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Former American Top Team coach Andre Benkei is returning to Florida. The Brazilian fighter recently signed a three-year contract to serve as the MMA head coach at the new UFC gym in Largo, Florida, and has big plans in the works.”It’s going to be huge, 30,000 square feet,” Benkei told Sherdog.com. “In addition to a fantastic gym with all the equipment imaginable, the gym will also house an MMA training center with top team coaches. Muay Thai) and Adam Muzzin (Jiu-Jitsu) who is the agent of Dean Lister.Cuban boxer Pedro Diaz is also joining us and will be announced soon.…

Ryan Garcia made the biggest impact on the boxing world this year. “King Rye” defeated WBC Super Lightweight Champion Devin Haney by majority decision in a three-drop bout.This victory allowed Garcia to earn millions of dollars. The boxer himself confirmed reports that he bet $2 million on this fight and made a huge profit of $12 million.”If you’re going to bet, bet on yourself. About $50 million in one night (maybe a little more), not bad at all. I’ll let God guide me in how I spend that money,” Garcia wrote on Instagram.Ryan Garcia silences his criticsWith Saturday night’s win,…

Ryan Garcia revealed that he felt for the seriously injured Devin Haney when he defeated him in seven rounds. Garcia told Devin’s father, Bill Haney, to stop fighting to save his son, but Devin did not respond. Bill left Devin there to absorb the blow from the seventh round, and he ended up losing a 12-round majority decision to Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs). It’s unclear what went through Bill’s mind to leave Haney there to wear him out with hard shots, but it’s possible he assumed Ryan would tire. he didn’t. Rather, Ryan came out even stronger in the championship…

It looks like boxing star Ryan Garcia and UFC champion Sean O’Malley could be in conflict. “King Rye” returned to the boxing ring over the weekend against Devin Haney. Leading up to the contest, Ryan Garcia was a big loser, seemingly struggling with substance abuse and questions about his mental state. Instead, he dominated the WBC super lightweight champion and lost by majority decision. For Garcia, the win was satisfying. Earlier today, Sean O’Malley spoke about Ryan Garcia’s win over Devin Haney on his podcast, TimboSugarShow. There, the UFC champion was so impressed by the boxing star’s victory that he…

CHICAGO – Timur Khizriyev earned a win and three points in the opening round of the 2024 PFL featherweight season, but he believes there was room for more. Khizriyev (15-0) defeated veteran Brett Johns by unanimous decision on the PFL 2024 Week 3 preliminary card on Friday at Wintrust Arena. Although it was a clean win, Khizriyev didn’t think he gave his best performance against Johns (20-4), and he has ideas as to why that happened. “To be honest, I’m not completely satisfied with my performance,” Khizriyev said in Russian through an interpreter in his post-match interview. “Of course, a…

The show will include a bantamweight and women’s flyweight roster looking to secure a spot in the PFL Europe Playoffs this September. In the main event, local hero Marshall will make his MMA debut against Brazil’s Mirela Vargas. Dan Hardy, Head of Fighter Operations, PFL Europe, said: “We can’t wait to return to Newcastle on June 8th when PFL Europe officially launches in 2023.” “Our bantamweight and women’s flyweight rosters are packed with quality and represent the best that Europe’s elite MMA scene has to offer, and in the regular season format, all of these fighters will be on the…

BREAKING: In partnership with @ufcWWE announced today. #NXT Battleground It starts on Sunday, June 9th at UFC APEX in Las Vegas! https://t.co/7rcz9QpnjP — WWE (@WWE) April 22, 2024 UFC Apex will host its first ever World Wrestling Entertainment event on June 9th. The Las Vegas-based promotion announced Monday that the venue will be the venue for “NXT Battlegrounds” on June 9. Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE merged last year under the same ownership umbrella, TKO Group Holdings.”We are always exploring new frontiers to showcase NXT and are excited to partner with UFC to bring Battlegrounds to this world-class event and…

Cedric Doumbe to face Derek Anderson in Bellator Champions Series: Paris 𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗦! 🇫🇷@CedricDoumbe Live from Accor Arena on May 17th, walk into the Bellator Cage for the first time clock #BellatorParis May 17th only @StreamOnMax (US only) pic.twitter.com/tWlkZG3tXG — PFL (@PFLMMA) April 22, 2024 Doumbe has taken MMA by storm since transitioning from professional kickboxing full-time. Before making his MMA debut in November 2021, Doumbe was a Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion, amassing a 75-7-1 record in the ring. After KOing Martell Glenhart at Glory 77, Doumbe focused on his MMA debut, KOing Albi Emiev at Super Combat Universe. All…

Sean O’Malley has no plans to switch to boxing. still. The current UFC bantamweight champion has recently received interest from boxing star Ryan Garcia, who said during an appearance on The MMA Hour that he would “beat” O’Malley in an MMA rules contest. Garcia took his fame to another level last Saturday by defeating WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney in a thriller (Garcia was 3.2 pounds underweight, so he didn’t win the title). A crossover match between O’Malley and Garcia would definitely be interesting, and O’Malley says UFC leaders have approved him boxing Garcia if the promotion gets a…

Sean O’Malley didn’t find Aljamain Sterling’s featherweight debut very interesting. Sterling (24-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) earned a shutout victory at UFC 300 by choking Calvin Kattar (23-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) with a grappling move. The former bantamweight champion, who lost his title to O’Malley by knockout, showed he has power at 145 pounds. Bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) took note of Sterling’s performance. “‘Arjo’ looked good. It made Calvin look bad,” O’Malley said on his YouTube channel. “I think it was three times, three different times. The crowd was booing. (Sterling) just took him down, pinned him down,…