Everyone has a fighting chance
A heavyweight clash pitting Curtis Blaydes against Junior dos Santos will serve as the headliner when the Ultimate Fighting Championship travels to Raleigh, N.C., for the first time on Jan. 25.
Maycee Barber will square off against Roxanne Modafferi in a women’s flyweight bout at UFC 246 on Jan. 18.
Ovince St. Preux is slated to face Ryan Spann at a UFC event early next year.
The Bellator 234 heavyweight headliner is official, as both Sergei Kharitonov and Linton Vassell made weight without issue on Wednesday.
Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz in their much hyped ‘BMF’ title fight earlier this month at UFC 244 and continues to eye another lucrative bout, with Conor McGregor firmly in his sights.
It appears Ryan Bader will not get his wish of fighting for the Rizin Fighting Federation light heavyweight title at the end of the year.
Unbeaten Russian fighter Ivan Shtyrkov will square off against Yasubey Enomoto in a middleweight affair at Russian Cagefighting Championship 7 on Dec. 14.
Francis Ngannou seemed like the favorite to fight current Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic next
Though nothing is official, Weili Zhang may have her first strawweight title defense lined up.
Joey Beltran is set to fight for the heavyweight title at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 9 against Chase Sherman.