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Breaking: Frankie Edgar vs. Korean Zombie is “locked in” for Nov. 10 UFC Fight Night main event in Denver, per Dana White.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) July 20, 2018

Two Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweights will collide in a pivotal matchup come November, as Frankie Edgar is set to take on Chan Sung Jung in the main event of the UFC’s next stop in Denver on Nov. 10, UFC President Dana White confirmed to ESPN on Friday.

Edgar rebounded from his first ever knockout loss at the hands of Brian Ortega by defeating Cub Swanson for a second time just a month later. Meanwhile, “The Korean Zombie” triumphantly returned from mandatory two-year military service in his native South Korea by knocking out Dennis Bermudez in the first round last year.

Edgar nearly got the chance to avenge the Ortega loss at UFC 226, after featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced off of the card at the last minute due to “concussion-like symptoms.”…

Check out the shots from yesterday's portrait session taken by Dave Mandel for #InvictaFC30!

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— Invicta FC (@InvictaFights) July 20, 2018

The results are in for the Invicta Fighting Championships 30 weigh-ins, with the promotion’s atomweight belt up for grabs between Jinh Yu Frey (6-3) and Minna Grusander (6-1) in the event’s main event. All 16 fighters made weight for the card.

Elsewhere on the bill, Ultimate Fighting Championship and “The Ultimate Fighter” alumni Heather Clark (7-6) will look to rebound from a lengthy layoff following a loss to Alexa Grasso back in 2016. The UFC released Clark shortly thereafter, and she hasn’t fought since.

Invicta FC 30 will take place on Saturday night in Kansas City and will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass.

Invicta FC 30 Weigh-in Results: Jinh Yu Frey (104.8) vs. Minna Grusander (104.7)Felicia Spencer (145.8) vs. Helena Kole…

Seven featherweights are heading to the PFL Playoffs! #PFL4 #PFLmma pic.twitter.com/05AFHpQ9VD

— #PFLmma (@ProFightLeague) July 20, 2018

Since losing to Andre Harrison last March, Lance Palmer has been nearly invincible.

Palmer tacked on another win Thursday night in the main event of the PFL 4 card at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseim in Long Island, New York, as he thoroughly thrashed Jumabieke Tuerxun before submitting him in the third frame.

Palmer out-struck the Chinese fighter nearly 75-1 and mauled him on the canvas.

With time running out in the final round, “The Party” slithered onto Tuerxun’s back and eventually locked in a neck crank. “The Wild Wolf” tired like crazy to break free, but he eventually succumbed to the submission, tapping out at the 4:34 mark. The win gave Palmer four points towards making the 2018 PFL Playoffs at featherweight; it’s his third consecutive win.

Featherweight contender Andre Harrison…

UPDATE: Cortney Casey steps in for Alexa Grasso to face Angela Hill at #UFCLincoln https://t.co/TA4vbDeBVY pic.twitter.com/y8XhCB6VzI

— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 19, 2018

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has found a replacement for Alexa Grasso on the same day she pulled out of her UFC Fight Night 135 bout against Angela Hill on Aug. 25, ESPN reported on Thursday afternoon.

News broke of Grasso’s withdrawal from the card on Thursday morning due to undisclosed reasons, but just a few hours later, Cortney Casey-Sanchez offered her services to take on the No. 15 ranked UFC strawweight.

Casey (7-6) has dropped two fights in a row, however both were competitive decision losses to Michelle Waterson and Felice Herrig.

Hill (8-4) will look to ride the momentum off of her February win over Maryna Moroz, while Grasso will have to wait to rebound from a submission loss to Tatiana Suarez in May.

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Two-time former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was spotted training at the WWE Performance Center earlier this week, and appears to be brushing up on his Lucha Libre skills.

Velasquez hasn’t fought since a first round drubbing of Travis Browne at UFC 200 back in July 2016, as the oft-injured heavyweight was deemed unfit for combat by the Nevada State Athletic Commission due to bone spurs on his back shortly after the fight.

However, the 35-year-old American Kickboxing Academy product looked spry and healthy while training under WWE PC coach Norman Smiley and participating in a session of “DDP Yoga” led by WCW and WWE legend Diamond Dallas Page.

Velasquez already has some peripheral experience with professional wrestlers, as he finished WWE superstar and former UFC champion Brock Lesnar with first-round strikes back in 2010 to kick off his first heavyweight …

BREAKING: @Karate_Combat hits #UFCFIGHTPASS LIVE 7/28! Check out the free fight below and read more https://t.co/NKmYGLXiAx pic.twitter.com/McxkOthuDO

— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) July 19, 2018

Karate Combat’s next event will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass, the promotion announced on Thursday. The full-contact striking promotion is set to hold its second event in Athens, Greece, on July 28 after the smashing success of their debut card in April, which was chock-full of brutal and spectacular knockouts.

