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Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki continues to build out its forthcoming card, adding another lightweight bout to its next bill this week.

Friday, Poland’s preeminent MMA company announced that KSW 43 will feature a 155-pound contest between recent promotional title challenger Norman Parke and Polish veteran Lukasz Chlewicki. KSW 43 is scheduled for April 14 at Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland, headlined by Olympic wrestling bronze medalist squaring off with Yannick Bahati.

Parke, 30, is fresh off a highly controversial two-fight series with KSW lightweight champion Mateusz Gamrot. In their first confrontation this past May, “Stormin’ Norman” dropped a contentious unanimous verdict to “Gamer,” which led to a rematch at KSW 40 in October. In the second go-around, after missing weight, was repeatedly eye poked by Gamrot, leading referee Marc Goddard to declare a No Contest in the second round

After the bout officially ended, things got uglier as one of Gamrot’s cornermen, …

The bantamweight title is on the line in May! @Amanda_Leoa takes on @RockyPMMA in the main event at #UFC224 in Rio! pic.twitter.com/yB8Gu4BEzJ

— UFC (@ufc) March 8, 2018

Despite Dana White all but confirming a super fight between Amanda Nunes and Cris Cyborg, that bout, for now, will have to wait after the Ultimate Fighting Championship officially announced that Nunes will instead defend her bantamweight belt against No. 8 ranked Raquel Pennington.

Pennington (9-5) has slowly worked her way up the bantamweight rankings and is currently on a four-fight winning streak. She has notable wins against Miesha Tate and Jessica Andrade. Pennington hasn’t fought since November 2016 at UFC 205, where she earned a unanimous decision victory against Tate.

Nunes (15-4) has won six fights in a row and will return to her homeland of Brazil to fight for the first time since 2015. Nunes is coming off a split decision nod over Valentina Shevchenko in h…

Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight Ion Cutelaba has accepted a U.S. Anti-Doping Association suspension that will put him on the sidelines for no less than six months.

Thursday, USADA unveiled a press release that the promotion will pull “The Hulk” on the sidelines for half of a calendar year. According to the statement released by USADA, Cutelaba admitted that he underwent ozone therapy on paperwork associated with two separate of out-of-competition drug tests conducted Oct. 18 and 19 of last year.

“The WADA Prohibited List prohibits the administration or reintroduction of blood or red blood cell products of any origin or quantity in the circulatory system, unless a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption has been obtained,” USADA’s official release wrote. “While Cutelaba was unaware of the violation and declared the treatment on his doping control paperwork, he was unable to refute the documentation provided.”

Due to his admission, the Moldovan native’s sus…

Credit: James Goyder Credit: James Goyder Credit: James Goyder Credit: James Goyder The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts has a championship tripleheader lined up for Friday and like proper professionals, all of the particulars hit their marks on the scales Thursday.

BAMMA 34 goes down tomorrow, March 9, at the SSE Arena, Wembley, in London.

Both main eventers, promotional welterweight champ Alex Lohore (168.6) and challenger Terry Brazier (169) easily tipped the beam in fashion, while predictably in the heavyweight co-feature, undefeated prospect Chi Lewis-Parry (249) and veteran brawler Stav Economou (263) both came in under the limit for their interim title bout. The injured Brett McDermott remains BAMMA’s heavyweight champion.

Elsewhere, unbeaten Tim Barnett (155) and opponent Rhys McKee (154.6) both clocked in appropriately for their lightweight title clash.

BAMMA 34 also features the fourth pro bout of highly-touted Fabian Edwards (186), the yo…

French prospect Salahdine Parnasse will meet Artur Sowinski in his sophomore KSW appearance, Sherdog.com confirmed with a promotion official.

KSW 43 takes place in Wroclaw, Poland, on April 14, and will see hometown favorite Damian Janikowski headline the card against Yannick Bahati. Additionally, Roberto Soldic will defend the welterweight strap against Dricus Du Plessis.

Parnasse was successful in his first promotional foray, as he took a majority verdict over Lukasz Rajewski at KSW 41 on Dec. 23. The 20-year-old owns a 10-0-1 career mark since beginning his professional tenure in 2015.

Sowinski, a longtime KSW veteran, is coming off a third-round submission defeat to Kleber Koike Erbst at KSW 41. The 30-year-old Pole is 18-9 with two no contests over the course of his pro tenure.

Strawweight Cynthia Calvillo will be able to return to action soon after testing positive for marijuana at UFC 219.

