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I’m told Jimmy Crute vs Jamahal Hill will take place on December 4 on a Fight Night card, presumingly set to take place in Las Vegas.

The light-heavyweight duo had originally been expected to square off on October 2.

Such a great fight pic.twitter.com/KdmIfMde1k — Jordan Ellis (@JordanEllisUK) September 6, 2021

An exciting 205-pound bout has reportedly been added to Dec. 4’s UFC bill.

According to LowKick MMA, Dana White’s Contender Series alum Jamahal Hill will face fellow DWCS graduate Jimmy Crute on an upcoming UFC Fight Night event that’s supposed to go down on Dec. 4. The matchup has been confirmed by several media outlets since it was first reported. Initially, the Ultimate Fighting Championship targeted the clash for its Oct. 2 UFC Fight Night card before moving it.

Hill (8-1, 1 NC, 2-1, 1 NC UFC) will try to bounce back after being put away with elbows and punches by Paul Craig at UFC 263. That night, “Sweet Dream” …

The BIGGEST kickboxing event of the year is on 15 October at ONE: FIRST STRIKE Don’t miss Giorgio Petrosyan and Superbon’s World Title clash, Rodtang’s return, the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix quarterfinals, and MORE! #ONEFirstStrike #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/7lsjnq1Qz4

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) September 7, 2021

For the first time, there will be no mixed martial arts bouts on a One Championship card.

On Tuesday morning, One Championship announced that its upcoming “One: First Strike” bill would feature just muay Thai and kickboxing fights. In the main event, the 2019 One kickboxing featherweight grand prix champion Giorgio Petrosyan will collide with Superbon Banchamek to crown the first featherweight kickboxing titleholder in the Singapore-based promotion’s history.

Petrosyan is currently looking for his seventh victory under One’s banner. In his latest appearance, the Italian outclassed…

One shot at a UFC contract

[ #DWCS this Tuesday at 8pm ET on #ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/FIoFbyDngB

— UFC (@ufc) September 6, 2021 Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL, Dana White’s Contender Series and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Editor's note: The article has been updated at 2 p.m. ET on Sept. 6 to reflect additional information.

Thanks to an 11th hour replacement fighter stepping up on Sunday, Dana White's Contender Series will still roll on with five fights.

A proposed welterweight tilt that served as the main event between Darian Weeks and Josh Quinlan fell through when a member of Weeks’ corner tested positive for COVID-19. Signing on the dotted line as a replacement on Sunday was Logan Urban, who takes the fight in the same division of welterweight. Despite the short-notice nature of the step-in, Urban successfully…

NEWS ALERT The fight between Denice Zamboanga and Seo Hee Ham is under official review by the ONE Competition Committee. @DZDenice @yodchatri #ONEEmpower #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/vZ2FkPf3wZ

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) September 5, 2021

Seo Hee Ham may not get to savor her debut win in One Championship for too long.

In a tweet Sunday, the promotion echoed a similar tweet from One Championship founder and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, stating, “The fight between Denice Zamboanga and Seo Hee Ham is under official review by the ONE Competition Committee.” The fight in question, which took place last Friday at One Championship “Empower”, was a competitive fight between undefeated rising contender Zamboanga and star free agent acquisition Ham. In the immediate aftermath, the result was announced as a split decision victory for Ham, but that outcome now appears to be potentially changing.

One Championship has unilaterally …

Tom Aspinall is willing to gradually work his way to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight division.

The Team Kaobon product earned his fourth straight promotional triumph — and seventh in a row overall — at UFC Fight Night 191, where he stopped Sergey Spivak with an elbow and follow-up punches 2:30 into the opening round of their heavyweight co-main event clash. Aspinall, who was originally supposed to face Sergey Pavlovich on the card, was able to adjust relatively easily to the new opponent and snap Spivak’s three-bout winning streak.

“I’ve actually trained for Spivak before, even though we didn’t fight. I know what Spivak’s all about.  Spivak’s a very, very durable guy,” Aspinall said at the post-fight press conference. “I’m not trying to sound cocky or anything, but I was in first gear in that fight because I know he waits for his opponents to get tired before he starts to attack. I was just taking my time in there. I wasn’t doing expl…

Under normal circumstances, most observers would agree that Derek Brunson performed quite well in the UFC Fight Night 191 main event. It turns out that he dealt with some adversity leading up to his latest victory.

The North Carolina native relied on his wrestling against Darren Till on Saturday, grounding his opponent three times before winning via rear-naked choke at the 2:13 mark of the third round in their middleweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. After his fifth consecutive Octagon triumph, Brunson revealed that his training camp for Till was severely limited.

“I had a rib injury,” Brunson at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “I thought I broke my ribs. I got kicked in the ribs really hard by someone’s toe. This guy was about 240 [pounds]. It was kind of like a bad thing sparring with someone so heavy when I’m getting my body down to my fight weight and I’m getting ready to compete.

