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Still a youngster at 26 years of age, Quillan Salkilld does not want to waste any time in his Ultimate Fighting Championship career.

Salkilld (12-1) faced his biggest step up in competition by getting matched with Beneil Dariush (23-8-1) in the co-main event at UFC Perth on Saturday. While Salkilld closed as a betting favorite, Dariush surprised fans by dropping the local athlete early in the first round. While Dariush controlled Salkilld against the fence for a while, the Australian maintain his composure while displaying excellent takedown defense. Salkilld finally created separation and didn’t take much longer to finish Dariush with a vicious combo followed by ground-and-pound.

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Salkilld, who celebrates a finish rate of 75% as a professional, otherwise believes he is a calm person in general. The 26-year-old never loses composure, irrespective of whether things are going his way or not. Salkilld said in his post-fight interview:

“That’s just par…

Carlos Prates knew he would beat Jack Della Maddalena after taking his first punch.

Prates (24-7) headlined UFC Perth in enemy territory against Jack Della Maddalena (18-4) on Saturday. Prates chopped at Maddalena’s lead leg early on, which left the Australian nearly unable to move in the later rounds. It was a one-sided beatdown from Prates en route to a third-round stoppage win. Prates also earned his seventh UFC bonus in as many victories.

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Prates largely kept his guard low in his signature fashion, expression zero regard for his opponent’s striking acumen. “The Nightmare” revealed that he had little respect for Maddalena’s power after absorbing the Australian’s first punch. Prates also credits Brazilian lightweight Felipe Douglas for helping him by perfectly mimicking Maddalena during fight camp. After receiving the power from Maddalena, Prates knew that it was everything he had prepared for, and there was no way he would lose. Prates also reveale…

Logan Storley rarely deviates from a playbook that continues to serve him well.

The four-time NCAA All-American wrestler held his place in the Professional Fighters League welterweight line with a unanimous decision over Florim Zendeli in the PFL Sioux Falls main event on Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota. All three members of the assigned judiciary scored it 30-25 for Storley (19-4, 4-2 PFL).

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Zendeli (9-2-1, 4-1 PFL) was penalized two points for repeated fence grabs in the first round, as he dug a hole from which there was no escape. Storley completed takedowns in all three rounds, and while he accumulated little to no damage, he racked up plenty of control time. Zendeli opened small cuts around the South Dakotan’s right eye late in the second round and built some momentum in the standup exchanges early in the third, only to see his progress stymied by yet another takedown.

Meanwhile, former Gorilla Fighting Championships titlehold…

Sherdog's live PFL Sioux Falls coverage will begin Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

A world class welterweight clash headlines PFL Sioux Falls: Tune in Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Round 1 The Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will host a dozen matchups for the latest PFL offering this May. There may be no title on the line at night’s end, but that does not mean these matches will be any less compelling. We kick things off at the heavyweight division, as U.S. Virgin Islands native Williams (10-5, 1-3 PFL) looks to end the longest losing streak (three) of his career. To do so, he will have to get through Nana (7-2, 2-1 PFL), who saw his own victorious stretch come to a halt last October. The third man in the cage for the big men will be referee Nick Berens, who keeps watch as the fighters touch gloves.

Nana positions himself in the center of the cage, where he pushes out a few jabs right off the bat. When Williams is about to counter, Nana kicks his front…

Four mixed martial artists walked away $100,000 richer after earning UFC Perth performance bonuses.

Following the 13-fight event in Perth, Australia, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced its performance bonus winners. To the surprise of no one, main event winner Carlos Prates took home a well-deserved extra $100,000 for his TKO stoppage win over Jack Della Maddalena. The finish capped off a total one-sided beatdown of the former UFC champion, as Prates' leg kicks left the Aussie heavily damaged. "The Nightmare" lived up to his nickname and now looks forward to the title picture as a result.

