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With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from October 2023.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from October 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for October.
At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting on your choice.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from October 2023.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from October 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for October.
At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.
Check out the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, which saw key moves at lightweight and women’s pound-for-pound.
In the main event of Bellator 300, [autotag]Usman Nurmagomedov[/autotag] proved he’s among the best lightweights on the planet.
After five rounds of a shut out showing against Brent Primus, Nurmagomedov retained the Bellator lightweight crown in a one-sided affair. Entering the event at No. 11 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Nurmagomedov’s performance sees him rise to the No. 7 spot.
Women’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter [autotag]Cris Cyborg[/autotag] was in action in the co-main event, where she soundly defeated Cat Zingano. While Cyborg can get no higher than first place, the rest of the women’s P4P rankings saw a shuffle in placement.
In the main event of UFC Fight Night 229, [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag] knocked out No. 6 Grant Dawson in quick fashion, causing him to tumble a few spots down to No. 8.
Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.
Is Bobby Green just being disruptive, or could he be a true contender in the UFC lightweight division?
[autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag] did the unexpected this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 229 by knocking out a ranked lightweight.
Green needed just 33 seconds to shockingly beat Grant Dawson at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas to hand him his first loss since 2016. Green now has won two fights in a row after choking out Tony Ferguson this past July, which puts him on an upward trajectory.
Given this stage of his career, what is 37-year-old Green’s place in the UFC lightweight division and what should come next? Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Mike Bohn, Farah Hannoun, and Brian “Goze” Garcia answer that with host “Gorgeous” George Garcia.
Watch their discussion in the video above, and don’t miss this week’s full “Spinning Back Clique” episode below on YouTube or in podcast form.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 229.
Aori Qileng who won for the third time in four fights. Now he wants to move out of the UFC Apex and into a fight at T-Mobile Arena.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Aori Qileng[/autotag] beat Johnny Munoz with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Qileng, who won for the third time in four fights.
Vanessa Demopoulos won for the fourth time in five fights at UFC Fight Night 229 and wants a spot in the top 15 rankings.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Vanessa Demopoulos[/autotag] beat Kanako Murata with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Demopoulos, who won for the fourth time in five fights.
Nate Maness snapped a two-fight skid and now has $50,000 post-fight bonuses in his most recent three wins.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag] beat Mateus Mendonca with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Maness, who snapped a two-fight skid and now has $50,000 post-fight bonuses in his most recent three wins.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz won for the fourth straight time at UFC Fight Night 229 after going more than four years without a victory.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag] beat Diana Belbita with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Kowalkiewicz, who won for the fourth straight time.
JJ Aldrich handed former training partner Montana De La Rosa her third straight loss at UFC Fight Night 229 in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – [autotag]JJ Aldrich[/autotag] beat Montana De La Rosa with a unanimous decision Saturday to open up the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 229 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Aldrich, who won for the second straight time and handed De La Rosa her third straight loss.
UFC Fight Night 229 winners and losers react on social media outlets such as X, Instagram and Facebook.
Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms.
Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of X, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into the minds of the athletes.
Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 229 in Las Vegas, several of the winning and losing fighters, along with their coaches, training partners or family members, took to social media to react to the event or share a message with supporters.
Check out some of those reactions.
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