Tuesday, August 30, 2022

UFC Paris this weekend
Men's Featherweight: Charles Jourdain v. Nathaniel Wood
Gabriel Miranda replaces Christos Giagos against Benoit Saint Denis
Stephanie Egger will replace Zarah Fairn against Ailin Perez 
Christian Quinonez will replace Taylor Lapilus against Khalid Taha
Danny Henry v. Ricardo Ramos has been cancelled; William Gomis v. Jarno Errens has been added 


Paris 2024 Basketball
The first men's qualifier will be next year's FIBA World Cup.
Out of seven spots for the Olympic field:
Two for the Americas
Two for Europe
One for Africa (Ivory Coast is in the WC field)
One for Asia (Lebanon is in the WC field)
One for Oceania (New Zealand is in the WC field)


UFC 279 next weekend
Welterweight: Kevin Holland v. Daniel Rodriguez  


Bellator 288 on November 18th
Main Event: Vadim Nemkov v. Corey Anderson rematch for the light heavyweight title
Co-Main: Patricky Pitbull defending his lightweight belt against Usman Nurmagomedov 


Boxing on November 12th
Montana Love will face Stevie Spark for the IBF North American Super Lightweight title 


UFC 280 on October 22nd
Heavyweight: Hamdy Abdelwahab v. Parker Porter 


Boxing on September 23rd
Stevenson-Conceicao card
Keyshawn Davis v. Omar Tienda (co-main)
Henry Lebron v. Andy Vences 


UFC on November 5th
Women's Flyweight: Miranda Maverick v. Shanna Young 


Bellator 289 on December 9th
Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Raufeon Stots v. Danny Sabatello
Patchy Mix v. Magomed Magomedov 


UFC on November 19th
Strawweight: Vanessa Demopoulos v. Maria Oliveira 


UFC on October 29th
Welterweight: Tim Means v. Max Griffin 


UFC 281 on November 12th
Strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz v. Silvana Gomez Juarez
Lightweight: Ottman Azaitar v. Matt Frevola  


UFC on October 15th
Men's Bantamweight: Raphael Assuncao v. Victor Henry 
Mike Jackson returns v. Pete Rodriguez 


Boxing on October 8th
Sebastian Fundora defends his interim WBC 154 title v. Carlos Ocampo
Interim WBC Middleweight Title Fight: Carlos Adames v. Juan Macias Montiel 
Fernando Martinez defending his IBF junior lightweight belt v. Jerwin Ancajas in a rematch 


UFC on October 1st
Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik v. Chris Daukaus 
Lightweight: Mike Davis v. Uros Medic 


Boxing News
IBF: Subriel Matias v. Jeremias Ponce for the now-vacant title after Josh Taylor vacated it


UFC on December 3rd
Strawweight: Angela Hill v. Emily Ducote
Lightweight: Marc Diakiese v. Michael Johnson 
Clay Guida v. Scott Holtzman (Guida's 60th pro bout)  


Boxing on October 15th
Devin Haney v. George Kambosos Jr rematch (October 16th in Australia) 

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Boxing on September 24th
Leigh Wood v. Mauricio Lara
Hannah Rankin v. Terri Harper
IBO Lightweight Title Fight: Maxi Hughes v. Kid Galahad 


WBA Boxing
October 29th: Hughie Fury v. Michael Hunter in an eliminator


Invicta FC 49 on September 28th
Atomweight Title Fight: Jessica Delboni (c) v. Jillian DeCoursey  


Bantamweight Boxing
December 13th: Naoya Inoue v. Paul Butler for the undisputed title


UFC 281 on November 12th
Lightweight: Dan Hooker v. Claudio Puelles and Brad Riddell v. Renato Moicano 


Boxing on November 5th
WBA Title Fight: Dmitry Bivol v. mandatory challenger Zurdo Ramirez 

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

UFC on November 5th
Men's Flyweight: Jake Hadley v. Carlos Candelario 


Boxing on October 20th
Golden Boy Fight Night headliner: 11-0 Floyd Schofield v. Daniel Rosas 


UFC 279 on September 10th
Welterweight: Tony Ferguson v. Li Jingliang 

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Boxing on September 3rd
Juan Francisco Estrada v. Argi Cortes
WBA featherweight holder Erika Cruz v. Jelena Mrdjenovich rematch
Hector Flores v. Sivenathi Nontshinga for the vacant IBF flyweight belt 
Junior Lightweight: Eduardo Hernandez v. Jorge Mata 


UFC 281: Adesanya v. Pereira on November 12th
Strawweight Co-Main Title Fight: Carla Esparza (c) v. Zhang Weili 


