Ex-Heavyweight Champ Andrei Arlovski to Face Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Moscow

Former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will meet Shamil Abdurakhimov when the Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its maiden voyage to Russia on Sept. 15.

Arlovski recently announced the booking via Instagram, though it hasn’t been formally confirmed by the Las Vegas-based promotion. The UFC Fight Night card takes place at Olympic Stadium in Moscow and will stream in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass. Alexey Oleynik is rumored to headline the card against Mark Hunt in another heavyweight contest.

Arlovski had a two-fight winning streak snapped in a competitive decision loss to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 225 on June 9. Prior to that defeat, 39-year-old Belarusian had outpointed Stefan Struve and Junior Albini in back-to-back outings.

Abdurakhimov, meanwhile, has won three of his last four Octagon appearances, including a first-round knockout of Chase Sherman in his most recent bout at UFC Fight Night 122. The 36-year-old Dagestan native is 18-4 as a professional …

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Ovince St. Preux Credits Composure for Surviving Rough Start vs. Tyson Pedro

For a few moments, it looked as though Ovince St. Preux was going to serve as fodder for the rise of Australian prospect Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 132 in Singapore.

Pedro stunned St. Preux with a right high kick during an initial exchange, then dropped his opponent with a right hand. Moments later, Pedro applied a standing guillotine choke, but was unable to find the right angle to secure the submission against his taller adversary. When that failed, the Sydney native attempted a bodylock takedown, but the failed attempt put St. Preux in top position.

From there, OSP went to work, landing ground-and-pound before isolating Pedro’s arm and locking in a straight armbar to get the tapout at the 2:54 mark of round one.

“I was just think I need to gain my composure early in the fight. I have a bad habit of starting slowly, so composure was the key,” St. Preux said. “The fight went to the ground and I landed perfectly. I landed in a position I wanted to. If I…

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UFC Fight Night 132 Bonuses: St. Preux, Song, Young, Dy Receive $50K Checks

Ovince St. Preux, Yadong Song, Shane Young and Rolando Dy all received $50,000 bonuses for their work at UFC Fight Night 132 in Singapore on Saturday.

St. Preux garnered a “Performance of the Night” check for his submission of Australian prospect Tyson Pedro in the light heavyweight co-main event. After being dropped and trapped in a guillotine choke early, St. Preux escaped and regathered his bearings. Eventually, OSP moved to top position near the fence after a botched Pedro takedown and grabbed a kimura before transitioning to a straight armbar to earn the tapout at the 2:54 mark of round one.

Elsewhere, Song received the card’s other “Performance of the Night” award for a brutal knockout of Felipe Arantes in a bantamweight affair. Late in the second stanza, Song broke a clinch with a vicious right elbow, sending his opponent toppling to the canvas. From there, three follow-up blows on the ground brought an end to the contest at the 4:59 mark of round two.

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UFC Fight Night 132 ‘Cerrone vs. Edwards’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

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Report: Former UFC Champion Lyoto Machida Signs With Bellator

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has signed with Bellator MMA after fighting out his UFC contract at UFC 224 last month, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reports.

Machida ended his UFC tenure with an emphatic front-kick knockout over fellow Brazilian MMA legend Vitor Belfort, which likely helped his bargaining power as he negotiated with both the UFC and Bellator. Machida was reportedly fielding offers from both promotions after becoming a free agent following his knockout of Belfort, but ultimately decided to try his luck outside of the promotion he’s fought for since 2007.

The 40 year-old karateka already holds wins over two titleholders in his new promotion: a knockout victory over Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader as well as a decision victory over newly-crowned middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi.

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UFC Singapore Weigh-ins: Donald Cerrone, Leon Edwards On Target

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Donald Cerrone has been cleared for his first fight in Singapore against British fighter Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 132.

One of mixed martial arts’ most active fighters, Cerrone tipped the scales Friday at 171 pounds, clearing the way for his much-awaited clash against Edwards, who hit 170 and is looking forward to the biggest fight of his career.

