Tag: Dominick Reyes

UFC Louisville lineup announced: Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby, but no main event official

Former title challenger Dominick Reyes has been added to UFC Louisville, making 13 fights official, but still no main event.

The UFC Louisville fight card is near completion.

Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dustin Jacoby[/autotag] is the newest addition to the June 8 event at KFC Yum! Center.

The promotion made that bout and 12 other fights official on Thursday, but still no main event has been announced by the promotion.

Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) looks to snap a four-fight skid that began with his controversial title challenge loss against Jon Jones in February 2020. Reyes most recently competed in November 2022 when he was knocked out by Ryan Spann. He was booked twice against Carlos Ulberg thereafter. Ulberg was withdrawn from the first scheduling due to injury, and Reyes pulled out of the second due to a blood clot issue.

Jacoby (19-8-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) has become a staple of the upper half of the promotion’s light heavyweight division. He enters the bout with three losses in his four most recent outings. Jacoby most recently competed in December, when he lost a close, exciting battle to Alonzo Menifield by unanimous decision.

With the current June 8 fight card includes:

  • Dustin Jacoby vs. Dominick Reyes
  • Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios
  • Miguel Baeza vs. Puna Soriano
  • Ludovit Klein vs. Thiago Moises
  • Carlos Prates vs. Charlie Radtke
  • Brunno Ferreira vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • John Castaneda vs. Daniel Marcos
  • Jesse Butler vs. Brad Katona
  • Denise Gomes vs. Eduarda Moura
  • Taylor Lapilus vs. Cody Stamann
  • Julian Marquez vs. Zach Reese
  • Montana De La Rosa vs. Andrea Lee
  • Rayanne Amanda vs. Puja Tomar

UFC’s Dominick Reyes cleared to return after blood clot scare: ‘I got a clean bill of health’

Dominick Reyes is ready to return after avoiding a potential life-threatening medical issue.

[autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] is ready to return after avoiding a potential life-threatening medical issue.

Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) was in talks to face Carlos Ulberg THIS PAST Saturday at UFC on ESPN 54, but wasn’t able to compete upon discovering that he had deep vein thrombosis – blood clots in his leg.

Prior to knowing what was wrong with his leg, Reyes got a massage thinking he pulled a muscle, and considered himself lucky that it didn’t cause a pulmonary embolism. The former light heavyweight title challenger revealed in a recent Instagram post that he’s now cleared to compete.

“Hey everyone, I just got out of my appointment at Victor Valley Imaging and I got a clean bill of health,” Reyes said. “No evidence of deep vein thrombosis anymore. I’m pretty excited. I just got to finish off these next few days of blood thinners and I’m good to go, 100 percent. Thank you, everybody, for the kind words, the love, and reaching out and everything. Time to get back at it, baby. I’m ready to go.”

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Reyes, 34, has lost four straight after winning his first 12 professional fights. He hasn’t competed since getting knocked out by Ryan Spann in the first round at UFC 281 in November 2022.

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Dominick Reyes: Tom Aspinall ‘too dangerous and not enough payoff’ for Jon Jones, same reason he didn’t rematch me

Dominick Reyes gets why Jon Jones prefers not to fight Tom Aspinall.

[autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] gets why [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] prefers not to fight [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag].

Heavyweight champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) insists on having his fight with Stipe Miocic rebooked after he was forced to withdraw from their originally scheduled bout at UFC 295 in November due to a  torn pectoralis tendon.

Interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was chomping at the bit to unify his belt with Jones, but Jones appeared disinterested. Reyes, who arguably gave Jones the toughest test of his career in their light heavyweight title fight in February 2020, can relate to Aspinall.

“I completely understand where Jon is coming from,” Reyes told Middle Easy. “Jon is Jon Jones. Say his name anywhere in the world and people recognize it. Fighting Tom is a risk management thing. It’s almost the same reason why he didn’t rematch me, kind of thing: It’s too dangerous and not enough payoff. Tom is an excellent fighter.”

