rodrigoviolim Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA promotion in the world as of 2023. It produces events worldwide that showcase 11 weight divisions (eight men's and three women's) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2022, it had held over 600 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting disciplines. In subsequent events, more rigorous rules were created and fighters began adopting effective techniques from more than one discipline, which indirectly helped create a separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts. The UFC was initially owned by the Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG) until it had financial issues and it was sold to the brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta in 2001, who formed the company Zuffa to operate the UFC, and placed Dana White as the president of the company. In 2016, UFC's parent company, Zuffa, was sold to a group led by Endeavor, then known as William Morris Endeavor (WME–IMG), including Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for US$4.025 billion. In 2021, Endeavor bought out Zuffa's other owners at a valuation of $1.7 billion. The organization had 578 fighters contracted as of January 2023. With a TV deal and expansion in Australia, Asia, Europe, and new markets within the United States, the UFC has achieved greater mainstream media coverage. It earned US$609 million in 2015, and its next domestic media rights agreement with ESPN was valued at $1.5 billion over a five-year term. In April 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings announced that UFC would merge with the wrestling promotion WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, a new public company majority-owned by Endeavor, with Vince McMahon serving as an executive chairman of the new entity and White remaining as UFC president. The merger was completed on September 12, 2023. The UFC introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles. The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under. Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under. In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale. In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann. In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157. A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division, the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller. In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS MIDDLEWEIGHTS WELTERWEIGHTS LIGHTWEIGHTS FEATHERWEIGHTS BANTAMWEIGHTS FLYWEIGHTS BANTAMWEIGHTS FLYWEIGHTS STRAWWEIGHTS The UFC Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which honors mixed martial artists and MMA personalities, established and maintained by the U.S.-based mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In addition to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the UFC Hall of Fame recognizes accomplishments from Pride Fighting Championships, World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce; all of which are former mixed martial arts promotions that have been bought-out by the UFC and its parent corporations. It was officially established on November 21, 2003 at UFC 45 with its home being Las Vegas, and the first inductees being inaugural UFC competitors Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock. In 2015, the UFC announced a significant reboot of its Hall of Fame. The Hall was split into three categories, or wings, and a new class of legends would henceforth be inducted every July at a gala event during the UFC's annual International Fight Week in Las Vegas. The wings are: Pioneer Wing – commemorating the original innovators of MMA, who competed in professional bouts before the adoption of the Unified Rules. Modern Wing – celebrating fighters who made their pro-debuts in the age of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which went into effect at UFC 28, November 28, 2000. Fight Wing – recognizing the greatest, most memorable, and historically important bouts. PIONEER WING MODERN WING FIGHT WING Edited June 30 by rodrigoviolim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 CALENDAR JUNE 2023 UFC 203: Makhachev vs. Poirier Date: June 1, 2024 Venue: Prudential Center Local: Newark, New Jersey, USA Main Event Lightweight Championship Bout: (C) Islam Makhachev vs. (#4) Dustin Poirier Co-Main Event & Main Card Middleweight Bout: (#1) Sean Strickland vs. (#8) Paulo Costa Middleweight Bout: (#15 WW) Kevin Holland vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk Welterweight Bout: Jeremiah Wells vs. Niko Price Welterweight Bout: Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Preliminay Card Middleweight Bout: Roman Kopylov vs. Cesar Almeida Heavyweight Bout: (#5) Alexander Volkov vs. (#7) Jailton Almeida Lightweight Bout: Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki Welterweight Bout: Philip Rowe vs. Jake Matthews Welterweight Bout: Mickey