The event will also feature Ovince St. Preux (206), who will be facing Australia’s Tyson Pedro (205) in the co-main event.

UFC Fight Night 132 “Cerrone vs. Edwards” will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The main card will air live on UFC Fight Pass on Saturday at 8 a.m. ET. The Fight Pass prelims will stream live at 4:30 a.m. ET.

UFC Fight Night 132 Weigh-in Results: Donald Cerrone (171) vs. Leon Edwards (170)Ovince St. Preux (206) vs. Tyson Pedro (205)Jessica-Rose Clark (126) vs. Jessica Eye (126)Daichi Abe …
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Olympic Judo Champ Kayla Harrison Rolls in MMA Debut; Will Brooks Back on Track at PFL 2

She wasn’t in the main event, but in her much-anticipated MMA debut, two-time Olympic judo champion Kayla Harrison was positively golden.

Thursday night at Professional Fight League 2 inside the Chicago Theatre, Harrison (1-0 MMA, 1-0 PFL) ran roughshod over Brittney Elkin (3-5 MMA, 0-1 PFL) in their lightweight contest, locking up a fight-ending armbar at 3:18 to elicit the tap and gain her first career win in the cage.

The 27-year-old Harrison, who took Olympic gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro games at 172 pounds, immediately rushed Elkin into the fence, hit an inside trip and began delivering powerful punches before moving to mount. The Middleton, Ohio, native, who has taken up training with American Top Team in Florida, then switched from a rear-naked choke to an over-the-top armbar, broke Elkin’s grip and forced her to concede.

"The waiting before the fight is the hardest part. You go through a million scenarios in your head but once I got here…

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Jake Ellenberger Knows He’s Not Done Fighting, Targeting Late August Return

When Jake Ellenberger first appeared in the Ultimate Fighting Championship back in 2009, the then-newcomer nearly took out established welterweight Carlos Condit in his Octagon debut.

“The Juggernaut” was a kind of new breed at the time, a competent if not dangerous striker with a proficient wrestling base. And Ellenberger was knocking people out, cold.

Those days seem firmly in the rearview mirror at this point, with Ellenberger going an uninspired 2-7 in his last nine fights. Mind you, many of those losses were to highly-ranked welterweights, however they were brutal defeats, with Ellenberger being violently knocked out in his last three fights.

But the UFC veteran isn’t ready to hang up the gloves just yet, despite dropping another loss recently, this time by first round TKO against Ben Saunders at UFC Fight Night 131 in Upstate New York on June 1 (via MMAJunkie.com):

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Tyron Woodley: Pressure Fighters Like Colby Covington Get Knocked Out

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight king Tyron Woodley packs some serious power, having put away the likes of Robbie Lawler, Josh Koscheck and Jay Hieron with punches during his mixed martial arts career.

Woodley sees a pattern of the type of pressuring fighters he knocks out, compared to more subtle and elusive opponents like Steven Thompson, who usually take the champ the distance. As for newly-minted interim welterweight champion Colby Covington, Woodley sees “Chaos” as more of the former kind of opponent (from the UFC Unfiltered Podcast:)

“Fighters that press me like that have been the ones that get knocked out. Koscheck was one and got knocked out. Robbie (Lawler) is a pressure fighter. He got knocked out. I’ve fought a guy like him before. These are people I call The Walking Dead. They know they have to get a takedown.”

“His ground is terrible. When you think about all those attributes, I’ve said this before, put your chin on the treadmill. Show me …

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PFL 2 Weigh-in Pics, Video & Results: Will Brooks, Luiz Firmino Cleared for Headliner

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PFL 2 will take place at the Chicago Theather on Thursday and has have a seasonal format in which fighters will compete for a $1 million prize and a championship.

