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Check out the best photos from Bilder’s unanimous decision win over Shane Young at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
Check out the best photos from [autotag]Blake Bilder[/autotag]’s unanimous decision win over [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag] at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. (Photos by Jasmin Frank, USA TODAY Sports)
Check out the photos from the UFC 284 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Perth, Australia.
Check out the photos from the UFC 284 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Perth, Australia. (Images by Jasmin Frank, USA TODAY Sports)
The rise of City Kickboxing in the past few years has been one of MMA’s great gym success stories.
PERTH, Australia – The rise of City Kickboxing in the past few years has been one of the sport’s great gym success stories.
The gym in Auckland, New Zealand, has produced current featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, who goes after a second title at lightweight Saturday in the UFC 284 co-main event against Islam Makhachev. And former middleweight champ Israel Adesanya will try to get that belt back later this year.
UFC featherweight [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag] is part of the City Kickboxing MMA team and returns to action Saturday. Young (13-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) takes on promotional newcomer Blake Bilder (7-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on the prelims.
But ahead of that, at the UFC 284 media day, he broke down just why his gym has had such a rise. Check out Young’s full media day interview in the video above.
UFC 284 takes place Saturday at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 284.
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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 from Dec. 26-Jan. 1.
Stipe Miocic is facing two months on the shelf after his knockout at UFC 260.
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[autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag] has received a two-month suspension as a result of his second-round knockout loss to [autotag]Francis Ngannou[/autotag] in the main event of UFC 260.
MMA Junkie obtained the full list of medical suspensions from MixedMartialArts.com for UFC 260, which took place this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Miocic, 38, is among eight fighters to receive a medical suspension of 60 days or greater. Five fighters, [autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag], [autotag]Jamie Mullarkey[/autotag], [autotag]Fabio Cherant[/autotag], [autotag]Omar Morales[/autotag], and [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag], were handed 180-day suspensions as a result of their respective UFC 260 bouts.
Additionally, former UFC welterweight champion [autotag]Tyron Woodley[/autotag] faces 45 days away from competition. [autotag]Thomas Almeida[/autotag], who was knocked out by [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] on the pay-per-view main card, received a 60-day medical suspension.
Four fighters, [autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag], [autotag]Alonzo Menifield[/autotag], [autotag]Abubakar Nurmagomedov[/autotag], and [autotag]Michal Oleksiejczuk[/autotag] received no suspension. All four fighters won their fights at UFC 260.
The full UFC 260 medical suspensions include:
UFC 260 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card streamed on ESPN+ pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.
We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 260, featuring a heavyweight title rematch between champion Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou.
(Updated at 11:50 a.m. on March 23, 2021, to include Omar Morales vs. Shane Young fight and poll not included on original publication.)
We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 260 event in Las Vegas.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC 260 main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC 260 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
Make your picks for the fights below.
Ludovit Klein has power, and he used it to become the first Slovak fighter ever to earn a victory in the UFC.
[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag] sure made a statement in his UFC debut.
The Slovakian scored a first-round knockout over [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag] in the preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC 253 in Abu Dhabi. The official stoppage came at the 1:16 mark of round one.
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The fight was a quick and easy contest for Klein (17-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). The two spent seconds measuring each other’s distance and then Klein connected with a head kick and followed up with a quick combination to put Young (13-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) away.
With the win, Klein is now on an eight-fight wining streak.
Below is the video of Klein’s knockout win:
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🇸🇰 Ludovit Klein puts Slovakia on the map!
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— UFC (@ufc) September 27, 2020
Shane Young spoke with the media ahead of Saturday’s UFC 253 on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi.
Shane Young spoke with the media ahead of Saturday’s UFC 253 on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi.
A positive COVID-19 test result has ruled Nate Landwehr out of his featherweight bout with Shane Young at UFC 253.
A positive COVID-19 test result has forced [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag] out of his featherweight bout with [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag] at UFC 253.
The UFC wasted no time finding a replacement for the card later this month, though, as it has signed [autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag] to debut on short notice against Young.
MMA Junkie confirmed Landwehr’s removal and Klein’s replacement status with multiple people close to the situation, who wished to remain anonymous because UFC has yet to make an official announcement.
Klein (16-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), is the fist UFC fighter to be signed from Slovakia and at 25, has finished all but one of his career victories. He’ll take on Young (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who has never been stopped inside the distance in his career.
The latest UFC 253 lineup now includes:
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Diego Sanchez is set to make his return to the octagon.
The UFC 253 lineup appears to be nearly complete.
On Tuesday, the promotion announced three more fights, including a welterweight matchup between [autotag]Diego Sanchez[/autotag] and [autotag]Jake Matthews[/autotag], a featherweight fight between [autotag]Brad Riddell[/autotag] and [autotag]Alex da Silva[/autotag], and a lightweight bout between [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag] and [autotag]Shane Young[/autotag].
The Landwehr (14-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Young (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) booking was first reported by Cageside Press.
The lone member of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Season 1 still competing in the UFC, Sanchez (30-12 MMA, 19-12 UFC) has won three of his last four fights. He most recently competed in February, winning via disqualification due to an illegal knee landed by opponent Michel Perreira.
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Matthews (16-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) has won five of his last six fights. He’s riding back-to-back wins over Rostem Akman and Emil Meek. His only loss since November 2016 came against Anthony Rocco Martin.
When Riddell (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) takes on da Silva (21-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), he will join City Kickboxing teammates Israel Adesanya and Shane Young on the card.
With the addition, the UFC 253 lineup includes:
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