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Chris Curtis appeared to be in a great deal of pain at the conclusion of the UFC Fight Night 240 main event.

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As it turns out, there was good reason for that, as “The Action Man” likely suffered a torn hamstring in the waning moments of his split-decision loss to Brendan Allen at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

News of Curtis’ injury was first revealed on the post-fight show on ESPN+, and the middleweight later revealed similar concerns in a post on Instagram. If the injury is confirmed, that could mean a four-month recovery for Curtis.

“Not the result we wanted, but it is what it is,” Curtis wrote. “I thought we had it, but congrats to [Brendan Allen]. Love you brotha and enjoy the night. But remember, it's 1-1, you owe me the trilogy lol. Rest up and enjoy your family. Thank you all for the support, and I'm sorry. I felt good, I was ready, maybe I'm just getting to old for this s—t. Lol time will tell. Until next time guys.

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Ignacio Bahamondes’ victory over Christos Giagos on Saturday saw him bounce back from a loss that sent him to a difficult space in life.

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Bahamondes scored a high-reel, bonus-winning knockout over Giagos in the very first round of their UFC Fight Night 240 clash. That allowed “La Jaula” to return to the win column after a decision loss against Ludovit Klein in August 2023 that snapped a three-fight winning streak.

Bahamondes revealed that while losing a fight is hard enough, he also had the added grief of his wife’s miscarriage, which happened a couple of weeks after the defeat to Klein. Bahamondes had no will to train but depended on faith to get his life back on track, which he successfully did. The 26-year-old is now expecting another child from his wife, who is five months pregnant.

“You know, for an MMA fighter, losing is not something nice,” Bahamondes said at the post-fight press conference. “I think it is the worst for a fighter. My w…

Jean Matsumoto wants Raul Rosas Jr. for his sophomore Ultimate Fighting Championship outing after a successful debut against Dan Argueta.

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Matsumoto submitted Argueta in a second-round buzzer beater at UFC Fight Night 240, scoring his third career submission via guillotine choke. While Matsumoto admits that the empty Apex was good to start off his promotional journey, the Brazilian believes he’s even better with a crowd in attendance. Matsumoto called for a spot on the UFC’s card scheduled for Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 14 at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

“Actually, fighting here was better because of no pressure, since it was my debut,” Matsumoto said during a post-fight media scrum. "But honestly, I’m a better fighter with the crowd, and I’m willing to fight in front of the crowd. And I heard there is a huge event coming to Vegas at The Sphere, Mexican Independence Day, and I’d love to be part of that show.”

Matsumoto also has a Mexican …

Nora Cornolle has revealed that she and opponent Melissa Mullins had mutually agreed to miss weight for their UFC Fight Night 240 clash.

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Cornolle folded Mullins with a devastating knee to the body followed by head kicks in the second round to start off the preliminary card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. While Cornolle weighed in at 138 pounds, Mullins weighed in at 138.5, making it essentially a catchweight bout.

Cornolle subsequently revealed that a catchweight bout was being discussed throughout the day of the weigh-ins. According to “Wonder,” Mullins was in bad shape when they met at the UFC Performance Institute, where they were both cutting weight.

Cornolle claims Mullins immediately approached her with the proposal of a catchweight contest, which she was also considering as she didn’t want the bout to fall through. But Cornolle planned on trying to make weight till the very end and advised her opponent the same.

Howeve…

Superbon Singha Mawynn is eyeing both kickboxing and muay thai gold after defeating Marat Grigorian in their trilogy clash at ONE Friday Fights 58.

Superbon picked up a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Grigorian to claim the ONE Championship interim featherweight kickboxing title, also improving his head-to-head record against the Armenian to 2-1. While Grigorian had his moments midway through the fight, Superbon regained momentum in the championship rounds to seal the victory. Superbon labeled it the “hardest” fight of his career but believed he had done enough to get his hand raised.

