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Nate Diaz slaps Dillon danis teammate at Madison Square Garden #UFC281@NateDiaz209 @dillondanis pic.twitter.com/Vb7DKW3pWQ

— GIX MMA (@ufc_gix) November 13, 2022

Things got tense between Nate Diaz and Dillon Danis outside of Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

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After UFC 281, video surfaced of a verbal altercation between Diaz and Bellator competitor Dillon Danis outside of the venue, while Paradigm Sports head Audie Attar appears to play the role of peacemaker between the two fighters. While things didn’t get physical between Diaz and Danis, footage does show the Stockton, Calif., native slapping another man during the incident. Later, a cup containing an unknown liquid was tossed in Danis’ direction.

“Everytime they [the Diaz team] show up, I expect something to happen,” UFC president Dana White said after being informed of the skirmish at Saturday’s post-fight press conference.

Diaz became a free agent fol…

While Alexander Volkanovski pursues dreams of becoming a two-division title holder at UFC 284, Josh Emmett and Yair Rodriguez will vie for the interim featherweight crown on the same card.

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The Las Vegas-based promotion announced the bout during the UFC 281 broadcast on Saturday night. UFC 284 takes place on Feb. 11 in Perth, Australia, and is headlined by a lightweight title tilt pitting Islam Makhachev against Volkanovski.

Emmett has won five straight bouts in the Octagon. Most recently, the Team Alpha Male product earned a hard-fought split decision triumph against Calvin Kattar in the UFC on ESPN 37 main event on June 18. His resume also includes wins over the likes of Dan Ige, Shane Burgos, Mirsad Bektic and Ricardo Lamas.

Rodriguez, meanwhile, is coming off a victory over Brian Ortega in the UFC on ABC 3 headliner in which his opponent was unable to continue after suffering a shoulder injury. “El Pantera” is 9-2 with one no contest in UF…

Heading home with an extra $50k in the bank 💰

Here are your #UFC281 Performance of the Night bonuses!

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(B2YB: @CarlsJrAu) pic.twitter.com/5QnSITA0fy — UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) November 13, 2022 The Ultimate Fighting Championship awarded four fighters performance bonuses on the UFC 281 pay-per-view card.

Alex Pereira received an extra $50,000 for the impressive middleweight championship win. Pereira's historic performance saw the Brazilian defeat Israel Adesanya in the fifth round with a series of punches. Additionally, Weili Zhang received the same monetary bonus for her submission win over Carla Esparza to regain the UFC strawweight championship.

In no surprise, fight of the night went to Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler. The two lightweights delivered an instant classic with a back-and-forth brawl that eventually was claimed by Poirier as the former UFC lightweight interim champion locked in a rear-naked chok…

Sherdog's live UFC 281 coverage will begin Saturday at 6 p.m. ET.

Check out the MMA Forums to discuss the card or enter your comments and predictions below.

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Order UFC 281 "Adesanya vs. Pereira" exclusively on ESPN+ BETTING PREVIEW | SCOUTING REPORT | ODDS: Ulberg (-120), Negumereanu (+100)Round 1 Sherdog Scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round: Round 2 Sherdog Scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:The Official Result BETTING PREVIEW | SCOUTING REPORT | ODDS: Jackson (-200), Arce (+170)Round 1 Sherdog Scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese sc…

Maybe Alex Pereira just has Israel Adesanya’s number.

The Teixeira MMA-trained Brazilian dismissed Adesanya with punches and laid claim to the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight crown in the fifth round of their UFC 281 headliner on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Adesanya (23-2, 12-2 UFC) checked out 2:01 into Round 5, his reign atop the 185-pound weight class having concluded after 1,134 days.

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It was a treacherous journey for Pereira (7-1, 4-0 UFC). Adesanya nearly finished him at the end of the first round, where he cracked the Glover Teixeira protégé with an overhand right and followed it with a crushing left hook as the horn sounded. Pereira recovered during the respite and rebounded with a strong showing in Round 2. However, he lost his way as the fight progressed, his movements becoming increasingly labored after the champion took him down and grinded on him for nearly four minutes in the third. He entered …

Renato Carneiro sent a warning to the rest of the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight division: Do not forget about him.