Gall vs. Bassil Hafez Women´s Bantamweight Bout: Aillin Perez vs. Joselyne Edwards Flyweight Bout: Park Hyun-Sung vs. Andre Lima -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov Date: June 8, 2024 Venue: KFC Yum! Center Local: Louisville, Kentucky, USA Main Event Middleweight Bout: (#4) Jared Cannonier vs. (#7) Nassourdine Imavov Co-Main Event & Main Card Light Heavyweight Bout: (#15) Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby Bantamweight Bout: Ricky Turcios vs. Raul Rosas Jr. Middleweight Bout: Brunno Ferreira vs. Dustin Stoltzfus Middleweight Bout: Julian Marquez vs. Zachary Reese Welterweight Bout: Punahele Soriano vs. Miguel Baeza Preliminay Card Lightweight Bout: Thiago Moises vs. Ludvit Klein Welterweight Bout: Carlos Prates vs. Charles Radtke Bantamweight Bout: Brad Katona vs. Jesse Butler Women´s Flyweight Bout: Montana de la Rosa vs. Andrea Lee Bantamweight Bout: Daniel Marcos vs. John Castaneda Women´s Strawweight Bout: Eduarda Moura vs. Denise Gomes Bantamweight Bout: Cody Stamann vs. Taylor Lapilus Women´s Strawweight Bout: Puja Tomar vs. Rayanne dos Santos -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira Date: June 15, 2024 Venue: UFC Apex Local: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Main Event Flyweight Bout: (#6) Alex Perez vs. (#13) Tatsuro Taira Co-Main Event & Main Card Bantamweight Bout: Miles Johns vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade Featherweight Bout: Timothy Cuamba vs. Lucas Almeida Bantamweight Bout: Garrett Armfield vs. Brady Hiestand Flyweight Bout: Asu Almabayev vs. Jose Johnson Welterweight Bout: Josh Quinlan vs. Adam Fugitt Preliminay Card Flyweight Bout: Jimmy Flick vs. Nate Maness Women´s Flyweight Bout: Gabriella Fernandes vs. Carli Judice Featherweight Bout: Jeka Saragih vs. Westin Wilson Featherweight Bout: Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs. Melquizael Costa Women´s Strawweight Bout: Josefine Knutsson vs. Julia Polastri -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Chimaev Date: June 22, 2024 Venue: Kingdom Arena Local: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Main Event Middleweight Bout: (#3) Robert Whittaker vs. (#10) Khamzat Chimaev Co-Main Event & Main Card Welterweight Bout: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez Bantamweight Bout: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Montel Jackson Middleweight Bout: Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Joilton Lutterbach Light Heavyweight Bout: (#7) Johnny Walker vs. (#9) Volkan Ozdemir Preliminay Card Lightweight Bout: Jared Gordon vs. Nasrat Haqparast Featherweight Bout: Muhammad Naimov vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan Welterweight Bout: Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nicolas Dalby Bantamweight Bout: Kyung-Ho Kang vs. Muin Gafurov Light Heavyweight Bout: Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Brendson Ribeiro Road To UFC Season 2 Bantamweight Final: Xiao Long vs. Chang-Ho Lee -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFC 303: McGregor vs. Chandler Date: June 29, 2024 Venue: T-Mobile Arena Local: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Main Event Welterweight Bout: Conor McGregor vs. (#6 LW) Michael Chandler Co-Main Event & Main Card Light Heavyweight Bout: (#3) Jamahill Hill vs. (#8) Khalil Rountree Jr. Women´s Bantamweight Bout: (#3) Mayra Silva Bueno vs. (#7) Macy Chiasson Middleweight Bout: Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault Welterweight Bout: (#6) Ian Garry Machado vs. (#13) Michael Page Preliminay Card Featherweight Bout: Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili Featherweight Bout: Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva Bantamweight Bout: Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri Women´s Strawweight Bout: Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday Flyweight Bout: Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez Bantamweight Bout: Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 (edited) Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Season 32 Coaches Alexa Grasso (UFC Women´s Flyweight Champion) Valentina Shevchenko (Former UFC Women´s Flyweight Champion) Cast Featherweights: Bekhzod Usmonov (11-4) Edwin Cooper Jr. (6-1) Guillermo Torres (7-1) Kaan Ofli (10-2-1) Nathan Fletcher (8-1) Roedie Roets (7-1) Mairon Santos (13-1) Zygimantas Ramaska (9-2) Middleweights: Giannis Bachar (9-2) Mark Hulme (12-3) Omran Chaaban (6-1) Paddy McCorry (4-1) Robert Valentin (10-3) Ryan Loder (6-1) Shamidkhan Magomedov (7-1) Tom Theocharis (9-5) UFC president Dana White welcomes Grasso and Shevchenko as well as all the participants in the new season of TUF, composed of featherweight and middleweight fighters. After a training session, the coaches select the teams. Grasso wins the first choice of fighters and Shevchenko will choose the first fight. Team Grasso Featherweight: Bekhzod