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The latest coverage from across combat sports.
DWCSEverett knocks his way onto the roster, and the record chase comes down to one final night
Sal Everett needed 117 seconds to go from UFC employee to UFC fighter. Four first-round finishes earned four contracts, a -550 favourite fell, and Season 10 now needs four more to tie history.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKB 61 set for London: Selby gets his first bare-knuckle headliner, and Martinjak puts a perfect knockout ledger on the line
The former IBF champion meets an unbeaten Worcestershire finisher at indigo at The O2 on November 14, while the Croatian bridgerweight king defends against a former British champion who has already won under bare-knuckle rules.
MMAContender Series Week 9 preview: Dana White’s own runner auditions for a contract, and the record chase reaches its penultimate Tuesday
The women’s bantamweights headline, the co-main features a man who used to stock the boss’s fridge, and eight contracts across two cards decide whether Season 10 makes history.
MMAONE Fight Night 48 wrap: Erdogan chokes out Elliott to stay perfect and claim the inside lane to ONE’s vacant heavyweight title
The unbeaten Turkish wrestler survived Elliott’s best moment and finished him in the second round. Underneath, Lumpinee delivered two split decisions, a doctor stoppage and a boxer’s first ONE knockout.
UFCUFC 332 wrap: Natalia Silva wins the vacant flyweight title, and the card breaks the knockout record
The Brazilian ran her streak to 15 and became the division’s fourth champion. Underneath her, Salt Lake City produced 11 knockouts, nine in the first round, both single-card UFC records.
MMAUsman says he can still go five rounds with anyone, and weighs which division gets the proof
Eleven weeks after Du Plessis outpointed him in Oklahoma City, the former welterweight king calls the loss information, not a verdict, and keeps both doors open.
WrestlingChimaev gets Covington at last: the Watsco crowd’s superfight lands in Abu Dhabi on November 14, and Lawler comes first
Four years after the UFC talked about it, the two unbeaten RAF stars meet for the crossover title in Chimaev’s adopted home. He wrestles Robbie Lawler in Las Vegas three weeks before.
DCWS: Staines slam knockout, and a shortened card sweeps four-for-four
Barcelos speaks from his hospital bed, and the sport exhales: ‘I’m here, I’m okay, I’ll be back. I’ll come back stronger’
DWCS 94: Five unbeatens, a Dutch blue-chipper at even money, and twelve contracts to find in three weeks
BKFC 94 wrap: Till survives Romero in front of a sold-out Manchester crowd, and a Bolton boxer shocks the middleweight division in sudden death
UFC Vegas 121 wrap: Rosas survives a war with a frightening ending, and the deputy needs 57 seconds to win $100,000
