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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
Bare Knuckle BoxingTill gets his Romero fight seven years after asking, BKFC 94 lands in Manchester on September 26
Darren Till first called out Romero the Cuban Olympian back in 2019. A UFC pairing never happened. On September 26 at AO Arena, at 190 pounds, on bare knuckles, they finally settle it.
MMAJean survives Rodriguez rally to claim PFL welterweight belt, Xavier stops Pedro with a second left in the first
The two-day-notice replacement nearly pulled off the biggest upset of the year. Jean answered with ground-and-pound from the back and captured the vacant title. Rafael Xavier delivered the night’s cleanest highlight one second before the horn.
MMAMakhachev vs. Garry at UFC 330: The stylistic matchup from both sides
The pound-for-pound king walks into Philadelphia at 29-1 and sixteen straight. Ian Machado Garry arrives as a top contender at 170 pounds. The champ is publicly unfazed.
Bare Knuckle BoxingReyno finishes Krejci in the first round of BKFC’s South American debut with Uruguay’s president at ringside
A sold-out Antel Arena, a sitting head of state at ringside, and a hometown finish at 1:29 of round one. BKFC’s first-ever South American card belonged to Gaston “Tonga” Reyno.
MMAUlberg pushes back on interim title chatter, offers his own light heavyweight bracket
The champion sat cageside at UFC Abu Dhabi, watched Ankalaev finish Guskov, told the Paramount interviewer he saw what he needed, then posted a full matchmaking plan on Instagram. His counter-pitch: no interim belt, one clean tournament, whoever earns it fights him in early 2027.
BoxingAnthony Joshua survives two first-round knockdowns to stop Prenga in the second, Fury deal holds
When Kristian Prenga landed a heavy uppercut just nineteen seconds into the fight, Anthony Joshua looked like a former champion whose entire comeback could be derailed by a single mistake. However, the narrative shifted dramatically when the second round got underway.
MMAAnkalaev finishes Guskov in the fifth at UFC Abu Dhabi, calls out Ulberg for the title
Twenty-three minutes of takedowns and grind with the eventual stoppage in the fifth round arriving only after much of the audience had grown disengaged. While Ankalaev secured the victory, the critical reception of his performance is bound to complicate his position in upcoming matchmaking discussions.
Perry vs. Danis MMA fight set for August 29 as Dual Arena 1 launches new hybrid promotion
Rodriguez replaces Musaev vs. Jean at PFL Washington D.C. after weight-cut withdrawal
The Algorithm Made Him Do It: Inside Guskov’s 15-Second Yes to Ankalaev
Tommy McMillen’s record-breaking night in OKC and why he may be exactly the prospect the featherweight division needs
BKB president David Tetreault outlines sports entertainment repositioning after Ortiz’s debut in LA
