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Dana White’s Contender Series – Preview and weigh-in results
While the lighter weight classes have gotten most of the shine so far (even with middleweight being the biggest beneficiary to date), this week’s edition of Contender Series offers two light heavyweight fights. Even better, there’s a chance for a new female bantamweight to fight under the big bright lights…
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Invicta 36: Pam Sorenson vs Kaitlin Young Preview
After a brief hiatus, Invicta FC is set for another well-scouted and well-matched card from top to bottom. Main event honors go to two of the most rugged athletes on the roster, possibly two of the toughest women in the game today. Kaitlin Young (10-9, 1 draw) will be up…
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PFL 2019 Week 6: Heavyweights and light heavyweights preview
PFL’s regular season comes to a close this week, with heavyweights, light heavyweights, and a nice bantamweight showcase thrown in for good measure. After this week’s card is in the books, PFL and its fighters take a sabbatical until October 11th—to begin the playoffs. All leading to the grand finale…
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MMA Rundown, August 2-3: Island Fights, Combate Americas, LFA and M-1 keeping more than busy
This weekend is a busy one, with lots of wild matchups and some interesting action that’s going under the radar. Of course, we’re here to go through some of the brighter spots. Florida’s Island Fights has recently been funneling some talent over to Contender Series for a while, and they…
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ONE Championship: Dawn of Heroes preview – Alvarez and Mighty Mouse return
What is arguably Asia’s biggest organization is, once again, setting up camp in Manila for a stacked card featuring some top-shelf international talent. Including former UFC champions Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez. With Alvarez returning to the promotion’s lightweight Grand Prix as an injury replacement, following his shocking first round…
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Preview – RIZIN 17: Several UFC veterans feature in a great summer card
RIZIN’s return to the Saitama Super Arena may be somewhat overshadowed by this week’s UFC card, but there’s a lot to look forward to on this one. Krazy Bee standout Yusuke Yachi (20-8) returns after a loss to Wanderlei Silva understudy Luiz Gustavo and an eye cut injury against Johnny…
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MMA Rundown: July 26th-28th – CES, LFA and Shooto Brazil bring the goods this weekend
Oh, hey. Almost didn’t see you guys there. How’ve you been? Yeah, it’s been a while, but we’re back with the weekend preview feature. And it’s a good one. Shooto Brazil is back in the rotation with a title fight headliner featuring Valmir Lázaro (18-7) against Ricardo Souza (11-5) for…
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PFL 2019 #5: Regular Season – Wade vs Aliev preview
While PFL hasn’t had a lot of trouble with injuries this year, they’ve run into multiple setbacks concerning fighters not passing medicals and/or missing weight for events. And boy howdy, the weight thing is really becoming a recurring problem. Especially since in the PFL system, if a fighter misses weight,…
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Preview – PFL 2019: Week 4 – Kaufman’s fight is cancelled, Kayla Harrison returns
PFL graces our screens again this week, with a set of men’s welterweights and women’s lightweights. The ongoing tournament has led to some compelling matchups, particularly in the welterweight division, where former Contender Series standout Chris Curtis (21-5) will test himself against dogged Dagestani grappler Magomed Magomedkerimov, who is also…
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Preview – PFL 2019 #3: Magalhães vs Sordi
PFL returns to Nassau Coliseum this week to begin the heavyweight and light heavyweight portions of their season, and there’s a lot of heavy hitters to keep your eye on. Former M-1 champ, UFC vet and 2018 PFL runner up Vinny Magalhães (18-10) had a great 2018 run, blazing through…