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1 week ago | 
espn.co.uk | Ian Parker |Brett Okamoto
A clash between a past PFL season champion and a two-time Bellator MMA title challenger headlines the third of four 2025 PFL World Tournament first-round fight cards Friday in Orlando, Florida (ESPN/ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 5 p.m.). Impa Kasanganay, who won the 2023 light heavyweight season and was a finalist in 2024, takes on Fabian Edwards in one of four middleweight bouts.
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2 weeks ago | 
700espn.com | Brett Okamoto |Ian Parker
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2 weeks ago | 
espn.com | Brett Okamoto |Ian Parker
Alexander Volkanovski is a former UFC featherweight champion who reigned for over four years, but he has lost his two most recent fights, both by knockout. What does Volkanovski have to do to regain the throne Saturday when he faces Diego Lopes in a fight for the vacant title at UFC 314 in Miami (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ at 8)? Volkanovski (26-4) has not fought since losing his title to Ilia Topuria in February 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.com | Jeff Wagenheim |Ian Parker
The UFC announced Tuesday that two of the most-anticipated fights of the summer will land on the same card, as men's bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and former title holder Sean O'Malley will stage a rematch of their UFC 306 showdown and women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña puts her belt on the line against former two-time PFL champ Kayla Harrison at UFC 316 on June 7 (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+).
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Jeff Wagenheim |Ian Parker |Brett Okamoto
The UFC announced Tuesday that two of the most-anticipated fights of the summer will land on the same card, as men's bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and former title holder Sean O'Malley will stage a rematch of their UFC 306 showdown and women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña puts her belt on the line against former two-time PFL champ Kayla Harrison at UFC 316 on June 7 (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+).
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.co.uk | Jeff Wagenheim |Ian Parker |Brett Okamoto
The UFC announced Tuesday that two of the most-anticipated fights of the summer will land on the same card, as men's bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and former title holder Sean O'Malley will stage a rematch of their UFC 306 showdown and women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña puts her belt on the line against former two-time PFL champ Kayla Harrison at UFC 316 on June 7 (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+).
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Jeff Wagenheim |Ian Parker |Brett Okamoto
The 2024 PFL season concludes on Friday afternoon in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with playoff finals in each of the six weight classes. All of the PFL World Championship fights at King Saud University Stadium will be on ESPN+, starting at 1 p.m. ET. Among the 12 finalists are one defending champion (Impa Kasanganay, light heavyweight) and a champ from a previous season (Brendan Loughnane, featherweight in 2022).
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Jeff Wagenheim |Andreas Hale |Ian Parker
Two weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of The Rumble in the Jungle, and all of the bouquets being laid at the feet of that classic heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman got me thinking about -- of all things -- this weekend's heavyweight championship fight at UFC 309. What's the connection? It has to do with how diminished expectations don't always foreshadow reality. Ali's upset of Foreman is remembered today as one of the fight game's greatest moments.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Andreas Hale |Ian Parker
Jon Jones is widely considered the greatest fighter ever to strap on gloves in the UFC -- and he'll have a familiar pair for his heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic. The UFC decided ahead of Saturday's card at Madison Square Garden to ditch the ballyhooed new fight gloves unveiled in the spring that were designed in large part to stunt eye pokes that often render fighters unable to continue. It was the first major change of the protective equipment in more than a decade.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
espn.ph | Andreas Hale |Ian Parker
UFC CEO Dana White says that if heavyweight champion Jon Jones has plans to continue fighting after facing Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Saturday, there is only one option and that is to face current interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. White appeared on "The Jim Rome Show" to address Jones' claims that he has no interest in facing Aspinall and will instead look to face light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira should he successfully defend his title against Miocic.