The American Top Team-trained Brazilian submitted Brad Riddell with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their featured UFC 281 prelim on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Carneiro (17-5-1, 9-5 UFC) finished it 3:20 into Round 1, as he rebounded from his March 5 defeat to Rafael dos Anjos.

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Riddell (10-4, 4-3 UFC) was a non-factor. Carneiro bludgeoned him with punches, drawing blood under his right eye. He scrambled onto the City Kickboxing rep’s back after an attempted takedown, went to work on the choke and eventually snaked his arms in place. Riddell had no choice but to tap.Spann Devastates Reeling Reyes Former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Ryan Spann punched out Dominick Reyes in the first round of their light heavyweight encounter. The physically imposing 6-foot-5 Spann (21-7, 7-2 UFC)—who misse…

Flawless!! #KSW76

🇫🇷 @SalahdineP 👑👑 pic.twitter.com/3YJ6tJpe4q

— KSW (@KSW_MMA) November 12, 2022

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Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki has its third two-division champion in promotional history.

In the KSW 76 headliner, 145-pound titleholder Salahdine Parnasse put on a surgical performance at the expense of Sebastian Rajewski with the interim lightweight championship on the line. Parnasse (17-1, 9-1 KSW) kept the contest on the feet in the opening frame to study his opponent’s reactions, then moved the action to the mat in the second period. The Frenchman came close to finishing Rajewski (12-8, 4-3 KSW) with strikes in Round 2, but the Polish fighter showed great heart and survived the storm. The pair exchanged on the feet again in the third frame, where Parnasse showcased much more polished striking skills than his foe. In the fourth, Parnasse took down Rajewski and jumped on his back. After landing some strikes, the Frenchman sa…

Christian Leroy Duncan retains his title in dramatic fashion. In the final seconds of round one he TKO's his opponent, in style 🕹💥

The sky is the limit for The Champ ☝️#CW146 pic.twitter.com/oBnKQuLawx

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) November 12, 2022

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Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s return to Manchester saw 11 finishes on a 14-bout card.

In the CW 146 headliner, Christian Leroy Duncan notched his first middleweight championship defense after vanquishing Marian Dimitrov. Duncan (7-0, 7-0 CW) showcased composure and good striking skills, putting his adversary through difficulty on different occasions. In turn, Dimitrov (10-3, 0-1 CW) looked for a knockout blow that never came, even though he clipped Duncan a few times. Right before the end of the opening period, Duncan came up with a well-timed spinning-back elbow that visibly shook Dimitrov. Smelling blood, Duncan pushed forward with heavy strikes and dropped hi…

UFC featherweight title holder Alexander Volkanovski will make his bid to become a two-division champion in friendly territory.

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The Las Vegas-based promotion announced Saturday that Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight crown against Volkanovski in the UFC 284 main event on Feb. 11. The card takes place at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, and airs via pay-per-view on ESPN+. UFC 284 is also expected to include a middleweight tilt pitting Robert Whittaker against Paulo Costa.

Makhachev claimed 155-pound gold with a second-round submission of Charles Oliveira in the UFC 280 headliner on Oct. 22. The Khabib Nurmagomedov protege has won 11 consecutive fights in the Octagon and has finished his last five opponents. Makhachev has tasted defeat just once in 24 professional appearances overall.

Currently No. 1 in Sherdog’s pound-for-pound rankings, Volkanovski will carry a 22-bout professional winning streak into the matchup with Makhachev. The Ci…

[embedded content] Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view with UFC 281, which features two titles on the line.

Both championship bouts are now official after middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and women's strawweight titleholder Carla Esparza both made weight alongside their respective challengers, Alex Pereira and Weili Zhang. The undercard wasn't nearly as professional as Ryan Spann missed the light heavyweight limit by .6 pounds and Michael Trizano was 1.6 pounds over the featherweight limit.

