Новости за 04.06.2022

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Benoit Saint-Denis had to lean on his durability and toughness in his octagon debut, but on Saturday they led to his first UFC finish.

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Tony Gravely only needed one perfectly timed uppercut to end his fight at UFC Vegas 56.

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Erin Blanchfield can now add a UFC finish to her already impressive résumé.

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Aljamain Sterling keeps a close eye on all of the potential contenders gunning for his UFC bantamweight title and that includes fast rising star Sean O’Malley.

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For months, rumors have circulated that the UFC is targeting an interim heavyweight title fight while undisputed champion Francis Ngannou is on the sidelines recovering from knee surgery. The proposed bout would feature former two-time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic versus former light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. But some fighters in the heavyweight division, MMA Fighting’s No. 9-ranked heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik for one, don’t think much of that idea.

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Gilbert Burns became the first fighter in the UFC to truly test Khamzat Chimaev when they battled it out for three rounds back in April at UFC 273.

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Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik probably aren’t competing for the heavyweight title anytime soon, but here’s what is on the line for both fighters Saturday: the loser will see consecutive losses in the octagon for the first time.

Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik will clash in the UFC Vegas 56 main event Saturday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 56 results for the Volkov vs. Rozenstruik fight card, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 56 Twitter updates.

Bo Nickal might already have some of the best wrestling in all of mixed martial arts but he didn’t need a single takedown to earn his first professional victory on Friday night.

SUP PEOPLE, got some scraps poppin. Titan was meh, Luis Pena won and that sucked to watch. IKON had a decent sub win for lemacks. Femme fight now and 1st LFA fight just started. I got droog tickets for August 3rd, me and my son about to watch one of the illest do it, do it.

It may have been a joke and it may have been serious, but Merab Dvalishvili chose to believe the latter when Petr Yan said he would “kill” Aljamain Sterling and his team on site at UFC 273.

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UFC middleweight Paulo Costa made the news earlier this week in Brazil after being accused of assaulting a nurse over a vaccination card, and he has finally opened up about the situation.

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Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozentruik both look to avoid consecutive losses for the first time in their UFC careers in the main event of UFC Vegas 56.