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Check out these photos from Danilo Marques vs. Satoshi Ishii at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 in New York.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag]’ victory over Satoshi Ishii at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)
Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.
This week, the UFC ships up to Boston for UFC 292.
The pay-per-view event at TD Garden features two title fights at the top of the bill: Strawweight champion [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] faces [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] in the co-feature, and bantamweight champion [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] takes on [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/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 and boxing this week from Aug. 18-20.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
Upcoming event information from Tapology.
Check out these photos from Marcelo Nunes vs. Danilo Marques at 2023 PFL 5 in Atlanta.
Check out these photos from Marcelo Nunes’ victory over Danilo Marques at 2023 PFL 5 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)
Check out which veterans of the UFC are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.
This week, the UFC is back home in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 225.
The event at the UFC Apex features a middleweight main event between former title challengers [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] and [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag].
Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.
This week, there are a total of 22 veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA this week from June 16-17.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
Upcoming event information from Tapology.
Check out these photos from Danilo Marques’ victory over Yorgan De Castro at 2023 PFL 2 in Las Vegas.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag]’ victory over Yorgan De Castro at 2023 PFL 2 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill/PFL)
Check out which veterans of the UFC are in MMA and boxing action this weekend across the globe.
The UFC is on pay-per-view this week for UFC 284, a massive event that takes place in Perth, Australia.
Elsewhere, many other MMA events are taking place that feature familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.
These 13 veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA boxing this week from Feb. 10-12.
Check out the names and details about their bouts below.
Upcoming event information from Tapology.
The PFL has announced the lineup for its heavyweight 2023 Challenger Series event, including a former UFC fighter.
The PFL announced its heavyweight matchups for the 2023 Challenger Series.
The 2023 Challenger Series will air on Fridays and takes place Jan. 27 through March 17 in Orlando, Fla., on Fubo Sports Network. Each week fights across all eight of the PFL’s divisions will take place, and at the end of each event, a PFL contract is awarded to one of the winners by a judging panel.
Headlining the hevayweight event is four-fight UFC veteran [autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag] (12-4). He takes on Giacomo Lemos (8-0), who scored a second-round knockout of Billy Swanson in the 2022 PFL Challenger Series.
“As the PFL looks ahead to the new year, we are thrilled to reveal our heavyweight division for the 2023 PFL Challenger Series, which will be held for a second straight year at Universal Studios Florida,” PFL president Ray Sefo said in a news release.
The 2023 PFL Challenger Series heavyweight lineup includes:
Danilo Marques brought a callout with him to his UFC debut.
[autotag]Jailton Almeida[/autotag] needed a little less than three minutes to pick up his first promotional victory at UFC Fight Night 200.
In a light heavyweight matchup on the preliminary card, Almeida (15-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) walked through a durable [autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) en route to a TKO stoppage at the 2:57 mark of Round 1.
After he dragged the fight to the canvas, Almeida quickly moved to side control, then mount. Once in mount, Almeida quickly postured up and rained down fast and furious ground-and-pound. Marques tried to survive and escape the position. However, small adjustments from Almeida denied his attempts. After dozens of punches and hammer fists landed, referee Mike Beltran stepped in and waved off the fight.
With the win, Almeida extended his winning streak to 10, all by finish. In September, Almeida punched his ticket to the UFC with a contract-earning victory on Dana White’s Contender Series. Other career wins include those over UFC alums Ildemar Alcantara and Ednaldo Oliveira.
Check out Almeida’s finish in the video below:
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🇧🇷 Scary hammer fists from @JRMalhadinho gets him the first round finish!
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— UFC (@ufc) February 5, 2022
After the fight, Almeida called out Marques’ longtime teammate Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in his post-fight interview. Rua, 40, has not competed since a November 2020 loss to Paul Craig.
UFC Fight Night 200 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 200 results include:
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The Fortis MMA light heavyweight earned “Fight of the Night” honors at UFC 259 in March.
[autotag]Danilo Marques[/autotag] has lost his original opponent, but remains on UFC Fight Night 190 and takes on a new foe.
Fortis MMA product [autotag]Kennedy Nzechukwu[/autotag] replaces [autotag]Ed Herman[/autotag] against Marques (11-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) on the June 26 card, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the change but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
After a loss to Paul Craig in his promotional debut, Nzechukwu (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) rebounded with back-to-back wins. Following a unanimous decision over Darko Stosic, Nzechukwu earned UFC 259 “Fight of the Night” honors for his back-and-forth battle against Carlos Ulberg, which he won by second-round knockout in March.
Marques, 35, rides a four-fight winning streak into the bout – with two victorious performances in the UFC. After a successful debut in which he defeated Khadis Ibragimov by unanimous decision, Marques returned to submit Mike Rodriguez in February.
With the change, the UFC Fight Night 190 lineup now includes:
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With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submission from February 2021.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from February 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for February.
At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.