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While Adesanya (23-1) has been a dominant champ with his only mixed martial arts defeat coming at light heavyweight against then-champion Jan Blachowicz, he was previously knocked out by Pereira (6-1) in kickboxing. The hard-hitting Brazilian will look to repeat this feat on Saturday and officially weighed in at 184.6 pounds. Meanwhile, Adesanya weighed 185 pounds on the dot.

Meanwhile, Esparza (19-6) is the underdog in the first title de…

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📅：12.31(土) 13:30開始(予定)🏟：さいたまスーパーアリーナ📝：https://t.co/1TgCLzAzCI pic.twitter.com/nuBDWirCQd — RIZIN FF OFFICIAL (@rizin_PR) November 11, 2022

Dec. 31’s joint Bellator MMA and Rizin Fighting Federation card has added an intriguing lightweight matchup as Gadzhi Rabadanov will take on Koji Takeda.

Rabadanov (18-4-1, 3-0 Bellator) is looking for his fourth consecutive victory as he prepares to compete in Japan for the first time in his near 10-year career. The Russian is coming off back-to-back decision victories over Jay-Jay Wilson and Bobby King. In his promotional debut, Rabadanov crushed Daniel Carey via first-round knockout.

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Former Deep lightweight champion and suplex-machine Takeda (15-3, 5-3…

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PFL is teaming up with SportsIcon to create the PFL Metaverse experience

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Bringing fans closer to the action pic.twitter.com/MMlRiTOxMz — PFL (@PFLMMA) November 10, 2022

The Professional Fighters League is joining the Metaverse ahead of the upcoming 2022 PFL Championships on Nov. 25 in New York City.

On Thursday, the PFL announced in a press release they joined forces with NFT platform SportsIcon in the creation of the “PFL MMA Metaverse” experience. The league stated mixed martial arts fans could engage with PFL content in new and immersive ways.

“I am excited to announce the Professional Fighters League is partnering with industry leader SportsIcon to create the PFL’s innovative MMA Metaverse experience for fans around the world,” said PFL CRO Jon Tuck. “The PFL’s new Metaverse platform will drive increased fan engagement as well as provides league sponsors with organic activation oppo…

Salahdine Parnasse vs Sebastian Rajewski" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen> Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki's penultimate event of the year will see featherweight champion Salahdine Parnasse and Sebastian Rajewski go toe-to-toe for the promotion's interim lightweight championship.

All 18 fighters on the nine-fight card made weight, including both main event fighters. Originally, the main event was going to see Marian Ziolkowski defend his lightweight belt but a knee injury caused the champion to pull out. As a result, Parnasse (16-1) will now face Rajewski (12-7) instead.

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Parnasse, the pride of France, has been on a roll. Having won his last three fights and avenging his lone defeat to Daniel Torres The featherweight champion defended his title against Daniel Rutkowski earlier this year and will look to go 2-0 in 2022 while claiming a second KSW title. Parnass…

After spending the last eight months in jail, Cain Velasquez left a holding facility in Santa Clara County, Calif., after he posted $1 million bail.

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder Velasquez was arrested in late February after allegedly shooting at Harry Goularte, a man allegedly accused of sexually molesting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son, and his family. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Velasquez was allowed to go home, but he is facing attempted murder and multiple other charges. Velasquez was previously denied bail on several occasions after it was determined too great a risk to release the former UFC heavyweight champion.[embedded content]

“Just feel blessed,” Velasquez said in a statement to San Francisco, Calif.-based television station KRON-4. “Ready to go home, be with the loved ones, family, and friends, and make something positive of this whole situation. Just thank you to everybody who had my support. I love all of you. Ju…

Shane Burgos’ highly anticipated Professional Fighters League debut will have to wait—at least for a while.