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Trainer Firas Zahabi Would Offer GSP Sparring Partners $5K for Knockouts, Takedowns

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When Georges St. Pierre was in his heyday, maintaining a high level of intensity during training sessions sometimes required some creativity.

St. Pierre established himself as one of the UFC’s biggest stars during a lengthy reign as welterweight champion, and as a result, training partners in the gym would often be reticent to go hard against him during sparring. Tristar Gym trainer Firas Zahabi explained the situation during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s JRE MMA Show podcast.

“We reach those high intensity levels periodically through the year, and we have to do it a certain way so that it’s fun. Georges was on your show, and he was saying I was trying to kill him in the practice room. He’s right, but I do it so rarely,” Zahabi said. “I do it so periodically. I make it a joke. I brought the guys in a room, and I was watching them spar with Georges, and they don’t want to touch his face. This is when…

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Rizin 12 to Include Yusuke Yachi, UFC Vet Hatsu Hioki, Invicta Matchmaker Kaitlin Young

Yusuke Yachi, Hatsu Hioki, Kaitlin Young will be among those competing at Rizin 12 on Aug. 12.

The Japanese promotion announced several matchups for the card during a recent press conference. Rizin 12 takes place in Nagoya, Japan and is headlined by a lightweight showdown between Yachi and Bruno Carvalho.

The 26-year-old Yachi has reeled off a six-bout winning streak that includes triumphs over the likes of Diego Nunes, Takanori Gomi and Daron Cruickshank. The 36-year-old Carvalho owns a 10-5 career record but hasn’t competed since October 2016.

Meanwhile, Hioki will square off against Mikuru Asakura in a featured featherweight duel. An eight-time UFC veteran, Hioki is coming off back-to-back losses under the Pancrase banner in 2017.

“I debated about returning to the ring, but this is a big event in my home town against a young up and coming opponent,” Hioki said. “At the end of the day, there was no reason for me to turn down the fight.”

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UFC Contracts Awarded to Record Four Fighters on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series

Alliance MMA's Matt "Robo" Sayles makes it five finishes in five fights here at #DWTNCS, dropping Yazan Hajeh with a straight right and stopping him from the mount. He moves to 7-1 with six KOs. pic.twitter.com/alIe7PhGZ6

— Kyle Johnson (@Maldobabo) June 20, 2018

Anthony Hernandez could not have done more to impress the powers that be with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The undefeated MMA Gold Fight Team middleweight obliterated Jordan Wright with first-round punches on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas. Hernandez (7-0) brought it to a close 40 seconds into Round 1.

Wright (9-1) was in over his head. Hernandez cracked “The Beverly Hills Ninja” with a thudding right, then flurried and separated. A left hook sent a dazed Wright to the mat and left him vulnerable to the attack that followed. Hernandez capitalized on the opening, a burst of right hands knocking his adversary unconsci…

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Dana White’s Contender Series ‘Season 2, Week 2’ Play-by-Play & Results

Sherdog's live Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series play-by-play kicks off at 8 p.m. ET.

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Strawweights Angela Hill, Alexa Grasso Booked for UFC Fight Night Lincoln on Aug. 25

Angela Hill will square off against Alexa Grasso in a strawweight contest at UFC Fight Night 135 on Aug. 25.

The promotion confirmed the pairing on Tuesday evening. UFC Fight Night 135 takes place at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., and is headlined by a lightweight clash between Justin Gaethje and Al Iaquinta.

Hill, the former Invicta FC 115-pound queen, has alternated wins and losses in her last four Octagon appearances. “The Ultimate Fighter 20” cast member last appeared at UFC on Fox 28, where she captured a unanimous decision victory against Maryna Moroz on Feb. 24.

A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Grasso is 2-2 thus far during her promotional tenure. Most recently, the 24-year-old was submitted 2:44 into the opening stanza by Tatiana Suarez at UFC Fight Night 129 on May 19.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Expects Next Fight to Be in Vegas, Vows to ‘Destroy’ Conor McGregor

Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t yet have a date or foe for his first UFC lightweight title defense, but signs are pointing toward Conor McGregor being his next dance partner in the Octagon.

