Everyone has a fighting chance
Brendan Loughnane will fight for the first time since being shunned by Dana White on the Contender Series earlier this summer when he makes his Professional Fighters League debut against Matt Wagy on Oct. 11.
Steven Peterson returned to the win column in a big way at UFC Mexico City.
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Ben Askren holds the unwanted record for suffering the quickest loss in UFC history when he was knocked out cold in just five seconds by Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee back in July.
Robert Whittaker will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on Saturday night where he will defend his middleweight title for the first time against the interim champ Israel Adesanya when the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Melbourne, Australia, for the biggest fight in Australian combat history.
Last week, former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Chris Weidman claimed that he saw “holes” in Jon Jones’ game and believed he would be the one to finally beat him ahead of his move up to the 205-pound division, which has been dominated by “Bones” for the past eight years.
Kevin Holland will move up his next Octagon appearance approximately one month, as he has agreed to step in for the injured Eric Spicely to face Brendan Allen at UFC on ESPN 6.
Henry Corrales and Antonio McKee are among six fighters facing a potentially long layoff following Bellator 228.
Nick Newell will lock horns with Luis “Manny” Muro at Bellator 232.
Octagon newcomers Yorgan De Castro and Justin Tafa will kick off the UFC 243 pay-per-view draw on Saturday night.
Jorge Masvidal’s flying-knee finish of Ben Askren at UFC 239 will go down as one of the greatest knockouts in the history of the sport, and now the fighter’s gym is paying tribute to the achievement.