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Peter Queally will square off against Patricky Freire in a lightweight rematch at Bellator 270.

The promotion announced the booking on Monday while also confirming a previously reported bantamweight headliner pitting James Gallagher against Patrick Mix. Bellator 270 takes place at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Nov. 5. The main card airs on Showtime in the United States at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on the Bellator MMA YouTube channel, the Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT.

Queally and Freire initially fought at Bellator 258 on May 7. Queally opened a cut on his opponent’s head with a slashing elbow from the bottom position, which prompted the cageside physician to wave off the bout prior to Round 3. Anchored at SBG Ireland, the 32-year-old Queally has been victorious in three of his last four professional outings.

Freire has now lost two straight fights including a decision defeat to Tofiq Musayev in the…

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A light heavyweight showdown pitting Volkan Oezdemir against Magomed Ankalaev is on tap for UFC 267.

MMA DNA was first to report the bout, which was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night 191 on Sept. 4. UFC 267 takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 30 and is headlined by a light heavyweight championship scrap between Jan Blachowicz and Glover Teixeira.

A former light heavyweight title challenger, Oezdemir is coming off a second-round KO loss to Jiri Prochazka at UFC 251 last July. Prior to that, “No Time” scored back-to-back triumphs over Ilir Latifi and Aleksandar Rakic in the Octagon.

Ankaleav, 29, is currently riding the momentum of a six-bout winning streak within the Las Vegas-based promotion. That stretch includes a pair of stoppage wins over Ion Cutelaba as well as a three-round verdict against Nikita Krylov in his most recent outing at UFC Fight Night 186 on Feb. 27.

With Cory McKenna out, Hannah Goldy will step in and lock horns with Emily Whitmire at UFC Fight Night 192.

The new bout was initially reported by David Van Auken. The matchup, which was originally scheduled for strawweight, will now be contested at 125 pounds. UFC Fight Night 192 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 18 and features a light heavyweight duel between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann.

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm speculation about my scheduled fight on Sept. 18,” McKenna wote on Instagram. “I have been dealing with some health issues over the past 5-6 weeks that have not allowed me to train at a standard required to compete/at all and I have to prioritise health. I want to thank the [UFC Performance Institute] for all their continued help, as well as my sponsors and team for their constant support; I hope to return to the octagon soon. Just another bump in the road.”

After appearing on Season 3 of Dana White’s Contender Seri…

Friday’s Invicta FC 44 card has undergone a couple of changes following the withdrawal of Mara Romero Borella and Monique Adriane from their respective bouts.

The promotion announced Monday that both Borella and Adriane were forced out of the event due to “travel restrictions and visa issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.” More specific details regarding each fighter were not given.

As a result, Brogan Walker-Sanchez will step in for Borella and face Emilee King at flyweight, while Marisa Messer-Belenchia replaces Adriane and meets Katie Saull at atomweight. Walker-Sanchez vs. King is slated for the main card, while Saull vs. Messer-Belenchia will take place on the preliminary draw.

Invicta FC 44 takes place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., and is headlined by a strawweight title tilt between Emily Ducote and Danielle Taylor. In the co-main event, Lisa Verzosa will lock horns with Taneisa Tennant for bantamweight gold. The main card airs at 10 p.m. ET/7…

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Alistair Overeem will make a big splash in his Glory Kickboxing debut.

The promotion announced Monday that Overeem and Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven will lock horns on Oct. 23 in the Netherlands as part of the Glory “Collision 3” card. Sherdog.com previously reported that Glory will return to the GelreDome with a large-scale event that just gained some additional star power.

Known as “The Prince of Kickboxing,” Verhoeven has been near perfect in Glory with a 23-1 mark. His resume includes victories over the likes of Badr Hari, Jamal Ben Saddik, Antonio Silva, Anderson “Braddock” Silva, Benjamin Adegbuyi, Gokhan Saki and many, many more. Most recently, Verhoeven scored dominant wins over Hesdy Gerges and Tarik Khbabez to win the Glory 77 four-man heavyweight tournament in January.