Usmonov, Kaan Ofli, Mairon Santos and Roedie Roets Middleweight: Mark Hulme, Omran Chaaban, Paddy McCorry and Ryan Loder Team Shevchenko Featherweight: Edwin Cooper Jr., Guillermo Torres, Nathan Fletcher and Zygimantas Ramaska Middleweight: Giannis Bachar, Robert Valentin, Shamidkhan Magomedov and Tom Theocharis Episode 1 Was fantastic, with a good fight that saw Omran Chaaban def. Tom Theocharis by Unanimous Decision after two rounds. Out of all the cast. Giannis Bachar was the most entertaining. Ryan Loder and Mairon Santos cleary bonded during this episode. Edited July 7 by rodrigoviolim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 (edited) UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier that took place on June 1, 2024, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The event marked the promotion's tenth visit to Newark and first since UFC 288 in May 2023. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Islam Makhachev and former interim champion Dustin Poirier headlined the event. A five-round middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland and former title challenger Paulo Costa took place in the co-main event. A heavyweight bout between former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov and Jailton Almeida was expected to take place at this event. However, the bout was scrapped for unknown reasons and Volkov was booked for UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Chimaev against former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Sergei Pavlovich. Almeida faced Alexander Romanov instead. A women's strawweight bout between former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Gillian Robertson was scheduled for the event. However, the bout was postponed to UFC 303 for unknown reasons. Jeremiah Wells was expected to face Niko Price in a welterweight bout. However, Wells pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Alex Morono. Price and Morono previously met at UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie in February 2017, with the bout originally ending via second-round knockout for Price, before ultimately being overturned to a no contest due to him testing positive for marijuana. Su Mudaerji and Joshua Van were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at this event. However, Su pulled out in late April due to undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by Tatsuro Taira. In turn, both fighters were moved to UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira in order to face different opponents. A middleweight bout between Roman Dolidze and former LFA Middleweight Champion Anthony Hernandez was scheduled to take place at the event. However, Hernandez was forced out of the bout due to a torn ligament in his hand. Road to UFC Season 2 flyweight winner Park Hyun-Sung was expected to face André Lima. However, he pulled out due to a knee injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Nyamjargal Tumendemberel. In turn, Tumendemberel was forced to withdraw from the event due to visa issues and was replaced by Mitch Raposo. UFC 203: Makhachev vs. Poirier Date: June 1, 2024 Venue: Prudential Center Local: Newark, New Jersey, USA Attendance: 21,987 Gate: $5,837,548 PPV: $243,706 Main Event Lightweight Championship Bout: (#4) Dustin Poirier def. (C) Islam Makhachev by Unanimous Decision. Co-Main Event & Main Card Middleweight Bout: (#8) Paulo Costa def. (#1) Sean Strickland by KO (Punch) in 1:18 of Round 3. Middleweight Bout: Michał Oleksiejczuk def. (#15 WW) Kevin Holland by TKO (Strikes) in 1:08 of Round 3. Welterweight Bout: Alex Morono def. Niko Price by TKO (Strikes) in 1:27 of Round 2. Welterweight Bout: Randy Brown def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos by Split Decision. Preliminay Card Middleweight Bout: Cesar Almeida def. Roman Kopylov by KO (Head Kick) in 1:29 of Round 3. Heavyweight Bout: (#7) Jailton Almeida def. (#13) Alexander Romanov by Unanimous Decision. Lightweight Bout: Joe Solecki def. Grant Dawson by Split Decision. Welterweight Bout: Philip Rowe def. Jake Matthews by Split Decision. Welterweight Bout: Mickey Gall def. Bassil Hafez by Unanimous Decision. Women´s Bantamweight Bout: Aillin Perez def. Joselyne Edwards by Unanimous Decision. Flyweight Bout: Andre Lima def. Mitch Raposo by Unanimous Decision. Post Fight Bonus Fight of the Night: Paulo Costa vs. Sean Strickland Performance of the Night: Paulo Costa and Aillin Perez Dana White has confirmed that Conor McGregor is out of the main fight of UFC 303. Dana White said that Poirier's victory opens up great options for fighting in the lightweight division for the title. Dana White praised Costa's performance. Poirier has sustained a hand injury while fighting. Poirier said that he thought the result was fair, and that he fulfilled his big dream of becoming UFC champion. Makhachev thought his performance was not good and congratulated the new champion and