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Vitor Belfort will make another venture into the Sweet Science when he faces Hasim Rahman in a boxing match in Sheffield, England, on Oct. 15.

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The bout was announced during on Saturday during an event that featured YouTube personality KSI. Belfort vs. Rahman Jr. is expected to serve as one half of a double main event for a card entitled DAZN X Series 002, with the other featured bout to be announced at a later date.

Belfort’s first boxing outing occurred when he defeated 58-year-old former champion Evander Holyfield via technical knockout 1:49 into Round 1 of their clash at a Triller Fight Club-promoted event in September 2021. Though initially marketed as Belfort’s professional debut, the fight was counted as an exhibition by the Florida State Boxing Commission. Belfort was previously slated to face Oscar De La Hoya before De La Hoya withdrew after contracting COVID-19. The former UFC champion has a 1-0 mark in professional boxing thanks to a kno…

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A featherweight clash pitting Jarno Errens against William Gomis is a late addition to the UFC Paris bill.

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The Las Vegas-based promotion recently announced the bout. UFC Fight Night 209 takes place on Sept. 3 at Accor Arena in Paris and is headlined by a heavyweight tilt between Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa.

A former title holder in the Germany-based National Fighting Championship promotion, the Netherlands’ Errens enters his Octagon debut with a 13-3-1 career mark. The 27-year-old last competed at Brave CF 61, where he outpointed Allisher Abdulloev on Aug. 6.

Gomis, a native of Paris, will bring an eight-bout winning streak into his first UFC appearance. The 25-year-old MMA Factory representative is coming off a third-round TKO victory against Jose Marcos Lima Santiago Jr. at Ares FC 7 on June 25.

Kevin Holland will lock horns with Daniel Rodriguez in a late addition to the UFC 279 lineup.

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Holland initially announced the pairing, and multiple outlets have since confirmed the booking. UFC 279 takes place on Sept. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a welterweight showdown between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz. Holland vs. Rodriguez will reportedly be contested at a 180-pound catchweight.

Holland has enjoyed success since moving to welterweight in 2022, posting back-to-back finishes of Alex Oliveira and Tim Means in his first two appearances in the weight class. “Trailblazer” is 10-4 with one no contest during his tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion.

Rodriguez has been victorious in six of his first seven promotional outings. “D-Rod” is coming off a 3-0 campaign in 2021 in which he earned decision wins over Kevin Lee and Mike Perry while defeating Preston Parsons via TKO.

Fight Club Rush ventured from Vasteras for its debut in Stockholm, and the event featured plenty of firepower.

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In the FCR 13 main event, rising star Bernardo Sopai stopped Karlen Minasian with a head kick to capture the promotion’s bantamweight strap, which was recently vacated by Felipe Lima. Sopai took the fight to the ground early, and outside of a couple surprising hip tosses from Minasian in the clinch, the Albanian controlled the first frame.

It was a tentative second round until Sopai turned up the pace with punches and landed a lightning fast right hand that the Ukrainian acknowledged. The Allstars Training Center fighter moved forward and launched a powerful right head kick that sent the Orebro Fight Gym product crumbling to the ground, where the referee immediately stepped in to call an end to the bout at 59 seconds of Round 2.

“I was patient, I know he was hurt.” said Sopai about the finishing sequence. “I just followed my gam…

Rumors of the demise of Ultimate Fighting Championship great Jose Aldo are greatly exaggerated.

At UFC 278, former champ Aldo collided with surging contender Merab Dvalishvili, and he fell short by decision. In his victorious tour around media outlets, Dvalishvili declared on “The MMA Hour” that Aldo told him, right after their fight, that he would retire. Aldo himself has yet to respond to clarify or otherwise discuss Dvalishvili’s statement. On Friday, Sherdog spoke to Aldo’s head coach Andre Pederneiras, who guaranteed the former featherweight champion is not done yet.

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“No way,” Pederneiras exclaimed. “It’s not uncommon that high-level fighters say they are done after a loss, once I had many high-level fighters last 30 years, I can’t tell you how many times I´ve heard that after a loss. The fact is that, unlike many other top champions that finished their career only losing, being out of the rankings, we can see that Aldo continues performing at th…

Demetrious Johnson remains quite mighty.

The 36-year-old AMC Pankration cornerstone took the undisputed One Championship flyweight title by force, as he struck down Adriano Moraes with a straight right hand and follow-up flying knee in the fourth round of their ONE on Prime Video 1 headliner on Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Johnson (31-4-1, 4-1 ONE) drew the curtain 3:50 into Round 4.

