Matthew Frincu vs Curtis Millender headlines LFA 24
(fightnewsaustralia.com)“The Thunder From Down Under”, Matthew Frincu (11-2) will headline Legacy Fighting Alliance 24 when he squares up against Curtis Millender (12-3) in October.
The fight was confirmed by the promotion on Thursday morning and will take place at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, USA on October 13 (October 14 in Australia).
Based out of the Arizona Combat Sports academy, Frincu, 24, is riding a four-fight win streak and has lost just once in seven outings since making the move from the Gold Coast. The loss came at the hands of Abubakar Nurmagomedov , a cousin of UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Mackenzie Dern Makes Her Flyweight Debut In October At LFA 24
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Highly touted prospect and multi-time grappling champion Mackenzie Dern will make her return to mixed martial arts in October except this time she will do so as a flyweight.
Dern has been one of the most watched prospects making the rise up through the MMA ranks after entering the sport in 2016.
Thus far, Dern has gone 3-0 in her career but she’s struggled to get down to the strawweight limit, twice missing the 116-pound limit in her past two fights.
Titleholder vs. titleholder fight set for ONE Championship 64 on Nov. 10
(mmajunkie.com)It’ll be champion vs. champion in a November headliner at ONE Championship 64.
Officials today announced a fight between lightweight titleholder Eduard Folayang (18-5) and featherweight champ Martin Nguyen (9-1).
The bout will be contested at 155 pounds, with Folayang’s belt on the line. It’s the first cross-division champion-vs.-champion fight in ONE Championship history.
Chris Fields added to KSW 40 at Dublin’s 3Arena
(severemma.com)Dublin’s own Chris Fields (11-7-1) has today been officially added to the KSW 40 card at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on October 22nd.
Fields was amongst the first wave of Irish fighters to make a splash internationally in the MMA world. After rising through the ranks and being involved in some of the most anticipated match-ups on the Irish scene, Fields won the Cage Warriors middleweight title in Amman, Jordan in 2012. Following on from this Fields remained one of the biggest names in Irish MMA and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter Season 19.
Rousimar Palhares' controversial split-decision loss at FNG 73 overturned
(mmajunkie.com)Rousimar Palhares’ split-decision loss to Shamil Amirov at Fight Nights Global 73 has been overturned to a draw.
Fight Nights Global President Kamil Gadzhiev said the initial result – announced without scores at the Sept. 4 event – was changed after the bout was reviewed by the Russian MMA Union.
“If fighters are not happy with the decision, fighters themselves, or their management, send an official protest letter to the Russian MMA Union,” Gadzhiev today told MMAjunkie. “They invite three new judges, they watch again, and they can change the decision. Sometimes, they change the decision.”
Nick Newell ends retirement, signs with LFA
(https:)The former World Series of Fighting star had ended a two-year retirement and signed with Legacy Fighting Alliance, the company announced on Monday.
Newell earned early notice in his mixed martial arts career due to the fact he is a congenital amputee, as his left arm ends just below his elbow. However, Newell continued earning headlines simply due to the fact he proved to be a talented fighter.
Diego Brandao loses it in the cage...
(https:)Evidently, Diego Brandao lost his marbles in the cage. In the video, at the 8:45 mark, he bites his opponent's ear. Then shortly after, his opponent headbutts his chest, then Diego upkicks him in the neck...and then jumps out of the cage, forfeiting the fight...as the crowd hurls bottles into the cage.
Oooooooookay.
Ben Askren retirement fight against Shinya Aoki set for Nov. 24 in Singapore
(https:)Former Bellator MMA welterweight champion and reigning ONE Championship 170-pound kingpin Ben Askren, 33, is just about ready to call it a career, saying goodbye to mixed martial arts (MMA) after his final fight this November in Singapore.
But it won't be easy.
“Funky” will tangle with grappling wizard Shinya Aoki, 34, at the upcoming “Immortal Pursuit” pay-per-view (PPV) event overseas, which also features a championship rematch pitting the undefeated Angela Lee against Mei Yamaguchi.
Ben Askren defends title vs. Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Championship 60 in Shanghai
(mmajunkie.com)For the first time, ONE Championship will touch down in Shanghai next month, and its welterweight title will be on the line.
Dominant unbeaten 170-pound champion Ben Askren (16-0) will put his belt up against Swedish challenger Zebaztian Kadestam (9-3) in the main event of ONE Championship 60.
The event takes place Sept. 2 at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in China. The card will stream via online pay-per-view in North America.
The ONE Championship 60 lineup includes:
Champ Ben Askren vs. Zebaztian Kadestam – for welterweiwght title
Narantungalag Jadambaa vs. Tetsuya Yamada
Deligerihu Liu vs. Litao Miao
Eh Ya Nut vs. Chunyan Xu
Geng Min Chen vs. Xuewen Peng
Mahmoud Mohamed vs. Sagetdao Petpayathai
Jie Miao vs. Mona Samir
Jaroslav Jartim vs. Amir Khan
Cheng Chao Li vs. Zehao Zhang
Marc Marcellinus vs. Quang Loc Tran
Martin Stapleton meets Soren Bak at Cage Warriors 88 in London
(mmajunkie.com)About a week after he was announced for the card, lightweight contender Martin Stapleton has an opponent for his Cage Warriors 88 bout.
