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Sherdog's live ONE on Prime Video 5 “De Ridder vs. Malykhin” coverage kicks off Friday at 8 p.m. ET. Round 1 Our first mixed martial arts fight will be overseen by Justin Brown. A quick flurry by Zamboanga drops Lin, who recovers quickly. Lin tries a side kick but it misses. Zamboanga is loading up on her overhand right and keeps throwing it. Zamboanga gets reckless and Lin rocks her with a counterpunch. Lin engages in grappling and the two clinch against the fence. They separate and Lin starts landing kicks from a distance. Zamboanga keeps walking in and throwing combinations to mixed results but some are landing. The round ends with Zamboanga throwing wildly and landing a few punches. 10-9 Zamboanga if it was under the Unified Rules, but the MMA fights are scored as a whole.

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Round 2 Zamboanga is confident and is throwing heavy punches. A cut opens above the left eye of Lin. Zamboanga continues to have success with the overhand right and coming in. Lin j…

UFC Statement Regarding James Krause pic.twitter.com/MDB2tbVu2J

— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) December 2, 2022 Fighter-turned-coach James Krause has gone from a well-respected name to one who can no longer train fighters in a very short amount of time.

On Friday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship released a pair of statements – one from UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell to fighters and their teams, and the other in a public release – to further explain the steps taken regarding the irregular betting activity surrounding UFC Fight Night 214. At that November event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Darrick Minner vs. Nuerdanbieke Shayilan saw some unusual betting activity within hours of the match, and Minner succumbed to an injury that led to a quick TKO loss. Sportsbooks turned to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and betting firm U.S. Integrity to review the matter, in which the former suspended the license of Minner’s coach, Kra…

[embedded content] Betting organizations are lining up to work with MMA promotions, and One Championship has hooked a big one.

Per a press release on Friday, One has announced it will be partnering with FanDuel – based in the U.S. – to stage events on the latter’s proprietary FanDuel TV network. This station is listed on cable and satellite TV, already working with distributors including Xfinity, Spectrum, DirecTV and several others. The first event of their agreement will be One 164, which takes place on Saturday morning. No live MMA event had ever aired on FanDuel TV to this point.

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Chief commercial officer of FanDuel, Mike Raffensperger, spoke of the new arrangement highly, saying, “We’re eager to continue expanding the variety of content we’re offering at FanDuel TV to introduce our audience to emerging sports. We’ve long respected the content the One Championship team is producing and are looking forward to bringing their action to our audience t…

The first two to the scale, your #UFCOrlando main event is official 👊@WonderboyMMA - 170 pounds ⚖️@Trailblaze2top - 170.5 pounds ⚖️

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— UFC (@ufc) December 2, 2022 Editor's note: The article has been updated at 1:15 p.m. ET to reflect one bout's cancelation shortly after the weigh-ins concluded.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to ESPN airwaves for an intriguing middleweight showdown.

Both Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland made weight for their UFC on ESPN 42 main event. However, one undercard fighter missed weight on the card as Philip Rowe came in 2.5 pounds over the welterweight limit for his fight against Niko Price and has been fined 30% of his purse. Following the weigh-in ceremony, one additional match encountered some difficulty: Tracy Cortez, who successfully hit the 125-pound mark, has encountered a medic…

Statement from Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario on banning betting on UFC: pic.twitter.com/oXgltrcN3D

— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) December 1, 2022 Editor's note: The article has been updated at 3:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 1 to add the text of the statement from the AGCO.

Canadian fight fans from Kingston to Kenora can no longer bet on Ultimate Fighting Championship events for the foreseeable future.

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Per ESPN on Thursday, the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has informed all sportsbooks in the province of Ontario, Canada, that they cannot offer any bets on UFC events going forward. The block has been issued for an indeterminate amount of time, and it is in effect immediately – this means, for example, that no person in Toronto can bet on any fight from UFC on ESPN 42 in Saturday. The AGCO will levy a far stricter ban than the New Jersey Division of Gambling Enforcement issued earlier in the month, wh…

Statement from Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario on banning betting on UFC: pic.twitter.com/oXgltrcN3D

— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) December 1, 2022 Editor's note: The article has been updated at 3:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 1 to add the text of the statement from the AGCO.

Canadian fight fans from Kingston to Kenora can no longer bet on Ultimate Fighting Championship events for the foreseeable future.

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Per ESPN on Thursday, the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has informed all sportsbooks in the province of Ontario, Canada, that they cannot offer any bets on UFC events going forward. The block has been issued for an indeterminate amount of time, and it is in effect immediately – this means, for example, that no person in Toronto can bet on any fight from UFC on ESPN 42 in Saturday. The AGCO will levy a far stricter ban than the New Jersey Division of Gambling Enforcement issued earlier in the month, wh…

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Steven Koslow will replace Ronnie Lawrence and lock horns with Cameron Saaiman at UFC 282.