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“I think this is the hardest fight in my career, but I’m happy to beat him… I think I’ve done everything to win every round,” the 33-year-old said during the post-fight press conference. “There were rounds that I didn’t do good, but I think I did enough to get the win.”

Superbon also believes his win warrants a rematch against reigning featherweight kickbo…

Ignacio Bahamondes’ clean finish made him $50,000 richer.

The Chile native received a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his first-round stoppage of Christos Giagos in a featured lightweight clash at UFC Fight Night 240 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday Bahamondes floored his adversary and secured victory with a perfectly-placed head kick at the 3:34 mark of Round 1.

Elsewhere, Jose Mariscal and Morgan Charriere received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece for their featherweight scrap. Both men enjoyed periods of success in a back-and-forth affair, but one late burst in the third frame helped clinch a split-decision triumph for Mariscal.

Finally, Cesar Almeida garnered the card’s other $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his stoppage of Dylan Budka in a preliminary middleweight clash. With Budka fading after having a takedown stuffed, Almeida teed off with elbows to the side of the head, powered into top position and sealed h…

Brendan Allen exacted a subtle measure of vengeance against Chris Curtis.

Allen continued his steady climb on the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight ladder and avenged one of his five career defeats, as he picked up a split decision over the former CES MMA titleholder in the UFC Fight Night 240 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Judges Derek Cleary and Eric Colon saw it 48-47 and 49-46 for Allen, while Michael Bell turned in a 48-47 scorecard for Curtis, who replaced Marvin Vettori on late notice and did so admirably.

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The two rivals traded strategic barbs across five well-fought rounds. Curtis (31-11, 5-3 UFC)—who won their first meeting by technical knockout in December 2021—hammered the Kill Cliff Fight Club standout with body-head combinations, dazed him with a left hook in the third round and forced him to work for every inch of ground he gained. Allen mostly held his own in the standup department but excelled at shooti…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to its home base of the Apex in Las Vegas this weekend with a packed slate headlined by an electric middleweight rematch between Brendan Allen and Chris Curtis.

UFC Fight Night 240 kicks off Saturday at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT.

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BETTING PREVIEW | SCOUTING REPORT | ODDS: Dixon (-360), Cornolle (+285)Round 1 Consider tonight’s event a dress rehearsal of next week’s gala event of UFC 300. The UFC will trot out 12 pairs of combatants inside of the UFC Apex to keep the seemingly indefinite streak of consecutive weekends going. It all begins with an international catchweight contest, as both fighters failed to make weight and the formerly bantamweight bout still stayed together. France’s Cornolle (7-1, 1-0 UFC) eclipsed the weight limit by 2.5 pounds while unbeaten Brit Mullins (6-0, 2-0 UFC) surpassed the 136-pound cap by two pounds herself. Fines likely went straight to the commission and promotion instead of to o…

Alex Morono did just enough to skate by inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division.

The longtime Fortis MMA rep rebounded from his Oct. 7 defeat to Joaquin Buckley with a workmanlike unanimous decision over “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 winner Court McGee in the featured UFC Fight Night 240 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Morono (24-9, 13-6 UFC) carried all three scorecards by 29-28 margins.

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McGee (21-13, 10-12 UFC) stayed busy and spent a significant chunk of time in top position in the second round but had no real answer for the speed disadvantage with which he was faced. Morono peppered him with one-twos, threw in the occasional spinning attack and made multiple passes at submission attempts, including a tight guillotine in the middle stanza. McGee executed a takedown in the waning seconds of Round 3, but by then, the decision was lost.

Meanwhile, Kotwica MMA Team product Lukasz Brzeski experienced his f…

Jon Jones has been accused of assaulting and threatening to kill an agent from Drug Free Sport International (DFSI) at his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home last month.

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ABQ Raw first reported the news. According to a police report, the drug-testing agent, who is identified as Crystal Martinez, entered Jones’ home on March 30 to collect a sample as part of the UFC’s anti-doping program. Further details regarding the police report, which was filed on April 5, were initially shared by MMAFighting.com. Based on the report, Jones is charged with assault and interference with communications for allegedly taking Martinez’s phone.