Jones has hinted on multiple occasions that Miocic could be his last fight. If that is indeed the case, Reyes thinks fighting Aspinall wouldn’t make sense for Jones.

“Tom is very similar to myself, but he’s a heavyweight,” Reyes said. “That’s super dangerous. He moves extremely well, he’s very quick, his wrestling is really good, his grappling is good, his power is off the charts.

“How is that going to benefit Jon? Beating the most recent champion? No, let’s fight the greatest heavyweight of all time, Stipe Miocic. Is he not the greatest with his defenses? One of the greatest of all time, an active great. Jon is a great himself, so he’s going to fight another active great.”

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Dominick Reyes reveals blood clots forced him out of UFC return: ‘I’m lucky to be alive right now’

Former UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes was forced out of his UFC return due to blood clots.

Despite missing out on a return to the octagon, [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] can consider himself lucky.

The former UFC title challenger revealed Thursday that a deep vein thrombosis diagnosis – blood clots in his leg – was the reason why he had to withdraw from his fight against Carlos Ulberg.

Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) were originally booked for UFC 297 on Jan. 20, but Ulberg had to withdraw because of an injury. Then the UFC announced that they would meet on March 30, but Reyes also revealed that he had never signed a contract for that date, and it was just in talks.

Regardless, Reyes had to scrap the plans altogether due to the deep vein thrombosis.

“God puts us through some trials, and I’m having another hard go right now,” Reyes told Middle Easy. “Me and Carlos were slated to fight January 20th. He pulled out, I don’t know why. It’s an injury, obviously, but he’s not going to say what his injury is. And then a week later, I ended up getting blood clots. Deep vein thrombosis. So yeah, I’m out for a minute.”

Reyes is currently on blood thinners and is expected to be out for a minimum of three months. He currently can’t do any heavy exercise.

Reyes, who hasn’t fought since November 2022, is disappointed to get his UFC return delayed, but all in all he’s fortunate things didn’t escalate.

“I’m lucky to be alive right now, that’s always nice,” Reyes said. “We caught it early, so it didn’t become a pulmonary embolism, and thank God for that. Which is kind of crazy because I got a massage. My leg was hurting, and I thought I pulled a muscle in my calf, so I got a massage, and that’s the worst thing you can ever do. I’m lucky I didn’t die on that massage table right there.”

Reyes, 33, was looking to snap his losing skid. Since pushing Jon Jones to the brink in their title fight at UFC 247 in February 2020, Reyes has struggled, losing four straight – including stoppage losses to Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka, and Ryan Spann in November 2022.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 22-28)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 22-28.

Dominick Reyes out, Carlos Ulberg now faces Alonzo Menifield at UFC Atlantic City

With former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes out, Carlos Ulberg gets a new assignment on March 31.

Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] is out of his scheduled bout against [autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag].

The pair were scheduled to meet on March 30 at a UFC Fight Night event in Atlantic City, N.J., but Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will no longer compete due to undisclosed reasons. As a result, Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) will now face Alonzo Menifield, the promotion announced Tuesday.

Reyes, 34, was eyeing a return to the win column after four consecutive defeats. His rough stretch began with a title challenge loss to then-champion Jon Jones.

Ulberg, 33, is running hot on a five-fight winning streak that has him knocking on the door of top 15 status. On his current run, he has stopped Tafon Nchukwi, Nicolae Negumereanu, Ihor Potieria and Da Un Jung.

Menifield (15-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) has made five straight appearances without defeat. His current run includes a pair of first-round TKOs of Askar Mozharov and Misha Cirkunov, and a second-round submission of Jimmy Crute.