USADA announced on Wednesday that Calvillo received a six-month suspension for her anti-doping violation. That suspension can be reduced to three months if she completes a USADA-approved drug awareness and management program.

According to a release, “Calvillo officially tested positive for carboxy-THC, the pharmacologically-active metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish, above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL, stemming from an in-competition sample collected on December 30, 2017.”

At a minimum, Calvillo will be suspended until March 30 if she completes the program. If not, her sanction will last until June 30. Additionally, Calvillo faces punishment from the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Calvillo suffered her first loss in seven professional appearances at UFC 219, dropping a unanimous decision to former champion Carla Esparza. The Team Alph…

Georgi Karakhanyan has signed with Russian promotion Absolute Championship Berkut.

The organization confirmed the signing via social media on Wednesday. The 12-time Bellator veteran recently parted ways with the California-based organization. A date for Karakhanyan’s ACB debut is not yet certain.

Karakhanyan exited his second Bellator stint with losses in two of his last three bouts. Most recently, “Insane” suffered a unanimous decision loss to Henry Corrales at Bellator 192 on Jan. 20.

The Milennia MMA representative captured World Series of Fighting gold with a third-round submission of Lance Palmer in December 2013. He relinquished the title in a loss to Rick Glenn at WSOF before signing with Bellator for a second time, where he went 4-4 over the course of three years.

Welcome to the ACB @georgimma Georgi Karakhanyan! pic.twitter.com/jJAuOXVJou

— #ACB82 (@ACB_League) March 7, 2018

It appears that justice was served for Tim Means -- at least financially.

A little more than a month after “The Dirty Bird” dropped a split decision to Sergio Moraes at UFC Fight Night 125 in Belem, Brazil, the New Mexico-based welterweight says the Las Vegas-based promotion has paid him a win bonus for the bout. Salary figures from the event were not disclosed.

“Thank you [UFC] and [Dana White} for sending me my win bonus,” wrote Means.

According to the official scorecards, judges Phillipe Iorio and Tony Weeks saw the fight 29-28 in favor of Moraes, while Marcos Rosales submitted a 29-28 tally for Means. That wasn’t necessarily the popular opinion: 13 of the 14 unofficial media scorecards tracked by MMADecisions.com had Means winning.

Means has tasted victory just once in his last five Octagon appearances, a three-round verdict over Alex Garcia at UFC Fight Night 112. The FIT-NHB representative is 9-7 with one no contest during his tenure with the pr…

Tony Martin will lock horns with Keita Nakamura at UFC Fight Night 128.

Promotion officials announced the welterweight pairing on Tuesday. UFC Fight Night 128 takes place in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 21 and is headlined by a lightweight clash between Kevin Lee and Edson Barboza. The main card will be televised on Fox Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Martin saw a three-bout winning streak come to an end in his most recent outing, as he dropped a split decision to Olivier Aubin-Mercier at UFC Fight Night 116. The 28-year-old is 4-4 during his promotional tenure and is 12-4 as a professional overall. Eight of his career triumphs have come by way of submission.

Nakamura, meanwhile, appeared just once in 2017, taking a split decision over Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night 117. The 33-year-old Tokyo native has competed in organizations such as Deep, Shooto and Sengoku while compiling a 33-8-2 record over the course of a tenure that begain in 2003.

After transitioning successfully down to the 125-pound division last month, former bantamweight title contender Valentina Shevchenko is focused on capturing the flyweight title later this year.

Shevchenko (15-3) is coming off an impressive submission victory over Priscila Cachoeira in Belem, Brazil, in her flyweight debut while earning a performance of the night bonus.

The Peruvian recently posted on Twitter a picture of the current flyweight rankings and suggested she’d like to face the current champion Nicco Montano at UFC 225 in Chicago on June 9.

Waiting on the date for my next fight.Would be happy to come back to Chicago again ! #UFC225 June 9 #Chicago #125 #FightForTheBelt @danawhite @ufc @Mickmaynard2 pic.twitter.com/zdZKpkC93E

— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) March 5, 2018

Shevchenko has fond memories of fighting in Chicago at the United Center, where she defeated former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm in a f…

Brian Ortega’s emphatic victory over Frankie Edgar at UFC 222 all but assured him of receiving the next featherweight title shot, but still, “T-City” didn’t want to take anything for granted.

“I’ve been told, but I really want to talk to the main bosses to find out if that’s true before I get too excited” Ortega said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “I don’t want to get too excited then have it get shut down. Then I’m gonna be heartbroken. In my opinion, I feel like that should be the next fight.”