Burgos, an 11-fight Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran, was surprisingly not re-signed by the organization after his July win over Charles Jourdain and joined the PFL shortly thereafter. The 31-year-old New Yorker’s premiere was then slated for the 2022 Season Championships on Nov. 25. However, according to a PFL press release Monday, Burgos has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Marlon Moraes due to an unspecified injury. Burgos will be replaced by Sheymon Moraes, a fellow UFC veteran who has been with the PFL since 2019.

The new pairing will be a rematch, as the two Brazilians met in 2015 under the banner of PFL’s predecessor World Series of Fighting, with Marlon defending his WSOF featherweight title successfully via third-round submission.

The 2002 Season PFL Championships take place on Nov. 25, at the Hulu Theater at Madiso…

and an eighth knockdown for hiramoto. that was a beating #RIZIN_LANDMARK4 pic.twitter.com/asGonxo1tT

— jake (@jakeshreds420) November 6, 2022

The youngsters are taking over Rizin Fighting Federation.

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The Rizin Landmark Vol. 4 headliner featured an intriguing striker vs. grappler matchup as Ren Hiramoto and Satoshi Yamasu collided at featherweight. Even though Hiramoto (2-2, 2-2 Rizin) was the underdog going into the clash, he proved to be a world-class striker against Yamasu (12-7, 2-2 Rizin) en route to a unanimous decision. 24-year-old Hiramoto adopted a karate-style guard out of the gate, waiting to counterstrike every time his opponent closed the distance. The game plan was simple yet effective. Throughout the 15 minutes of the clash, Hiramoto effortlessly nullified Yamasu’s offensive, dropping his opponent on the canvas a plethora of times. While it appeared that some of those knockdowns were almost welcomed by “Dom…

Some crazy line movement in the Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs. Darrick Minner fight over the last 90 minutes.

Average odds have moved from -237 to -362 for Shayilan

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) November 5, 2022 A recent Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is under the crosshairs of an important betting organization.

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On Saturday, Nuerdanbieke Shayilan faced and defeated Darrick Minner at UFC Fight Night 214. Shayilan absorbed a body kick, and Minner clutched at his leg and hobbled back to the cage wall. A knee from the Chinese fighter and some vicious ground-and-pound elbows put an end to the match at 1:07 of Round 1, but that was only part of the story. Ahead of their pairing – as in, within hours of the matchup, after the fight card had begun – some unusual betting activity developed.

Multiple individuals and outlets on social media, including TSN, began to notice that significant money had come in on Shayilan t…

Amanda Lemos possesses the great equalizer: kill-switch punching power.

Lemos moved ever closer to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight division, as she took out Marina Rodriguez with punches in the third round of their UFC Fight Night 214 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Rodriguez (16-2-2, 6-2-2 UFC), though still standing, succumbed to blows 54 seconds into Round 3.

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After a tepid first round, Lemos (13-2-1, 7-2 UFC) switched gears, executed a trip takedown and eventually progressed to the back in the second. She threatened with a neck crank, then cut off an escape by transitioning to top position, settling in half guard and bleeding valuable time off the clock. Lemos backed up the Thai Brasil star with a thudding right hand early in Round 3, pressed her into the fence and let fly with winging hooks from both hands. Rodriguez offered nothing in response, prompting referee Jason Herzog to rush in to…

Sherdog's live UFC Fight Night 214 coverage will begin Saturday at 4 p.m. ET.

Check out the MMA Forums to discuss the card or enter your comments and predictions below.

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Order UFC 281 "Adesanya vs. Pereira" exclusively on ESPN+ BETTING PREVIEW | SCOUTING REPORT | ODDS: Vidal (-140), Pascual (+120)Round 1 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round: Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:The Official Result BETTING PREVIEW | SCOUTING REPORT | ODDS: Hadley (-255), Candelario (+215)Round 1 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog S…

Polyana Viana will always have an Ultimate Fighting Championship highlight to which she can point.

The former Jungle Fight titleholder bounced back from her May 21 loss to Tabatha Ricci and took out Fortis MMA’s Jinh Yu Frey with first-round punches as part of the UFC Fight Night 214 undercard on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Viana (13-5, 4-4 UFC) drew the curtain 47 seconds into Round 1, having authored the fourth-fastest finish in the history of the women’s strawweight division.