UFC on October 1st
Jesse Ronson will face Joaquim Silva with Vinc Pichel out 


Boxing on October 15th
Fox PPV Main Event: Deontay Wilder v. Robert Helenius 
Super Middleweight WBC Eliminator: Caleb Plant v. Anthony Dirrell  

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

BKFC on Saturday
Paige VanZant v. Charisa Sigala is off the card (rescheduled for October 15th), while the Page-Perry main event is still on 


UFC 281: Prochazka v. Teixeira 2 on December 10th
Welterweight: Robbie Lawler v. Santiago Ponzinibbio 


Boxing on September 24th
Women's Featherweight: WBC/WBO champ Amanda Serrano v. IBF champ Sarah Mahfoud 


Boxing on Saturday
Sergey Lipinets, who was originally scheduled on the undercard, will step in for Adrien Broner against Omar Figueroa in the main event 


UFC 280 on October 22nd
Women's Bantamweight: Karol Rosa v. Lina Lansberg 


Combat Sports News
Featherweight Shane Burgos is moving to the PFL after completing his contract with the UFC. He won eight-of-eleven in the Octagon  

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Boxing News
After 43 wins and 36 knockouts in 48 fights, David Lemieux has announced his retirement


UFC 281 on November 12th
Light Heavyweight: Dominick Reyes v. Ryan Spann 


ONE on Amazon Prime 2 on September 30
Strawweight Title Fight Main Event: Angela Lee v. Xiong Jingnan 3 


Combat Sports News
After stints with Bellator, UFC and PFL, Rory MacDonald is hanging up his gloves. He is a former Bellator welterweight champ and challenged for UFC gold, among other career highlights  


Dana White's Contender Series
September 27: Bo Nickal v. Donovan Beard
Nickal is 2-0 with two finishes while Beard is 7-1 and claimed the vacant Cage Fury FC middleweight title in his last outing 

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Boxing Title Consolidator
November 5th or 12th (WBA): "Super" featherweight champ Leo Santa Cruz v. world featherweight champ Leigh Wood 


The UFC gods don't want an unruffled fight card
September 17th: Lando Vannata is out, leaving Andre Fili. 


UFC on December 3rd
Middleweight: Derek Brunson v. Jack Hermansson 


UFC on October 15th
Men's Flyweight: 11-0 Tatsuro Taira v. CJ Vergara 


NFL News
RB James White, who spent his entire eight-season, 95-game career with New England, has announced his retirement 


UFC 280 on October 22nd
Middleweight: Armen Petrosyan v. AJ Dobson 


Combat Sports Retirements
After an eighteen-bout career with half in the UFC, Nina Nunes is hanging up her gloves after a SD win over Cynthia Calvillo at Vera v. Cruz- her fifth win in the Octagon 


UFC on October 29th
Middleweight: Phil Hawes v. Roman Dolidze and Josh Fremd v. Tresean Gore 
Men's Flyweight: Kleydson Rodriguez v. Vinicius Salvador


Professional Fighters League
Nathan Kelly submitted Ben Ellis and has qualified for next year's European Series 

Welterweight Final: Sadibou Sy v. Dilano Taylor 
Heavyweight Final: Matheus Scheffel v. Ante Delija 


UFC on November 5th
Women's Bantamweight: Ramona Pascual v. Tamires Vidal 


Boxing News
IBF: Jeremias Ponce has been named the mandatory challenger for Josh Taylor at super lightweight, with a purse bid set for this upcoming Tuesday the 23rd 


UFC 282 on December 10th
Light Heavyweight Title Fight: Jiri Prochazka (c) v. Glover Teixeira rematch 


Bellator on November 18th
Lightweight Title Fight: Patricky Pitbull (c) v. Usman Nurmagomedov 


UFC 281 on November 12th
Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield v. Molly McCann 

Thursday, August 11, 2022

UFC on October 15th
Middleweight Main Event: Jared Cannonier v. Sean Strickland 


Boxing on September 10th
Shields v. Marshall
Lauren Price v. Timea Belik
Karriss Artingstall v. Marina Sakharov
Caroline Dubois v. Milena Koleva 
Ginny Fuchs v. Gemma Ruegg 
Sarah Leigmann v. Bec Connolly 


Combat Sports News
After ten UFC victories, two Performance of the Night bonuses and a tie for the most knockouts in UFC middleweight history (eight) with Thiago Santos and Anderson Silva, Uriah Hall announced that he's stepping away from mixed martial arts 

Band TV will be the UFC's new broadcast partner in Brazil and January will see the Brazil launch of UFC Fight Pass   


Boxing News
Conor Benn v. Chris Eubank Jr is targeted for October 8th 

Deontay Wilder v. Robert Helenius is targeted for October 15th 

Terence Crawford v. Errol Spence Jr is targeted for either November 12th or 19th 

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Boxing: WBC News
Vacant Title Fight
With Jose Ramirez out, Jose Zepeda will face Regis Prograis