Overeem recently signed with Glory after being released by the UFC. The former Strikeforce, DREAM, and K-1…

MMA veteran Anthony Taylor has found himself a lucrative gig training with social-medi- personality-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

The 32-year-old Alameda, Calif., native has compiled a 7-5 record in the cage while competing for organizations such as Bellator MMA, Combate Americas and the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts. His last bout came in January 2020, when he captured a majority decision against Chris Avila at Bellator 238. Since then, however, “Pretty Boy” turned down a chance to fight in order to train with Paul.

"I had the opportunity to fight in Cage Warriors but I couldn't pass up the money Jake was offering,” Taylor told Betway Insider US. “I’m getting paid more money as Jake's training partner in two months than I made in my whole entire MMA career in six years. I swear to God, I made more money with Jake in two months than my whole MMA career.

“That’s disturbing when you think about it, because I fought for Bellator. I’ve fought two top five con…

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Legacy Fighting Alliance bantamweight champ Zviad Lazishvili will get his chance to make a mark in the UFC.

Lazishvili will replace Said Nurmagomedov and square off against Jack Shore in a 135-pound contest at UFC Fight Night 191. Adjara Sport was first to report the new booking. UFC Fight Night 191 takes place on Sept. 4 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a middleweight showdown between Darren Till and Derek Brunson.

Lazishvili claimed bantamweight gold with a first-round submission of Ricky Steele at LFA 90 in September 2020. The 29-year-old Republic of Georgia native is 8-0 as a professional, a run that includes two victories in LFA and five triumphs via tapout.

A former Cage Warriors bantamweight king, Shore has kicked off his promotional tenure with wins against Nohelin Hernandez, Aaron Phillips and Hunter Azure. The 26-year-old Welshman is 14-0 since beginning his pro career in…

There’s already some history between Alexandre Pantoja and reigining flyweight champion Brandon Moreno — with most of that tilted in favor of the Brazilian contender.

First, Pantoja submitted Moreno in an exhibition bout on Season 24 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and then “The Cannibal” outpointed the Mexican star at UFC Fight Night 129 in May 2018. Perhaps that’s why Pantoja delivered the most polite callout ever — with Moreno in attendance — in his post-fight interview following a victory over Brandon Royval at UFC on ESPN 29 on Saturday night.

While both flyweights seem to have a certain level of respect for each other, Pantoja was a little less diplomatic in a scrum conducted after the bout.

“He knows my game. I beat him two times. I think he’s maybe a little scared because he lost to me via submission, and then when he had the possibility to get revenge against me, I destroyed him. I made it 30-26. I proved I’m better,” Pantoja said.

“When he came to the…

Before he lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC 254 last October, Jared Cannonier appeared to be Israel Adesanya’s choice for No. 1 contender at middleweight.

That setback knocked “The Killa Gorilla” down the contender’s queue, but Cannonier rebounded to post a five-round verdict over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC on ESPN 29 headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

“Any win is good,” Cannonier said at the post-fight press conference. “I feel good after that win. Took a little bit of damage but I’m not broken so I can go home and hug my kids and be able to play with them come Monday and stuff like that. So I’m happy.”

In his post-fight interview in the Octagon, Cannonier said that he was “broke,” so it was important for him to earn a victory in his first bout since that aforementioned loss to Whittaker. It was a competitive fight throughout, but Cannonier scored the only knockdown of the fight and appeared to get stronger as the matchup progressed.

Read more about ‘It’s Either Title or Contender’ for Jared Cannonier After UFC on ESPN 29 Win

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In one fell swoop, Ignacio Bahamondes earned his first UFC triumph while submitting a strong entry for “Knockout of the Year.”