Martinez alleges Jones was cooperative at first but became agitated when he was unable to initially provide a urine sample. When Martinez suggested taking a blood sample instead, Jones threatened to sue, took her phone and began recording Martinez and her co-worker. An Albuquerque Police Department officer later reviewed the video. Read more about Police Report: Jon Jones Threatened Drug Testing Agent During Sample Collection

A bantamweight clash pitting Said Nurmagomedov against Montel Jackson has been added to the UFC Fight Night event set to go down at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 22.

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The news was first announced by Jackson's management, Iridium Sports Agency, in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter). The event will mark the Las Vegas-based promotion’s first visit to Saudi Arabia and will be headlined by a high-caliber middleweight matchup pitting Khamzat Chimaev against former champion Robert Whittaker.

Jackson (13-2) is currently on a four-fight winning streak, most recently securing an impressive Round 1 knockout victory over Rani Yahya in April 2023. The Dana White’s Contender Series alum also has wins over the likes of Brian Kelleher, Julio Arce, J.P. Buys, and Jesse Strader, among others.

The 32-year-old Nurmagomedov (18-3) will enter the Octagon on the heels of a Round 1 submission victory over Muin Gafurov at UFC 294 that saw …

There could be a rivalry brewing in the Professional Fighters League women’s flyweight division.

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Both Dakota Ditcheva and former Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Taila Santos recorded Round 1 finishes in their PFL 1 appearance at the Boeing Center in San Antonio Texas on Friday night. While both got the job done in the first frame, Ditcheva currently occupies the top spot in the rankings since she managed to finish Lisa Mauldin three seconds before Santos ended her clash with Ilara Joanne.

Following a successful PFL debut, Santos was quick to divulge who she’d like to take on next during a post-fight media apperance.

“I'd like to fight Dakota,” Santos said. “I feel like she is on a hype train right now. I don't feel like she has fought anyone as tough.”

While Ditcheva is more than happy to face the challenge of going up against a former UFC contender, “Dangerous” was also quick to hit back with a retort of her own after learn…

There could be a rivalry brewing in the Professional Fighters League women’s flyweight division.

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Both Dakota Ditcheva and former Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Taila Santos recorded Round 1 finishes in their PFL 1 appearance at the Boeing Center in San Antonio Texas on Friday night. While both got the job done in the first frame, Ditcheva currently occupies the top spot in the rankings since she managed to finish Lisa Mauldin three seconds before Santos ended her clash with Ilara Joanne.

Following a successful PFL debut, Santos was quick to divulge who she’d like to take on next during a post-fight media apperance.

“I'd like to fight Dakota,” Santos said. “I feel like she is on a hype train right now. I don't feel like she has fought anyone as tough.”

While Ditcheva is more than happy to face the challenge of going up against a former UFC contender, “Dangerous” was also quick to hit back with a retort of her own after learn…

An intriguing featherweight clash has been added to UFC 303.

Longtime featherweight contender Cub Swanson (29-13) will lock horns with Andre Fili (23-11) at UFC 303, which will go down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on June. 29. The news was first reported by Fili's management, Iridium Sports Agency, in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter).

Swanson has gone 4-2 in his last six Octagon outings and is coming off a unanimous decision victory against Hakeem Dawodu in August, last year. The win against Dawodu allowed the 40-year-old to bounce back from a devastating Round 2 technical knockout loss against Jonathan Martinez in October 2022.

As for Fili, the Team Alpha Male product is coming off a Round 1 knockout loss against Dan Ige at UFC Fight Night 236 in February. "Touchy" has gone 2-3 in his last five bouts, notably recording a Round 1 TKO win against Lucas Almeida before suffering his most recent loss to Ige.

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•Phil Davis is OUT•New Matchup: Rob Wilkinson v. Tom Breese• 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: Main Card: 9PM ET | Early Card: 6:30PM ET

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One of Professional Fighters League’s most accomplished light heavyweight athletes will not be competing next week.

