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Rolando DY will return to the Octagon on 23 September when meets seasoned Japanese featherweight Teruto Ishihara (9-4-2) at UFC Fight Night 117 on 23 Sept.
One of the most highly-rated MMA fighters in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, Dy signed with UFC earlier this year and made his UFC debut in Singapore against veteran featherweight Alex Caceres. His UFC debut had all the makings of a barn burner, but in the end, Caceres served up a barrage of strikes and leg kicks to slow DY’s momentum. The bout was eventually stopped by the referee after an accidental eye poke left the Filipino unable to continue.
Submitted Aug 3, 2017 8:18AM by JLS - 0 comments Filed under: UFC
There have been rumors that UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell is ready to make a return to the cage. Those rumors received a heavy dose of fuel on Tuesday, as Bellator fighter Chael Sonnen stoked the flames.
Sonnen, also a former UFC fighter, said that his next likely opponent in the Bellator cage is Liddell.
“I think the most likely opponent is going to end up being Chuck Liddell,” Sonnen told FloCombat. “We’ll see what happens there, but that’s what I think is going to happen.”
On Tuesday, seven fights were announced for the upcoming UFC 216 pay-per-view event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 7.
Several intriguing lightweight contests were added to the card, including a battle between striking specialists Lando Vannata and Abel Trujillo. “Groovy” is just 1-2 in the Octagon so far, but he’s earned performance bonuses in each of his UFC appearances including his most recent Fight of the Night outing against David Teymur that ended in Vannata taking a unanimous decision loss.
See the full list of announced bouts below:
Lando Vannata vs. Abel Trujillo
Beneil Dariush vs. Evan Dunham
Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz
Thales Leites vs. Brad Tavares
John Moraga vs. Magomed Bibulatov
Matt Schnell vs. Marco Beltran
Walt Harris vs. Mark Godbeer
Submitted Aug 1, 2017 11:23PM by JLS - 3 comments Filed under: UFC
Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke will get exactly what he has asked for as KSW have officially announced his title rematch with KSW Lightweight champion Mateusz Gamrot will take place on their first ever Irish show, KSW 40, later this year and possibly feature as the evening’s main event.
KSW 40 will take place on Sunday, October 22 inside the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland and will mark the major Polish promotion’s first ever Irish show and only their second ever outside of Poland. Previously KSW 32 was held in London, England back in October 2015.
UFC President Dana White better apologize to Tyron Woodley – or else.
That, in a nutshell, was the UFC welterweight champion’s response to White’s criticism of his performance during a unanimous-decision win over Demian Maia on Saturday at UFC 214 in Anaheim Calif.
Talita Nogueira has a new opponent for her Bellator debut.
Originally booked to meet Gabrielle Holloway at the Bellator 182 card in Verona, N.Y., on Aug. 25, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace will now take on Amanda Bell. The promotion announced the change on Monday.
Check out our breakdown of the post-fight bonuses from UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 in Anaheim, California. We tell you who won, who didn’t and why.
The Honda Center in Anaheim, California was home to a pretty great night of fights, with five (T)KOs, one submission and six decisions, including one split-decision. UFC 214 saw the crowning of a new champion in Cris Cyborg, the retention of a title by Tyron Woodley and the redemption of Jon Jones as he regained his throne.
Performances of the Night: Jon Jones and Volkan Oezdemir
Fight of the Night: Brian Ortega vs Renato Moicano
Gate: $2,448,870
Att.: 16,610 (sell out)
This week, the UFC signed two Japanese talents who will make their debuts at UFC Fight Night, inside the legendary Saitama Super Arena on September 23.
After Syuri Kondo, Daichi Abe signed a deal with the promotion and will face South Korean fighter, Hyun Gyu Lim.
With no fears, Abe spoke with MMA Plus and revealed his goals, motivation and his big dream of fighting in the UFC.
“I started Judo at eight-years-old and competed until high school, I became National Judo Champion when I was in third grade of high school. Then I started to compete in kickboxing and become J-Network Champ.”
A pair of bouts have been added to the UFC 215 lineup, as Rafael dos Anjos will face Neil Magny at welterweight and Mitch Clarke will meet Alex White at 155 pounds.
The Las Vegas-based promotion announced the bouts on Tuesday evening. UFC 215 takes place at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sept. 9 and is headlined by a flyweight title bout between Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg.