confirmed that he hopes for a rematch as soon as possible. Costa said he proved to be one of the division's greatest by beating the number one ranking and hopes to receive a title shot. Strickland said he was disappointed with his performance and hopes to come back better in the next round. Edited July 8 by rodrigoviolim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maudlin career Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 THAT'S HOW THE MAIN EVENT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. WAR PORIER. Curious to see what's next for both him and Mak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, maudlin career said: THAT'S HOW THE MAIN EVENT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. WAR PORIER. Curious to see what's next for both him and Mak. This main card had a lot of underdogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Season 32 Team Grasso Featherweight: Bekhzod Usmonov, Kaan Ofli, Mairon Santos and Roedie Roets Middleweight: Mark Hulme, Omran Chaaban, Paddy McCorry and Ryan Loder Team Shevchenko Featherweight: Edwin Cooper Jr., Guillermo Torres, Nathan Fletcher and Zygimantas Ramaska Middleweight: Giannis Bachar, Robert Valentin, Shamidkhan Magomedov and Tom Theocharis Episode 1 Was fantastic, with a good fight that saw Omran Chaaban def. Tom Theocharis by Unanimous Decision after two rounds. Out of all the cast. Giannis Bachar was the most entertaining. Ryan Loder and Mairon Santos cleary bonded during this episode. Episode 2 A great episode, with Kaan Ofli def. Guillermo Torres by Submission in second round, in a poor fight and some brilliantly entertaining sections with cast. Omran Chaaban stole the show. One of the stories of the episode was the friendship that has developed between Alexa Grasso and Kaan Ofli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov The event marked the promotion's second visit to Louisville and first since UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in March 2011. A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Nassourdine Imavov headlined the event. A bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios took place at the event. They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on February 24, but Rosas Jr. was forced to withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the pairing was initially pushed back one week to UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev before it was ultimately cancelled by the promotion. UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov Date: June 8, 2024 Venue: KFC Yum! Center Local: Louisville, Kentucky, USA Attendance: 2,654 Gate: $704,637 Main Event Middleweight Bout: (#7) Nassourdine Imavov def. (#4) Jared Cannonier by TKO (Strikes) in 1:45 of Round 3. Co-Main Event & Main Card Light Heavyweight Bout: (#15) Dominick Reyes def. Dustin Jacoby by TKO (Strikes) in 3:38 of Round 1. Bantamweight Bout: Ricky Turcios def. Raul Rosas Jr. by Unanimous Decision. Middleweight Bout: Brunno Ferreira def. Dustin Stoltzfus by Unanimous Decision. Middleweight Bout: Julian Marquez def. Zachary Reese by Unanimous Decision. Welterweight Bout: Punahele Soriano def. Miguel Baeza by TKO (Strikes) in 1:47 of Round 2. Preliminay Card Lightweight Bout: Ludvit Klein def. Thiago Moises by TKO (Strikes) in 2:52 of Round 2. Welterweight Bout: Charles Radtke def. Carlos Prates by Submission (Armbar) in 3:32 of Round 1. Bantamweight Bout: Brad Katona def. Jesse Butler by TKO (Strikes) in 0:54 of Round 1. Women´s Flyweight Bout: Andrea Lee def. Montana de la Rosa by Unanimous Decision. Bantamweight Bout: Daniel Marcos def. John Castaneda by Unanimous Decision. Bantamweight Bout: Taylor Lapilus def. Cody Stamann by Unanimous Decision. Women´s Strawweight Bout: Rayanne dos Santos def. Puja Tomar by Unanimous Decision. Post Fight Bonus Fight of the Night: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Jared Cannonier Performance of the Night: Dominick Reyes and Charles Radtke Dana White has confirmed that Khamzat Chimaev is out of the UFC Saudi Arabia main event. Ikran Aliskerov has been confirmed as his replacement. Imavov hopes to compete in the upcoming UFC Paris. Cannonier said he was disappointed with his performance after winning the first two rounds. Reyes said he is back and is hoping for a top 10 challenger in his next fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Season 32 Team Grasso Featherweight: Bekhzod Usmonov, Kaan Ofli, Mairon Santos and Roedie Roets Middleweight: Mark Hulme, Omran Chaaban, Paddy McCorry and Ryan Loder Team Shevchenko Featherweight: Edwin Cooper Jr., Guillermo Torres, Nathan Fletcher and Zygimantas Ramaska Middleweight: Giannis Bachar, Robert Valentin, Shamidkhan Magomedov and Tom Theocharis Episode 1 Was fantastic, with a good fight that saw Omran Chaaban def. Tom Theocharis by Unanimous Decision after two rounds. Out of all the cast. Giannis Bachar was the most entertaining. Ryan