UFC Fight Pass confirmed on Thursday that they will be live streaming Karate Combat events, beginning with next Saturday’s sophomore event.

Brand ambassador and color commentator Bas Rutten enthusiastically lent his services to the promotion for the first Karate Combat event, and will return to the commentary booth next weekend for what he describes as the next big thing in combat sports:

“This is a brand new sport within…

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Utilizing a unique format, Professional Fighters League is starting to gain some traction.

The league will again do business inside the cage on Thursday, and headliners Lance Palmer (145.8) and Jumabieke Tuerxun (145.2) did their part to make official the PFL 4 main event in Uniondale, New York.

PFL 4 Weigh-in Results: Lance Palmer (145.8) vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun (145.2)Andre Harrison (145.6) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (145.6)Francimar Barroso (239.2) vs. Jack May (261.6)Alexandre Almeida (145.4) vs. Steven Siler (145.8)Alex Nicholson (216.2) vs. Philipe Lins (231.8)Jared Rosholt (245.6) vs. Kelvin Tiller (265.0)Timur Valiev (145.6) vs. Bekbulat Magomedov (145.6)Marcos Galvao …

Paul Daley and Bellator MMA have agreed to terms on a new contract, clearing the way for the British knockout artist to enter the promotion’s welterweight grand prix.

Sherdog.com confirmed with a promotion official on Wednesday that “Semtex” will enter the 170-pound field following an initial report from ESPN.com. An opponent for Daley in the bracket has not been confirmed.

Bellator’s welterweight grand prix will begin with a third meeting between former champions Douglas Lima and Andrey Koreshkov on Sept. 29 in San Jose, Calif. The other competitors in the tournament are Rory MacDonald, Michael Page, Neiman Gracie, Ed Ruth, Yaroslav Amosov, Lorenz Larkin and Jon Fitch. No other matchups have been revealed, though it is likely that Bellator will strongly consider pairing Daley with Page, his rival countryman.

Daley has been at odds with Bellator several on several occasions during his tenure, claiming that he was “done” with the promotion at the conclusion …

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Paul Felder was a late call up at UFC 226 when he took on Mike Perry after Perry’s original opponent Yancy Medeiros withdrew from the fight a week out. Felder went on to lose to Perry via split decision, though he valiantly fought the majority of the bout with a broken arm and even outscored Perry on one of the judges’ scorecards.

“The Irish Dragon” appeared on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday to discuss his short notice fight talking through how the injury occurred and how he tried to compensate for it.

“First round, I threw a spinning back fist, landed on the top of his head and broke it,” Felder said. “And right in between rounds, I noticed I couldn’t make a fist all the way, and I could feel shifting and crunching in my forearm the whole time. I couldn’t make a full fist and I couldn’t grip anything with it. I couldn’t fight hands or really grab a hold of Mike when I was trying to clinch him.…

Maycee "The Future" Barber (5-0) flashes her potential in the main event, dominating Jamie Colleen en route to a third-round TKO. Busting up the former KOTC champ with some nasty elbows to end it, the 20-year-old has finished four of her five victories. #DWTNCS pic.twitter.com/wtBTIXbEwf

— Tanuki Usman (@Hamderlei) July 18, 2018

Maycee Barber looks like the real deal.

Barber netted an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract, as she systematically dismantled Jamie Colleen and put away the former King of the Cage champion with elbows in the third round of their women’s strawweight affair on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. Colleen (4-2) succumbed to blows 4:15 into Round 3 after being thoroughly outclassed at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas.

Barber (5-0) employed a multi-pronged approach -- she kicked effectively at all levels with both legs -- but did some of her best work in the clinch, where she battered her opponen…

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Round 1 Shahbazyan and Jones trade punches in the center of the cage at the outset. They’re both landing punches in close quarters before clinching, and Shahbazyan then lands a series of knees to the body. Shahbazyan follows up with an overhand right and Jones is reeling now. Shahbazyan keeps the pressure on and puts Jones down with a series of uppercuts and right hands. Jones hits the canvas and Shahbazyan follows him down and tees off with more punches. Jones turtles up and Shahbazyan continues the attack. Herb Dean has seen enough and waves off the fight, giving Shahbazyan his seventh consecutive first-round stoppage. The Official Result Edmen Shahbazyan def. Antonio Jones via TKO (Punches) R1 0:40 Round 1 Trevino takes the center of the cage and pumps his jab. Vanderford answers with…

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Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has a history of criticizing fighters he feels don’t perform, especially if they’re on high profile pay-per-views like at UFC 226, when a hugely-anticipated heavyweight clash between two of the biggest hitters in the division in Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis took place in the co-main event.