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Moraes (20-4, 11-4 ONE) frustrated “Mighty Mouse” on the ground for much of the first two rounds but did not escape unscathed. Johnson stayed active from the bottom and hacked open a gnarly cut above the Brazilian’s right eyebrow with a sneaky elbow strike. Momentum shifted noticeably in Round 3. Johnson pieced together exquisite combinations, mixed in a backfist at short range and battered his counterpart’s body with knees from the clinch. He continued to pile up points in close quarters in the fourth round, moved out into open space and buc…

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Round 1 With no other major events on the horizon this weekend, the attention of MMA fans around the world turns to One Championship’s first endeavor on the Amazon Prime platform. Before the Amazon main card, a tetralogy of prelims comes on the organization’s YouTube channel – or wherever your prelims are found depending on your country of origin. This first match is a de facto 189-pound catchweight affair under MMA rules, as Kadestam (13-7, 5-4 ONE) prepares for his 10th One match. The Swede will take on submission specialist Lapicus (14-1, 1 NC; 2-1, 1 NC ONE), who has not set foot in a cage since encountering Eddie Alvarez nearly a year ago. The first assignment of the night goes to referee Herb Dean, who steps back as the two competitors touch gloves to seal …

Christian Lee exacts REVENGE on Ok Rae Yoon to reclaim the ONE Lightweight World Title! 👑 @ChristianLeeMMA #ONE160 #ONEChampionship

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— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) August 26, 2022 Christian Lee left no doubt as to who is the top One Championship lightweight this time around.

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In the One 160 headliner, Lee (16-4, 16-4 One) collided with Rae Yoon Ok with the lightweight (170 pounds) championship on the line once again. Unlike their first encounter, their clash didn’t go beyond the second frame. “The Warrior” immediately pressed on the accelerator and attacked his foe with all sorts of punches and kicks, and very nearly put Ok away in the first five minutes. As soon as Ok (16-4, 3-1 One) started to fire back, Lee dropped him twice in a row. Ok survived to the bell, but it marked the beginning of…

A matchup between Dana White’s Contender Series alums is set for UFC Fight Night on Dec. 17, as Tafon Nchukwi will lock horns with Jamal Pogues in a light heavyweight bout.

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The pairing was announced during the Contender Series broadcast on Tuesday night. The event does not yet have a headliner or location.

Nchukwi, who competed on the Contender Series in 2020, is 2-3 in the Octagon, with victories over Jamie Pickett and Mike Rodriguez to his credit. The 27-year-old Cameroon native has suffered back-to-back KO/TKO defeat at the hands of Carlos Ulberg and Azamat Murzakanov in his last two UFC appearances.

Pogues, meanwhile, earned a UFC deal thanks to a three-round verdict over Paulo Renato Jr. on the Contender Series on Aug. 9 — his second victory on the show. “The Stormtrooper” has won five of his last six professional outings and owns a 9-3 career mark.

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A lightweight clash pitting Marc Diakiese against Michael Johnson is on tap for on Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Dec. 3.

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Both fighters confirmed the pairing via social media following an initial report from Al Zullino. The card doesn’t yet have a location or venue but is expected to include a showdown between ranked middleweights Derek Brunson and Jack Hermansson.

Diakiese is 2-0 thus far in 2022 after earning back-to-back unanimous verdicts against Viacheslav Borshchev and Damir Hadzovic. “Bonecrusher” has been up and down in compiling a 7-5 mark during his tenure in the Las Vegas-based promotion after beginning his pro career with 12 straight triumphs.

The 36-year-old Johnson has been victorious just once in his last six Octagon appearances — a second-round KO of Alan Patrick at UFC on ESPN 36 on May 14. Most recenty, “The Menace” dropped a split decision against Jamie Mullarkey at UFC on ESPN 39 on July 9.

Jessica Correa Delboni will defend her atomweight crown against Jillian DeCoursey in the main event of Invicta FC 49 on Sept. 28.

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The all-female promotion announced the booking on Wednesday. Invicta FC 49 takes place at Sugar Creek Casino in Hinton, Okla., and will also see Kristina Williams square off against Ketlen Souza in the flyweight co-headliner. The card will air on AXS TV and the Invicta FC YouTube channel beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Four other bouts were also confirmed for the card: Liz Tracy vs. Valesca Machado at strawweight; Helen Peralta vs. Poliana Botelho at flyweight; Brittney Cloudy vs. Montserrat Rendon at bantamweight and Nadia Vera vs. Shauna Bannon at strawweight.

After losing a controversial split decision to Alesha Zappitella in a title bout at Invicta on AXS TV in May 2021, Delboni took a unanimous verdict over Zappitella to claim atomweight gold in their rematch at Invicta FC 45 this past January. The 28-year-…

All signs indicated Cameron Saaiman could have quite a future ahead of him.

