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The UFC continues their 12-week summer tour with UFC Austin, headlined by a featherweight contest between Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett. The co-main event features a re-booked legends fight between Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon and there are 12 other fights on the card, with copious betting opportunities, so let’s get to it.

Clay Collard understands how perception works in MMA. Because the UFC is the biggest promotion in the world, there’s a general consensus that athletes competing there are also the best.

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Kevin Holland has seen the future and there’s not a doubt in his mind that he’ll become a UFC champion at welterweight.

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Mike Tyson admits he was wrong for repeatedly punching a fellow passenger on an airplane in April and that the not-so-bright individual picked the wrong day to try him.

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With the UFC announcing the UFC 278 main event on Aug. 20 between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards for the welterweight title in Salt Lake City, does the event need some extra sizzle with a Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz co-main event in order to entice fans to purchase three UFC pay-per-view events in a less than two month span?

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Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon are once again set for a clash of lightweight legends.

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At the UFC Austin weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Austin, Texas, will step on the scale Friday. MMA Fighting will have official weigh-in video and highlights when available, courtesy of the UFC.

Stephen Slattery and Justin Sauerzopf at Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting 87 in Flint, Mich., on June 11, 2022 | @SpectationNet, Twitter

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

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Glover Teixeira was 28 seconds away from defending his UFC light heavyweight title against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 before he tapped to a rear-naked choke in Singapore. And even though the Brazilian recognizes that jumping for a guillotine after rocking Prochazka on his feet in the fifth round was a mistake, he doesn’t regret doing it.

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The next UFC welterweight title fight is official as reigning champion Kamaru Usman looks to defend his title for the sixth time against Leon Edwards at UFC 278 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the meantime, the next contender in line will need to be sorted.

MMA Fighting has PFL 4 results for the Collard vs. Martinez fight card Friday night at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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Two Danas have had a huge impact on Joe Cavallaro’s life.

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Antonio Carlos Junior wants to make it clear that he holds no ill will toward the UFC. But he said leaving the promotion was ultimately the best possible career move.

Raush Manfio (right) defeated Anthony Pettis via decision in 2021. | Cooper Neill, PFL

Raush Manfio’s main goal for 2022 is to capture another championship belt in the Professional Fighters League — his second in a row — and a million-dollar check. That doesn’t mean he’s not aiming for “superfights,” too.

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Jose Aldo and Merab Dvalishvili are on a collision course for a fight expected to take place at UFC 279 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City.