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Rolando Dy floors five-time BKB champion four times to retain super welterweight title
Rolando Dy successfully defended his BKB super welterweight world title with a third-round stoppage of Scott McHugh at BKB 60 in Newcastle on Saturday, dropping the five-time champion four times across two rounds before McHugh's corner threw in the towel.
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Ribeiro snaps four-fight skid at UFC Vegas 122, then pleads for answers on missing brother
Brendson Ribeiro submitted Felipe Franco by guillotine choke at UFC Vegas 122 in Las Vegas on Saturday, ending a four-fight losing streak. In an emotional post-fight address, the Brazilian fighter appealed for information about his brother, missing since April 27 in their hometown in Brazil.
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Allen submitted Duncan at UFC Vegas 122 while fighting a staph infection all week
Brendan Allen secured a fifth-round rear-naked choke submission over Christian Leroy Duncan in the UFC Vegas 122 main event on October 10, despite battling a staph infection since Tuesday of fight week, teammate Belal Muhammad has revealed.
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Retired UFC fighter Thiago Tavares becomes neurologist to research CTE in former fighters
Thiago Tavares, who retired from MMA in 2021 with a 24-11-1 record, is now a practicing neurologist using EEG technology and AI to search for a reliable marker of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living former UFC fighters.
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Salkilld targets UFC Sydney return after six straight wins including Dariush and Gamrot finishes
Australian lightweight Quillan Salkilld has signalled his desire to compete at UFC Sydney on February 7, posting "Reporting for duty #feb" on X after back-to-back finishes of Beneil Dariush and Mateusz Gamrot.
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UFC drops Michael 'Venom' Page despite four-fight win streak as Misfits sign him to multiyear deal
Michael 'Venom' Page has signed a multiyear, multifight deal with MF Sports after the UFC declined to renew his contract. The 39-year-old Englishman went 5-1 during his UFC tenure, finishing with a unanimous decision win over Nursulton Ruziboev in September.
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Wellmaker relocated his family to train at ATT, then suffered his third straight UFC defeat
Malcolm Wellmaker was stopped in the second round by Otari Tanzilovi at UFC Vegas 122 on Saturday, extending his losing streak to three fights despite relocating his family to Florida to train at American Top Team.
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Allen submits Duncan in five but leaves Las Vegas disappointed with his own display
Brendan Allen earned a fifth-round rear-naked choke finish and a Performance of the Night bonus against Christian Leroy Duncan in the UFC Vegas 122 middleweight main event, yet the American left the Octagon critical of his own sluggish performance.
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Pereira's coach Cruz stops DeMoor's stand-in then blasts him for pulling out injured
Plinio Cruz, trainer of UFC two-division champion Alex Pereira, made a winning Misfits Boxing debut at London's Copper Box Arena on Saturday, stopping Chase DeMoor's coach Gary Olive in the second round after DeMoor withdrew with an injury.
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Allen backs Strickland's UFC pay fight after submitting Duncan at Vegas 122
Brendan Allen extended his winning streak to four with a submission win over Christian Leroy Duncan at UFC Vegas 122, then used his post-fight platform to endorse Sean Strickland's campaign for better fighter pay — while admitting he is too reliant on his UFC paycheck to speak out himself.
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Pinas praises Allen's UFC Vegas 122 win but hints at 2027 middleweight showdown
Damian Pinas sparked a brief social-media misunderstanding after cheering Brendan Allen's fifth-round submission win over Christian Leroy Duncan, before clarifying his support and floating a future matchup for 2027.
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Referee Goddard defends rare first-round point deduction after Duncan eye poke at UFC Vegas 122
Referee Marc Goddard has explained his decision to deduct a point from Christian Leroy Duncan for an eye poke against Brendan Allen at UFC Vegas 122, revealing he had warned Duncan twice before taking action in the second round.
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Brendan Allen won UFC Vegas 122 main event while fighting a staph infection on antibiotics
Belal Muhammad revealed that Brendan Allen entered fight week at UFC Vegas 122 with a staph infection and competed on antibiotics, yet still submitted Christian Leroy Duncan with a fifth-round rear-naked choke to extend his winning streak to four.
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Michael Page signs multi-fight Misfits Boxing deal after UFC declines to re-sign him
Michael Page is moving into influencer boxing after his UFC departure. KSI announced the multi-fight deal with Misfits Boxing at a UK event on Saturday, though Page's debut date and opponent are yet to be confirmed.
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Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy shot three times in DRC ambush that killed seven
Tim Kennedy, a retired UFC and Strikeforce middleweight, was shot three times in the leg after his private security team was ambushed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in mid-September, leaving seven dead. Kennedy is now recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.
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Allen submits Duncan in five rounds and demands du Plessis stop dodging him
Brendan Allen extended his UFC winning streak to four with a fifth-round rear-naked choke finish of Christian Leroy Duncan at UFC Vegas 122, then called out former middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis, accusing him of ducking a fight they had previously agreed to.
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Jones calls missing UFC White House card one of the biggest regrets of his life
Jon Jones, who retired after defending the heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, says failing to secure a spot on the UFC White House card is among the greatest regrets of his career — but insists he is still "pretty damn happy" with how things ended.
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Fili pulls up after brutal UFC Vegas 122 knockout: 'He's got kids, he's got a future'
Andre Fili knocked out Kai Kamaka III with a head kick at UFC Vegas 122, then deliberately held back from landing follow-up shots. At his post-fight press conference, Fili explained the restraint and opened up about fighting to break cycles of poverty and violence in his family.
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Allen submits Duncan in fifth to headline four-bonus night at UFC Vegas 122
Brendan Allen extended his winning streak to four with a fifth-round rear-naked choke over Christian Leroy Duncan at UFC Vegas 122, while Otari Tanzilovi, Andre Fili, and Alice Pereira each earned $100,000 performance bonuses for their own finishes.
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Allen submits Duncan in fifth round to strengthen UFC middleweight title case
Brendan Allen secured a rear-naked choke finish against Christian Leroy Duncan at 2:46 of the fifth round in the UFC Vegas 122 main event at Meta Apex in Las Vegas, improving his record to 28-7 and bolstering his claim for a middleweight title shot.
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