Ortega’s appearance on the dais wasn’t far apart from that of UFC President Dana White, who told media that he would book Ortega vs. Max Holloway “immediately” once the reigning featherweight champ is cleared to compete.

While it may have seemed like a foregone conclusion to the rest of the MMA world, Ortega appears to have received the confirmation he needed.

“I am getting the shot for Holloway. I just got off the phone with Dana White. He said I’…

The vacant Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki heavyweight title will be up for grabs when Michal Andryszak squares off with Philip De Fries at KSW 43 on April 14.

A promotion official confirmed the pairing to Sherdog.com on Monday. KSW 43 takes place in Wroclaw, Poland and will see hometown favorite Damian Janikowski headline the card against an as-yet-to-be announced opponent. Additionally, Roberto Soldic will defend the welterweight strap against Dricus Du Plessis.

Andryszak is currently on a six-fight tear that includes triumphs over Fernando Rodrigues Jr. and Michal Kita under the KSW banner. The 25-year-old Pole has finished each of those six opponents inside of a round and has earned all but one of his 20 career triumphs inside the distance. In fact, “Longer” has not seen the judges’ scorecards in any of his 27 professional bouts.

De Fries, meanwhile, will make his KSW debut riding the momentum of a two-fight winning streak. The 31-year-old Englishman last appe…

Not much was expected of Yana Kunitskaya in the UFC 222 headliner, but for one fleeting moment, she had Cristiane Justino on the defensive.

After being rocked by a right hand in an initial exchange, the former Invicta FC titlist dove low for a takedown and was able to take “Cyborg” to the canvas. The Brazilian then rolled to her knees and attempted to crawl away. When she tried to stand, Kunitskaya briefly jumped on her back.

It didn’t last, however, as Justino was able to free herself from the predicament in relatively short order. Kunistkaya never really had an opportunity to attempt a rear-naked choke.

“It’s why I’m so sad, because I feel I can control this fight at some points,” Kunitskaya said at the post-fight press conference. “But what happened, everyone saw.”

Once the combatants resumed trading on the feet, it was only a matter of time before “Cyborg” asserted herself. Justino floored Kunitskaya with another big right hand and ended the conte…

Frankie Edgar was supposed to receive his third featherweight title shot at UFC 222, but an injury to reigning champion Max Holloway spoiled those plans.

Rather than bow out of the event altogether, Edgar elected to accepted a dangerous bout against Brian Ortega, with the winner moving on to face Holloway at a later date. What resulted was a disheartening defeat for the 36-year-old New Jersey native, as he was finished for the first time in his 29-fight career. The end came in devastating fashion: Ortega rocked Edgar with a standing elbow, floored him with a massive uppercut and sealed the victory with a pair of hammerfists on the mat 4:44 into round one.

After the fight, Holloway took to Twitter to offer praise for “The Answer.”

“You had nothing to gain from taking that fight [Frankie Edgar]. But you took it; you defended what you already earned,” Holloway wrote. “There’s no belt for sacrificing everything, but true fans and Jersey knows no belt can outshi…

It may have looked like a cakewalk for Cristiane Justino against Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222, but that’s not how “Cyborg” prepared.

“I was ready for five rounds, and I didn’t know what Yana was going to do in the fight,” Justino said in a backstage interview on UFC.com. “But I was prepared for everything. I always think it’s going to be more rounds. I’m really happy with this fight.”

Justino barely broke a sweat in her second successful title defense, as she rocked Kunitskaya with her first punch of the fight, weathered an early takedown attempt and ultimately overwhelmed the Russian with heavy hands for a technical knockout victory at the 3:25 mark of round one. The 34-year-old Brazilian improved to 5-0 in the UFC, and only Holly Holm has been able to make it to the final bell against the Chute Boxe representative.

Before Justino agreed to face Kunitskaya on short notice to give UFC 222 a championship headliner following Max Holloway’s withdrawal from the c…

Sherdog's live UFC 222 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Leandro Higo may have been a deserving challenger, but Darrion Caldwell made him look like something less.

Caldwell retained the Bellator MMA bantamweight championship and did so in resounding fashion, as he submitted Higo with a guillotine choke in the first round of their Bellator 195 headliner on Friday at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Higo (18-4, 1-2 Bellator) conceded defeat 2:36 into Round 1, submitting for the first time in his 22-fight career.

After the two men traded low kicks, Caldwell (12-1, 9-1 Bellator) swooped in for a pair of takedowns, the second more secure than the first. Higo attempted to rise to an upright position but left his neck exposed in the process. Caldwell bit down on a crouching guillotine against the fence, moved to a mounted position and prompted the tapout.

