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Brant Moore imposed his will and moved another step closer to a shot at the Legacy Fighting Alliance lightweight championship.

Repeated takedowns, crushing top control and an active submission game carried the surging Team 515 representative to a clear-cut unanimous decision over “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 27 finalist Joe Giannetti in the LFA 89 headliner on Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Moore (8-1, 4-0 LFA) swept the scorecards with identical 30-27 nods from the judges.

Giannetti (9-3-1, 0-1 LFA) could not stay upright. Moore climbed to dominant positions in all three rounds and bottled up the South Shore Sportfighting product on the mat. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt did his best work in Round 3, where he used a kimura to roll through an attempted takedown, set up shop in side control, dropped elbows and threatened with an arm-triangle choke before achieving full mount.

Moore, 26, has rattled off six consecutive victories.

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Light heavyweights Anthony Smith (205 pounds) and Aleksandar Rakic (205.5) have both weighed in successfully, making the #UFCVegas8 main event official. pic.twitter.com/JO8qT2Ki39

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 28, 2020 Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Some exciting action is on tap for this weekend, but two fighters missed weight ahead of the event. The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues its stretch of Las Vegas-based events with UFC Fight Night 175. The card is headlined by a three-round battle between light heavyweight contenders Anthony Smith and Aleksandar Rakic. Additionally, former welterweight champ Robbie Lawler will make his return after a over a year away, last competing in a loss to Colby Covington last year.

After a major setback at the hands of Glover Teixeira, Smith (33-15) will look to get back into the win co…

BREAKING!

Undefeated Bantamweight Champion Jack Cartwright (8-0) will make the second defence of his title against Gerardo Fanny (9-1) at CW115.

Pure aggression!

The 5th and final title fight to be announced across #THETRILOGY series. pic.twitter.com/p4mvhdKfF9

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) August 28, 2020 A whopping five belts will be on the line across “The Trilogy” of three Cage Warriors Fighting Championship events in September.

A new title clash has been added to the upcoming CW 115 event, per the promotion on Friday. Manchester’s own Jack Cartwright will attempt his second title defense on Sept. 25 against Gerardo Fanny. This championship bout joins another already scheduled on the card at middleweight. CW 115 is the second of three consecutive events across the last week in September.

Cartwright (8-0) won the belt by smashing both Scott Malone and Marko Kovacevic in the first round of the one-night bantamweight tour…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQUPq9Lq-M&w=560&h=315] One of the combatants of the upcoming KSW 54 co-main event is facing a major ban in his adopted home country due to a failed drug test.

On Saturday, Quentin Domingos is scheduled to lock horns with former professional boxer and kickboxer Izuagbe Ugonoh, with the latter set to make his MMA debut. Before that, “Ruskov” will have to contend with a pending four-year ban from the French Anti-Doping Agency (L’Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage, abbreviated AFLD). Domingos was tested the night of hisGladiator Fight Arena 10 bout, which went down on March 17, 2018. The Portugal-born Frenchman went on to render Daniele Palomba unconscious at the 2:17 mark of the opening stanza.

According to his results, Domingos tested positive for a litany of banned substances. The contents of his results included and were not limited to: methenolone and its metabolite 1-methylene-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one; a metabolite of…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQUPq9Lq-M&w=560&h=315] One of the combatants of the upcoming KSW 54 co-main event is facing a major ban in his adopted home country due to a failed drug test.

On Saturday, Quentin Domingos is scheduled to lock horns with former professional boxer and kickboxer Izuagbe Ugonoh, with the latter set to make his MMA debut. Before that, “Ruskov” will have to contend with a pending four-year ban from the French Anti-Doping Agency (L’Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage, abbreviated AFLD). Domingos was tested the night of hisGladiator Fight Arena 10 bout, which went down on March 17, 2018. The Portugal-born Frenchman went on to render Daniele Palomba unconscious at the 2:17 mark of the opening stanza.

According to his results, Domingos tested positive for a litany of banned substances. The contents of his results included and were not limited to: methenolone and its metabolite 1-methylene-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one; a metabolite of…

“Stamp Fairtex” is no longer the queen of her muay Thai division.

On Aug. 28, One Championship returned with a live card titled One: A New Breed, which took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

The main event featured a muay Thai battle for One’s atomweight championship between the defending champ Nong Stamp and challenger Allycia Hellen Rodrigues. The Brazilian fighter started slow but gained momentum after making some adjustments in her gameplan. Eventually, the Brazilian fighter upset the local hero Stamp by leading a brilliant fight that saw her emerging victorious thanks to a majority decision on the judges’ scorecards.

