UFC 280 on October 22nd

Lightweight: Beneil Dariush v. Mateusz Gamrot 

Strawweight: Marina Rodriguez v. Amanda Lemos 

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Men's Bantamweight: Khalid Taha v. Taylor Lapilus (Lapilus' first Octagon appearance since 2016) 

UFC San Diego on August 13th

Strawweight: Iasmin Lucindo will replace Istela Nunes against Yazmin Jauregui 

Lightweight: Gabriel Benitez v. Charlie Ontiveros 

Featherweight: David Onama v. Nate Landwehr 

UFC 277 next weekend

Lightweight: Rafa Garcia will replace Carlos Diego Ferreira against Drakkar Klose

Heavyweight: Don'Tale Mayes v. Hamdy Abdelwahab  

UFC 279 on September 10th

Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker v. Ion Cutelaba 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 21st, 2022 

1. Brazil (38)

2. Argentina (25)

3. Colombia (18)

4. Paraguay (14)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (11)

T7. Peru/Uruguay (6)

9. Venezuela (5)

10. Bolivia (2)  

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 20th, 2022 

1. Brazil (37)

2. Argentina (24)

3. Colombia (18)

4. Paraguay (14)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (11)

T7. Peru/Uruguay (6)

9. Venezuela (5)

10. Bolivia (2)  

UFC 279 on September 10th

Welterweight Main Event: Nate Diaz v. Khamzat Chimaev

British Boxing News

Fabio Wardley will face Nathan Gorman for the vacant heavyweight title

Troy Williamson has his next super welterweight title defense against Josh Kelly 

UFC 280 on October 22nd

Men's Bantamweight Title Fight Co-Main: Aljamain Sterling v. TJ Dillashaw 

Men's Bantamweight: Sean O'Malley v. Petr Yan 

NCAA Men's Water Polo

Air Force will join the West Coast Conference for the 2023 spring season 

UFC on August 6th

Ultimate Fighter 30 Finals

Heavyweight: Zac Pauga v. Mohammed Usman

Women's Flyweight: Juliana Miller v. Brogan Walker  

Boxing on August 20th

Usyk v. Joshua 2 Undercard

Badou Jack v. Richard Rivera 

UFC London on Saturday

Lightweight: Mason Jones v. Ludovit Klein (Klein was originally scheduled to face Ignacio Bahamondes at UFC 277 next weekend) 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 18th, 2022 

1. Brazil (37)

2. Argentina (24)

3. Colombia (17)

4. Paraguay (13)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (11)

T7. Peru/Uruguay (6)

9. Venezuela (5)

10. Bolivia (2) 

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Manon Fiorot is back to her original opponent after Jessica Andrade, who was tabbed as her substitute opponent, is out. Katlyn Chookagian, her first scheduled opponent, is back in 

Super Welterweight Boxing

Undisputed champion Jermell Charlo will make his first title defense January 28th against WBO mandatory challenger Tim Tszyu

UFC 280 on October 22nd

Vacant Lightweight Title Fight: Charles Oliveira v. Islam Makhachev  

Boxing on September 17th

Jesse Rodriguez v. Israel Gonzalez

Austin Williams v. Kieron Conway 

UFC 279 on September 10th

Men's Bantamweight: Heili Alateng v. Chad Anheliger 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 17th, 2022 

1. Brazil (36)

2. Argentina (24)

3. Colombia (17)

4. Paraguay (13)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (11)

7. Peru (6)

T8. Uruguay/Venezuela (5)

9. Bolivia (2) 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 15th, 2022 

1. Brazil (36)

2. Argentina (24)

3. Colombia (16)

4. Paraguay (13)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (10)

7. Peru (6)

T8. Uruguay/Venezuela (5)

