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Darrion Caldwell vs. Kyoji Horiguchi Credit: Bellator MMA With the ESPN era of the UFC coming to an end, there has been a noticeable lack of Fight of the Night bonuses awarded, with the promotion selecting performance bonuses instead more often than not. For the fourth consecutive event, that was the case on Saturday, with […]
Ian Garry and Khamzat Chimaev, UFC Qatar Credit: Ian Machado Garry/Instagram The UFC staff and security team were quick to separate two of the promotion’s biggest stars backstage after UFC Qatar on Saturday. The promotion’s debut in Doha featured Ian Machado Garry in the co-main event, a fight that saw the Irish welterweight earn a […]
Bekzat Almakhan vs. Aleksandre Topuria, UFC Qatar Credit: UFC In bantamweight action at UFC Qatar on Saturday, Aleksandre Topuria, brother of lightweight champion Ilia, took on Bekzat Almakhan of Kazakhstan. Topuria, with just seven professional fights to his name, entered with exactly half of Almakhan’s experience. It was Topuria who pressed forward early, and for […]
Denzel Freeman, UFC Qatar weigh-in Credit: Youtube/UFC Marek Bujilo and Denzel Freeman are the newest additions to the UFC’s heavyweight division. They will debut opposite each other this Saturday at UFC Qatar, on a card headlined by lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker. Ian Machado Garry and Belal Muhammad star in the co-main event, in […]
Shem Rock Credit: Oktagon MMA The English Shem Rock (Shaqueme Rock) may not be unknown to MMA fans. He has recently been competing in Oktagon MMA, has won multiple regional titles and has been fighting professionally for almost a decade. He is one of several debuting fighters at UFC Qatar on Saturday, where he takes […]
Luke Riley, UFC Qatar weigh-in Credit: Youtube/UFC Luke Riley is one of several new UFC fighters making their debut on Saturday’s UFC Qatar preliminary card. Riley faces Bogdan Grad in his debut, on a card headlined by lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker. Luke RileyStanding at a height of one and a half metersFighting at […]
Credit: Legacy Fighting Alliance The vacant Legacy Fighting Alliance welterweight title was on the line in the main event of Friday’s LFA 223. Jonathan Piersma and Luis Francischinelli threw to claim the 170-pound championship, previously held by fighters like Gabriel Bonfim, Carlos Leal and Jason Jackson. After previously appearing on Road to UFC, Piersma wanted […]
Credit: ONE Championship A week after a successful return to Japan, ONE Championship was in action with ONE Friday Fights 134 back at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Two MMA fights kicked off the night before giving way to a full slate of Muay Thai action. One lucky winner that night would take home a […]
Arman Tsarukyan, UFC 317 weigh-in Credit: Eddie Law/Cageside Press The UFC makes its debut this Saturday in Doha, Qatar with a solid main card headlined by lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Dan “The Hangman” Hooker. UFC Qatar also sees a key welterweight fight in the co-main event, pitting Ian Machado Garry against former champion and number […]
Alonzo Menifield walks into UFC Qatar on Saturday night with the swagger of a man finally breaking through the light heavyweight ceiling, and he gets his biggest test yet in former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir. “He’s ‘No Time,’ so I think he’s going to come out and hurt me and that’s where I can get […]