In the co-main event, Rodlek PK. Saenchaimuaythaigym locked horns with Kulabdam Sor in the final of the bantamweight muay Thai Grand Prix that One promoted to find a challenger for Nong-O Gaiyanghadao. Kulabdam was supposed to face Saemapetch Fairtex, but the latter was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury. Rodlek made the m…

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Marian Ziolkowski is ready to take advantage of his unexpected opportunity.

KSW 54 will be taking place on Aug. 29 in Warsaw, Poland, where it will be topped by a lightweight championship affair. Two-division king Mateusz Gamrot (16-0, 1 NC) will be putting not only his 155-pound belt up for grabs, but his unbeaten record on the line as he takes on replacement opponent Marian Ziolkowski (21-7-1, 1 NC). Gamrot, who last defended his title in July, was originally slated to face fellow undefeated Shamil Musaev, but after a knee injury to Musaev, Ziolkowski stepped up from a bout earlier on the card. Both fighters made weight for their title showdown, with Gamrot at the 155-pound mark and Ziolkowski weighing in at 154 pounds in response.

The co-headlining bout sees the recently suspended Quentin Domingos (254) welcome boxer Izuagbe Ugonoh (232…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CJ4IRrudjA&w=560&h=315] Legacy Fighting Alliance continues the second phase of its comeback with LFA 89, although there is no title up for grabs on this show.

The six-fight card is headlined by a bout between lightweight contenders Brant Moore and Joe Giannetti. Moore (7-1) is undefeated within the promotion, rattling off three wins since the promotion’s inception. Currently on a five-fight win streak, he’s coming off a submission win over Nation Gibrick, and prior to that, captured a decision over Edmilson Freitas. “Killer Bee” had no issue making weight and came in at 155.8 pounds.

Making his LFA debut is Giannetti (9-2-1), who is riding a two-fight finish streak. He’s stopped eight of his nine opponents before the final bell, and is coming off a submission of Roberto Yong and a knockout over Keenan Raymond. Living up to his “Skeletor” nickname, the lean six-footer Giannetti made weight at 155.2 pounds.

Although all fighters…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. The revolving door of opponents keeps turning for Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight Alex Caceres. On Tuesday, Caceres (16-12, 1 NC) was slated to face Giga Chikadze, but the latter withdrew from the bout for currently undisclosed reasons. Stepping in for Chikadze at that time was Kevin Croom, but this too fell through. When Croom tested positive for the coronavirus, the promotion was forced to scramble again.

First reported by MMA Fighting on Thursday, the UFC has signed Austin Springer (12-3) to make his UFC debut against Caceres at UFC Fight Night 175. The two will meet at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Aug. 29. Springer has since confirmed the booking on his Instagram.

Caceres is riding a two-fight win streak with decision victories over Chase Hooper and Steven Peterson over the last year. The win streak …

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Karol Rosa will replace Macy Chiasson and square off against Sijara Eubanks in a women’s bantamweight clash at UFC Fight Night 176.

Combate was first to report the change to the bout. The reason for Chiasson’s withdrawal is currently unknown. UFC Fight Night 176 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 5 and is headlined by a heavyweight tilt pitting Alistair Overeem against Augusto Sakai. The card will stream on ESPN+.

Rosa enters the matchup on a four-bout winning streak that includes triumphs over Vanessa Melo and Lara Fritzen Procopio in UFC competition. The 25-year-old Parana Vale Tudo representative is 13-3 as a professional overall, with four wins by KO/TKO and two via submission.

Eubanks, meanwhile, halted a two-fight skid with a three-round verdict over Sarah Moras at UFC Fight Night 171 on M…

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The main card for UFC on ESPN 15 attracted an average audience of 869,000 to the Worldwide Leader, according to ShowBuzz Daily.

That is the 10th best figure among 15 UFC on ESPN cards. Still, the ratings are solid considering that the event lacked star power outside of a bantamweight headliner between Frankie Edgar and Pedro Munhoz.

UFC on ESPN 15 also drew a 0.32 rating in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic, which placed it fourth in cable ratings for Saturday. NBA playoff games took all the top three spots, with a matchup between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder earning the largest audience at 1.757 million.

UFC on ESPN 15 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday and saw Edgar edge Munhoz via split decision over five rounds. The preliminary card streamed on ESPN+, and ratings for that s…

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Featherweight Vince Murdock has been granted a six-month reduction in what was originally a 20-month sanction after USADA found a “decreased degree of fault” in his anti-doping violation.

Murdock was initially suspended in September 2019 after testing positive for GW1516 metabolites in an out-of-competition urine sample. The fighter did not admit the use of the banned substance in his declaration form but did come forward before entering the USADA program.