Quillan Salkilld received the second performance of the night bonus for his first-round smashing of veteran lightweight Beneil Dariush. The lightweight prospect proved he's the real deal with the win, which was the biggest of his career so far. Just 26, Salkilld (12-1) is one of the most exciting young fighters at 155 and makes for an interesting addition to the current l…

Sherdog's live UFC Perth coverage will begin Saturday at 4 a.m. ET. The event is also known as UFC Fight Night 275. Round 1 Good evening, or as we say here in Texas, good morning! In the UFC Perth curtain jerker, Road to UFC product Mar Fan (9-2) makes his proper Octagon debut against Dana White's Contender Series Season 8 alum Steele (7-1; 0-1 UFC). The third man in the cage is referee Matt Wynne. Both lightweights set up in orthodox and it’s the taller Mar Fan pawing out with a long jab. Steele shoots a double-leg from outside and secures a clean takedown. Mar Fan closes his guard and uses his arms to control Steele’s posture. Ninety seconds in, Steele passes to half guard. He’s throwing short punches and using shoulder pressure to make his foe uncomfortable. Steele tries to pass to mount as Mar Fan looks for a sweep. He does, but Mar Fan times him perfectly and rolls him right over, sweeping to top position. Steele scrambles and they end up in an awkward-looking legloc…

Sean Strickland won’t pay heed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s attempts to keep him away from Khamzat Chimaev ahead of their fight.

Strickland is scheduled to challenge Chimaev for the middleweight title at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The rivalry between the two appears to be intense, especially on Strickland’s side. UFC boss Dana White also said that security will be increased and that there won’t be any face-off between Strickland and Chimaev ahead of the fight to avoid any drama.

Strickland (30-7) recently accused the UFC of trying to limit his interactions with Chimaev (15-0). Strickland warned the UFC against unfair treatment between the two camps. The former middleweight champion threatened to confront Chimaev in the hotel lobby if he is treated unequally. Strickland wrote on X:

“The @UFC is trying to limit my interactions with the dog. Listen I will say this now. I will not be controlled by a third world dog.... If I fi…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division has a new contender. Brazilian knockout artist Carlos Prates entered hostile territory and walked away with an impressive stoppage victory tonight at UFC Fight Night 275 in Perth, Western Australia. Prates methodically wore down recent UFC title challenger Jack Della Maddalena en route to a third-round TKO stoppage in the night’s featured main event.

Prates (24-7, 7-1 UFC) kept his hands low in the opening round and alternated between landing punches to Della Maddalena’s (18-4, 8-2 UFC) face and kicks to his lead leg. Della Maddalena was eventually able to score a takedown, but not before eating two knees to the face, and he was unable to put Prates in danger on the ground. In the second round, Prates landed more knees and punches early on. He eventually hurt Della Maddalena with another knee and a head kick, and swarmed on him with punches. Della Maddalena showed his resolve and fought on, but Prates knocked him dow…

Arman Tsarukyan is making the most of his time away from the Octagon.

Per wrestling organization Real American Freestyle on Thursday, Tsarukyan has been booked for his sixth match under its banner. The Russian by way of Armenia is already expecting to grapple influencer Keelon “Mugzy” Jimison at RAF 9 on May 30 in Texas. The headliner of RAF 7 and 8 may not be on the top marquee for this pairing, but he will be taking on Tony Ferguson at RAF 10 on June 13.

Tsarukyan joined up with RAF at its fifth event in January, where he tech falled Lance Palmer without allowing “The Party” to even score a single point. Since then, he has been a mainstay for the burgeoning professional wrestling league—that is, paid wrestling matches, and not of the WWE and AEW variety. After topping Palmer, he rattled off a pair of points wins over wrestler-turned-influencer Georgio Poullas in February and March.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender has only competed once …

Khalil Rountree recently shared an honest reaction to Khamzat Chimaev’s light heavyweight plans.

Rountree is currently helping Chimaev (15-0) prepare for his upcoming middleweight title defense against Sean Strickland (30-7) at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It is widely speculated that Chimaev will move up to light heavyweight in the near future.