The organization announced on Friday that Phil Davis is out of a proposed clash against Rob Wilkinson at PFL 2. As a result, Tom Breese will step in and face Wilkinson. A reason for Davis’ withdrawal from the event was not given.

PFL 2 takes place on April 12 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas and features regular season bouts at light heavyweight and lightweight. The card is headlined by a 205-pound clash pitting Impa Kasanganay against Alex Polizzi.

A former Bellator MMA light heavyweight champ…

There’s a new king in ONE Championship, and his name is Alexis Nicolas. The undefeated French kickboxing phenom shocked the world Friday night by dethroning lightweight kickboxing champion Regian Eersel by unanimous decision in the ONE Fight Night 21 main event at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Nicolas had his work cut out for him in this one. Eersel entered confidently after winning his last 22 fights over the past eight years and claiming both ONE’s 170-pound kickboxing and muay thai titles. Eersel’s confidence showed early as the champ looked to land heavy punches and knees on Nicolas.

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Nicolas would make the champ pay for his overconfidence in Round 2 after catching Eersel on the temple. The champ hit the canvas for a second before immediately popping up and continuing his attack.

From that moment, the fight was a war, with Nicolas withstanding everything coming his way. Both men landed beautiful blows, and the fight could’ve gone…

Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled experience as ONE Fight Night 21 aims for an evening filled with a whirlwind of intense action and pulse-pounding excitement. Tune in on April 5 at 8 p.m. ET for real-time updates of every action-packed moment as it transpires inside the historic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

Witness history in the making as Regian Eersel defends his ONE 170-pound kickboxing world title against undefeated French powerhouse Alexis Nicolas. Also catch the Ruotolo brothers, Ben Tynan, and Vladimir Kuzmin as they face off against formidable challengers.

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Round 1 Our first muay thai fight of the night begins with Kiatsongrit eating a steep from Silva. Kiatsongrit is composed and fires back with a hard leg kick. Both men are having success with kicks. Kiatsongrit starts firing to the body more with punches and is hurting Silva. An explosive 1-2 lands for Kiatsongrit. Silva seems outgunned as the power differential is clear. Big right …

The moment we've all been waiting for ? Submission grappling phenom Kade Ruotolo makes his MMA debut on June 7 when he faces fellow American Blake Cooper at ONE 167!#ONE167 | Jun 7 at 8PM ET???? Watch Live on Prime???? Watch Live on Sky Sports? Live TV broadcast in 190+? pic.twitter.com/A79zfWcOEA

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) April 5, 2024 One of the famed Ruotolo brothers is transitioning over to MMA very soon.

According to ONE Championship on Friday, Kade Ruotolo (0-0) will be springboarding into MMA competition at ONE 167. In his professional debut, the grappler will take on Blake Cooper (2-1) at 170 pounds, and they will come to blows inside of the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 21-year-old from Huntington Beach, California, has exclusively competed as a submission grappler thus far. Currently the ONE Lightweight submission grappling champ, he will be next rolling with Francisco Lo at One on Prime 21 at 18…

AND NEW 👑 Superbon outpoints Marat Grigorian to win the ONE Interim Featherweight Kickboxing World Title!

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— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) April 5, 2024 Superbon Singha Mawynn now celebrates two victories over longtime rival Marat Grigorian.

The Thai national recorded a unanimous decision victory against Grigorian to earn the ONE Championship interim featherweight kickboxing strap in their rubber match at ONE Friday Fight 58. The all-kickboxing and muay thai card did not feature any MMA matches and went down at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Thailand on Friday.

While Grigorian forced Superbon to fight off his back foot for most of the contest, the former ONE featherweight kickboxing champion’s accurate counterstrikes kept his adversary hones…

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Chris Curtis hits the scale at 186lbs!