Ngannou, who was coming off a one-sided unanimous decision loss to former champion Stipe Miocic back in January, looked completely gun shy and unwilling to engage with Lewis. Color commentator Joe Rogan made the point during the fight that perhaps the manner of Ngannou’s loss to Miocic may have affected him psychologically going forward, considering his rise to fame.

White blasted Ngannou’s performance and said his ego had gotten the better of him. Although he did have some sympathy for Lewis, who also looked off his game once he discovered “The Black Beast…

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were both in attendance at Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final at Luzhniki Stadium in Russia, but the two UFC stars never came face to face.

That might have been for the best, however, as the last time Nurmagomedov and McGregor were in close proximity of one another, the “Notorious” one hurled a dolly through a window of a bus carrying the Dagestani and other UFC fighters and employees. The incident resulted in injuries that forced both Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg to pull out of UFC 223 two days later.

McGregor’s attack was believed to be in retaliation for a confrontation between Nurmagomedov and SBG Ireland teammate Artem Lobov earlier that week. McGregor is due back in court on July 26.

According to Nurmagomedov, the UFC’s reigning lightweight champion, a confrontation in a crowded venue wouldn’t have settled any type of score between the two men.

“I thought I’d meet McGregor at the Luzhniki Stadium,” Nurmagomedov s…

Robert Whittaker’s next title defense likely won’t come until early next year.

The UFC middleweight champion told ESPN's Ariel Helwani that the hand injury suffered in his split-decision victory over Yoel Romero at UFC 225 will keep him out until February at the earliest. Whittaker broke his right hand in the opening round of the June 9 bout and also revealed that he suffered ligament damage in his left hand.

Whittaker recently underwent surgery and will need the rest of 2018 to recover.

"I haven't even started the rehab process yet," Whittaker said. "Just more letting it heal first before I can implement that. They put a plate and some screws in. Realistically I'm looking at February next year.”

Whittaker will coach opposite Kelvin Gastelum on “The Ultimate Fighter 28,” before defending his title against Gastelum at an as yet-to-be determined date. The 27-year-old has won nine consecutive fights and doesn’t expect his latest injury to hinder him down…

In the immediate aftermath of his loss to Daniel Cormier at UFC 226, Stipe Miocic was more concerned about getting home to Ohio to be with his pregnant wife than analyzing anything that had happened at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas that night.

After Cormier became a two-division champion with his first-round knockout of Miocic, ex-UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar entered the cage to confront “DC.” A shoving match ensued between the two men, setting the stage for a future bout. UFC President Dana White confirmed that Cormier vs. Lesnar was the fight to make.

After having some time to digest everything, the whole post-fight scene left a bitter taste in Miocic’s mouth.

"It was a s--- show and it was disrespectful," Miocic told ESPN.com. "I didn't think that was what the UFC was all about.”

"I thought they were going to interview me [after the fight] and I was going to ask for a rematch," he continued. "When Brock came in, I said, 'I'm out of here, I …

Considering that both of his UFC losses had come at 170 pounds, it didn’t seem like the best idea for Sage Northcutt to return to welterweight in the Las Vegas-based promotion.

After all, Northcutt was on a five-bout winning streak at lightweight, including back-to-back triumphs over Thibault Gouti and Michel Quinones in his most recent two Octagon appearances. At UFC Fight Night 133 in Boise, however, “Super” Sage showed that he might have a home at welterweight after all, as he earned a second-round knockout of Zak Ottow in the evening’s co-main event.

“I felt great out there tonight. When I fight at 170, I have way more energy and strength,” Northcutt said. “At 155, I feel too drained because I walk around so lean. I know Zak Ottow is a tough guy. He knocked out Mike Pyle in his last fight. He was definitely bigger than me in the Octagon tonight. But I was able to tire him out because of how much energy and strength I had.”

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KSW veteran David Zawada will step in on short notice to face Danny Roberts at UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany next weekend.

The promotion announced the new matchup during the UFC Fight Night Boise broadcast. Zawada replaces Alan Jouban, who withdrew from the welterweight bout due to an injured neck. UFC Fight Night 134 takes place at Barclaycard Arena and is headlined by a light heavyweight duel pitting Mauricio Rua against Anthony Smith. The card airs on Fox Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

A 27-year-old native of Dusseldorf, Germany, Zawada enters his Octagon debut on a five-bout winning streak in which he has finished four of his opponents. Zawada counts five KSW appearances among his 19 professional bouts and owns notable wins over former UFC competitors Maciej Jewtuszko and Andreas Stahl. The fighter nicknamed “Sagat” owns a 16-3 career mark.

Roberts, meanwhile, has compiled a 4-2 record in the Octagon since 2015. Most recen…

Last week, news broke that the Ultimate Fighting Championship was targeting Dec. 29 for a superfight between featherweight queen Cristiane Justino and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes.

