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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
WrestlingTsarukyan 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.
MMADitcheva reveals she fought half of PFL New York with broken hands, telling only her cut man
The whisper went to one person in her corner. The scorecards went her way. Ten days later, the unbeaten flyweight is back in splints, facing another layoff, and rereading a decision she made about surgery a year ago. The performance everyone graded on ring rust deserves a new viewing.
MMAUFC Vegas wrap: Salkilld chokes out Gamrot in one round, and the lightweight queue has a new problem
The Australian’s first main event lasted four and a half minutes and ended with the division’s most reliable grappler tapping to a rear-naked choke. Darren Elkins’ farewell lasted 35 seconds. The Apex delivered a night that reorganised two divisions and retired a legend.
BJJThe world’s first standalone UFC GYM Jiu-Jitsu studio opens in Manhattan.
When UFC GYM Jiu-Jitsu // Jiu Livre opens its doors on Fifth Avenue today, the flagship of a global franchise concept will be standing on foundations built by Santiago Amaral and Jarbem Pacheco
MMAUFC Vegas preview: Gamrot’s top-10 standing meets Salkilld’s momentum, and the fans’ picks disagree with the rankings
The perennial contender has spent four years guarding the lightweight division’s upper floor. The Australian has spent his short UFC run kicking the door in. Saturday at the Meta APEX, the promotion finds out whether the queue behind the champions just got a new name.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKB books a championship doubleheader for its Mexico debut, with Tijuana’s own Fernandez headlining at home
The September 19 card at Auditorio Municipal now has both title fights named. The hometown super cruiserweight champion defends against a former three-division king, and a new super flyweight champion gets crowned in the co-main, with a Mexican fighter in position to take the belt in her home country.
MMAUFC 331 full card lands: Van-Pantoja II headlines LA’s first numbered card in eight years, Tsarukyan returns against Ruffy
The flyweight title rematch nobody stopped asking for since the 26-second injury ending, a five-round lightweight assignment with real danger attached, an Ortega-Moicano rematch nearly a decade in the making, and Gable Steveson on the same night the man who knocked out Junior dos Santos for MVP walks back into the octagon.
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
PFL New York wrap: Nurmagomedov flattens Colgan in the final fight of his deal, Ditcheva returns to a complicated night