The 23-year-old Valle Flow Striking product received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award thanks to a spectacular finish of Roosevelt Roberts in a preliminary lightweight affair at UFC on ESPN 29 on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. After picking his opponent apart with strikes to all levels for the better part of three rounds, “La Jaula” abruptly ended the contest with a highlight-reel spinning wheel kick at the 4:55 mark of Round 3.

Meanwhile, Alexandre Pantoja garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for a second-round submission of Brandon Royval in a pivotal flyweight matchup. Following a competitive opening frame, the Brazilian took his adversary’s bac…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Jared Cannonier at the very least kept his name in the conversation. The MMA Lab standout maintained his position in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight pecking order with a unanimous decision over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC on ESPN 29 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. All three judges scored it the same: 48-47 for Cannonier (14-5, 7-5 UFC), who rebounded from his Oct. 24 loss to Robert Whittaker.

Both men fought well in spurts. A short-notice substitution for Paulo Costa, Gastelum (16-8, 11-8 UFC) kept a brisk pace and tried to push his opponent’s buttons with leg kicks, lunging left hands and sneaky one-twos. Cannonier was masterful from a defensive standpoint and for the most part managed to steer clear of danger. He floored Gastelum with a clean right hook in t…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Sherdog's live UFC on ESPN 29 ​coverage will begin Saturday at 7 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:Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:The Official Result Round 1 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 2 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry scores the round:Tristen Critchfield scores the round:Tyler Treese scores the round:Round 3 Sherdog Scores Jay Pettry …

Lingo with the late knockdown!

[ #UFCVegas34 | Prelims are LIVE on ESPN2 & @ESPNPlus] pic.twitter.com/5gagHlPMA5

— UFC (@ufc) August 22, 2021 Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC, PFL and “The Ultimate Fighter” live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Weaponized cardio made all the difference for Austin Lingo.

The Fortis MMA prospect overcame a difficult start, bit down on his proverbial mouthpiece and took a unanimous decision from Luis Saldana in the featured UFC on ESPN 29 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Lingo (9-1, 2-1 UFC) was awarded 29-28 marks by all three cageside judges.

Saldana (15-7, 1-1 UFC) opened a cut near the onetime Legacy Fighting Alliance headliner’s right eye and doubled him over with a body kick in a productive first round. However, his output dipped in the middle stanza, where Lingo applied maximum pressure, went headhu…

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The upcoming event held by the Abu Dhabi Warriors Fighting Championship has gained an exciting welterweight clash.

On Sunday morning, a source close to the situation informed Sherdog that Omar Hussein Abufarah and Wisem Hammami will collide in a 170-pound feature bout at UAE Warriors 21: Arabia 4. The source asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

BREAKING: Sources tell me Omar Hussein Abufarah is welcoming Wisem Hammami in the welterweight division at the upcoming UAE Warriors 21: Arabia 4 event on Sept. 3. "187" is looking for his 4th victory under the UAE banner. Hammami has all finishes on his record.

— Tudor Leonte (@MrTudorLeonte) August 22, 2021

Aburafah (8-2, 3-1 UAE) is coming off a narrow split-decision victory over Yassin Najid in his latest cage appearance at UAE Warriors 17: Arabia 2. “187” was supposed to…

Dan Hooker will square off against Nasrat Haqparast in a lightweight duel at UFC 266.

The pairing was announced during the UFC on ESPN 29 broadcast on Saturday night. UFC 266 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 25 and is headlined by a featherweight championship clash between Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega. Hooker vs. Haqparast is slated for the preliminary portion of the card.

Hooker will look to snap a two-bout skid after falling to Michael Chandler via first-round TKO at UFC 257 and losing to Dustin Poirier by unanimous decision in the UFC on ESPN 12 main event. Prior to that, “The Hangman” had been victorious in seven of his last eight promotional appearances, with notable victories over the likes of Paul Felder, Al Iaquinta, Gilbert Burns and Jim Miller.