"I do not know yet who will be my opponent. The battle is likely to take place in Las Vegas,” Nurmagomedov told Russian outlet Sport24. “I want to fight McGregor, the fans are also waiting for this fight. I hope that Conor wants this fight. He talked a lot, but for some reason, as soon as it came to real negotiations about the fight, he fell silent.”

McGregor’s silence has occurred in part due to legal issues stemming from his attack on a charter bus prior to UFC 223 in April. The Irishman was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief after throwing a dolly through a bus window and injuring fighters Ray Borg and Michael Chiesa. His team is currently working on a plea deal, and the “Notorious” is due back in court on July 26.

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UFC Fight Night Boise Update: Niko Price Announces Fight with Randy Brown on Social Media

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The UFC Fight Night 133 lineup will apparently expand to 14 bouts, as Niko Price will square off against Randy Brown in a welterweight clash on July 14.

Price recently revealed the pairing in the comments section of an Instagram post. The matchup has not yet been formally announced by the promotion. UFC Fight Night 133 takes place at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho and is headlined by a heavyweight scrap between Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov.

The 28-year-old Price has lost just once in 13 professional outings, a second-round submission defeat at the hands of Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night 119 last October. “The Hybrid” has since rebounded, tapping out George Sullivan with a rear-naked choke in the second stanza at UFC on Fox 27.

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Sage Northcut vs. Zak Ottow Official for UFC Fight Night 133 in Boise on July 14

A welterweight tilt pitting Sage Northcutt against Zak Ottow has been officially added to the UFC Fight Night 133 lineup.

The matchup was announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion on Monday. UFC Fight Night 133 takes place at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, on July 14 and is headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov.

Northcutt is coming off back-to-back decision victories over Thibault Gouti and Michel Quinones in his last two Octagon appearances. The 22-year-old Team Alpha Male product is 5-2 during his promotional tenure and 10-2 as a professional overall.

Ottow, meanwhile, last appeared at UFC 222, where he sent Mike Pyle into retirement with a first-round technical knockout. The 31-year-old known as “The Barbarian” is 3-2 in the Octagon and 16-5 since beginning his MMA career in 2012. Ten of Ottow’s triumphs have come by way of submission.

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19-Year UFC Veteran Cutman Leon Tabbs Dies at 86

Leon Tabbs, who worked as the lone cutman at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s inaugural event, died on Friday in Atlanta at 86 years old.

His son, Bruce, confirmed his death to multiple outlets over the weekend. Tabbs worked with the UFC as a cutman for 19 years before retiring in 2012 at the age of 80. His final event with the Las Vegas-based promotion was UFC on FX at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on June 22, 2012.

“Our father is our hero,” Bruce said in a statement given to MMAjunkie.com. “He lived a simple life enjoying it to the fullest and deserved all he earned, and more, and earned all he received. Family, boxing, and friends and laughter were his life.”

Tabbs was also well known for his work in boxing, serving as a cutman for some of the sport’s biggest events, including multiple fights involving Bernard Hopkins. According to mixedmartialarts.com, Tabbs had professional boxing aspirations of his own before he was drafted for the Korean War. Dur…

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Two Matchups Added to UFC Fight Night 133 Lineup in Boise

A pair of bouts have been added to the UFC Fight Night 133 lineup, as Raoni Barcelos will face Kurt Holobaugh at featherweight and Mark Delarosa will square off against Elias Garcia at bantamweight.

The matchups were recently announced by CenturyLink Arena, the venue for the event. UFC Fight Night 133 takes place in Boise, Idaho on July 14 and is headlined by a heavyweight showdown pitting Junior dos Santos against Blagoy Ivanov.

