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Jingnan Xiong retained her One Championship women’s strawweight title with a dominant performance against Samara Santos Cunha to set up the biggest fight of her career.
The latest gem produced by the powerhouse Roufusport camp planted his flag in Legacy Fighting Alliance soil.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight division no longer has a queen after Dana White revealed that Nicco Montano has been stripped of her title after failing to make weight for her UFC 228 title bout against Valentina Shevchenko on Saturday night.
Former welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter are set to headline Saturday’s Showtime boxing card airing live from Brooklyn, with the vacant WBC 147-pound title on the line.
Valentina Shevchenko has been left without a fight at UFC 228 when Nicco Montano was hospitalized earlier on Friday morning. The Ultimate Fighting Championship released a statement that the fight was canceled due to health concerns, but Shevchenko was not concerned about her opponent’s wellbeing at all.
Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Court McGee will look to snap a two-fight losing streak against Alex Garcia at UFC Fight Night 138 next month in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, the promotion announced Friday.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Melvin Guillard is reportedly wanted by police after allegedly knocking someone out during a bar fight in Colorado, according to TMZ.
The weigh-ins nowadays have become a big part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s overall show; with so many fighters missing weight at the last minute, every weigh-in is a gamble.
It seems that Nicco Montano will not defend her Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight crown Saturday at UFC 228.
After only one fight under the Legacy Fighting Alliance banner, Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Erick Silva has now signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA. The signing was revealed by his manager Rafael Cavalcante on Thursday, with Bellator officials also confirming the news.