Loder and Mairon Santos cleary bonded during this episode. Episode 2 A great episode, with Kaan Ofli def. Guillermo Torres by Submission in second round, in a poor fight and some brilliantly entertaining sections with cast. Omran Chaaban stole the show. One of the stories of the episode was the friendship that has developed between Alexa Grasso and Kaan Ofli. Episode 3 A fantastic episode this week, whit Mark Hulme def. Giannis Bachar by submission in the first round in a good fight plus some brilliantly entertaining training room antics. Paddy McCorry really shone in this episode, he´s a really entertaining character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira This was the 100th event the promotion hosted at the UFC Apex. The UFC started hosting events at the venue in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, originally behind closed doors, before changing their approach to a limited set of tickets per event in July 2021. A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira headlined the event. Perez was originally expected to face Tagir Ulanbekov However, he was pulled in order to serve as replacement and headline UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez in April. In turn on April 30, it was reported that the fight between Perez and Ulanbekov was back on for this event. After Perez was moved to the headliner spot, the promotion opted to book Ulanbekov against Joshua Van, who was Taira's original opponent at UFC 302. However, the bout was cancelled when Ulanbekov weighed in at 129.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit. A women's strawweight bout between former LFA Women's Strawweight Champion Julia Polastri and Josefine Lindgren Knutsson took place at the event. They were originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev but the bout was scrapped when Knutsson pulled out due to injury. A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and Martin Buday was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to UFC 303 for unknown reasons. A middleweight bout between André Muniz and Ikram Aliskerov was expected to take place at the event. However, Muniz withdrew due to a foot injury. He was replaced by Antonio Trócoli. In turn, the bout was scrapped during fight week as Aliskerov was pulled in order to serve as a replacement for Khamzat Chimaev against Robert Whittaker a week later at the main event of UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov. UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira Date: June 15, 2024 Venue: UFC Apex Local: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Attendance: 1,169 Gate: $403,480 Main Event Flyweight Bout: (#6) Alex Perez def. (#13) Tatsuro Taira by Unanimous Decision. Co-Main Event & Main Card Bantamweight Bout: Douglas Silva de Andrade def. Miles Johns by TKO (Strikes) in 4:15 of Round 1. Featherweight Bout: Lucas Almeida def. Timothy Cuamba by KO (Punch) in 2:44 of Round 2. Bantamweight Bout: Garrett Armfield def. Brady Hiestand by Unanimous Decision. Flyweight Bout: Asu Almabayev def. Jose Johnson by Split Decision. Welterweight Bout: Adam Fugitt def. Josh Quinlan by Majority Decision. Preliminay Card Flyweight Bout: Jimmy Flick def. Nate Maness by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:59 of Round 2. Women´s Flyweight Bout: Gabriella Fernandes def. Carli Judice by Unanimous Decision. Featherweight Bout: Jeka Saragih def. Westin Wilson by Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 0:56 of Round 1. Featherweight Bout: Shayilan Nuerdanbieke def. Melquizael Costa by Unanimous Decision. Women´s Strawweight Bout: Julia Polastri def. Josefine Knutsson by Split Decision. Post Fight Bonus Fight of the Night: Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Miles Johns Performance of the Night: Lucas Almeida and Jeka Saragih Dana White announces that Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka 2 will be the main event of UFC 303. Perez said he has proven himself to be among the elite in the division. Taira was very disappointed with his performance and hopes to return as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Season 32 Team Grasso Featherweight: Bekhzod Usmonov, Kaan Ofli, Mairon Santos and Roedie Roets Middleweight: Mark Hulme, Omran Chaaban, Paddy McCorry and Ryan Loder Team Shevchenko Featherweight: Edwin Cooper Jr., Guillermo Torres, Nathan Fletcher and Zygimantas Ramaska Middleweight: Giannis Bachar, Robert Valentin, Shamidkhan Magomedov and Tom Theocharis Episode 1 Was fantastic, with a good fight that saw Omran Chaaban def. Tom Theocharis by Unanimous Decision after two rounds. Out of all the cast. Giannis Bachar was the most entertaining. Ryan Loder and Mairon Santos cleary bonded during this episode. Episode 2 A great episode, with Kaan Ofli def. Guillermo Torres by Submission in second round, in a poor fight and some brilliantly entertaining sections with cast. Omran Chaaban