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[ #UFCVegas90 | TOMORROW on @ESPNPlus | 6pmET/3pmPT ] pic.twitter.com/d8KulliuRm — UFC (@ufc) April 5, 2024 The UFC Fight Night 240 weigh-ins were a bit of a catastrophe, as four competitors missed the mark by multiple pounds.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship kicks off its busy April with a card that officially still has 13 bouts on the billing, for now. Headlining the event is an intriguing middleweight rematch between Brendan Allen and Chris Curtis. Both contenders stepped on the scale weighing 186 pounds on the dot. Several combatants failed to hit their proper marks as four fighters missed weight: Alexander Hernandez, Cynthia Calvillo and would-be bantamweight opponents Nora Cornolle and Melissa Dixon. All four fighters exceeded their respective weight limit by at least two pounds, and Calvillo vs. Piera Rodriguez has been canceled by the promotio…

Valentin Moldavsky's finishes may be rare, but they’re electric.

The former Bellator MMA heavyweight surged onto the Professional Fighters League scene with a first-round TKO win over 2022 PFL king Ante Delija in the 2024 Season Opener main event on Thursday at Boeing Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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Moldavsky hasn’t finished an opponent since 2018 but wasted little time taking out Delija. With a body kick midway through the first round, Moldavsky stunned the former champ and pounced until the fight was stopped (2:17). With the win, Moldavsky picked up six points and is headed to the top of the PFL playoff standings.

Denis Goltsov took his first step back toward the PFL heavyweight crown after TKOing former Bellator title contender Linton Vassell in the third round (3:11). Goltsov was worked over for most of the opening period but turned the tide once Vassell’s energy ran out in the second. Neither man could barely stand, but Goltsov found enough e…

The Professional Fighters League will kick off its 2024 campaign with 2024 PFL Regular Season 1 at 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) on April 4 at Boeing Center in San Antonio, Texas. The main card begins at 10 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

As the event ushers in the onset of the regular season, fighters in the heavyweight and women’s flyweight divisions will seize the maiden opportunities to accrue crucial points in the standings, laying the groundwork for potential playoff contention as summer draws closer. Dive into the heart of the action with Sherdog’s live play-by-play coverage and scoring, delivering a real- time account of every gripping encounter within the cage.

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Brunno Ferreira is dead set on fighting Sharabutdin Magomedov before it is all over.

In January, the Brazilian middleweight known as “The Hulk” triumphantly rebounded after his first career defeat by smashing Phil Hawes before the end of the first round. This win righted the ship after a humbling 77-second knockout loss to Nursulton Ruziboev. Ferreira (11-1) will return to the cage on June 8, but it is not against the foe he wanted. The Brazilian TKO fighter would have preferred a match with Magomedov, but he will take on Dustin Stoltzfus (15-5) at that UFC Fight Night show instead.

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“Unfortunately, Shara Magomedov escaped from me for a second time,” Ferreira told Sherdog. “We had a fight prescheduled for June 22 in Saudi Arabia, but he escaped from me and accepted an easier opponent where he doesn’t run any risk from being taken down. But fortunately, [the] UFC found [me] Stoltzfus, which is a great opponent to me. Just like Hawes, he will permit me t…

PFL Featherweights Brendan Loughnane, Pedro Carvalho, Bubba Jenkins and Kai Kamaka are about to meet for a presser before their April 19 card in Chicago.

Stay tuned for updates. #PFLRegularseason

— Sherdog (@sherdogdotcom) April 4, 2024

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Winds of change have blown into the Professional Fighters League this year, so it’s fitting that the promotion will make a stop in Chicago. But before the PFL blows into Wintrust Arena on April 19, a few of the organization’s top featherweights doubt this season will be a breeze for anyone.

Featherweight 2022 champion Brendan Loughnane has faced nearly the same group of fighters since signing with PFL in 2019. It’s not that he doesn’t enjoy fighting Bubba Jenkins or Chris Wade on a yearly basis, but the Manchester, England, native fancies a new challenge. That’s exactly what he’ll get this season against former Bellator MMA contender Pedro Carvalho and other debuting fighters.

“I…