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The day before the official announcement, the Ultimate Fighting Championship made changes to its card at Sphere.On Friday, MMA Fighting first reported that Michel Pereira (31-11, 2 NC) vs. Anthony Hernandez (12-2, 1 NC) would no longer take place at UFC 306, which has 10 bouts confirmed for Saturday. Instead, for reasons not disclosed at this time, the middleweights will fight in the main attraction of the newly announced UFC Fight Night show a month later on Oct. 19. They are expected to battle five rounds at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. “Fluffy” later confirmed the rescheduled booking on…

Smit Byan was not in the mood for a warm welcome.The Warrior’s Cove MMA export spoiled Will Drewitt’s ONE Championship debut in the third round of the ONE Friday Fights 72 lightweight showcase at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. Two of the ringside judges had their scorecards down to Biyan (2-1, 1-1 ONE), who bounced back from a technical knockout loss to Matheus Pereira on Nov. 23.Drewitt (0-1, ONE 0-1) utilized takedowns and top control but was unable to translate those efforts into meaningful damage. Biyan attacked with elbows from his back and a variety of submissions.…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UK this weekend for a pay-per-view event, but local fans will have to put up with a fairly late start time.Two title fights have been confirmed for the top card of UFC 304. In the main event, Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Belal Muhammad, while in the co-main event, interim heavyweight titleholder Tom Aspinall will face Curtis Blaydes, who last defeated him. All four participants in the title fights made it to weigh-in, with the exception of bantamweight contender Jake Hadley, who weighed in at 137 pounds for his bout…

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad airs Saturday at 10pm ET on ESPN+. Order yours now! Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking to open up a few more wallets for Saturday’s most exciting outcome.Ahead of UFC 300 in April, MMA Junkie posed the question at the pre-fight press conference about whether UFC would offer the winner a $300,000 bonus check. The organization agreed on the spot, and victorious headliner Max Holloway took home an additional $600,000 at the end of the night after knocking out Justin Gaethje. Since then, these kinds of requests have been made repeatedly at press conferences for pay-per-view…

Caolan Laughlan doesn’t believe the Peyton Talbot hype. Ahead of his UFC 304 bout against Jake Hadley (10-3), Loughran (9-1) questioned the overvaluation of fellow bantamweight prospect Talbot (9-0). While the Irishman acknowledges Talbot’s skill, he sees some flaws in Talbot’s game. Loughran argues that every rising star in history has initially been questioned about their ground game, but Talbot’s grappling was really exposed in his debut against Nick Aguirre. Talbot lost a grappling bout to Aguirre in the first round, but won by stoppage in the third round in his UFC debut in November 2023.”Talbot is a good fighter.…

Team Mokaev and Team Kape got into a brawl at the Fighters Hotel in Manchester, amid much coverage of their feud at UFC PI earlier this year.#UFC304 #UFCManchester pic.twitter.com/3aCBCrzMvo — Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) July 24, 2024 UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad airs Saturday at 10pm ET on ESPN+. Order now! Two of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most talented flyweights can’t seem to understand that they won’t be fighting until the cage door closes.On Wednesday of UFC 304 fight week, the teams of Manel Kape (19-6) and Mohamed Mokaev (12-0, 1 KO) got into an altercation inside the fighters’ hotel…

While Bobby Green is unhappy with his rejection of custom shorts, his UFC 304 opponent Paddy Pimblett is unhappy with his own rejection. Green (32-15) will face Pimblett (21-3) this weekend at UFC 304 in his hometown of Manchester, England. The two have had a long-running feud that Pimblett claims began with Green secretly recording him while attending UFC San Diego in August 2022.Greene admits he started the feud, but he had his reasons. “The King” believes his and Pimblett’s careers were contrasting, that he had to work hard to earn his keep, while “The Buddy” had things handed to…

Curtis Blaydes came up with a game plan to show Alex Pereira what his opponent is made of. Pereira (11-2) has won the UFC middleweight and light heavyweight titles and defended the light heavyweight title three times in less than three years since his debut with the organization. The Brazilian’s unprecedented rise to stardom has led to rumors of him potentially moving up to heavyweight for a shot at triple world champion glory. Watching Pereira compete against heavyweight boxers such as Australia’s Demsey McKean and China’s Zhang Zhilei has led many to believe “Poitan” could compete at heavyweight.However, Blaydes (18-4)…

Leon Edwards has questioned whether Michael Page will ever challenge for the Ultimate Fighting Championship title. Page (22-3) made his Octagon debut in March at UFC 299, winning a unanimous decision over Kevin Holland. “MVP” lost a unanimous decision to Ian Garry at UFC 303 last month in his second year with the promotion.Meanwhile, Edwards (22-3) is scheduled to defend his welterweight title against Belal Muhammad this weekend at UFC 304 in Manchester, England, and Page recently said that a potential future matchup with fellow Brit Edwards would be a huge fight in the UK.”Rocky” acknowledges that a fight with…

UFC 308 will feature a welterweight showdown between Rinat Fakretdinov and Nursulton Ruzhiboev. Both fighters confirmed the bout on social media after it was first reported by Marcel Dolf. UFC 308 takes place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on October 26 and will also feature a heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov.According to Fakretdinov, the booking wasn’t ideal for either fighter.”Please know that I and Nursultan were against this match,” Fakletdinov wrote on Instagram (via translation). “This match does not benefit anyone. To be clear, we did everything we could to prevent this match, but we…