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MMAjunkie.com was first to report the change to the bantamweight bout. UFC 282 takes place on Dec. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a light heavyweight title tilt between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev.

Koslow will take a 6-0 record into his Octagon debut. The 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Jacksonville member has competed exclusively under the Florida-based Combat Night banner, finishing all six of his opponents via submission inside of a round.

South Africa’s Saaimn is also 6-0 as a professional. The 21-year-old earned a UFC contract on Aug. 23, when he knocked out Josh Wang Kim in the third round of their bout on Dana White’s Contender Series.

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The bantamweight and light heavyweight titles will be on the line at Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki’s final card of the year on Dec. 17.

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Sebastian Przybysz will defend his 135-pound belt against Jakub Wiklacz in the evening’s co-main event, while reigning 205-pound king Ibragim Chuzhigaev will face Ivan Erslan in another featured contest. The Polish promotion recently announced the bookings. KSW 77 takes place at Arena Gliwice in Gliwice, Poland, and is headlined by a heavyweight showdown pitting Mamed Khalidov against Mariusz Pudzianowski.

Przybysz has posted a 7-1 mark since joining KSW. He claimed the bantamweight belt with a unanimous decision triumph over Antun Racic at KSW 59 and has since defended the strap twice with victories against Brunos Augusto Dos Santos and Werlleson Martins Ribeiro.

Wiklacz has won three straight fights under the KSW banner. In his last outing, “Masa” outpointed Bruno Augusto Dos Santos at KSW 71 o…

Initially tabbed by trainers and teammates as the natural Brazilian successor to Jose Aldo as the future of the bantamweight division, Raoni Barcelos hasn’t climbed the rankings in the manner many expected after his UFC debut in 2018.

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After winning his first five Octagon appearances, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and national wrestling champion dropped back-to-back decisions against Timur Valiev and Victor Henry. That prompted him to leave Rizzo RVT at the beginning of 2022 to train with former UFC fighter Davi Ramos.

"Training with guys like Davi and Rousimar Palhares brought me back to my grappling roots,” Barcelos told Sherdog.com shortly after returning to the win column with a decision win over Trevin Jones in October.

Barcelos next had designs on fighting on home soil at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro, but it wasn’t meant to be.

“Unfortunately it was not possible to fight in front of my family and friends in Rio, but at least the UFC ga…

A little less than two weeks removed from the loss to Usman Nurmagomedov that cost him the Bellator lightweight crown, Patricky Freire has come to the conclusion that he overestimated his opponent.

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"After watching the fight a couple of times, I have no doubt that my mistake was giving too much respect to his name,” Freire told Sherdog.com. “I was so concerned about exposing myself to the takedown that I didn’t impose my game. I should have fought all rounds like I did in the fifth.”

Freire ultimately dropped a five-round verdict to the cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov at Bellator 288 on Nov. 18. In hindsight, “Pitbull” believes he faced a more difficult test in camp than he did on fight night.

"There is no way to compare his wrestling skills to my main sparring partner in the camp, Kennedy Monday,” Freire said. “Besides being more explosive, Monday was much more technical than Usman in wrestling, and he is taller. I truly hope Usman enters in the …

A pair of contests have been added to the Bellator 291 main draw, as Peter Queally will meet Bryce Logan at lightweight, while Ciaran Clarke will face Keir Harvie at featherweight.

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The California-based promotion announced the bookings on Wednesday. Bellator 291 takes place at 3Arena in Dublin on Feb. 25 and is headlined by a welterweight championship unification bout between Yaroslav Amosov and Logan Storley. The card main card airs on Showtime in the United States beginning at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

Two featherweight bouts were announced for the preliminary card: Kenny Mokhonoana vs. Craig McIntosh and Darragh Kelly vs. Dorval Jordan. The prelims air on the Showtime Sports YouTube channel, the Bellator MMA YouTube channel and Pluto TV at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT.

A former lightweight title challenger, Queally enters Bellator 291 on a two-fight losing streak. Most recently, the 33-year-old SBG Ireland product dropped a five-round verdict to …

Professional Fighters League made its first foray into the pay-per-view market last week, and according to promotion co-founder Donn Davis, that venture was a success.

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The 2022 PFL Championships featured six championship bouts along with a women’s featherweight showcase for a price point of $49.99 on ESPN+. Though Davis wouldn’t reveal a buy rate for the event in an interview with ESPN, he seemed happy with the overall results.

"Our top priority was to put on a premium product that everyone who bought the fights said, 'I'm glad I bought it,' and everyone who didn't buy heard it was a great show and said, 'I'm going to buy the next one,'" Davis said. "And on both of those, it was a success. People who bought it loved it. And the buzz around the fight has been the highest it's ever been, no question.”

