Nolan King
Reporter | @MMAJunkie @USAToday | @Tapology | I found peace in your violence
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sports.yahoo.com | Danny Segura |Nolan King
Noche UFC just got one of the most exciting bookings of 2025. Brazilian brawlers Diego Lopes and Jean Silva have been scheduled to fight in the main event of the event celebrating Mexican Independence Day, which is set to go down on Sept. 13 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. AdvertisementUFC CEO Dana White officially announced the matchup Tuesday evening on Instagram. Lopes (27-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) both fought on the same card last month at UFC 314 in Miami.
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sports.yahoo.com | Nolan King |Mike Bohn
Khalil Rountree says a lot of thought and consideration went into his UFC on ABC 8 custom fight shorts. When Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) makes his walk to the cage Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan for his headlining bout vs. Jamahal Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC), he'll sport white and gray shorts with images that pay tribute to various aspects of his life and travels.
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mmajunkie.com | Nolan King
The restitution hearing for former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has been pushed back another month. At a restitution hearing held Tuesday in Santa Clara County (San Jose, Calif.) criminal court, Velasquez's attorney Renee Hessling, district attorney representative Aaron French, and attorney Patrick Zakhary, who represents victims Paul Bender and Patricia Goularte, all agreed more time was needed. Velasquez was not present.
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ca.sports.yahoo.com | Nolan King
MMA and wrestling legend Ben Askren continues to battle in a Wisconsin hospital, according to his wife. Askren, 40, is sedated on a ventilator and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and could need a lung transplant, Amy Askren said in a Facebook post Tuesday. "I haven’t shared an update because Ben has been in limbo for a while and I was hoping to have him wake up and be the one to decide what to share," Amy Askren wrote on her personal Facebook page.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Nolan King
MMA and wrestling legend Ben Askren continues to battle in a Wisconsin hospital, according to his wife. Askren, 40, is sedated on a ventilator and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and could need a lung transplant, Amy Askren said in a Facebook post Tuesday. Advertisement"I haven’t shared an update because Ben has been in limbo for a while and I was hoping to have him wake up and be the one to decide what to share," Amy Askren wrote on her personal Facebook page.
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