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MMARemembering Allan Nascimento, the flyweight who earned everything the long way
The Brazilian grappler died Monday at 34, an apparent heart attack in his sleep, six weeks after his last walk to the octagon. He leaves a 22-7 record, two Performance of the Night bonuses, and a career that stood for patience in a sport that rarely rewards it
BusinessFightStar signs global DAZN deal, putting the UK regional promotion in 200-plus territories free to view
Twelve years after starting out in Huddersfield working men’s club territory, the London-based promotion lands a worldwide streaming home. Three events this year, starting August 23 at Indigo at The O2, with a former UFC fighter in the co-main and a £25,000 tournament running underneath.
MMAPFL New York wrap: Nurmagomedov flattens Colgan in the final fight of his deal, Ditcheva returns to a complicated night
The champion needed one round to close out his contract in front of the men who just bought the company. The co-main event winner walked out 16-0, booed, skipped by the broadcast, and asking the same question about the merger as everyone else.
Muay ThaiLovato meets Jaworski at ONE Fight Night 47 with the vacant middleweight grappling throne in view
The 42-year-old who upset Giancarlo Bodoni in Tokyo faces the young Pole moving up from his failed title bid against Tye Ruotolo. Nobody holds the middleweight submission grappling belt yet. Both men are treating September 4 as the audition.
MMAUFC Belgrade wrap: Medic delivers a 30-second homecoming, Stirling stops Blachowicz, and the card finished almost everything
Twelve finishes in fourteen fights. A Serbian headliner who needed half a minute. An undefeated New Zealander who just ended a former champion’s night in one round. The promotion’s first walk into Belgrade could not have been scripted more cleanly if the matchmakers had written the endings themselves.
MMADana White dismisses the MVP-PFL merger, Jake Paul fires back with Netflix numbers, and the promotional war has its opening week
The UFC boss says stacking two promotions nobody watches does not produce a rival. Jake Paul says his Netflix debut outdrew a UFC card. Both spoke on the same day, both picked the metrics that suit them, and the market has not voted yet.
MMAUFC Belgrade preview: Serbia finally gets its card. Medic’s knockout streak meets the man who came back from a mexican prison
The only ranked Serbian on the roster gets his first main event at home, against an opponent who spent eight months in a Mexican prison and came back to win three straight. A former champion, two heavyweight experiments, and a face-off that needed security fill out the promotion’s first walk into Belgrade Arena.
Nabiev’s PFL New York bout scrapped as commission refuses to clear his opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov confirms
Fowler-Rodriguez II booked for UFC BJJ 11, this time at Fowler’s weight class and for his belt
The PFL is becoming MVP MMA. Here is what the merger actually means.
BKFC lands Kohl’s licensing deal, dropping apparel into 1,200 stores ahead of Sturgis, Mohegan Sun, and Fenway
Walker’s heavyweight debut set for UFC 332, drawing ranked British contender Mick Parkin