“But yeah, I thought I broke my ribs. The last thr…

The featured matchup for Week 2 of Dana White’s Contender Series has been altered just a few days prior to the card.

Darian Weeks has pulled out of his scheduled clash with Josh Quinlan after someone in his camp tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, Logan Urban will now face Quinlan in a welterweight matchup on Tuesday. MMA DNA was first to report the new booking. The Contender Series takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Urban has been victorious in five of his first six professional fights. In his most recent outing, the 27-year-old known as “Hulk” scored a second-round KO of Antoine Blassingame at Ohio Combat League 14 on July 24.

A three-time Legacy Fighting Alliance competitor, Quinlan will take a 5-0 mark into his matchup with Urban. “The Renegade” has finished all of his triumphs inside the distance, including a third-round submission of Dallas Jennings in his most recent ou…

Tom Aspinall’s climb in the heavyweight division continued on Saturday, and it also included a $50,000 bonus for his efforts.

Aspinall earned a “Performance of the Night” check thanks to his first-round stoppage of Sergey Spivak in the UFC Fight Night 191 co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. An elbow from the Team Kaobon product sent Spivak to the canvas, and Aspinall sealed his victory with follow-up punches 2:30 into Round 1.

Elsewhere, former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship title holder Paddy Pimblett enjoyed a memorable Octagon debut, earning a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award by virtue of a technical knockout win over Luigi Vendramini at lightweight. After being rocked and taken down early in the bout, Pimblett recovered and swarmed with a barrage of punches on the feet to force a stoppage at the 4:25 mark of Round 1.

Finally, Molly McCann and Ji Yeon Kim shared “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their preliminary flyweig…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL, Dana White’s Contender Series and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Sherdog's live UFC Fight Night 191 coverage will begin Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET. Check out the MMA Forums to discuss the card or enter your comments and predictions below. Round 1 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Ben Duffy scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Ben Duffy scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Ben Duffy scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:The Official Result Round 1 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Ben Duffy scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Ben Duffy scores the round:Brian Knapp scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL, Dana White’s Contender Series and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Derek Brunson made another would-be contender look like a pretender. The Sanford MMA standout moved one step closer to his desired goal, as he submitted Darren Till with a rear-naked choke in the third round of their UFC Fight Night 191 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Brunson (23-7, 14-5 UFC) drew the curtain 2:13 into Round 3, then set his sights on reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya.

Till (18-4-1, 6-4-1 UFC) was once again betrayed by his takedown defense. Brunson put him on his back less than 90 seconds into the first round and unleashed a hellacious barrage of ground-and-pound that resulted in significant damage to the Brit’s right eye. He minimized Till’s gains on the feet with another takedown mi…

THE GREATEST COMEBACK OF ALL-TIME! @arekwrzosek throws a Hail Mary and KNOCKS OUT Badr Hari! pic.twitter.com/kXkxPIizt0

— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) September 4, 2021

Glory 78 marked the promotion’s return to action and every fight on the card delivered, including an all-time stunner in the headline fight.

The heavyweight main event between Badr Hari and Arkadiusz Wrzosek was insanity. Hari made his return to the ring and looked to put his name in the sweepstakes after a couple of crushing losses to Rico Verhoeven and Benjamin Adegbuyi. Hari opened up patient and landed some good shots to the body. Eventually. Wrzosek fell to the body shots not once, but twice in the first. He survived the round and in the second, Wrzosek was knocked down again. As Badr Hari was hunting the finish, Wrzosek throws a Hail Mary that catches Hari perfectly with a left high kick. Hari goes to the mat bloody and cannot beat the ten count. Wrzosek jumped in his c…

Glory 78 “Badr vs. Wrzosek” is exclusively available on pay-per-view and can only be purchased online at www.gloryfights.com. You can purchase and stream the pay-per-view for €19.99, £17.99 or US$24.99 from anywhere in the world.

Glory 78 coverage begins with a free live stream of Saturday's Glory 78 “SuperFight Series” in the player below at 11 a.m. ET. The main card kicks off at 2 p.m. ET and is headlined by Badr Hari and Arkadiusz Wrzosek. Sherdog live play-by-play will begin with the main card.

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

Mohamed Mezouari vs. Vedat Hoduk Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 The Official Result Nordine Mahieddine vs. Raul Catinas Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 The Official Result Luis Tavares vs. Felipe Micheletti Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 The Official Result Levi Rigters vs. Tomas Mozny Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 The Official Resu…

Left it all in the cage! #UFCVegas36 pic.twitter.com/871bzw2xfi

— UFC (@ufc) September 4, 2021

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Next Generation MMA rep Molly McCann recorded her first win in nearly two years, as she took a unanimous decision from former Jewels champion Ji Yeon Kim in the featured UFC Fight Night 191 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. All three judges struck 29-28 scorecards for McCann (11-4, 4-3 UFC), who closed the book on a two-fight losing streak.

