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Contender Series 2022: Week 9 preview, weigh-in results
2022 continues to be a good year for UFC recruitment. This week, we have an honest-to-god interesting middleweight fight at the top, and some odd—and hopefully exciting—matchups to fill the rest of the DWCS (Dana White’s Contender Series) card. Leon Aliu (10-1) vs Brunno Ferreira (8-0) The main fight is…
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Dana White’s Contender Series 2022: Week 5 preview, weigh-in results
Contender Series (DWCS) has been delivering hard this year, but this may be the most middle-of-the-road edition so far. Not that the fights themselves are bad (although there is some… odd stuff here), but they’re perhaps not quite as intriguing or have as many talents with a higher level of…
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PFL 2022 Playoffs: Harrison vs Jindrová preview and weigh-in results
PFL nears its end for 2022, and they continue to assemble cards that not only sort out the current field, but plant some seeds for next year. Kayla Harrison (14-0) has had some clear intentions to challenge herself to the fullest, whether it’s in the PFL cage or not. But…
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Bellator 284: Gracie vs Yamauchi preview, weigh-ins
Bellator’s event this week will be sorting out some matters with a handful of matches that have strong divisional implications. But that doesn’t mean that they’re lacking in the potential action department. Unfortunately, a few fighters missed weight. But it may not affect things in a grave manner. Neiman Gracie…
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Bellator 283: Lima vs Jackson preview, weigh-in results
Bellator returns to the West Coast for a banger of a card packed some feisty prospects, all in hopes of moving along their divisions and establishing the future. This week, the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA will be the stage as various standouts get some cage time throughout the…
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Invicta FC 48: Tennant vs Rubin preview, weigh-in results
Invicta ventures west to Denver as their bantamweight champion Taneisha Tennant (4-1) defends her title against former Bellator title challenger Olga Rubin (7-2). Tennant managed to earn the title via a hard-fought decision win against Lisa Verzosa last August, and returns almost a year later to defend it. Her use…
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PFL 6: Harrison vs Young preview, weigh-in results
After the setup for what could have been a very compelling matchup, Julia Budd withdrew from this week’s main event due to injury. That means that Kayla Harrison (13-0) will meet pioneer Kaitlin Young (12-12, 1 draw) instead. Young is 2-2 in her last four, having suffered losses at the…
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PFL #5: Cappelozza vs Scheffel preview, weigh-in results
PFL (Professional Fighter’s League) continues to narrow things down as Round 2 for a few divisions starts off this week. And the chase for the million led to some risky matchmaking along with some thrilling bouts. Now, the risk we’re talking about is the possibility for upsets. We’ve already established…
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WTF: Jumping headkick knockouts or spinny stuff and elbows? Why not both?
It’s a hot summer for combat sports, and we’re moving from one heavy weekend to the next. But until the fisticuff festivities in MMA kick off, we’ve got this to quench your thirst. So we’ll begin where we usually do, with our guy Jerry over at Fight Commentary Breakdowns. This…
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Mexico’s Naciones MMA doesn’t want to be a ‘feeder league’
Naciones MMA hosted their first show in March of 2021. The Mexico-based combat sports promotion has hosted six events over the past year, with their latest card coming up this Friday in Monterrey. While the promotion has yet to operate outside its home country, the eventual goal is to expand…
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