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Rountree admits that he wasn’t very happy to hear about Chimaev’s plans to move up. The former light heavyweight title challenger isn’t very excited about a potential matchup against Chimaev. Having trained with him, Rountree reveals that the middleweight champion gives tough competition to partners of all sizes. According to Rountree, light heavyweights are “screwed” if Chimaev moves up.

“When I first heard the news, I was a bit bummed out, really,” Rountree said in a recent media scrum captured by Cageside Press. “Just to know that a guy like Khamzat would come to the divis…

While polygraph tests are consistently labelled unreliable by the scientific community, they often make for interesting content.

Aviator, an up-and-coming YouTube channel, specializes in subjecting fighters to a lie detector test and a particular question about Dana White usually triggers what the machine operator interprets as deception.

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight ruler Charles Oliveira recently took a lie detector test and passed on most questions. Oliveira thinks that he is the greatest Brazilian fighter and the best lightweight fighter of all time. “Do Bronx” also believes that Conor McGregor is afraid to return to action.

However, the device also showed “false” on some of Oliveira’s answers. While Oliveira said that he believes jiu-jitsu is the best base for MMA, the machine said otherwise. Oliveira disagreed, claiming it was broken.

Oliveira also failed the test when he said he would fight a teammate for $5 milli…

Sean Brady believes he is a completely different fighter from Kamaru Usman.

Brady is scheduled to fight Joaquin Buckley at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Buckley is coming off a lopsided unanimous decision loss against Usman from last year. Putting his ego aside, Buckley recently trained with Usman at Kill Cliff FC in Florida for his upcoming bout.

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However, Brady doesn’t think training with Usman will help. While both are known for their wrestling, Brady believes he is a completely different fighter from Usman. While Brady has six submission wins in his career, he notes that Usman only has one. Brady believes his submission threat is what really sets him apart from Usman. Brady also hinted that he is not impressed with Buckley travelling during fight camp.

“If I get you on the ground, I can submit anybody in the world,” Brady told MMA Junkie. “I think that’s the biggest difference between me and Kamaru. I’m a submissi…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s White House card will have crypto bonuses to add to its charm.

Billed as “UFC White House: Freedom 250,” a one-of-a-kind event on June 14 that coincides with President Donald J. Trump’s 80th birthday and the United States’ 250th year of independence.

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Sean O'Malley (19-3) recently chimed in on news that there will be a million-dollar crypto bonus for the card.

“I need to get a beautiful knockout, and there’s a million-dollar Crypto bonus supposedly,” O’Malley told TMZ Sports. “I would love to get that.”

The UFC increased bonuses from $50K to $100K starting with the Paramount+ partnership in 2026. It remains unclear if the usual $100K bonuses will still be in place, along with the crypto bonus at the White House.

Ilia Topuria will look to defend his lightweight title against interim champion Justin Gaethje in the main event. Meanwhile, Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane will clash for the interim heavyweight …

Joaquin Buckley would have preferred a five-round matchup against Sean Brady.

Buckley is scheduled to take on Brady at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Brady and Buckley were originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 274 on April 25 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. A main event booking between Buckley and Brady would have been a five-round bout as opposed to their UFC 328 booking, which is a three-rounder.

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Buckley recently revealed that he would have preferred headlining a Fight Night in a five-rounder. Buckley initially thought that he wanted to dispatch Brady in the opening round. However, having been out of action for nearly a year, Buckley wants to take his time. Brady has now embraced the UFC 328 booking, as it gives him the opportunity to prove himself alongside several other stars on the stacked card.

“I would have rather been a main event,” Buckley told MMA Junkie. “I would rather have gone five rounds. Espe…

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[ #UFCPerth | May 2 | 7amET | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/fXQt1mOHBR — UFC (@ufc) May 1, 2026 The Ultimate Fighting Championship's second Australian card of 2026 is officially set following the official UFC Perth weigh-ins.

Headlining the event is former UFC welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena, who will take on Brazil's Carlos Prates in his first fight since losing the title. Both men successfully made weight for the five-round fight. The only fighter to miss weight was Gerald Meerschaert, as the would-be middleweight clocked in four pounds overweight at 190 pounds. As a result of his weight miss, opponent Jacob Malkoun will receive 30% of the purse of "GM3."