Kim (9-4-2, 3-4 UFC) excelled in open space, where she could cut angles and maximize her boxing skills. However, McCann rarely allowed her to breathe. The onetime Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder crowded her in all three rounds, shoved her backward, bullied her with fo…

Middleweight contender @DerekBrunson stepped on the scale at 186 pounds to make the #UFCVegas36 main event official pic.twitter.com/ll9u9kM0pD

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 3, 2021 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. Editor's note: The article has been updated at 8 p.m. ET on Sept. 3 to reflect the news that one match has been canceled. For the fifth Ultimate Fighting Championship event in a row, a fighter has missed weight ahead of their bout.

After a streak of events on ESPN airwaves, the UFC returns to ESPN+ for UFC Fight Night 191. The 10-fight card is headlined by a bout between middleweight contenders Derek Brunson and Darren Till. The weigh-ins went swimmingly with the first 19 competitors, but the last one to hit the scales, Jonathan Martinez, surpassed the bantamweight limit by two pounds. Per ESPN on Friday night, his bo…

Every MMA match went the distance on One Championship’s first all-female card.

"The Panda" puts Michelle Nicolini DOWN in Round 1! #ONEEmpower #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/c2YyVgRC4c

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) September 3, 2021 In the main event, One strawweight (125 pounds) titleholder Jingnan Xiong locked horns with Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom Michelle Nicolini (6-3, 4-2 One). The 39-year-old challenger rushed in for a takedown in the early moments of the fight, but Xiong stuffed her with ease. Aware of her opponent’s grappling prowess, “The Panda” kept her distance with calf kicks and overhand rights. Xiong moved in and out with her strikes, landing practically at will on the Evolve MMA representative. Midway through the first round, the champ dropped Nicolini with a vicious right hand, but failed to finish the job as the Brazilian recovered and landed a takedown. Rounds 2 and 3 followed a similar script, as Nicolini …

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. The Ultimate Fighting Championship appears to be doing everything in its power to make its next Madison Square Garden card one to remember. This Friday, MMA DNA first reported that Shane Burgos (13-3) will toe the line with Billy Quarantillo (16-3) in the featherweight division at UFC 268. The New York-targeted event is set to go down on Nov. 6, and this thrilling encounter will be relegated to the prelims because of its practical embarrassment of riches higher up the billing. The matchup has since been confirmed by Quarantillo on his Instagram.

Burgos, the recipient of four “Fight of the Night” bonuses in his UFC tenure including one in his last two, finds himself on the first losing streak of his career. “Hurricane” had a three-fight win streak halted on the scorecards thanks to Josh Emmett, and a bounceback performance cam…

HOLY _____! Pereira's power is unreal!!! #LFA95 pic.twitter.com/0EAoY6z4fA

— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) November 21, 2020 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. Former Glory kickboxing two-division champion Alexsandro Pereira is fighting out of his contract on Saturday and already has his sights set on the Ultimate Fighting Championship. On Saturday, the Glory light heavyweight champ Pereira (33-6 KB, 3-1 MMA) is planning on defending that belt against Artem Vakhitov, the man he won it from in January. Once a two-division champ at middleweight and light heavyweight, Pereira relinquished the former in pursue of the latter’s throne. Win or lose, “Poatan” is expected to sign with the UFC, as first reported by BJPenn.com, and he already has an opponent and date booked for his debut: Andreas Michailidis (13-4) at middleweight on UFC 268. …

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgM72B2u13g&w=560&h=315] Tempers flared at the weigh-ins, with Badr Hari and his opponent Arkadiusz Wrzosek nearly coming to blows at the official staredown after Hari shoved Wrzosek across the stage.

Glory Kickboxing returns for its second event of 2021 with a light heavyweight title fight between Alex Pereira and Artem Vakhitov, and the main event will see the return of “Bad Boy” Hari.

Despite being a kickboxing legend, Hari (106-15) is still looking for his first win as Glory fighter. The former K-1 heavyweight champion is winless in his last four bouts, losing to Benjamin Adegbuyi and Rico Verhoeven two times via injury. A decision victory in that stretch over Hesdy Gerges was later overturned to a no contest after both fighters tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. No official weight was listed or announced by the promotion, but with no cap to heavyweight, there was no limit the Dutchman could have exceeded.

Much…

Oscar De La Hoya has tested positive for COVID-19 and will NOT be fighting Vitor Belfort on September 11 ... and Evander Holyfield will be taking his spot. https://t.co/r2ejzw5nOc

— TMZ (@TMZ) September 3, 2021 Editor's note: The article has been updated at 6 p.m. ET on Sept. 3 to reflect a new location and venue for the match.