The undefeated Team CIT representative was one of five hopefuls to net Ultimate Fighting Championship contracts during Week 5 of Dana White’s Contender Series, as he punched out Josh Wang Kim in the third round of their bantamweight showcase on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The 21-year-old Saaiman (6-0) brought it to an emphatic close 2:52 into Round 3, scoring his fifth stoppage in six professional appearances.

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Kim (5-2) zipped out to a strong start with darting movements, punishing body kicks and effective counters. However, the Alliance MMA rep emerged for the middle stanza a step slower, his output taking a noticeable dip after he executed an early takedown and failed to maintain top control. Saaiman crowded him with pressure, popped him with clean one-twos and threw in a late takedown of his own. The South African prospect rode that momentum into the third round…

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Two lightweight matchups have been added to the UFC 281 card, as Dan Hooker will square off against Claudio Puelles, while Renato Carneiro will lock horns with Brad Riddell.

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Promotion broadcast partner ESPN confirmed Hooker vs. Puelles following an initial report from Fordewin MMA. Meanwhile, Carneiro’s management was first to announce the matchup with Riddell.

Hooker has lost four of his last five Octagon appearances. The 32-year-old City Kickboxing representative will return to 155 pounds on the heels of a first-round TKO loss to Arnold Allen at featherweight in his most recent outing at UFC Fight Night 204 on March 19.

Puelles, meanwhile, has been on a roll since falling to Martin Bravo in his promotional debut. The “Prince of Peru” has been victorious in five straight Octagon appearances, including a first-round kneebar of Clay Guida at UFC Fight Night 205 on April 23.

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Askar Mozharov, who gained notoriety for falsifying his record prior to his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut, was temporarily suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a failed drug test.

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Mozharov was flagged for a metabolic modulator in relation to his first-round technical knockout loss to Alonzo Menifield at UFC Fight Night 207 on June 4. The NSAC on Tuesday ruled to temporarily suspend the light heavyweight fighter until a disciplinary hearing tentatively slated for September. According to a report from MMAjunkie.com, the substance that led to the failed drug screening was GW1516 sulfone. Mozharov currently lives in Dubai but has been in communication with the commission regarding his status.

Mozharov came under scrutiny for attempting to alter his won-loss record on MMA databases through fictional results and deleted defeats. He was successful for a while, as at one point his record stood at 25-7. Eventually, however, those e…

Streaming services are starting to realize the potential of the MMA market.

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Following the success of the film entitled “Mais Forte que o Mundo” (Stronger Than the World), which was shown in theaters all over Brazil and told the story of former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, streaming service Paramount Plus has begun filming for a biographical series about Anderson Silva.

Last week, O Globo columnist Patricia Kogut published a photo of actor William Nascimento, who will play Silva, alongside one of the most famous singers and actors in the country, Seu Jorge, who will play Benedito, the uncle of the MMA legend who raised him from an early age. In addition to being one of the most popular singers in the country, Seu Jorge also gained respect as an actor after making “Mané Galinha” one of the most important characters in the acclaimed film Cidade de Deus (City of God) in 2002. After City of God, Jorge did 23 films and was nominated as best acto…

Veteran official Marc Goddard will be the third man in the Octagon when Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz square off in the UFC 279 main event next month.

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Goddard was selected during a Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting on Tuesday. Notable headlining assignments for Goddard this year include Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3 at UFC 276; Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira at UFC 275 and Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje at UFC 274. He will be paid $2,500.

Meanwhile, Derek Cleary, Sal D’Amato and Ron McCarthy will serve as cageside judges for the welterweight bout. Each will earn $2,000 for their work.

Chimaev appears to be on the verge of securing a welterweight title shot with victories in his first five promotional appearances. The Allstars Training Center representative last appeared at UFC 273, where he defeated Gilbert Burns via unanimous decision on April 9.

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Despite losing his welterweight crown in the final minute of the UFC 278 main event, Kamaru Usman seems to be in good spirits.

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“The Nigerian Nightmare” was on his way to convincing unanimous decision win over Leon Edwards this past Saturday when his British opponent knocked him out with a head kick at the 4:04 mark of Round 5 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Usman has nothing but praise for Edwards as he looks back on what transpired.

“It was a great shot, I’m talking Hail Mary in the Super Bowl — last 10 seconds,” Usman told TMZ Sports. “That was a great shot, man.”

While some athletes might refuse to watch what could be viewed as a traumatic moment, Usman has already reviewed the tape of his loss to Edwards multiple times. He is able to take some solace in the fact that he was imposing his will on Edwards prior to the shocking finish.

