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Tsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return

The No. 2 lightweight fights Ruffy in Los Angeles on September 19, then straps a singlet back on October 3 in Las Vegas. Across the mat: a man who is 0-2 in the promotion, booked into a title match anyway, with an MMA fight against Mike Perry to survive first. The modern fight calendar has stopped pretending to be one sport.

By Andrew Weissmann

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Tsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return

Tsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return

Latest in combat sports

Ditcheva reveals she fought half of PFL New York with broken hands, telling only her cut man

UFC Vegas wrap: Salkilld chokes out Gamrot in one round, and the lightweight queue has a new problem

The world’s first standalone UFC GYM Jiu-Jitsu studio opens in Manhattan.

UFC Vegas preview: Gamrot’s top-10 standing meets Salkilld’s momentum, and the fans’ picks disagree with the rankings

BKB books a championship doubleheader for its Mexico debut, with Tijuana’s own Fernandez headlining at home

UFC 331 full card lands: Van-Pantoja II headlines LA’s first numbered card in eight years, Tsarukyan returns against Ruffy

Abdelaziz says PFL passed on extending Nurmagomedov before New York, and the 90-day clock is now running

Gracie runs the table at BJJ Stars 19 for the R$200,000 Masters GP, Moicano taps Pitbull in under four minutes

Remembering Allan Nascimento, the flyweight who earned everything the long way

FightStar signs global DAZN deal, putting the UK regional promotion in 200-plus territories free to view

The Fight Game
Starts Here

Tsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return

Latest in combat sports

Ditcheva reveals she fought half of PFL New York with broken hands, telling only her cut man

UFC Vegas wrap: Salkilld chokes out Gamrot in one round, and the lightweight queue has a new problem

The world’s first standalone UFC GYM Jiu-Jitsu studio opens in Manhattan.

UFC Vegas preview: Gamrot’s top-10 standing meets Salkilld’s momentum, and the fans’ picks disagree with the rankings

BKB books a championship doubleheader for its Mexico debut, with Tijuana’s own Fernandez headlining at home

UFC 331 full card lands: Van-Pantoja II headlines LA’s first numbered card in eight years, Tsarukyan returns against Ruffy

Abdelaziz says PFL passed on extending Nurmagomedov before New York, and the 90-day clock is now running

Gracie runs the table at BJJ Stars 19 for the R$200,000 Masters GP, Moicano taps Pitbull in under four minutes

Remembering Allan Nascimento, the flyweight who earned everything the long way

FightStar signs global DAZN deal, putting the UK regional promotion in 200-plus territories free to view

The Fight GameStarts Here

The Fight Game
Starts Here