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Frey (11-8, 2-4 UFC) switched stances while attacking the inside and outside of the Brazilian’s lead leg. Viana answered with a knee to the body, then unleashed with hooks and straights from both hands. The flurry drove a semi-conscious Frey onto the canvas in a supine position, where she was met with a pair of unabated hammerfists before referee Herb Dean could intervene.

Viana, 30, now has 12 first-round finishes to her credit.

Relentless Maverick Stymi…

🫵 YOU just watched this man set the record for most wins in welterweight HISTORY 🫵 #UFCVegas64 pic.twitter.com/ewQX1DxuuW

— UFC (@ufc) November 6, 2022 The Ultimate Fighting Championship awarded four fighters performance bonuses on the UFC Fight Night 214 card.

Neil Magny received an extra $50,000 for the record-setting performance that saw him notch his 20th welterweight win inside the Octagon. Magny's historic performance saw him submit Daniel Rodriguez with a brabo choke to claim the most wins in promotional history within the division. Three other performance bonuses went to Mario Bautista for his triangle armbar submission win, Polyana Viana for her brutal knockout win over Jinh Yu Frey and Tamires Vidal for her jumping knee stoppage.

Notably absent from the list is Tagir Ulanbekov, who notched a quick guillotine choke win over Nathan Maness.

AND NEW! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/fHs1jEGQmW

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) November 4, 2022 Paul Hughes left no doubt as to who was the better man tonight inside of the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship cage.

The CW 145 headliner saw the championship unification clash between featherweight titleholder Jordan Vucenic (9-2, 5-1 CW) and interim champion Hughes (9-1, 6-1 CW). The two first met at CW 119 in 2020, and Vucenic emerged with a narrow split decision after 15 minutes of combat. In their 25-minute rematch, the contestants put on an entertaining back-and-forth clash that turned into a blood bath. After a fairly close first round, Hughes spent most of the second frame on his opponent’s back fishing for a rear-naked choke that never materialized. Hughes’s speed gave him the upper hand towards the end of Round 3, when he caught Vucenic with a clean uppercut and attempted to finish the job before the sound of the horn.

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Sens…

First to the scale! @wmmarz in at 115.5lbs for tomorrow's #UFCVegas64 main event 💪 pic.twitter.com/Sk2Jqq9ezq

— UFC (@ufc) November 4, 2022 Editor's note: The article was updated at 3:15 p.m. ET on Nov. 4 to reflect new weigh-in information.

UFC Fight Night 214 was nearly one the record books, but not in a good way.

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While consummate professionals Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos both weighed in on target in hopes of making a statement inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship's strawweight division, four other competitors on the bill could not say the same. The promotion has never before staged a fight card with five bouts that contained an athlete that could not make weight, and one of initially five heavy fighters made sure this fight card would not set that dubious record.

Ramona Pascual (137) missed weight by one pound for her match against Tamires Vidal (134). To make matters worse, Benito Lopez (138.5) and Ca…

NEWS: PFL Launches 24/7 FAST Channel

Tune in #PFLWorldChampionship Fight Week for our Championship marathon leading up to 2022 PFL World Championship Fight Night on Fri, Nov 25th on ESPN+ PPV pic.twitter.com/ikROwbA4ap

— PFL (@PFLMMA) November 3, 2022 Die-hard Professional Fighters League fans will now be able to watch the PFL any hour of the day on its new channel.

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The organization sent out a press release on Thursday to announce the latest in its broadcasting news. One week ago, PFL and Dazn entered enter a partnership to air PFL events in Europe. Now, PFL has launched a channel called a “FAST channel,” which is a free, ad-supported streaming TV platform. PFL will be airing all of its content on this network constantly, day and night, on a few services including Xumo, Local Now, Sports.TV and SportsTribal in Europe. The former two are currently up and running, while the latter two will be coming out before the final P…