However, the date was not ideal for “Cyborg,” who would have preferred to face Nunes at UFC 228, which is scheduled for Sept. 8 in Dallas. Justino last defended her title with a first-round stoppage of Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 in March, while Nunes retained the 135-pound strap with a fifth-round TKO of Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 in May.

“Friday, last week, I talked to the UFC, and I said I wanted to fight, that I’m ready to fight,” Cyborg said on the Brazilian show Combate News. “I’ve been training, ready, and I want to fight. They offered me Sept. 8, in Dallas, to fight Amanda. I said that’s fine. I’ll fight. I’ve been training. I’m ready. A champion has to be ready all the time.

“Then on Monday they said [she] didn’t accept Sept. 8. Then I said I wanted to fight anyway. …

Niko Price is one bad dude! pic.twitter.com/Q9b7YIR8Vw

— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 15, 2018

There were a few impressive performances at UFC Fight Night 133 in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday night, but Niko Price’s victorious effort is the one most likely to stick in the memory banks.

Price garnered a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his unique finish of Randy Brown in a main card welterweight tilt. As Brown was landing ground-and-pound early in the second round, Price attempted to roll for a kneebar. As a result, Brown’s chin came to rest in Price’s foot, allowing “The Hybrid” to pound his foe unconscious with five hammerfists from his back at the 1:09 mark.

Elsewhere, Chad Mendes made a triumphant return following a lengthy hiatus to capture the evening’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus. After a slow start, the former featherweight title challenger floored opponent Myles Jury with a powerful left hook. Fro…

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Eddie Wineland thought he did enough to eke out a decision over Alejandro Perez in the UFC Fight Night 133 preliminary card headliner, but he was mistaken.

Though Wineland appeared to have more consistent offensive output throughout their entertaining three-round affair, none of the three cageside judges saw the bout that way. “Turbo” was awarded an unpopular unanimous decision over the former World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight champion, with all three officials seeing it 29-28 for Perez.

Volkanovski Busts Up Elkins Aussie contender Alexander Volkanovski was a bit too much for Darren Elkins to handle as “The Great” edged his foe over three grueling rounds.

Elkins, one of the toughest fighters on the planet, was dropped on three separate occasions in the opening round and was out on his feet twice. Volkanovski tried closing the show with guillotines every time he floored the Indiana fighter, but Elkins slipped out of all them. Elkins suffered cuts all over his face …

Nine-time UFC veteran Norman Parke has signed an exclusive, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA.

Sherdog.com confirmed the signing with a promotion official following an initial report from MMANytt.com. The 31-year-old Northern Ireland native is expected to make his Bellator debut later this year.

Parke won “The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes” to earn a contract with the UFC. He would go 4-0-1 in his first five Octagon appearances but won just once in his final four bouts before parting ways with the Las Vegas-based promotion.

The lightweight has since gone 3-1 with one no contest while competing for KSW and ACB. Parke is 24-6-1 since beginning his professional career in 2006.

Julia Budd is at the top of her game, there’s no question about it.

The Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion proved to be too much for Brazilian challenger Talita Nogueira as the “The Jewel” dominated her from start to finish. Budd was relentless with timely striking and smashing ground-and-pound en route to a third-round stoppage to retain to her title in the main event of Bellator 202 at Winstar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

Budd nearly folded the previously unbeaten Nogueira in half with a devastating knee to the body in the second frame, but “Treta” survived the onslaught by fending off the ensuing barrage of punches. Budd made sure her foe didn’t make it out of the third, though, as the Canadian took her time by picking off Nogueira on the feet before drilling her with a missile of a right hand to the jaw. Nogueira collapsed against the cage and from there, she succumbed to follow-up punches until referee Jason Herzog pulled her …

The Ultimate Fighting Championship touched down for the first time ever in Boise, Idaho, on Friday for early weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 133.

Headlined by a heavyweight clash between former divisional champion Junior dos Santos and former World Series of Fighting heavyweight kingpin Blagoy Ivanov, the UFC quietly put together a strong offering in a new and unexplored market.

Also on the bill, Chad Mendes (146) returns after a lengthy suspension to challenge Myles Jury (146), Sage Northcutt (170) gets a coveted co-main event slot against Zak Ottow (171) and former title challenger Cat Zingano (136) is the opening fight on the main card against Marion Reneau (136).

UFC Fight Night 133 Weigh-in ResultsJunior dos Santos (247.5) vs. Blagoy Ivanov (257.7)Sage Northcutt (170) vs. Zak Ottow (171)Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Rick Glenn (146)Randy Brown (171) vs. Niko Price (170)Myles Jury (146) vs. Chad Mendes (146)Cat Zingano (136) vs. Marion Reneau (136)Alejandro …