9. Bolivia (2) 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

*Updated after the games on July 14th, 2022 

1. Brazil (36)

2. Argentina (23)

3. Colombia (16)

4. Paraguay (13)

5. Ecuador (12)

6. Chile (10)

7. Peru (6)

8. Uruguay (5)

9. Venezuela (4)

10. Bolivia (2) 

Most Wins at the Copa America Feminina since the first tournament in 1991 

1. Brazil (36)

2. Argentina (23)

3. Colombia (16)

4. Ecuador/Paraguay (12)

5. Chile (9)

6. Peru (6)

7. Uruguay (5)

8. Venezuela (4)

9. Bolivia (2) 

UFC on October 15th

Strawweight: Sam Hughes v. Piera Rodriguez 

UFC on September 17th

Middleweight: Anthony Hernandez v. Marc-Andre Barriault 

UFC 277 on July 30th

Carlos Diego Ferreira is out of his bout against Drakkar Klose and the UFC is seeking a replacement 

Joselyne Edwards is replacing Mariya Agapova against Ji Yeon Kim 

Boxing on Saturday

Lawrence King at super middleweight 

Welterweight: Alexis Rocha v. Samuel Kotey 

Super Featherweight WBA Eliminator: Lamont Roach Jr v. Angel Rodriguez 

Jim Miller can become the first person in UFC history with 25 wins; The two CONCACAF spots for Paris 2024 women's soccer are between Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the United States; Rizin FF's return to action on the 31st of this month will include the atomweight grand prix quarterfinals

Boxing on August 13th

Teofimo Lopez v. Pedro Campa

Xander Zayas v. Elias Espadas 

Andres Cortez v. Abraham Montoya

Combat Sports News

Flyweight Jimmy Flick is coming out of a nearly fifteen-month retirement and will look to return to the Octagon 

Boxing on August 5th

ProBox TV's Last Chance Tournament- Semifinals

Kenda Casteneda v. Joseph Fernandez

Antonio Moran v. Michael Dutchover  

Flyweight Boxing

WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez and IBF champion Sunny Edwards are steps away from a two-belt unification fight on October 22nd 

Rizin Fighting Federation on Sunday the 31st

Atomweight Grand Prix- Quarterfinals

Jessica Aguilar v. Ayaka Hamasaki 

Seika Izawa v. Laura Fontoura

Kanna Asakura v. Si Woo Park

Rena Kubota v. Anastasiya Svetkivska 

Light Heavyweight Boxing

WBA titleholder Dmitry Bivol has been ordered to defend his belt against Zurdo Ramirez with a negotiation deadline of the 10th of next month to avoid a purse bid 

UFC on September 17th

Men's Bantamweight Main Event: Cory Sandhagen v. Song Yadong

Men's Featherweight Co-Main Event: Giga Chikadze v. Sodiq Yusuf  

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov v. Joaquin Buckley

Boxing on August 20th

Adrien Broner v. Omar Figueroa

Alberto Puello v. Batyr Akhmedov

Roger Gutierrez v. Hector Garcia 

UFC on October 1st

Strawweight Main Event: Mackenzie Dern v. Yan Xiaonan

PFL 7 on August 5th

Light Heavyweight Semifinals

Josh Silveira (replacing Antonio Carlos Junior) v. Omari Akhmedov 

Rob Wilkinson v. Delan Monte 

Lightweight Semifinals

Anthony Pettis v. Stevie Ray

Olivier Aubin-Mercier v. Alexander Martinez  

UFC 281 on October 22nd

Welterweight: Belal Muhammad v. Sean Brady

Bare Knuckle FC on August 20th

Paige VanZant v. Charisa Sigala  

UFC next weekend

Bill Algeo v. Herbert Burns is now set at men's featherweight after the withdrawal of their original respective opponents Billy Quarantillo and Khusein Askhabov 

UFC 278 on August 20th

Women's Flyweight: Miranda Maverick v. Shanna Young 

UFC on October 15th

Strawweight: Angela Hill v. Lupita Godinez  

UFC London on July 23rd

Darren Till is out of his middleweight bout against Jack Hermansson and has been replaced by Chris Curtis 

Combat Sports News

Tony Kelley is off the UFC roster after four fights with the promotion and Octagon wins over Ali AlQaisi and Randy Costa 

