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Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA results, full event video: Junior Dos Santos vs. Alan Belcher

Watch the Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA replay for free here, including Junior Dos Santos vs. Alan Belcher and more!

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA returned Saturday with a former UFC heavyweight champion atop the card.

The eight-fight event took place at Kia Center in Orlando, Fla., with a handful of notable names throughout the card .

Check out the replay video above and full results below:

11 former UFC fighters set to compete at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA

Nearly a dozen UFC vets are set for the next iteration of Jorge Masvidal’s gloveless MMA promotion.

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA is back with more UFC alumni than ever before.

The next iteration of [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag]’s gloveless MMA promotion takes place March 2 at Kia Center in Orlando, Fla., and features 11 former UFC fighters on the fight card. The event will stream live and free on YouTube.

The event will be the fourth of its kind. The promotion held three events in 2023, all of which featured various notable names.

Scroll below to see the near-dozen UFC alumni set to compete.

Video: Junior Dos Santos, Fabricio Werdum in great physical shape at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA faceoff

Junior Dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum came face-to-face ahead of Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA – two of eight UFC alumni on the card.

Former UFC heavyweight champions [autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag] and [autotag]Fabricio Werdum[/autotag] squared off for the final time ahead of their main event fight at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA – and they both appeared to be in great physical shape.

Other UFC alumni present at the faceoffs, set to compete Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., included [autotag]Brandon Jenkins[/autotag], [autotag]Anthony Njokuani[/autotag], [autotag]Brandon Davis[/autotag], [autotag]Joshua Weems[/autotag], [autotag]Irwin Rivera[/autotag], and [autotag]Maki Pitolo[/autotag].

Of course, promoter Jorge Masvidal was on hand, too, as he squared off each pairing of fighters. The event will stream live and free on MMA Junkie.

Dos Santos and Werdum rematch – without gloves – nearly 15 years after they fought one another at UFC 90 in October 2008. As a heavy underdog, Dos Santos knocked out Werdum in 81 seconds and kicked off a run in the promotion that would lead directly to the heavyweight title.

The winner of Saturday’s fight will face the winner of the promotion’s inaugural heavyweight title bout between Roy Nelson and Alan Belcher, which takes place Oct. 28 at a date and location to be announced.

The full Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA lineup includes:

  • Junior Dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum
  • Joel Bauman vs. Maki Pitolo
  • Irwin Rivera vs. Joshua Weems
  • Brandon Davis vs. Ago Huskic
  • Brandon Jenkins vs. Anthony Njokuani
  • Joe Penafiel vs. Joey Ruquet
  • Tyler Hill vs. Jhonasky Soto
  • Corey Herbert vs. Reggie Northrup
  • Juan Alvarez vs. Chase Wingate
  • Carlos Guerra vs. Shahzaib Rindh

UFC veterans in MMA, bareknuckle MMA and kickboxing action Sept. 7-9

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC travels to Australia for UFC 293.

The pay-per-view event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney features a middleweight title fight between champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] and [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag].

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA, bareknuckle MMA and kickboxing this week from Sept. 7-9.

Check out the names and details about their bouts below.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA full event video, results: Roy Nelson vs. Dillon Cleckler

Check out the live stream and results for Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA took place Friday at FLA Live Arena.

In the main event of the card, former UFC and Bellator heavyweight [autotag]Roy Nelson[/autotag] took on BKFC veteran [autotag]Dillon Cleckler[/autotag].

In the co-main event, 2019 PFL champion [autotag]Emiliano Sordi[/autotag] battled former UFC fighter Markus Perez in a light heavyweight matchup. The card also featured several other MMA notables including [autotag]Irwin Rivera[/autotag], [autotag]Sean Soriano[/autotag], [autotag]Charles Bennett[/autotag], and [autotag]Anthony Njokuani[/autotag].

You can watch the full event replay in the video above and the results below:

Eagle FC 44 adds two bouts, including Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Anthony Njokuani

Ahead of the promotion’s U.S. debut, the Eagle FC 44 lineup continues to fill.

Ahead of the promotion’s U.S. debut, the Eagle FC 44 lineup continues to fill.

The latest additions to the card include a 175-pound catchweight matchup of [autotag]Raimond Magomedaliev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Anthony Njokuani[/autotag], as well as a featherweight contest of [autotag]Arman Ospanov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dylan Salvador[/autotag].

MMA Junkie today confirmed the two new bookings with Eagle FC officials.

Featuring a heavyweight headliner between Tyrone Spong and Sergei Kharitonov, Eagle FC 44 takes place Jan. 28 at FLXcast Arena in Miami and streams live on the FLXcast app.

Magomedaliev (8-1) makes his promotional debut following a four-fight run under the ONE Championship banner. The Dagestani native and former combat sambo world champion suffered a decision loss to former LFA welterweight champion James Nakashima in his ONE debut before bouncing back with three consecutive wins – most recently an April 2021 decision over Tyler McGuire at UFC on TNT 1. Six of Magomedaliev’s eight professional victories have come by stoppage.

Meanwhile, UFC and WEC veteran Njokuani (16-12) returns to MMA for the first time since 2016. The Nigerian-born Njokuani tangled with a number of MMA notables during his time under the Zuffa banner, including Edson Barboza, Danny Castillo, Daron Cruickshank, Rafael dos Anjos, Benson Henderson, Chris Horodecki, John Makdessi, Bart Palaszewski, Vinc Pichel and Andre Winner, among others. Njokuani has focused on striking contests in the interim but was victorious at Jorge Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA event, Gamebred Fighting Championship, in December.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s Ospanov (11-4) fought most recently under the PFL banner this past June. He now faces French striker Salvador (4-1), whose kickboxing record includes a decision win over UFC featherweight Giga Chikadze under the GLORY banner.

With the additions to the card, the Eagle FC 44 lineup includes:

  • Tyrone Spong vs. Sergei Kharitonov
  • Gabriel Checco vs. Rashad Evans
  • Arman Ospanov vs. Dylan Salvador
  • Ray Borg vs. Cody Gibson
  • Renan Barao vs. Horacio Gutierrez
  • John Howard vs. Ramazan Kuramagomedov
  • Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Anthony Njokuani
  • Shaun Asher vs. Yorgan De Castro
  • Miles Hunsinger vs. Demarques Jackson

Combat Rewind, April 5: Top highlights include a slick twister, a flying knee and a liver shot

Check out the best highlights from this day in history with MMA Junkie’s “Combat Rewind.”

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day?

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries.

So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above:

  • ShoXC 6: [autotag]Bao Quach[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Douglas Evans[/autotag] – April 5, 2008
  • ShoXC 6: [autotag]Shayna Baszler[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Keiko Tamai[/autotag] – April 5, 2008
  • ShoXC 6: [autotag]Poai Suganuma[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jared Hamman[/autotag] – April 5, 2008
  • WEC 40: [autotag]Anthony Njokuani[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Bart Palaszeski[/autotag] – April 5, 2009
  • WEC 40: [autotag]Benson Henderson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Shane Roller[/autotag] – April 5, 2009
  • Friday Night Fights: [autotag]Shawn Ellis[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Brima Kamara[/autotag] – April 5, 2019

Fight footage courtesy of UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s official digital subscription service, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial. UFC Fight Pass gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, exclusive live MMA and combat sports events from around the world, exclusive original and behind the scenes content and unprecedented 24-7 access to the world’s biggest fight library.