizes that he can only improve on these errors by being an exemplary competitor who is dru…

Considering the circumstances, it was the one of the best outcomes possible for Jon Jones.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion was handed a 15-month suspension by an independent arbitrator for a failed drug test in relation to UFC 214 in July 2017, according to a statement released by USADA. Jones tested positive for the anabolic steroid Turinabol during an in-competition screening, which resulted in him being stripped of the light heavyweight belt and his TKO win over Daniel Cormier being overturned to a no contest.

According to the statement, Jones’ case was decided at an evidentiary hearing on Sept. 15. As a second time offender — Jones tested positive for two estrogen blockers at UFC 200 — the light heavyweight was looking at as much as a four-year suspension. Instead, Jones will be eligible to return to action on Oct. 28, just days before UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden in New York. His sanction is retroactive to July 28, 2017.

The USADA stateme…

Justine Kish has been plagued by knee injuries throughout her mixed martial arts career.

The UFC flyweight recently revealed on social media that she will undergo surgery on Friday to fix the fourth “substantial knee injury” she’s had. Kish suffered her latest ailment during a split-decision loss to Ji Yeon Kim at UFC on Fox 27.

“Despite my best efforts and some the use of progressve healing therapies, it seems that my knee will require another rebuild. In other words...my ACL, MCL, & PCL faces another revision . While I am physically damaged and emotionally dented, my spirit and resolve are stronger than ever!” Kish wrote. “The UFC has been wonderful throughout the course of my tribulations and I could not be more thankful.”

The 30-year-old North Carolina native has competed just once apiece in both 2018 and 2017. She was notably injured during filming of “The Ultimate Fighter 20,” which delayed her Octagon debut until 2016. Kish is 2-2 within the Las …

Hawaii native Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will help Bellator MMA break ground in her home state when she defends her flyweight crown against Valerie Letourneau on Dec. 15.

On Monday, the promotion’s inaugural female flyweight queen received another honor when Honolulu mayor Kirk Caldwell proclaimed Sept. 17 to be “Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Day.”

“On behalf of your whole city, we’re proud of you and all of your accomplishments, and we’re excited to see the future ahead of you,” Caldwell wrote on social media. “Good luck on the big fight in December!”

Congratulations to @ilimanator for being crowned the #BellatorMMA Female Flyweight World Champion! We’re proud of you and all of your accomplishments, and we’re excited to see the future ahead of you. Good luck on the big fight in December! #Ilimanator #BellatorHawaii pic.twitter.com/Vpkjex6ujv

— Kirk Caldwell (@MayorKirkHNL) September 18, 2018

Macfarlane will square off against Letourneau at the…

Recently crowned flyweight champion Henry Cejudo was separated from his championship hardware during a flight to UFC Fight Night Moscow last week. After eight days apart, Cejudo and the belt were reunited.

“After [eight] long days I had a happy reunion this morning,” Cejudo wrote on Instagram with an accompanying video showing him recovering the title, along with the rest of his luggage, in New York.

Cejudo claimed the title with a split-decision victory over long-reigning champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227 on Aug. 4. “The Messenger” has since been angling for a 135-pound title fight against reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. Cejudo lost his 2008 Olympic gold medal during the wildfires in Northern California last year.

“Let’s be honest, material comes and goes. It’s the memories, it’s the legacy that comes with being a champion,” Cejudo told reporters over the weekend. “I’m going to get a gold medal back. I’m going to get a belt back. But …

A bantamweight No. 1 contender clash pitting Erik Perez against John Castaneda will headline Combate Americas “Mexico vs. USA” on Oct. 13.

The promotion announced the pairing on Monday. The winner of the bout will be in line to face Combate Americas bantamweight champion Jose Alday at a later date. The event takes place at AVA Ampitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz. The three-bout main card will air on Univision, Univision Deportes and DAZN.

Five other bouts were announced for Combate Americas “Mexico vs. USA”: Anthony Birchak vs. Adam Martinez at bantamweight; Juan Pablo Gonzalez vs. Mario Bautista at bantamweight; Arturo Guzman vs. Kasey Tanner at bantamweight; Misael Inarritu vs. Peter Quezada at a 160-pound catchweight and Jair Perez vs. Peter de la Cruz.

Perez, a nine-time UFC veteran, enters the bout on a four-fight winning streak. After ending his Octagon tenure with wins over Taylor Lapilus, Francisco Rivera and Felipe Arantes, “El Goyita” de…

Former UFC, Shooto and Dream competitor Norifumi Yamamoto has died at age 41.

The Japanese star’s longtime team, Krazy Bee released a statement confirming the fighter’s passing and requesting that the privacy of Yamamoto’s family be respected.

[Kid Yamamoto], who had been fighting cancer for a long time, has passed away on [Sept. 18],” the statement read. “To everyone concerned for support, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of the fans.

“In addition, please refrain from interviewing the Yamamoto family, family members, friends, etc, so that we can give consideration.”

RIP.... Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto pic.twitter.com/K8OJblm0ip

— Dana White (@danawhite) September 18, 2018

Last month, Yamamoto revealed on Instagram that he was battling cancer but did not offer further detail.

"Although it will be a personal report, I will do my best to treat cancer,” Yamamoto wrote then. “I am absolutely energetic and …

A couple of recently retired welterweights from the two largest MMA promotions in the world are going to take their talents to the bare knuckle boxing realm.

Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks and ex-Bellator MMA talent Brennan Ward are slated to meet under the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation banner later this year. The organization confirmed the pairing following a report from ESPN.com on Monday.