Max Rohskopf has joined the Bellator roster as a lightweight 

MMA Retirements

Joseph Benavidez

Henry Cejudo 

Donald Cerrone

Carlos Condit

Jessica Eye

Paul Felder 

Felice Herrig 

Joanna Jedrzejczyk 

Sarah Kaufman  

Valerie Loureda

Roxanne Modaferri 

Luke Sanders

Felicia Spencer

Gian Villante

Eddie Wineland    

*Bolded and Italicized- newly added

Lightweight Boxing 

Mark Chamberlain claimed the IBF European title with a unanimous decision over Marc Vidal

Golf News

The WGC-HSBC Champions, which was scheduled for October 27th through the 30th in Shanghai, has been cancelled as a result of new COVID restrictions in the country. 

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is still on for that week and will be played with full FedEx Cup points on the line. 

After its first three installments in South Korea and the past two in Las Vegas, South Carolina will host the CJ Cup this year from October 20th through the 23rd.  

Boxing on September 10th

Undisputed Middleweight Championship: Claressa Shields v. Savannah Marshall

Junior Lightweight Unification: Mikaela Mayer v. Alycia Baumgardner 

UFC on Saturday

Jamie Pickett v. Denis Tiuliulin has been removed from the card and has been tentatively rescheduled for September 10th

Austin Lingo v. David Onama at featherweight is off the card. Onama will instead face newcomer Garrett Armfield  

Junior Featherweight Boxing

Zolani Tete claimed the Commonwealth title with a fourth-round finish of Jason Cunningham 

Bellator 283 on July 22nd

Patricky Freire is out of his lightweight title defense against Sydney Outlaw

Tofiq Musayev v. Sydney Outlaw is a new main card bout

Musayev was scheduled to face Adam Piccolotti, but Piccolotti is out of the contest 

Douglas Lima v. Jason Jackson is the new main event 

Junior Welterweight Boxing

Josh Taylor has vacated his WBC title and the belt will be between Jose Ramirez and Jose Zepeda in a rematch

UFC on August 6th

Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski v. Priscila Cachoeira  

Boxing on August 20th

Emanuel Navarrete v. Eduardo Baez

29-0 Giovani Santillan will be in action and there will be a rematch between Nico Ali Walsh and Reyes Sanchez (the only one of Walsh's five opponents who hasn't been stopped- this went to a majority decision for 5-0 Nico)  

Combat Sports News

Felice Herrig has signed with Bare Knuckle FC after concluding a 24-fight MMA career with Octagon wins over Kailin Curran, Alexa Grasso, Justine Kish and Cortney Casey. She has thirty-seven wins in combat sports with 23 in kickboxing and 14 in MMA  

Boxing next weekend

Welterweight: Alexis Rocha v. Samuel Kotey

WBA Flyweight Eliminator: Ricardo Sandoval v. David Jiminez 

Featherweight: Diego De La Hoya v. Enrique Bernache 

Lightweight: Miguel Gaona v. Jonathan Guzman 

UFC on September 10th

Women's Bantamweight: #5 Irene Aldana v. T11 Macy Chiasson

Boxing on July 30th

Cruiserweight: Chris Billam-Smith will defend his unified British/Commonwealth/European titles v. Isaac Chamberlain

NHL News

This year's draft will be Thursday and next Friday on ESPN and ESPN+ 

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast v. John Makdessi

WNBA Milestones

Candace Parker, who's been in the league since 2008, reached the 1500-assist milestone and is the first in league history with 6,000 points, 3,000 rebounds and 1500 assists (she's also the first to record three triple-doubles)  

UFC on September 17th

Women's Flyweight: Gillian Robertson v. Melissa Gatto  

Combat Sports News

After a 28-fight career dating back to 2006, Sarah Kaufman has announced her retirement from mixed martial arts. She's competed for King of the Cage, Strikeforce, UFC, Invicta and PFL over her career. 

4-0 Archie Colgan has joined Bellator after most recently competing in Eagle FC and is expected to compete in the lightweight division 

Boxing on August 20th

Junior Welterweight: 24-0 Omar Aguilar v. 15-0 Lindolfo Delgado