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Silva made his professional MMA debut in Brazil in 1997, winning his two matches as part of BFC 1. He would then compete across numerous MMA platforms over the next nine years, capturing middleweight titles in Shooto (2-0) and Cage Rage (4-0), while also fighting top ranked talent in PRIDE (4-1). An international star, but

UFC returns to London for the third time in 12 months on Saturday, March 18, with a rematch of one of the most exhilarating fights of 2022. The O2 hosts once again as British UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards headlines the card against No. 1 ranked Kamaru Usman in a trilogy bout. In the co-main,

Wood was the more technical of the two throughout, doing good work in the clinch and on the breaks, creating a massive mouse under the right eye of Carolina over the course of the contest, but “Dread” certainly had positive moments of her own. Her left hand was sharp over the final two rounds and

(No. 3) Justin Gaethje vs (No. 6) Rafael Fiziev Justin Gaethje Upside With Win: Almost none. He’d retain his ranking, but owns losses to two of the men ranked just above him: Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira. Downside With Loss: Significant. He holds a win over No. 5 Michael Chandler, so his drop would likely

EARLY PRELIMS Featherweight Bout: Lerone Murphy (145.5) vs Gabriel Santos (145.5) Middleweight Bout: Christian Leroy Duncan (185.5) vs Dusko Todorovic (186) Flyweight Bout: Jake Hadley (126) vs Malcolm Gordon (129.5)* Watch UFC 286 Embedded Women’s Flyweight Bout: Joanne Wood (126) vs Luana Carolina (126) Lightweight Bout: Jai Herbert (156) vs Ludovit Klein (156) Women’s Flyweight

But Vettori isn’t the type of guy to back down from a challenge. “It didn’t take too long for my mind to change. At the end of the day, somebody challenges you and I’m not the type of guy who shies away from it. If he wants to do it, let’s do it,” Vettori said.

Despite falling short in his two runs at the undisputed crown, those fights were nothing short of learning experiences that he and coach Trevor Wittman could analyze back at ONX Sports in Denver, Colorado. How To Watch UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3 In Your Country “Coming from the boxing game and especially me being

Key Stats: +1.99 striking differential (4th all-time among WW), 55 takedowns landed (5th all-time among WW), 47% control time percentage (2nd) What It Means: Usman is a marauding powerhouse of a fighter who uses an exhaustive brand of wrestling to wear opponents down before landing bombs with his hands. On the feet, he is a

What makes a champion memorable is excellence, of course, but also the storylines that accompany the accomplishments. Against Burns, it was the classic friends-turned-foes storyline. Although the heat behind the fight wasn’t ever that vicious, the competitiveness between the former (and rekindled) training partners led to a fascinating matchup aided by Burns’ supposed perfect skillset

“When I have to deal with media that hasn’t covered MMA before, there’s a lot of new interest in the sport now because of the first women’s fight,” she said. “And in those instances, I feel like I’m really representing the sport. I know they try to get me to say things like, ‘I like

Fresh from a stunning knockout of Usman last August that evened their series at 1-1, Birmingham’s Edwards will now make his first title defense against Usman, who has won 19 of his last 20 bouts.  Plus, two of the lightweight division’s most explosive contenders collide, as Justin Gaethje meets Rafael Fiziev in the UFC 286

In the course of his current winning streak, Dvalishvili has secured 46 takedowns, an average of 5.75 takedowns per contest, which is astounding on its face, but even more impressive given that he posted zero in 16 attempts against now-retired Brazilian legend Jose Aldo last time out. “Training was the same as usual,” Yan said

Nurmagomedov had the speed advantage early and landed the bigger shots in the first, but Martinez displayed otherworldly toughness and tenacity, staying stuck to his Russian foe throughout, keeping the fight close and competitive. When one would have a good moment, the other would respond in kind, with neither gaining a clean, definitive advantage at

In comes Jared Gooden, and just like that, Harris’ opportunity to fight this weekend was back on. Unfortunately, Gooden wasn’t able to make weight, but the silver lining is that Harris receives 30% of Gooden’s fight purse. Saturday’s Full Fight Card Breakdown At this point, nothing was going to stop Harris from fighting on Saturday.

But on this Cinco de Mayo weekend, the proud Mexican-American will be in with the best bantamweight in the world in Sterling, the current titleholder who has won eight in a row, defeating Cory Sandhagen, Petr Yan and TJ Dillashaw along the way. Other matchups on the card include: Xiaonan Yan against former strawweight champion

UFC debuts at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton, headlined by a high-stakes bantamweight matchup that will see No. 2 ranked contender Petr Yan collide with No. 3 Merab Dvalishvili. Fireworks are guaranteed in the co-main event as No. 8 ranked heavyweight Alexander Volkov battles No. 13 Alexandr

Braggadocious proclamations aside, Aspinall’s rehabilitation process seems to be coming along well. Since returning to light MMA training in September, Aspinall said he is incorporating more full-speed, full-contact work progressively, including “seven or eight” sparring sessions.  Although he feels “pretty confident” during sparring, he acknowledges the kind of work he has been doing and the

“(Nam) needs to be cautious about everything: kicks, right hand, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, everything,” Silva said. Before Silva secured his win over Buys, he had lost two in a row to Tagir Ulankbekov and David Dvorak, in addition to a no contest against Khalid Taha. Taking inspiration from former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, Silva sees a