stole the show. One of the stories of the episode was the friendship that has developed between Alexa Grasso and Kaan Ofli. Episode 3 A fantastic episode this week, whit Mark Hulme def. Giannis Bachar by submission in the first round in a good fight plus some brilliantly entertaining training room antics. Paddy McCorry really shone in this episode, he´s a really entertaining character. Episode 4 Episode 4 was fantastic, with Edwin Cooper Jr. beat Bekhzod Usmonov by unanimous decision in a great fight and some brilliantly entertaining training shenanigans. Giannis Bachar really shone in this episode, he´s a really entertaining character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoviolim Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov The promotion was originally expected to make its Saudi Arabia debut at an event on March 2, 2024, but on January 24, Saudi Arabia's chairman of General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh announced the event had been officially postponed until this date, citing "a decision to reschedule was taken to ensure the best caliber of talent will be available to participate". A middleweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev was expected to headline the event. However, Chimaev withdrew due to an illness and was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov, who was scheduled to fight a week earlier at UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira. A middleweight bout between Sharabutdin Magomedov and Ihor Potieria was expected to take place at the event. However, Potieria was pulled to face Michel Pereira at UFC 301. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Joilton Lutterbach. In turn, Lutterbach was pulled out on June 19 by the anti-doping commission because of a substance found in his urine and replaced by Antonio Trócoli, who was scheduled to face Aliskerov a week earlier. Said Nurmagomedov was scheduled to face Montel Jackson in a bantamweight bout. However, Nurmagomedov pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Farid Basharat. In turn, it was reported that Basharat was unable to compete due to an injury and the bout was scrapped. Abu Azaitar was scheduled to face Denis Tiuliulin in a middleweight bout. However, Azaitar was replaced by Sedriques Dumas due to an injury. In turn, the bout between Dumas and Tiuliulin was postponed to UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov due to visa reasons related to Dumas. A featherweight bout between Muhammad Naimov and Melsik Baghdasaryan was expected to take place at the main card. However, Baghdasaryan pulled out during fight week due to a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He was replaced by Felipe Lima. UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov Date: June 22, 2024 Venue: Kingdom Arena Local: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Attendance: 1,324 Gate: $312,464 Main Event Middleweight Bout: Ikram Aliskerov def. (#3) Robert Whittaker by Unanimous Decision. Co-Main Event & Main Card Heavyweight Bout: Alexander Volkov def. Sergei Pavlovich by Unanimous Decision. Welterweight Bout: Kelvin Gastelum def. Daniel Rodriguez by TKO (Strikes) in 0:57 of Round 2. Middleweight Bout: Antonio Trocoli def. Sharabutdin Magomedov by KO (Punch) in 3:55 of Round 3. Light Heavyweight Bout: (#9) Volkan Ozdemir def. (#7) Johnny Walker by TKO (Punch to the body) in 3:15 of Round 1. Preliminay Card Lightweight Bout: Nasrat Haqparast def. Jared Gordon by TKO (Strikes) in 0:37 of Round 2. Featherweight Bout: Felipe Lima def. Muhammad Naimov by KO (Punch) in 1:53 of Round 3. Welterweight Bout: Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Nicolas Dalby by Unanimous Decision. Bantamweight Bout: Kyung-Ho Kang def. Muin Gafurov by KO (Punch) in 0:35 of Round 2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Magomed Gadzhiyasulov def. Brendson Ribeiro by Unanimous Decision. Road To UFC Season 2 Bantamweight Final: Xiao Long def. Chang-Ho Lee by KO (Knee) in 4:59 of Round 1. Post Fight Bonus Fight of the Night: Ikram Aliskerov vs. Robert Whittaker Performance of the Night: Xiao Long, Antonio Trocoli and Volkan Ozdemir Dana White promised more events in Saudi Arabia for next year, one of them being PPV. Dana White did not guarantee Aliskerov as the next challenger, but said that this victory could certainly shorten his path to the title fight. Aliskerov said he was confident and followed the strategy outlined by the team. He said he hopes to rematch Chimaev in October in the UAE. Whittaker made no excuses for his defeat. He congratulated Aliskerov and hopes to return as soon as possible. Volkov said there was a different atmosphere for the fight against Pavlovich and that the victory puts him close to a title shot. Xiao Long become the Road to UFC Season 2 Bantamweight Winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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