No fight on the card generated more buzz than the main event, which saw Larissa Pacheco upset Kayla Harrison to capture the women’s lightweight …

Nate Diaz is officially free to pursue career options outside the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Diaz completed his contract with the promotion at UFC 279, where he submitted Tony Ferguson in the fourth round of their bout on Sept. 10. Though his contract ended, the UFC still maintained exclusive negotiating rights with Diaz until recently, when it waived the rest of the negotiating period. MMAFighting.com was first to report the news of Diaz becoming a free agent.

Diaz’s manager, Zach Rosenfield, told MMAjunkie.com that a return to the UFC is not out of the question, particularly for a Conor McGregor trilogy.

“Nate is going to be looking at the biggest fights possible,” Rosenfield said. “He has stated that completing the trilogy with Conor McGregor is something that interests him, and that has not changed.”

Rosenfield added that Diaz plans to compete “multiple times” in 2023 with a combat sports schedule that “will include boxi…

Just 24 hours after promoting Shooto Brazil 113, Andre Pederneiras was on his way to Orlando to corner Rafael dos Anjos and Matheus Nicolau at UFC on ESPN 42.

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Dos Anjos faces Bryan Barberena in a welterweight bout at Saturday’s event, while Nicolau will lock horns with Matt Schnell at flyweight. Pederneiras is optimistic about the prospects of both athletes heading into the card, including dos Anjos’ ability to remain at contender at 155 pounds.

“Sometimes the coach disagrees with the fighter, but it's up to him to make the final choice,” Pederneiras told Sherdog.com. “In my opinion RDA still has all [capabilities needed] to fight for the lightweight title; everything just depends on the matchup of the next fights. In my opinion, he can keep fighting in both divisions.”

The Nova Uniao leader believes Barberena is a good stylistic matchup for dos Anjos’ return to the welterweight division. Dos Anjos last appeared at UFC on ESPN 39, where he su…

Eleven fighters from the 2022 PFL Championships will need doctor clearance of some kind before they can return to action.

The New York State Athletic Commission released a full list of medical suspensions — which included 11 indefinite terms — from Friday’s event, which took place at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The exact nature of each suspension was not revealed. Everyone on the card received at least a seven-day mandatory sit, including lightweight headliners Larissa Pacheco and Kayla Harrison.

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Steven Ray, Omari Akhmedov and Katherine Corogenes received the longest mandatory medical suspensions of anyone on the card at 90 days apiece.

2022 PFL Championships Medical Suspensions:

Bubba Jenkins: suspended mandatory 45 days, suspended indefinitely pending neurology clearance.

Matheus Scheffel: suspended mandatory 45 days, suspended indefinitely pending neurology clearance.

Steven Ray: suspended mandatory 90 days, suspended inde…

Matheus Nicolau is hoping that a victory at UFC on ESPN 42 will put him among the top contenders in the promotion’s flyweight division.

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Nicolau will take a three-fight UFC winning streak into his showdown with Matt Schnell at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday. The bout is slated for the evening’s main card, which airs on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

“A win will put me in a great position in the division,” the Nova Uniao product told Sherdog.com. “There are some guys in front of me, like Kai Kara France, who just lost his interim title bout to [Brandon] Moreno. There's Brandon Royval, who lost to [Alexandre] Pantoja and Moreno. Alex Perez just lost to Pantoja. I believe that Pantoja is ahead, yes, but I think I will be the next name.”

Nicolau believes he is ready to be considered among the elite in the weight class. He’ll approach the matchup against Schnell will all possible scenarios in mind.

“The bes…

It could be some time before Jiri Prochazka returns from the shoulder injury that forced him out of the UFC 282 headliner, but when he does, “Denisa” vows to reclaim what was once his.

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Prochazka vacated the light heayvweight belt last week out of respect to the rest of the division, as it is possible that he could be sidelined for up to a year. As a result, Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev will square off for the vacant 205-pound belt in the new UFC 282 main event on Dec. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

That doesn’t mean Prochazka is giving up his throne entirely, however. In a series of tweets over the weekend, the Czech fighter vowed to return to the top of the division upon his return.

Grateful. There are no obstacles, just an opportunity to see the same path from a different angle and be stronger and more human. Once you accept the path of the warrior or simply be absolutely honest to yourself, then you know deep inside what is…

Ovince St. Preux will remain on the UFC 282 card against a third different opponent, as the light heavyweight veteran will now square off against Antonio Trocoli on Dec. 10.

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Multiple outlets have confirmed the new booking, and it has been updated on broadcast partner ESPN’s event page. St. Preux was booked first against Alexander Gustafsson and then against Philipe Lins before both opponents withdrew from the card for undisclosed reasons.