Della Maddalena is fighting back in his home country for the first time since 2023. The 29-year-old was last seen losing a one-sided decision to Islam Makhachev. Prior to the set…

⚖️ #PFLSiouxFalls Weigh Ins

Welterweight bout is official!Logan Storley: 170.4 lbsFlorim Zendeli: 171 lbs #PFLSiouxFalls | Sat, May 2nd | 📍Sanford Sports Complex | Early Card 7PM EST | Main Card 10PM EST | ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/wdEsGHNTPL

— PFL (@PFLMMA) May 1, 2026 The Professional Fighters League kicks off its busy May with a 12-fight card that features an exciting welterweight clash.

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The PFL Sioux Falls main event is now official after Logan Storley and Florim Zendeli both made weight. The five-round main event will see the former interim Bellator champion look to get back into the win column at the expense of the Albanian, who is undefeated within the promotion. As for the rest of the card, a flyweight fight between Sabrinna de Sousa and Cheyanne Bowers was bumped up to a 134-pound catchweight, and Magomed Magomedov missed weight by .8 pounds for his bantamweight fight against Leandro Higo. Magomedov will be fi…

For the first time in his Ultimate Fighting Championship career, Johnny Walker will not have to cut weight for a fight.

Towering 6-foot-5 Brazilian striker Walker (22-10, 1 NC) has elected to move back to heavyweight, a division in which he competed at for a few years earlier on in his career but no later than 2018. Cutting a massive amount of weight and reportedly walking around at 245 pounds or so, the 34-year-old has not missed weight since joining the promotion. He relocates up in weight, per MMA Mania on Thursday, to face Ante Delija (26-8) at UFC Belgrade on Aug. 1. Opponent Delija has since confirmed the pairing on his Instagram Stories on Friday.

Walker has struggled as of late, winning once in his last five outings. Since a no contest with future champ Magomed Ankalaev in 2023—and a rematch less than three months later that spelled disaster for Walker—Walker has gotten his raised a single time when he stopped surging Mingyang Zhang with leg kicks and punches…

For the past two years, Gadzhi Rabadanov has been a staple in the Professional Fighters League’s lightweight division, competing in back-to-back tournaments, winning in the 2024 PFL Season. Although he came up short last year, losing in the championship to Alfie Davis, Rabadanov is ready to move forward and get back to being the best version of himself under the new format with sans tournament and new division rankings.

Rabadanov returns to action May 2 at PFL Sioux Falls in a co-main event showdown against former PFL Europe champion Aleksandr Chizov, a big time matchup for both parties. Speaking to Sherdog.com ahead of his fight, Rabadanov expressed his excitement for the change in format, as well as his approach for his path back into the title picture.

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“I’m excited; after I had surgery, I rested, recovered and now I’m very healthy,” Rabadanov said. I’m very excited to be back in the cage again. I think the time off since my last fight has helped …

[embedded content] The World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization cruiserweight world championship will be on the line tomorrow as David Benavidez vs. Gilberto Ramirez is now set following the official weigh-ins.

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo weekend, the anticipated 12-round boxing fight will take place in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fight sees Benavidez, an undefeated two-division world champion, move up in weight for another championship shot against Ramirez, who holds two cruiserweight world titles. Both men had no issue making weight for the championship showdown.

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Benavidez (31-0), who has held world championship status in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, looks to continue challenging himself. "The Mexican Monster" most recently knocked out Anthony Yarde and David Morrell. A heavy favorite priced at 2/7, Benavidez weighed 196.8 pounds.

Looking to retain his belts and cause a stir in the boxing world with an upset …

If Ultimate Fighting Championship fans already weren’t excited enough for the summer, the “Bud Light UFC Summer Series” is here to pump things up.

Bud Light, the UFC’s official beer sponsor, launched the “Bud Light UFC Summer Series” that will feature three numbered UFC events, two Fight Nights and additional cards to keep fans engaged.