Now operating out of the Alliance MMA camp, Caldwell has rattled off three straight wins.

In the bantamweight co-main event, onetime Pacific Xtreme Co…

Bellator MMA didn’t waste any time finding an opponent for the promotion’s most recent free agent signing.

On Thursday, the company revealed that it had inked long-time welterweight standout and former Ultimate Fighting Championship title challenger Jon Fitch to a multi-fight deal. Just a day later, Bellator MMA has revealed that Fitch will make his promotional debut at Bellator 199 on May 12, taking on British banger Paul Daley in a welterweight affair at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.

The Fitch-Daley clash is expected to be the co-feature of the Bellator 199 bill, which is headlined by the Bellator heavyweight world grand prix quarterfinal bout between Ryan Bader and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.

Fitch, who turned 40 years old on Feb. 24, has won six of his last seven bouts. Since succumbing to a kneebar from Rousimar Palhares in their December 2014 World Series of Fighting welterweight title bout, the former Purdue Boilermaker wrestler has won four in a row, kn…

Sherdog's live Bellator 195 play-by-play kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

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Credit: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Credit: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Credit: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Unsurprisingly, after his nasty second-round knockout loss to Jeremy Stephens, Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight Josh Emmett is facing a potentially lengthy sit on the sidelines.

On Friday, the Florida State Boxing Commission released its list of 14 fighters facing medical suspensions following UFC on Fox 28, which took place last Saturday night at the Amway Center in Orlando. The 32-year-old Emmett was at the forefront of the list, facing a potential 180 days on the shelf unless otherwise cleared by a physician.

The Team Alpha Male product enjoyed a successful first round in his clash against Stephens, even dropping “Lil Heathen” late in the frame on a short right hand. However, disaster - - and controversy - - struck in the second stanza when Stephens levelled Emmett with a left hand and opened up with a torrent of elbows. As Emmett tried to scramble back to his …

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The Bellator 195 headliner was made official at Thursday’s weigh-ins, as Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (134.7) and challenger Leandro Higo (134.2) hit their marks in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

The bout will mark Caldwell’s first defense since claiming the title with a unanimous decision conquest of Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 184 last November.

Bellator 195 kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. ET from Winstar World Casino and Resort. The prelims will stream live on Sherdog.com and the main card will air exclusively on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET.

Bellator 195 Weigh-in Results: Darrion Caldwell (134.7) vs. Leandro Higo (134.2)Joe Warren (135.8) vs. Joe Taimanglo (135.8)Emily Ducote (124.5) vs. Kristina Williams (125.2)Juan Archuleta (144.5) vs. William Joplin (144.9)Fernando Gonzalez (174.8) vs. Armando Servin (171.2)Cris Williams (145.8) vs. Daniel Carey (145.4)Romero Cotton (185.4) v…

Outspoken lightweight Kevin Lee believes that if Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov were to ever fight inside the Octagon, it would be the Irishman, not the Russian raising his hand.

Although for that fight to happen in the near future, Nurmagomedov will have to get past one of the most dangerous men in the division in Ultimate Fighting Championship interim lightweight ace in Tony Ferguson at UFC 223 on April 7.

Lee fought Ferguson at UFC 216 back in October last year and was outclassed, eventually succumbing to a triangle choke in the third round.

Lee recently spoke to MMA NYTT on the matchup and why he believes that “The Notorious” would find success against “The Eagle.”

“Yeah, I think Conor would get him, and it would blow people’s minds, and it would blow him out of proportion, they would think Conor’s just some fu--ing magical god or some whatever, because people are stupid anyway. But, in the real of what it is, Khabib is very hittable. He has a lo…

Miesha Tate isn’t buying the “changed man” routine from Jon Jones anymore.

The retired former UFC bantamweight queen wasn’t impressed with Jones’ defense during his California State Athletic Commission hearing on Tuesday, where “Jonny Bones” expressed complete confusion as to how the anabolic steroid Turinabol got in his system just prior to UFC 214.

“To purposely do steroids like a week before a fight and ruin all those months talking to all those kids, it would just be stupid,” Jones said during the hearing. “I’m absolutely not the same person I was three years ago when I got into a hit-and-run car accident.

"You can call me many things. You can call me a party boy, wild child, knucklehead … but a cheater is something I will never admit to,” Jones later added. “That’s something I’ll never say that I am."

Ultimately, the CSAC fined Jones $205,000 and revoked his license. Jones won’t be able to reapply for a license until August at the earliest. Howev…