Hendricks announced his retirement in June. His last Octagon appearance came at UFC 217, where he suffered a second-round TKO defeat to Paulo Henrique Costa. “Bigg Rigg” had last five of his last six bouts dating back to February 2016. The former 170-pound king initially stated that he was retiring to focus on coaching high school wrestling. The opportunity to stay in combat sports without training for all the facets of MMA was too much to pass up, however.

"This sounds fun, not worrying about knees, kicks, elbows, being taken down," Hendricks…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship hasn’t announced who Valentina Shevchenko will face for the vacant women’s strawweight crown, but there’s a pretty decent chance her opponent could be former muay Thai rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Shevchenko was slated to face 125-pound champion Nicco Montano at UFC 228, but after a failed weight cut hospitalized Montano, the promotion stripped the FIT-NHB product of the title. It also revealed that Shevchenko would face an as-yet-to-be announced foe for the vacant belt, leading to speculation that a Jedrzejczyk bout could be imminent.

Speaking to reporters recently at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow, Jedrzejczyk said that nothing is official but hinted that the matchup could be in the works.

“This fight is not on. Of course, I’ve gotten offer but we’ll see,” Jedrzejczyk said (video by MMANytt). “I’m very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female f…

Eryk Anders is stepping in on six days' notice to fight Thiago Santos in the main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night São Paulo event, per sources. Anders is replacing Jimi Manuwa. Fight will be at 205 pounds. First reported by @mmajunkie.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 17, 2018

The oft-changed headliner of UFC Fight Night 137 just got changed one more time, less than a week out from the event.

Jimi Manuwa, who was set to fight Thiago Santos on Sept. 22 in Sao Paulo, has withdrawn from the bout for unspecified reasons. Into his place steps Eryk Anders, who scored a highlight-reel knockout of Tim Williams at UFC Fight Night 135 in Lincoln, Nebraska just three weeks ago. He will face the Brazilian "Marreta," who was himself a replacement for the injured Glover Teixeira. MMA Junkie was the first to report the change in booking.

The light heavyweight main event of UFC Fight Night 137 is now composed of two rising middleweight …

Last September, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin put on an epic fight with wild swings in momentum and drama on the scorecards. While the fight itself was a masterpiece, the controversy surrounding the resulting split draw and puzzling 118-110 nod for Canelo left a dark cloud over an otherwise stellar showing from both men. It was a tough act to follow.

Somehow, the two most popular and dominant men in the middleweight division returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and found a way to match -- if not exceed -- the action of their previous affair. However, this time the judges decided on a clear winner as “Canelo” defeated “GGG” by majority decision to take the WBC, WBA, and IBO middleweight titles. Judges Dave Morietti and Steve Weisfeld scored it 115-113 for the new champion, while Glenn Feldman saw it as a draw.

Both men had their moments throughout as narrow margins decided the early feeler rounds. As the action picked up, the scoring was…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first venture in Russia appears to have been a success.

Promotion officials revealed that UFC Fight Night 136 drew an announced crowd of 22,603 for a live gate of $1.84 million. While the UFC announced that the attendance figure ranks as the fifth-highest in UFC history, it is actually the sixth-highest, per reported figures. The Top 5: UFC 193 in Melbourne Australia (56,214); UFC 129 in Toronto, Canada (55,724); UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil (45,207); UFC on Fox 14 in Stockholm, Sweden (30,000) and UFC 124 in Montreal, Canada (23,152).

UFC announcing #UFCMoscow as the 5th largest attendance, butlooks like it would actually be 6th largest:UFC 193 56,214UFC 129 55,724UFC 198 45,207UFC on FOX 14 30kUFC 124 23,152

— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 15, 2018

UFC Fight Night 136 took place at Olimpiysky Arena in Moscow and saw hometown native Alexey Oleynik submit Mark Hunt with a rear-naked choke 4…

Russian submission savant Alexey Oleynik survived several hairy moments early on but he was able to prevail in front of nearly 20,000 fans in Moscow at UFC Fight Night 136.

Oleynik absorbed several nasty leg kicks from former K-1 Grand Prix world champion Mark Hunt (13-13-1) and was badly wobbled by a laser-like right hand to the head. But “The Boa Constrictor” hung tough and lived up to his nickname by choking out Hunt a few minutes later.

Oleynik (57-11-1) eventually took “The Super Samoan” down, seized his back and locked in the rear-naked choke, forcing Hunt to tap out. The New Zealand native bowed out 4:26 of the first, capping off the card Saturday inside Olimpiysky Arena.

Krylov No Match For Blachowicz Jan Blachowicz gave Ukraine’s Nikita Krylov a rude welcome back to the Octagon on Saturday as he dominated him on the ground before submitting him in the second.

Krylov (24-6) couldn’t muster any sort of offense on his feet and when the fight was on the canv…

Alexey Oleynik, Jan Blachowicz, Petr Yan and Magomed Ankalaev and garnered $50,000 bonuses for their work at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow on Saturday.

Oleynik received “Performance of the Night” honors for his first-round submission of Mark Hunt in the evening’s main event at Olimpiysky Arena. After getting briefly wobbled by a right hand to the head early, Oleynik took his foe down, moved to Hunt’s back and locked in a rear-naked choke to earn the tap at the 4:26 mark of round one.

Elsewhere, Blachowicz captured a “Performance of the Night” award of his own for a submission in the co-headliner. The Polish light heavyweight tapped out the returning Nikita Krylov with an arm-triangle choke from the back 2:41 into round two, giving him his fourth consecutive triumph at 205 pounds.

Under normal circumstances, Yan and Jin Soo Son would have won $50,000 apiece for “Fight of the Night,” but since Son missed weight, he was not eligible for a bonus. Instead, Yan w…