Author: Mike Sloan

Albert Tumenov was expected to conquer Gunnar Nelson today but that message apparently wasn’t given to Nelson.

Longtime Muay Thai fighter Germaine de Randamie made her long-awaited UFC debut a sensational one as the Dutch striker dismantled Anna Elmose in the opening round.

Light heavyweights Nikita Krylov and Francimar Barroso went to war early on their encounter and never let up until the fight was over.

Sweden’s Magnus Cedenblad used an array of kicks and punches to keep Garreth McLellan at bay in the first and then used the same repertoire of tools to take the South African out in the second.

Reza Madadi likely lost the first two rounds of his duel with Yan Cabral, but it didn’t matter because his punching power came through in the third.

Sherdog’s live boxing play-by-play and round-by-round scoring kicks off at approximately 11:15 p.m. ET. Also, a free live stream of the undercard can be viewed here.

The brand-new T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip will host its first fight event on Saturday as Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will defend his WBC middleweight title against British phenom Amir Khan.

M-1 Global announced Friday that featherweight champion Ivan Buchinger will defend his crown against undefeated challenger Magomed Idrisov in the headlining bout of M-1 Challenge 67.

Florida-based MMA promotion Titan Fighting Championship has signed UFC and Bellator veteran Jessica Aguilar to handle matchmaking duties for its newly-minted women’s divisions.

One Championship this week unveiled the finalized roster for its “Kingdom of Champions” event, which goes down on May 27 at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.