Haqparast, meanwhile, enters the pairing with victories in five of his last six outings. The 25-year-old Tristar Gym representative was able to rebound from a KO loss to Drew Do…

A women’s bantamweight showdown pitting Miesha Tate against Ketlen Vieira has been targeted to headlined an Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Oct. 16.

Combate was first to report the booking. Verbal agreements are in place, but contracts have not been signed as of yet. The event is expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and also includes a featherweight tilt between Holly Holm and Norma Dumont.

Tate ended a five-year retirement at UFC on ESPN 26, where she returned with a third-round TKO triumph over Marion Reneau on July 17. “Cupcake” is a former UFC and Strikeforce bantamweight queen with notable wins over the likes of Holm, Sara McMann, Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Julie Kedzie and Marloes Coenen, to name a few.

After beginning her promotional tenure with four consecutive victories, Vieira has lost two of her last three UFC appearances. Most recently, the 29-year-old Brazilian was outpointed by Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Fight Night 185 on Feb. 20.

Ares remains undefeated

Brave CF 53 leaves us with this great image #BraveCF53 pic.twitter.com/XpUnGXZDj3

— jamie (@wrestlejamia) August 21, 2021 Brave Combat Federation returned to Kazakhstan with an event that saw Tae Kyun Kim remain unbeaten thanks to his superior striking acumen.

In the Brave CF 53 headliner, Kim (9-0, 4-0 Brave) imposed his will against Nurzhan Akishev (11-4, 0-2 Brave). Akishev wobbled “Ares” early in the first frame, following his jab with a well-placed overhand. “Bizon” then swarmed his opponent with punches and threw Kim on the mat, but the South Korean fighter recovered from the shot and was able to return to his feet. “Ares” recomposed himself and stayed out of his opponent’s range while retaliating with plenty of punches of his own. Midway through the round, Kim began to look more comfortable with his combinations. Meanwhile, Akishev went headhunting in pursuit of the finish, but “Ares” was able to avoid serio…

Main event @KillaGorillaMMA

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— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2021 Kelvin Gastelum had trouble making weight for his UFC on ESPN 29 main event against Jared Cannonier. After a rare week off, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to ESPN airwaves. Twenty-two fighters made weight for the event without any issue, while Saidyokub Kakhramonov came in 2.5 pounds heavy for his bantamweight bout against Trevin Jones. Most notably, Gastelum struggled to make weight, initially coming in a quarter of a pound heavy. However, after 20 minutes had passed, Gastelum hit the 186-pound mark.

This is the second UFC main event for Cannonier (13-5), who defeated Jack Hermansson by second-round TKO in his first spotlight bout. "The Killa Gorilla" is looking to rebound after he lost a clear decision to Robert Whittaker last October. The 37-year-old had no issue making weight and c…

@Kongo4real beats the bell and makes Sergei Kharitonov tap before the end of the nd round!#Bellator265 pic.twitter.com/PnU04aeLUz

— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) August 21, 2021

Cheick Kongo still has what it takes to get the job done under Bellator MMA’s bright lights.

A little more than three months removed from his 46th birthday, the ageless Frenchman submitted Pride Fighting Championships veteran Sergei Kharitonov with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their Bellator 265 headliner on Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Kharitonov (30-8, 3-3 Bellator) capitulated 4:59 into Round 2.

Kongo (31-11-2, 13-4 Bellator) trudged through significant difficulty to get to the finish line. Kharitonov punished him with a powerful jab, hunted his patented uppercut and had him reeling with a kick to the face at the end of the first round. Everything changed in the second, where Kongo dazed the Russian with a thudding r…

Sherdog's live Bellator 265 coverage kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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

Round 1 Starting the Bellator card, we have a highly unusual 225 pound catchweight affair between Bailey Schoenfelder (1-0) and Kory Moegenburg (1-2). Keeping order between the pair will be referee Bobby Wombacher. Moegenburg begins with a couple of solid leg kicks and Schoenfelder isn't quite able to counter either time. Another leg kick is blocked, and Schoenfelder's right cross almost finds the mark. Moegenburg continues to fire leg kicks, but this time Schoenfelder checks them. Schoenfelder finally finds the mark with a right cross, as Moegenburg stays around the fence. Finally, Schoenfelder pasts Moegenburg with a few punches punctuated by an overhand right. Moegenburg stumbles forward, but Schoenfelder manages to push over his opponent onto the ground. Once there, Schoenfelder begins pounding away, and Moegenbu…

Two battle-tested Bellator MMA bantamweights will look to brawl in October.