“Recently, Murdock submitted new medical records regarding his diagnosis and treatment of Moyamoya, a rare neurological condition that can impact memory and cognition,” a USADA statement read. “These records allowed USADA to reevaluate Murdock’s degree of fault for his positive test and determine that it was appropriate to reduce his sanction from 20 months to 14 mo…

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Renato Carneiro will make his second lightweight appearance against Magomed Mustafaev at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Oct. 17.

Combate was first to report the 155-pound booking. The Fight Night card will be headlined by a featherweight showdown between Chan Sung Jung and Brian Ortega. A location has not been announced, but it will likely be held on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

Carneiro made his lightweight debut at UFC Fight Night 170 in March, when he submitted Damir Hadzovic in 44 seconds. “Moicano’s” move from featherweight to 155 pounds came on the heels of back-to-back losses at the hands of Jung and Jose Aldo.

Mustafaev has lost two of his last three Octagon appearances, including a split-decision setback against Brad Riddell at UFC Fight Night 168 on Feb. 23. The 32-year-old Russian in 3-2 in U…

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Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. The Ultimate Fighting Championship home base will receive a significant new addition in the coming months. UFC president Dana White revealed following the Contender Series on Tuesday that the promotion is planning to build a hotel designed specifically for fighters at its growing campus in Las Vegas.

“The Apex has been incredible,” White said. “What we’ve been able to do during this thing has been unbelievable. I don’t even know if you guys know this but I’ll f—-in tell you anyway, we just bought another 10 acres. We’ll probably start building again next year.

“We’re gonna build our own hotel,” White added. “Then we’ll be completely self-sufficient. Obviously with what’s going on right now, having our own hotel would pay for itself quickly.”

The hotel will complement an area that already incl…

Troubled former mixed martial artist Jason Miller was arrested in California after being charged with multiple felonies, according to a report from Fox 11 Los Angeles.

The former UFC talent known as “Mayhem” pleaded not guilty to felony counts of first-degree burglary, unlawful taking of a vehicle and grand theft auto in court on Tuesday. The 39-year-old will be held without bail until a pretrial hearing on Sept. 2. According to Irvine Police Sgt. Karie Davies, Miller knew his victim, who was not identified in the report.

Miller, who was initially arrested at 6:24 p.m. local time this past Friday, was already on probation after pleading guilty to felony vandalism for smashing a large marble table, punching holes in and removing doors and derailing the garage door at his girlfriend’s residence.

Miller has had several altercations with law enforcement in recent years, including a 2014 incident in which he barricaded himself inside his house when police arrived to…

The semifinals of a welterweight grand prix will take place at Elite MMA Championship 5 on Sept. 5.

The promotion announced Wednesday that Ismail Naurdiev, Amiran Gogoladze, Pavel Kusch and Tymoteusz Lopaczyk will take part in the 170-pound bracket. The semifinals will go down on Sept. 5, and the winners will square off for the vacant welterweight crown at EMC 6 later this year.

EMC 5 will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, and is headlined by a heavyweight championship clash between Satoshi Ishii and Stuart Austin.

Austria’s Naurdiev is a four-time UFC veteran who went 2-2 during his stint with the Las Vegas-based promotion. The 24-year-old has compiled a 19-4 professional mark and owns wins over Siyar Bahadurzada, Michel Prazeres and Ben Alloway.

Gogoladze is a 22-year-old prospect hailing from Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. The M-1 Challenge veteran has been victorious in 10 of his 11 professional appearances.

A native of Ukraine, Kusch is coming off a three-bout s…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. The Ultimate Fighting Championship once again bolstered its ranks through Dana White’s Contender Series. Middleweights Jamie Pickett and Collin Huckbody, flyweight Jeff Molina and featherweight Rafael Alves were all signed by the promotion after they emerged victorious on Week 4 of DWCS on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Sixteen fighters have been granted entry to the UFC since the season started less than a month ago.

In his third appearance on the Contender Series, Pickett cut down Ring of Combat champion Jhonoven Pati with punches in the second round of their middleweight confrontation. Pati (6-4) succumbed to blows 33 seconds into Round 2, buried by an avalanche of rights and lefts.

Pickett (11-4) controlled much of the first round with a punishing jab, a well-timed takedown and a tight guillotine choke that put…

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A featherweight clash pitting Andre Fili against Bryce Mitchell is on tap for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Halloween card.

MMAjunkie.com was first to report the booking. The card does not have an official location but is expected to be headlined by a middleweight showdown between Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall.

Anchored at Team Alpha Male, Fili has won five of his last seven promotional appearances. Most recently, the 30-year-old garnered a split verdict over Charles Jourdain at UFC on ESPN 10 on June 13.

