Jay Anderson
Editor and Writer at Cageside Press
MMA/pop culture writer, film&TV geek, horror novel junkie, rock n' roll aficionado. Canuck. Find my stuff @CagesidePress. Previously @WhatCulture, & elsewhere
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cagesidepress.com | Jay Anderson
The PFL’s debut in Belgium has its main event, and it will see UFC veteran Danny Roberts making his own debut for the promotion. Announced via press release on Friday, PFL Europe Brussels on July 5, 2025 will be headlined by Belgium’s own Patrick Habirora (6-0), taking on “Hot Chocolate” Roberts (18-8) in a welterweight clash. The fight joins the previously announced Taylor Lapilus vs. Ali Taleb, which serves as the night’s co-main event.
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cagesidepress.com | Jay Anderson
The classic “old guard vs. new” format will be in play when Stephen Thompson takes on Gabriel Bonfim later this summer. “Wonderboy” Thompson (17-8-1) will face Brazil’s Bonfim (17-1) as part of UFC Nashville on July 12, 2025 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. News of the pairing was first reported by Twitter/X account NoLimitsU, with the UFC making an official announcement a short time later.
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cagesidepress.com | Jay Anderson
It was a very rocky weigh-in day ahead of UFC Vegas 107, with Friday bringing about several misses at the scale, and a fight cancellation. Of note, one half of the UFC Vegas 107 main event, Maycee Barber, came in heavy on Friday. She weighed in at 126.5lbs for her fight with Erin Blanchfield, a half-pound over the division’s non-title limit. That does not bode well for Barber, a title hopeful on a six-fight win streak. Barber looked depleted on the scale, and she was not the only one.
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cagesidepress.com | Jay Anderson
Lightweight Mateusz Gamrot returns to action at UFC Vegas 107 this Saturday, ending an extended layoff that had little to do with injury or illness. Gamrot (24-3, 1NC) will face L’udovit Klein at the UFC Apex, an opponent that isn’t ranked, and doesn’t necessarily have the hugest profile. What Klein does offer is a seven-fight unbeaten streak, and frankly, the willingness to show up. “This was like, hard to get an opponent.
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cagesidepress.com | Jay Anderson
Years on from their original booking at UFC 269 – that was back in 2021 – Maycee Barber and Erin Blanchfield will finally throw down, this time in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 107. Their original meeting saw Blanchfield step in as a replacement fighter, only for Barber to then pull out hurt. They now meet with both fighters much further along in their quest for UFC gold, in a five-round fight that could bring title implications with it.
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The Long Walk was never a personal favorite, I know it is for many King fans, but I'm curious to check this out. Mark Hamill looks unrecognizable. https://t.co/G6VdXnXGGT
RIP Sabu.
RT @Cagesidepress: No date or location but UFC is actively working on a second Canadian date this year, in the fall, per David Shaw, UFC Se…