A former Resurrection Fighting Alliance title holder, Barcelos hasn’t competed since October 2016, when he scored a second-round knockout of Dan Moret at RFA 45 to improve to improve to 11-1 in his professional career. Holobaugh, a former Titan FC champion, appeared on Season 1 of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, where he garnered a first-round stoppage of Matt Bessette; Holobaugh’s victory was later changed to a no contest due to his failure to disclose use of an IV before the fight.

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Andre Ewell Brabo Choke Taps Dinis Paiva, Brings Vacant CES MMA Bantamweight Crown

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Andre Ewell made the most of the narrowest of openings.

The Apex MMA representative countered a takedown attempt with a tight brabo choke and submitted hometown favorite Dinis Paiva to capture the vacant CES MMA bantamweight championship in the third round of their CES 50 headliner on Friday at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Ewell (13-4, 1-0 CES MMA) brought it to a close 36 seconds into Round 3.

Paiva (11-7, 11-7 CES MMA) staggered the King of the Cage veteran with a left cross and kept him off-balance with repeated takedowns in the first round. That set the stage for the remarkable second. Ewell rattled the Team Sityodtong standout with a multi-punch burst and opened a cut near his right eye, as he appeared to seize momentum. However, Paiva bounced back late in the frame and nearly submitted the Californian with a rea…

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Jorge Masvidal Eviscerates Neil Magny, Kamaru Usman While Looking for Fight

Jorge Masvidal is having trouble getting a fight, and now “Gamebred” is targeting every Top 5 welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in order to get one.

Masvidal continued his campaign in eviscerating the entire welterweight division, taking aim at Kamaru Usman and Neil Magny in particular, all in an effort to finally get another fight.

“I’m going to get somebody at some point or another, whether it be a top-10 guy or not. Somebody’s face is going to get dismantled.”

Gamebred hasn’t fought once yet this year after ending 2017 on a disappointing two-fight losing streak. However, one of those losses was a split decision defeat to perennial top five welterweight Demain Maia and the other was a decision loss to Stephen Thompson. Prior to those losses, Masvidal earned perhaps the biggest victory of his entire mixed martial arts career after stopping Donald Cerrone, snapping his four-fight winning streak and becoming the first man to beat him at 170 pounds.…

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Michael ‘Venom’ Page Scores Spectacular Knockout in Second Pro Boxing Bout

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Bellator MMA welterweight Michael Page had his second professional boxing match in his native London on Friday, and once again scored a knockout victory.

“Venom,” who made his successful boxing debut last October, took on woefully overmatched Michal Ciach in a light heavyweight contest. Page (13-0 MMA) took Ciach out just 18 seconds into the second round to advance his boxing record to 2-0. The bout was promoted by British boxing legend and former two-time world champion David Haye.

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— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) June 15, 2018

“MVP’s” latest victim sports a dismal 1-6 boxing record, which mirrors the criticism Page has faced since beginning his professional combat sports career. Throughout Page’s nine fights in Bellator, only recently has he taken on opponents that wouldn’t be described as “journeymen.” Bellator has been criticize…

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UFC Attorney Denies Low Figures For UFC 225’s PPV Buy Rate

In this story from Wednesday, the @ufc disputed our reported PPV buys for UFC 225. Here’s the update: McGregor due in New York court Thursday for bus-attack hearing https://t.co/PcC5wOhqNG

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) June 14, 2018

UFC 225 featured two title fights and several big names, but initial reports regarding its pay-per-view buy rate were still alarmingly low.

Despite an interim welterweight and middleweight championship bouts, UFC 225 reportedly did less than 150,000 PPV buys, however now the Ultimate Fighting Championship is claiming otherwise.

While it’s no secret that recent UFC’s PPVs have taken a huge hit in viewership over the last few years, less than 150,000 buys is still a remarkably low and disappointing figure for the world’s leading MMA promotion. The only other PPVs that do those kind of numbers are reportedly headlined by 125-pound champion and pound-for-pound king Demetrious Johnson, but that’s a convers…

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