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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
PFLPFL Chicago weigh-ins: Carmouche and Bishop on weight for their rematch and the first PFL women’s flyweight title, and Khizriev is cleared for his return
Carmouche needed a haircut to hit 125. Khizriev, unbeaten and away for nearly two years after an armed attack, made 145.4 for his rematch with Gabriel Braga.
MMA‘The Best Fisherman in MMA’ finally gets his UFC debut: Cody Chovancek opens UFC Edmonton after 396 days and a knee injury
The unbeaten Contender Series graduate from Petrolia, Ontario has a charter captain’s license, a steelhead derby title, and a much tougher first assignment than most debutants draw.
MMAMerab Dvalishvili promises Petr Yan ‘some tools that I haven’t showed’ as their trilogy arrives at UFC 333
The former champion says the first fight carried a national weight that made him nervous, and the second slipped away when he stopped fighting his own fight. One and one, with the belt on the line in Abu Dhabi.
BoxingAnthony Pettis books a boxing return in India against Neeraj Goyat
The former UFC lightweight champion meets India’s top professional boxer on January 23, two months after wrestling Donald Cerrone for a third time at RAF 15.
DWCSContender Series finale wrap: Season 10 ties the all-time record at 46 contracts, and the headliner’s winner goes home without one
Four signings on the final night matched the mark set by Seasons 7 and 9. Erick Visconde dominated the main event and was told to come back next year, while Dana White admitted he was outvoted on Smilla Sundell
JudoTeddy Riner explains why he never took the UFC’s reported offer: ‘It’s not in my DNA’
The most decorated judoka in history says money will not pull him into a cage. Los Angeles 2028, and a record fourth individual Olympic gold, is still the plan.
DWCSContender Series finale preview: Bulaid gets his rescheduled audition, Poatan’s sister fights for a contract, and the record is five fights away
Season 10 closes tonight with 42 contracts banked. Four more ties the all-time mark of 46. Five breaks it, which means every fight on the card matters to the history books.
Jon Jones says Gable Steveson needs ‘a lot more sparring’ after the 12-second loss, and points to GSP-Serra as proof careers survive nights like this
LFA 243 wrap: Nick Maximov extends his streak to seven at light heavyweight, and Kevin Fernandez stops Pacheco in the co-main
UFC Vegas 122 wrap: Brendan Allen chokes out Christian Leroy Duncan in the fifth and runs his streak to four
UFC BJJ 12 wrap: Moura becomes the promotion’s first double champion on a disputed card, Canuto finally gets his belt, and a debutant heel-hooks Burns
Pereira says a boxing move is ‘kind of impossible’ with seven UFC fights left, and turns his full attention to Pavlovich