Mitchell has kicked off his professional career with 13 consecutive victories, including four in the Octagon. “Thug Nasty” followed his Twister-submission win over Matt Sayles at UFC on ESPN 7 in December with a decision triumph against Charles Rosa at UFC 249 on May 9.

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After 32 professional fights, Kevin Croom will get his first Ultimate Fighting Championship opportunity.

Croom will step in for Giga Chikadze in a featherweight matchup against Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night 175 after Chikadze withdrew from the contest for undisclosed reasons. MMAFighting.com was first to report the change, and Croom later confirmed the news via social media.

UFC Fight Night 175 takes place on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a three-round light heavyweight tilt between Anthony Smith and Aleksandar Rakic. The main card streams on ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while prelims air on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

The 33-year-old Croom will enter his Octagon debut with a 20-12 career mark t…

Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app. Sherdog's live DWCS 2020 Week 4 coverage kicks off Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. Check out the MMA Forums to discuss the card or enter your comments and predictions below. Round 1 Breeden steps forward and lands a right hand after a feeling-out process from both lightweights. Breeden pressures and lands a body kick and a low kick. Romero has a left high kick blocked, but he follows up with a chopping low kick. Romero misses an uppercut but follows up with a high kick that’s partially blocked. Breeden and Romero trade calf kicks. Romero pumps his jab and snaps Breeden’s head back. Romero pressures with a combination. Breeden just misses on a big right hand. Romero has utilized solid head movement throughout the round. Breeen goes back to the well with a body kick, but he gets tagged by a Romero combination. Romero lands a hard low kick and…

Add Ali Isaev to the list of fighters who is unhappy with Professional Fighters League’s decision to suspend its entire season until 2021.

Isaev, who earned a $1 million prize as the PFL’s 2019 champion, revealed to RT Sport that he would prefer that the organization release him so he can fight elsewhere before the conclusion of 2020. Isaev turns 37 in December and acknowledges that he has a limited time left to compete, which is why he would like to remain as active as possible.

“I’ll be 37 soon. That’s why I wanted the PFL either to give me a fight or let me go, so that I can fight in other promotions before the end of the year,” he said. “Because I can’t wait and take a big break, I want to compete. Time goes by and I have to find new opportunities to make a statement and fight against the top guys.”

While PFL cut a number of fighters following its announcement, those that remain under contract are supposed to receive a monthly cash stipend to support them …

Vadim Nemkov might still be underrated when it comes to recognition among the sport’s top light heavyweights, but that isn’t the case in his home country.

Nemkov received a hero’s welcome upon arriving in Belgorod, Russia, after winning the Bellator light heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of Ryan Bader this past Friday. The 28-year-old was greeted by an appreciative throng while carrying his newly-won belt at what appears to be an airport.

The 28-year-old dropped Bader with a high kick and finished his foe off with punches 3:02 into the second round of the Bellator 244 main event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Nemkov has won seven consecutive bouts, a string that includes notable wins over Phil Davis, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary and Philipe Lins.

BREAKING!! Marian 'Golden Boy' Ziolkowski (21-7-1) will now challenge Mateusz Gamrot (16-0) for the KSW lightweight championship this Saturday. #KSW54

Ziolkowski replaces Shamil Musaev who sustained an injury. pic.twitter.com/AuHEcVe6tq

— KSW (@KSW_MMA) August 25, 2020 KSW 54 has undergone a last-minute change to its scheduled main event.

On Tuesday morning, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki revealed that Shamil Musaev sustained a knee injury in training, and he won’t be able to challenge Mateusz Gamrot for the lightweight title at KSW 54. As a re-sult, the Polish promotion announced that "Gamer" is now locking horns with Marian Ziolkowski.

After tapping to former KSW featherweight champion Kleber Koike Erbst in his promotional debut, Ziolkowski (21-7-1) has scored back-to-back victories at the expense of both Grzegorz Szulakowski and Gracjan Szadzinski at KSW 46 and KSW 48, respectively. "Golden Boy" was already scheduled to clash with Maci…

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In the immediate aftermath of his loss to Frankie Edgar at UFC on ESPN 15, Pedro Munhoz wondered aloud if his opponent’s reputation might have helped him on the judges’ scorecards in a contentious split-decision triumph.

While Munhoz didn’t necessarily clamor for an immediate rematch initially, on Monday he changed his tone.

“I’ve always done my talking in the octagon but this needs to be said,” Munhoz wrote on Instagram. “I work too hard to get screwed by poor judges who have no training and even less accountability. Look at the stats and the damage. Look at the 17 of 20 media sites who agreed I won, 7 of which had it 49-46. Tell me how the deciding judge gave round 3 to Frankie. He’s a legend, but I won that fight and want a rematch now, [Dana White].”

Munhoz’s argument is true: the vast majority of media sco…