The series will be featured at UFC 328 in Newark, UFC 329 in Las Vegas, UFC 330 in Philadelphia, and two Fight Nights, which are yet to be announced.

The platform will feature a Bud Light Summer Concert at the Toshiba Plaza, outside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, on July 10. Limited edition Bud Light cans featuring the UFC logo and an Octagon are now up for sale at retailers. Bud Light will also make content featuring UFC stars. There will also be special co-branded arena cups and LED boards available at specific venues.

Todd Allen, SVP of Marketing for Bud Light at Anheuser-Busch, said: “It's going to be a summer unlik…

Aleksandr Chizov achieved his highest level of success in the Professional Fighters League when he won the PFL Europe lightweight tournament in December and picked up two finishes during his three-fight run to the title. It was only a matter of time before the powers that be brought him onto the global roster.

The 28-year-old Latvian gets a major step up in that regard when he takes on Gadzhi Rabadanov in the PFL Sioux Falls co-main event on Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota. Rabadanov was a 2024 PFL tournament winner and marches into the match with victories in 12 of his past 13 appearances. It serves as stern challenge for Chizov.

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A world class welterweight clash headlines PFL Sioux Falls: Tune in Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

“I’m feeling great,” he told Sherdog.com. “For me, it’s a dream come true. Since day one when I started to compete in MMA, I wanted to fight in the United States. Listen, I am from Latvia. It’s a sm…

A youthful appearance hides the fact that Leandro Higo has quite literally pursued his passion for decades. He made his pro debut at the age of 17 and has fought virtually everywhere since, from Jungle Fight, the Resurrection Fighting Alliance and the Legacy Fighting Alliance to “The Ultimate Fighter Brazil” Season 4 and Bellator MMA.

Higo now readies himself for his second appearance under the Professional Fighters League flag, as he will face Magomed “Tiger” Magomedov in a PFL Sioux Falls bantamweight showcase on Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota. It has been quite a journey for the 37-year-old Brazilian.

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A world class welterweight clash headlines PFL Sioux Falls: Tune in Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

“It’s been 20 years since my debut, when I started fighting vale tudo in my hometown of Mossoro,” Higo told Sherdog.com. “I started out without any expectations. It was just a dream. I couldn’t imagine getting as far as I …

Karl Williams knows the drill.

The 6-foot-3, 260-pound heavyweight will set out in search of his second Professional Fighters League victory when he squares off with Maxwell Djantou Nana as part of the PFL Sioux Falls undercard this Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota. Williams, 36, holds a 1-3 record with the promotion and last competed on Feb. 7, when he tapped to a second-round arm-triangle choke from Pouya Rahmani at PFL Dubai. It was his fourth consecutive defeat dating back to his exit from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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A world class welterweight clash headlines PFL Sioux Falls: Tune in Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Williams makes no excuses for his recent run of adversity.

“The results have been the results, and every time it’s like that, I can only control what I can control,” Williams said. “I go into the gym, [and] I work as hard as I can [and] get with the best training partners. I’ve been training with …

Liz Carmouche won the PFL flyweight tournament in 2025. | PFL MMA

A women’s flyweight tilt with championship implications will serve as the PFL San Diego co-headliner.

Liz Carmouche will square off against Viviane Araujo on June 27 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, the promotion announced on Wednesday. Carmouche is currently No. 2, while Araujo checks in at ninth in Professional Fighters League’s 125-pound rankings. PFL San Diego is headlined by a featherweight clash pitting A.J. McKee against Salamat Isulaev. The PFL San Diego main card airs on ESPN 2 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the prelims will be broadcast via the ESPN app at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Championship Credentials A San Diego native, the 42-year-old Carmouche comes off a 3-0 campaign in 2025 in which she won the PFL flyweight tournament. During that run, ‘Girl-Rilla” bested Ilara Joanne, Elora Dana and Jena Bishop — earning two of her victories via knockout or technical knockout. Carmouche is a …