Новости за 23.06.2023

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Shane Burgos knows from personal experience that it’s not easy to make the decision to leave the UFC but that was ultimately what was best for his career and more importantly what was better for his bank account.

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Flyweights Erin Blanchfield and Taila Santos are targeted to clash in a key matchup at 125 pounds at the upcoming UFC Singapore card scheduled on Aug. 26.

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Joshua Van already knew he would have his chance to earn a UFC contract after he was offered the opportunity to compete on The Contender Series in August, but then he got an unexpected call from his manager that changed everything.

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As a two-division BKFC champion, Luis Palomino is usually front and center whenever the promotion puts on a big event but he really laments missing out on the most recent marquee card in April.

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Ryan Spann is getting another shot at Anthony Smith.

Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko will run it back with the flyweight title going up for grabs at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled on Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Anatoly Malykhin got it done.

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The beauty of doing a live show in the MMA space is that when big news gets confirmed, you can react to it in real time — and that’s what happened on Friday with the confirmation of the UFC Paris flyweight bout between former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and Manon Fiorot.

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Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria had no issue making weight for the UFC Jacksonville main event, but a couple of preliminary fighters weren’t so lucky.

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At the UFC Jacksonville weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., will step on the scale Friday.

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The flyweight division has a new challenger as ex-strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will make the move up to 125 pounds to face Manon Fiorot at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card in Paris on Sept. 2.

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While there is considerable doubt surrounding the return of Conor McGregor, UFC commentator Jon Anik holds out hope the former two-division champion will fight Michael Chandler within the next nine months.

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Marvin Vettori will have to go back to the drawing board after his most recent outing this past weekend.

Kleber Koike | Photo via RIZIN

Kleber Koike is no longer the RIZIN featherweight champion after coming in less than a pound over the limit at Friday’s weigh-ins in Sapporo, Japan.

BKFC is building promotional footage for Bryce Hall.

The social media influencer, who boasts 27 million followers across TikTok and YouTube, got slapped as part of a publicity stunt at the BKFC 45 weigh-ins on Thursday in Hollywood, Fla.

BKFC fighter Gee “The Cutman” Perez did the heavy lifting for the stunt as he weighed in for a bout with Philip Ryan Carroll and then walked straight up to Hall to deliver a slap. Hall’s associate held back the confused-looking influencer.

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Make no mistake, Arjan Bhullar didn’t want to sit out the past two years.

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We’re in the middle of the summer run, and so you know what that means: UFC action coming at you every single weekend until the last week of September. This week that action is UFC Jacksonville, headlined by a pivotal featherweight clash between top-10 fighters Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria. But before that matchup, we’ve got 13 other fights to enjoy, so let’s hop right into which ones I’ll be betting on.