After a couple of minor changes were announced Wednesday, the Professional Fighting League’s second event is set with 11 fights.
Washington’s Zach Conn and Jared Torgeson are stepping in on short-notice to accept bouts on the preliminary portion of the PFL’s upcoming show, which takes place at the Xfinity Arena in Everett, Wash., on Saturday.
Invicta FC 25 has a full card now to back up a pair of headlining title bouts.
On Wednesday, the promotion announced seven new bouts for their Aug. 31 card, which was already set to feature Yana Kunitskaya and Raquel Pa’aluhi battling for the vacant bantamweight championship in the main event, and Livia Renata Souza and Jodie Esquibel squaring off for a vacant strawweight title in the co-main.
Of note, Alexa Conners (3-1) meets undefeated German fighter fighter Katharina Lehner (5-0) in a bantamweight contest, while strawweight Sharon Jacobson (3-1) looks for her third straight Invicta win when she meets newcomer Kali Robbins (4-0).
See the full fight card below:
Yana Kunitskaya vs. Raquel Pa’aluhi
Livia Renata Souza vs. Jodie Esquibel
Alexa Conners vs. Katharina Lehner
Sharon Jacobson vs. Kali Robbins
Shin VanHoose vs. Alyse Anderson
Kelly McGill-Velasco vs. Amberlynn Orr
Yaya Rincon vs. Stephanie Egger
Cheri Muraski vs. Tracy Cortez
Ashley Medina vs. Jillian DeCoursey
A significant welterweight bout between Paul Daley and Lorenz Larkin is the latest addition to September’s Bellator 183 lineup.
Bellator officials today confirmed the bout to MMAjunkie following an initial report from The Telegraph.
Bellator 183 takes place at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. The card airs on Spike following prelims streamed on MMAjunkie, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.
The UFC may soon mark an interesting duel between two former Brazilian challengers to the weight belt. Through her Instagram account, Claudinha Gadelha commented that she would like to face Jessica Bate-Estaca, who would also be interested in the duel.
"I read today that Jessica Andrade is willing to fight me. I'm waiting for the UFC's response to my next opponent since I came down from the octagon in the last fight and no one has come so far. So Jessica, let's make it happen? I'm expecting a call today any time, until it's 2 in the morning ", published the potiguar.
Headlined by Luke Rockhold vs. David Branch, UFC Fight Night 116 has a slew of new fights.
A slew of new fights have been scheduled for UFC Fight Night 116, promotion officials announced Saturday.
The most high-profile matchup added to the event is a middleweight matchup between Krzysztof Jotko and Uriah Hall, which could serve as the co-main event.
In the main event of UFC on Fox from his hometown of Long Island, NY, Weidman shook off a first-round knockdown to secure a third-round submission win over the red-hot Kelvin Gastelum. The victory snapped Weidman's three-fight losing streak and puts him back into a favorable position in the UFC middleweight rankings.
Performance Bonuses - Junior Albini & Alex Oliveira
Fight of The Night Bonus - Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Lyman Good
The pen fights between Nick Hein and Zabit Magomedsharipov were added to UFC Fight Night 115 in the Netherlands.
Hein will go down to 66 kilograms to welcome one of the most talented Dagestan players, Zabita Magomedsharipova.
Immediately after defeating Yoel Romero at UFC 213, now UFC interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker said he had injured his knee in training, and reinjured it early in the fight. Romero landed a thunderous low kick, and UFC commentator Joe Rogan immediately noticed something was wrong. When the Aussie returned to his corner after Round 1 he said, “My left knee’s f***ed.” He lost Round 1, and lost Round 2, too, but came back to win three straight and the title.
Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie will take on Marion Reneau at bantamweight.
With Germaine de Randamie no longer the UFC women’s featherweight champion, her next fight will be back at bantamweight. UFC officials announced on Thursday that GdR is set to face Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night: Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Saturday, September 2nd.
As debuts of heavily hyped MMA prospects go, they don’t get much worse than Aaron Pico.
The good news, though, is that the 20-year-old Bellator lightweight will have a chance to make up for it sooner than later.
Bellator President Scott Coker told ESPN today that Pico (0-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) has been tabbed to fight on the main card of Bellator 183, which takes place Sept. 23 at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., and airs on Spike. An opponent for Pico is still in the process of being finalized.