With the change, the lineup on March 31 includes:

  • Sean Brady vs. Vicente Luque
  • Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot
  • Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
  • Dennis Buzukja vs. Connor Matthews
  • Loopy Godinez vs. Virna Jandiroba
  • Jacob Malkoun vs. Andre Petroski
  • Bruno Silva vs. Chris Weidman
  • Sedriques Dumas vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
  • Caolan Loughran vs. Angel Pacheco
  • Rhys McKee vs. Chidi Njokuani
  • Julio Arce vs. Herbert Burns
  • Ibo Aslan vs. Anton Turkalj

Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (Jan. 8-14)

There were 35 UFC fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 8-14.

Dominick Reyes vs. Carlos Ulberg rebooked for UFC Atlantic City in March

A light heavyweight scrap between former UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg is back on the books.

A light heavyweight scrap between former UFC title challenger [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] and [autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag] is back on the books.

Reyes is slated to meet Ulberg on March 30th at UFC Fight Night from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The promotion announced the news Tuesday on social media.

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Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC)  and Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) originally were booked for UFC 297 on Jan. 20, but Ulberg had to withdraw because of an injury.

Reyes, 33, will aim to snap his losing skid against rising contender Ulberg. Since pushing Jon Jones to the brink in their title fight at UFC 247 in February 2020, Reyes has struggled, losing four straight – including stoppage losses to Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka, and most recently Ryan Spann in November 2022.

Meanwhile, Ulberg is experiencing an opposite career trajectory. The City Kickboxing standout rebounded from his UFC debut loss to Kennedy Nzechukwu with five consecutive wins, most recently a third-round submission of Da-Un Jung at UFC 293. Ulberg called out Reyes after his win.

With the addition, the updated UFC Atlantic City lineup includes:

  • Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot
  • Loopy Godinez vs. Virna Jandiroba
  • Jacob Malkoun vs. Andre Petroski
  • Bruno Silva vs. Chris Weidman
  • Dominick Reyes vs. Carlos Ulberg

‘Frustrated’ Dominick Reyes says Carlos Ulberg out of UFC 297 due to injury

UFC’s long-awaited return to Toronto has taken another hit with Carlos Ulberg out of his planned matchup with Dominick Reyes at UFC 297.

The UFC’s long-awaited return to Toronto has taken another hit with [autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag] out of his planned matchup with [autotag]Dominick Reyes[/autotag] at UFC 297.

Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) revealed Saturday that Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) suffered an injury that forced him out of their light heavyweight bout, which was slated to take place on the Jan. 20 card at Scotiabank Arena. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN+.

The former UFC title challenger admitted “frustration” with the situation while seemingly questioning the validity of Ulberg’s injury (via Instagram Stories):

Hey Everyone My Fight Jan 20 has been called off due to my opponent’s “injury”. We are currently looking at options or rescheduling. I’ve had a great camp and I’m def frustrated but god has a plan.

Since pushing Jon Jones to the brink in their title fight at UFC 247 in February 2020, Reyes has struggled in the octagon. The 33-year-old has lost four straight – including stoppage setbacks to Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka and, most recently, Ryan Spann in November 2022.

Meanwhile, Ulberg is experiencing a career trajectory in the opposite direction. The City Kickboxing standout has rebounded from his UFC debut loss to Kennedy Nzechukwu with five straights wins, most recently a third-round submission of Da-Un Jung at UFC 293. Ulberg called Reyes out after his win and got his wish before he pulled out of the fight.

According to a report from MMAFighting.com, the matchup between Reyes and Ulberg could potentially be shifted to UFC Fight Night in Atlantic City, N.J., on March 30.

The latest UFC 297 lineup now includes:

  • Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis – for middleweight title
  • Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva – for vacant women’s bantamweight title
  • Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott
  • Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev
  • Dominick Reyes vs. opponent TBA
  • Garrett Armfield vs. Brad Katona
  • Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chris Curtis
  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
  • Charles Jourdain vs. Sean Woodson
  • Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras
  • Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana
  • Jimmy Flick vs. Malcolm Gordon
  • Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 297.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Nov. 6-12)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Nov. 6-12.