“I’ve watched the fight three or four times … It’s not hard at all [to watch it],” he s…

Nobody can say UFC middleweight Caio Borralho is not open to learning new techniques.

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After training with Demian Maia, Paulo Costa and Sean Strickland, Borralho is now in Sweden helping Khamzat Chimaev in his camp to fight Nate Diaz in the UFC 279 main event.

"Darren Till put me in contact with BlockAsset, which is an NFT company,” Borralho told Sherdog.com. “They liked my last fight and invited me to make a video series just like they did with Darren and Khamzat. So they invited me to come to Sweden to do the first series of videos and also train with them.”

The Brazilian has won his first two Octagon appearances and is next scheduled to face Makhmud Muradov at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi.

According to Borralho, his initial plan for this camp was to split his preparation between his team in Brazil, Fight Nerds, and Sanford MMA in the United States.

“I was already checking ticket prices to spend some time in Florida when Till…

There’s no question that Merab Dvalishvili is one of the top contenders in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s bantamweight division.

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However, a grinding victory over Jose Aldo on the UFC 278 main card — his seventh straight at 135 pounds — didn’t do much to raise Dvalishvili’s stock in the eyes of the fans or the promotion. According to UFC president Dana White, the Serra-Longo Fight Team export didn’t make the most of his opportunity on Saturday night.

“First of all, I love Jose. I don’t want to s—t on Jose. But Jose had zero offense tonight. And Merab didn’t go after it like a guy that looks like he wants to fight for the title,” White said at the UFC 278 post-event press conference. “And when asked the question about his friend holding the title and what did he want to do, he never really answered the question.

“I always say this: We’re the bells and whistles guys. We lay it out there for him, we give him the opportunity to shine, and it’s…

There was a little bit of drama at weigh-ins for Dana White’s Contender Series on Monday, but ultimately, all 10 athletes set to compete hit their contracted marks.

Flyweight Erisson Ferreira da Silva initially tipped the scales at 126.5 pounds for his flyweight clash with Jesus Santos Aguilar (125.5). But after being given an additional hour to cut weight, da Silva checked in at 125.5 pounds to make his bout with Aguilar official.

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The Contender Series takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Tuesday and airs on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The evening’s featured bout is a heavyweight clash pitting Eduardo Jose Neves (265) against Michael Parkin (259).

Neves has kicked off his professional tenure with five knockout or technical knockout victories in as many appearances. Most recently, the 22-year-old Brazilan stopped Andre Vieira in 64 seconds at Legacy Fighting Alliance on March 11.

A native of London, Parkin is also 5-0 with five KO/TKO…

Whether Paulo Costa remains with the Ultimate Fighting Championship for the long haul remains to be seen.

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“Borrachinha” completed the next-to-last fight on his current deal at UFC 278, as he defeated former champ Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision in the evening’s co-main event at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. At the post-fight press conference, Costa said while he is interested in remaining with the UFC, he is keeping his options open.

“We’ve had a lot of great opportunities [that] came up,” Costa said. “We know that boxing is going very well. We have some companies doing very good shows, even in Brazil. Brazil has a big show there, a fight music show. We had the most popular people in Brazil fighting there … We have a lot of great opportunities there, but the UFC is a great company. I’m glad to be here, but I need to see what’s best for us.”

At the time, the Brazilian wasn’t sure if he had completed his UFC contract or…

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With One Championship’s debut on Amazon Prime fast approaching, the Singapore-based promotion has finalized broadcast times for its debut on the popular streaming service.

One on Prime Video 1 takes place on Aug. 26 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore and is headlined by a flyweight (135-pound) championship clash between Adriano Moraes and Demetrious Johnson. The evening’s main card features six bouts and begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Prime Video. In the co-main event, Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Liam Harrison will square off for the One bantamweight mua…

It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman will meet again. It’s just a matter of when and where.

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Edwards evened the series with Usman at 1-apiece at UFC 278 with a thrilling fifth-round knockout victory to claim the welterweight title. Afterward, UFC president Dana White said that he’d like to have the third meeting between the two welterweights in Edwards’ home country.

“How do you not do [a trilogy]?” White said at the UFC 278 post-fight press conference.

“We could go to England whenever the hell we want to now. We could go to England – we were selling out England before. Now you look at, do you do a bigger arena? I’m scared to go outside, and I’m definitely scared to go outside in England. I’m serious, but joking about England. Anything is possible in England now. It would be fun, but it’s scary at the same time. The weather isn’t the greatest in England.”

Before Edwards’ head kick changed the complexion of th…