Stapleton (19-5) will take on Soren Bak (8-1) on the card, which takes place Oct. 28 at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, with a live stream on UFC Fight Pass. Promotion officials announced the booking today.
Champ Chris Fishgold gets challenger for Cage Warriors 88 headliner
(mmajunkie.com)Lightweight champion Chris Fishgold has an opponent for his Cage Warriors 88 headliner.
Officials today announced Fishgold (16-1-1) will meet challenger Alexander Jacobsen (8-1) in the championship main event.
Cage Warriors 88 takes place Oct. 28 at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, and it streams on UFC Fight Pass.
The latest Cage Warriors 88 card includes:
Champ Chris Fishgold vs. Alexander Jacobsen – for lightweight title
Paddy Pimblett vs. TBA
Molly McCann vs. TBA
Martin Stapleton vs. TBA
Lee Chadwick vs. TBA
PFL finalizes 11-fight card for second event on Saturday
(https:)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 rounds out fight card with seven new bouts
(https:)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
Nashkho Galaev gets choked unconscious, comes back to KO opponent at ACB 64
(https:)The world of MMA is full of strange moments.
On Wednesday, at ACB 64 in Antalya, Turkey, bantamweight fighter Nashkho Galaev was choked out unconscious by his opponent Denis Mutsnek in the first round of the fight. However, the fight didn’t end there, as Galaev somehow regained consciousness during the bout and came back to knock out his opponent with a brutal knee in the second round. With this victory, Galaev is now on a five-fight win streak, and was able to improve his record to 6-3.
Below you can watch one of the strangest comebacks in MMA:
Luke Barnatt and Scott Askham will headline second ACB Sheffield event
(mmaplus.co.uk)European promotion Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) has confirmed that English rivals, Luke Barnatt and Scott Askham will face off in the main event of their September 23 show at the Sheffield Arena.
Barnatt vs. Askham will mark the promotion’s second show in Sheffield, following on from ACB 65 which set to take place on July 22 at Sheffield Arena’s Steel Hall. The Steel Hall is designed to house around 4,500, whereas the main arena can hold up to 13,600.
LFA 16 Weigh-in Results: Johnny Bedford, Jimmy Flick Cleared for Conflict
(sherdog.com)Houston-based Legacy Fighting Alliance will stay in the great state of Texas on Friday as The Bomb Factory in Dallas will serve as the host venue for LFA 16. Johnny Bedford is set to take on fellow bantamweight Jimmy Flick in the main event and at Thursday’s weigh-ins, both men were spot-on, giving the event the expected green light.
Flick, from nearby Oklahoma, has had a topsy-turvy run of luck inside the cage over the last five years. Having fought sparingly during the span, “The Brick” has gone just 2-3 and is coming off a second-round knockout loss at Legacy FC 63 in December. Flick is gunning to get back on track and when he stepped onto the scale, he came in officially at 135.25 pounds.
Richie Vaculik to make MMA return in Augus
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After a 21 month hiatus from the sport, Richie Vaculik will begin his MMA comeback at Pancrase 289.
The former UFC flyweight will take on Japanese standout Nobuki Fujii at the event, which takes place August 20 in Tokyo, Japan.
“Vas” has been on the MMA sidelines since dropping a unanimous decision to Danny Martinez at UFC 193 in Melbourne. The loss moved his UFC record to 1-3 and he was subsequently released from the promotion.
The 34 year-old TUF Smashes veteran has stayed busy outside the cage since that landmark event and is better known in recent times for his co-anchor role alongside Elvis Sinosic on Fox’s UFC Fight Week show. Vaculik (10-4) will now move to the bantamweight division where he’ll look to get the ball rolling against Pancrase stalwart Fujii (15-8-3).
Road FC 40: $1 million lightweight tournament - Weigh in results and photos
(https:)Road FC’s 40th major event on Saturday is going to be one of their deepest cards ever. The South Korea-based promotion will begin their $1 million lightweight tournament on the card, and will also have an open-weight championship headlining the event. Even UFC vet and former Road FC champion Riki Fukuda has been relegated to the prelims because of this.
USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie rankings, July 12: Big weekend for Robert Whittaker and Justin Gaethje
(mmajunkie.com)New UFC interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and successful UFC debutant Justin Gaethje were the big winners from the most recent edition of the UFC’s annual International Fight Week – and it’s reflected in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings.
Whittaker, who defeated Yoel Romero in UFC 213’s headliner, is now No. 2 at middleweight – and he also made his debut in the pound-for-pound rankings.
Gaethje, a former WSOF champ who beat lightweight vet Michael Johnson in a thrilling “Fight of the Year” candidate in The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale’s main event, moved from No. 7 to No. 4 in the division.
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