The news first came from MMA Junkie, who reported earlier this month that Brett Johns (17-3) would be squaring off against Erik Perez (20-8) at Bellator 268. The two bantamweights will come to blows inside the Footprint Center – formerly known as the Talking Stick Resort Arena – in Phoenix on Oct. 16. The booking was subsequently confirmed by the promotion on Friday.

Johns, a Ultimate Fighting Championship standout that left the organization on a two-fight win streak, joined the Bellator ranks and subsequently dropped a decision to Danny Sabatello in May. Before facing Sabatello, the only two men to defeat Johns were current UFC champ Aljamain Sterling and top-10 contender Pedro Munhoz, while he racked up five victories inside the Octagon. Most notably, he hit a calf slicer on Joe Soto at the “TUF 26” Finale in 2017, thereby becoming the second fighter in UFC history to land such a submiss…

An all-Russian rumble at Bellator MMA's welterweight division will be coming to the Moscow card in October.

Igor Lazorin was the first to announce on Friday that the Andrey Koreshkov (24-4) and Rustam Khabilov (24-4) had agreed to face one another at Bellator 269. The Moscow card on Oct. 23 will be held at the VTB Arena, and the 170-pound matchup was subsequently confirmed by ESPN and then Bellator itself shortly after the news broke.

Since suffering the first decision defeat of his career – a split decision setback to Lorenz Larkin in 2019 – Koreshkov left Bellator for a single appearance with AMC Fight Nights, the renamed league of Fight Nights Global. The former champ hit a first-round armbar on Adriano Rodrigues de Oliveira to put himself back on the winning track, and he came back in August against Sabah Homasi. At Bellator 264, Koreshkov outworked Homasi en route to a one-sided unanimous verdict in his favor. Over the years, Koreshkov has defeated the likes of Do…

LIGHTS OUT from the #RefCam!#PFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/By3mSPk89U

— PFL (@PFLMMA) August 20, 2021 Massive heavyweight Renan "Problema" Ferreira is confident that he is going to be a problem for any opponent going forward.

After three appearances in the Professional Fighters League heavyweight season, the most recent a 31-second knockout of Stuart Austin on Thursday, Brazil’s Ferreira is positive about his future with the organization. While an outing against Carl Seumanutafa went his way by one-sided decision, a match with countryman Fabricio Werdum was embroiled in controversy.

During the May bout, Werdum snared his opponent in a triangle choke, and although Ferreira tapped, referee Keith Peterson missed it and Ferreira went on to knock Werdum out. The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board overturned the result to a no contest shortly after it took place. Ferreira, speaking to Sherdog before boarding his flight to Rio de Janeiro, was…

First-round finish for @KaylaH #PFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/s6bNP5VYia

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 20, 2021

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison advanced to the 2021 Professional Fighters League women’s lightweight final and made it look easy.

The undefeated American Top Team star disposed of Genah Fabian with punches in the first round of their PFL 8 headliner on Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Harrison (11-0, 10-0 PFL) brought their semifinal to a close 4:01 into Round 1.

Fabian (4-2, 3-2 PFL) never stood a chance. Harrison closed the distance, trapped the City Kickboxing representative in the clinch along the fence and executed a takedown. She transitioned from side control to mount and threatened with an armbar before turning to her ground-and-pound. Harrison then battered the Kiwi with punches from above, floated to the back and continued the assault with both hands until refe…