UFC 282 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a showdown for the vacant light heavyweight title between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev.

A veteran of 28 Octagon appearances, St. Preux is coming off a split-decision victory over Mauricio Rua in a rematch at UFC 274 this past May. “OSP” will look to put together his first winning streak since besting Marcos Rogerio de Lima, Yushin Okami and Corey Anderson in succession in 2017.

Trocoli has competed just once since a 2019…

Although she become the first person to defeat Kayla Harrison in 16 professional appearances, Larissa Pacheco still saw plenty of room for improvement in her unanimous decision triumph at the 2022 PFL Championships.

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“It was good, but it wasn’t great,” Pacheco said through a translator at the post-fight press conference (video via MMA Sucka). “There’s a lot of things that happened this fight that I thought were going to go one way for me and they didn’t. I obviously noticed that she was being frustrated with a lot of her takedown attempts, and with that, I gained confidence. I’m just happy I was able to stick with the strategy, stick with what we had planned in order to come out on top.”

Harrison still owns a 2-1 career mark against Pacheco, and the 28-year-old Brazilian is more than willing to face the two-time Olympic gold medalist for a fourth time if the situation calls for it.

“Kayla has a rematch whenever she wants,” Pacheco said. “I’m h…

Kayla Harrison ran into a different verison of Larissa Pacheco at the 2022 PFL Championships, and the end result was her first career defeat as a mixed martial artist.

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After Harrison dominated Pacheco over eight rounds in their first two meetings, the trilogy was far more competitive, with the Brazilian emerging with a back-and-forth unanimous decision triumph to claim $1 million and the 155-pound throne.

“She was just extremely physical this fight,’ Harrison said of Pacheco at the post-fight press conference (via MMAFighting.com). “I feel like it was a different person in there, to be honest. I don’t know. She was much bigger, much stronger than I recalled. Much more patient, obviously. There were a couple times she flurried and blitzed, but she kept her conditioning really well. She did a great job. She’s a champion.”

A two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, Harrison entered Friday night with a 15-0 career record in MMA. She was a significa…

Never tell Larissa Pacheco the odds.

The heavy-handed and resourceful Brazilian sprang a monumental upset under the Professional Fighters League banner and captured a unanimous decision from two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison, as their women’s lightweight final headlined the 2022 PFL Championships on Friday at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. Pacheco (19-4, 8-2 PFL) swept to power behind 48-47 scorecards from all three judges, earning $1 million in the process.

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Harrison (15-1, 14-1 PFL) followed a familiar path in the first round, where she looked to be in prime form. She tripped Pacheco to the canvas, applied oppressive top control and racked up points with body-head ground-and-pound, throwing punches with varying intensity. However, Harrison did not exact enough of a toll to discourage the former Jungle Fight champion. Pacheco rebounded in the second round, seized the initiative with an attempted guillotine choke and pu…

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One of these surging Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweights may be a win away from a crack at gold after this melee.

On Thursday, MMA Junkie first broke the news that the UFC event on Feb. 25 has its marquee attraction. Coming to blows in the light heavyweight division, Nikita Krylov (29-9) will throw down with Ryan Spann (21-7) in a contest that will receive five rounds if necessary. The specific venue and location have not yet been announced. The fight has since been confirmed by other outlets.

Krylov finds himself on his first win streak inside the Octagon since his five-win stretch from 2014 to 2016. In July, Krylov flattened former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson in 67 seconds, and he went on to outwork Volkan Oezdemir by decision three months later. Before that pair of wins, Krylov had fallen short to Paul Craig and Magomed Ankalaev, losing to the former by the Scot’s vaunted triangle choke. As a pro, “The Miner” posts a stellar finish rate of…

⚖️ Main Event is official. @KaylaH weighs in at 154.2 lbs for her Women Lightweight World Title Bout#PFLWorldChampionship pic.twitter.com/qkaugGmG7K

— PFL (@PFLMMA) November 24, 2022 The Professional Fighters League's debut pay-per-view is set as all fighters made weight for the 2022 PFL Championships.

The card features six championship bouts that will serve as the conclusion of the 2022 season. However, a familiar face is in the main event as Kayla Harrison will look to win her third women's lightweight title in the promotion as she once again faces Larissa Pacheco. Other title fights include Brendan Loughnane going up against collegiate wrestling standout Bubba Jenkins at featherweight, Ante Delija vs. Matheus Scheffel at heavyweight, Steven Ray against Olivier Aubin-Mercier at lightweight, Dilano Taylor clashing with Sadibou Sy at welterweight and Omari Akhmedov taking on Rob Wilkinson at light heavyweight.

While Pacheco sports an im…