If you had Vitor Belfort vs. Evander Holyfield on your 2021 betting slip, cash that ticket now.

Ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Belfort (26-14, 1 NC; 1-0 Box) was slated to take on Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs Box) on Sept. 11. The two were planning to square off inside the Staples Center in Los Angeles in an eight-round, 185-pound professional affair. Per TMZ on Friday, that fight is off as De La Hoya tested positive for COVID-19. In his stead will be long-retired heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 1 NC, 29 KOs Box). The dramatic change has since been confirmed by ESPN.

Holyfield, age 58, wil…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlzcC0n0bA&w=640&h=360] Top Polish mixed martial arts promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki will see its sixth event of 2021 headlined by a welterweight title fight.

The nine-fight KSW 63 card is a go after the official weigh-ins. It was a largely professional affair as every fighter made weight with the exception of Szymon Karolczyk, who was two pounds over the 150-pound limit for his fight against Michal Domin. The welterweight title will be on the line for the first time since 2019 as champion Roberto Soldic looks to make his second defense against Patrik Kincl.

Having won 12 of his last 13 and avenging his lone defeat against Dricus Du Plessis, Soldic (18-3) is on an impressive run. He has stopped four of his last five opponents with punches and has been challenging himself by moving up in weight. Despite the recent middleweight bout, Soldic had no trouble getting to 169 pounds for the title bout.

Kincl (24-9, 1 NC) is on a f…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 269 live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. When it comes to his upcoming unconfirmed title fight, Charles Oliveira would like to say, “not so fast, my friend.” Earlier this week, outlets like MMA Fighting reported the news that Oliveira (31-8, 1 NC) would be taking on Dustin Poirier (28-6, 1 NC) for the lightweight throne at UFC 269. The reports stated that the two had not yet signed the contracts yet, but verbal agreements are in place. Oliveira spoke to Sherdog on Thursday about this situation, clarifying that this first title defense is still under negotiation.

“Everybody is publishing that Poirier is going to fight with me,” Oliveira noted. “But until that moment, it’s still under negotiation, I didn’t sign any contract yet.”

Concerning the possible challenge with Poirier, the Chute Boxe representative believes he has weapons to beat the American Top Team stan…

Interesting welterweight fight on tap for Nov. 20, per sources. Sean Brady vs. Michael Chiesa. Chiesa (@MikeMav22) is ranked No. 7 in the UFC rankings, Brady (@seanbradymma) is No. 13. pic.twitter.com/Mybg5CfcP2

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 2, 2021 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 place in the top 10 of the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division is up for grabs in November. On Thursday, the UFC’s broadcast partner of ESPN announced that Michael Chiesa (18-5) will square off against Sean Brady (14-0) at welterweight at an upcoming UFC Fight Night card. The currently unnumbered event on Nov. 20 is slated to go down inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. News of this booking has since been confirmed by multiple other outlets.

Chiesa is looking to bounce back from a submission defeat and his first loss at 170 pou…

Jake Paul appears to have started a new trend about fighters offering tattoos for rematches.

At UFC 126 in 2011, Anderson Silva (34-11 MMA, 2-1 Box) defended his middleweight throne against Vitor Belfort (26-14, 1 NC MMA; 1-0 Box) in the main event, with “The Spider” landing a spectacular front kick to put Belfort away in the first round. For years, the combat sports community has pondered a rematch between the Brazilian legends, and now, both men are in the boxing world. Silva, 46, captured a decision victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to prove his jaunt was no game. Belfort has since followed his lead.

Silva’s former foe, the 44-year-old Belfort, will be making his return to the boxing ring on Sept. 11 against Oscar De La Hoya. On the same night, Silva will be squaring off against Tito Ortiz. Both matches will be professional, eight-round bouts, within 10 pounds of the other – Belfort’s at 185 pounds, while Silva’s is a 195-pound contest. Should both get their hand ra…

: Seven incredible fights have been added to #Bellator270 at the @3ArenaDublin, including two top-10 matchups pitting @Relentlessward against @magicnorbi and @the_game_mma vs. @danielweichel.

Full Story: https://t.co/Vdb78uoOyH pic.twitter.com/ePsbkUH4ZI

— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR) September 2, 2021 Bellator MMA has filled up the lineup for its Irish excursion in November. Via press release on Thursday, the organization announced a slew of new matchups for Bellator 270, including a pair of main card tilts and several preliminary contests. At middleweight, Charlie Ward (9-4) will square off with Norbert Novenyi Jr. (5-0), while featherweights Daniel Weichel (41-12) and Pedro Carvalho (11-5) will toe the line as the main card opener. This event will be held in the 3Arena in Dublin on Nov. 5.

Ward bounced back from a 2019 loss to Pietro Penini by stopping Kyle Kurtz at Bellator 240 three months later. In October 2020, Ward ea…