Bellator 286 on October 1st
Men's Featherweight: Aaron Pico v. Jeremy Kennedy
Men's Bantamweight: Juan Archuleta v. Enrique Barzola 
Lightweight: Max Rohskopf v. Mike Hamel 


Boxing on September 3rd
Women's Super Welterweight: WBO champ Natasha Jonas v. WBC champ Patricia Berghult  


Boxing on August 20th
Final Eliminators
Heavyweight: Filip Hrgovic v. Zhang Zhilei 
Light Heavyweight: Callum Smith v. Mathieu Bauderlique 
Lightweight Boxing
November 5th: JoJo Diaz v. William Zepeda 


ProBox TV's Last Chance Tournament
Final: Kendo Castenenda v. Antonio Moran (date TBD) 


UFC on Saturday
Welterweight: Jason Witt v. Josh Quinlan (originally scheduled for Santos v. Hill) 


Bellator 286 on October 1st
Men's Featherweight Title Fight: Patricio Pitbull v. Adam Borics
Lightweight: AJ McKee v. Spike Carlyle 


MMA News
James Krause has announced his retirement after a 36-bout career with nine wins in the Octagon 

20-3 Roberto Solidic is heading from KSW to ONE Championship, meaning KSW's welterweight and middleweight straps are both vacant 


Super Flyweight Boxing
October 8th: Fernando Martinez v. Jerwin Ancajas in a rematch for the IBF title


New MMA Rules
Eye Pokes: Five-minute timeout to recover (previously up to referee discretion) 
Neoprene Sleeves: Can be worn but can only cover knee and ankle joints 


Light Heavyweight Boxing
IBF Eliminator: Jean Pascal v. Joshua Buatsi 

Monday, August 8, 2022

UFC on September 3rd
Middleweight: Abusupiyan Magomedov v. Dustin Stoltzfus (Stoltzfus replaces Makhmud Muradov)

A lightweight bout between Christos Giagos and Benoit St. Denis is off the card 


UFC 281 on November 12th
Middleweight Title Fight: Israel Adesanya v. Alex Periera 
Lightweight: Dustin Poirier v. Michael Chandler 


PFL Postseason
Lightweight Final: Stevie Ray v. Olivier Aubin-Mercier on November 25th
Light Heavyweight Final: Omari Akhmedov v. Robert Wilkinson 


UFC on September 17th
Women's Bantamweight: Sara McMann v. Aspen Ladd 


UFC on October 1st
Women's Bantamweight: Chelsea Chandler will replace Leah Letson against Julija Stoliarenko
Men's Bantamweight: Cody Garbrandt v. Rani Yahya 


Heavyweight Boxing
September 24th: Joe Joyce v. Joseph Parker  


UFC on December 3rd
Women's Flyweight: Amanda Ribas v. Tracy Cortez  
Men's Flyweight: Matheus Nicolau v. Matt Schnell 


UFC on October 29th
Men's Featherweight: Ilia Topuria v. Edson Barboza and Chase Hooper v. Steve Garcia 
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski v. Marcos Rogerio de Lima 


Bellator 284 on Friday
Marcos Breno replaces Matheus Mattos against Josh Hill 
Middleweight: 4-0 Jordan Newman v. Lance Wright 


UFC 279 on September 10th
Men's Featherweight: Hakeem Dawodu v. Julian Erosa
Heavyweight: Jake Collier v. Chris Barnett  


Boxing on September 3rd
Liam Smith v. Hassan Mwakinyo 

Dan Azeez will defend his British light heavyweight championship against Shakan Pitters 


UFC 280 on October 22nd
Women's Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian v. Manon Fiorot (originally scheduled for September 3rd)
Middleweight: Caio Borralho v. Makhmud Muradov (Muradov was originally scheduled to fight September 3rd) 
Men's Flyweight: 7-0 Muhammad Mokaev v. Malcolm Gordon (Gordon was originally scheduled to face Allan Nascimento this weekend) 
Light Heavyweight: Volkan Oezdemir v. Nikita Krylov 


Boxing on September 17th
Super Middleweight: Ali Akhmedov v. Gabriel Rosado 


UFC on October 15th
Men's Bantamweight: Cub Swanson v. Jonathan Martinez (Swanson's first UFC bantamweight appearance)


Boxing News
Tevin Farmer v. Mickey Bey has been rescheduled for Friday


UFC on Saturday
Ode Osbourne v. Tyson Nam at men's flyweight has been added to the card

A men's flyweight bout between Malcolm Gordon and Allan Nascimento is off the card  


Bridgerweight Boxing
A title fight between Oscar Rivas and Lukasz Rozanski originally scheduled for Saturday has been postponed