Paul Battison
Journalist at BBC Sport
Journalist at @BBCSport covering MMA and other bits. Views mine.
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bbc.com | Paul Battison
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ilia Topuria (left) and Charles Oliveira (right) are aiming to become two-time UFC championsIlia Topuria will face Charles Oliveira for the lightweight title at UFC 317 in Las Vegas on 28 June. Brazil's Oliveria, 35, is a former champion and fighting in a title fight for the first time since defeat by Islam Makhachev in 2022.
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sports.yahoo.com | Paul Battison
Ilia Topuria will face Charles Oliveira for the lightweight title at UFC 317 in Las Vegas on 28 June. Spain's Topuria, 28, has the chance to become a two-division champion after vacating his featherweight belt earlier this year to move up a division. AdvertisementBrazil's Oliveria, 35, is a former champion and fighting in a title fight for the first time since defeat by Islam Makhachev in 2022.
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5 days ago |
bbc.com | Paul Battison
The Devon-born Luxton took up Thai boxing around the age of 10. After briefly switching to boxing, she later moved to Manchester and into the world of MMA, in which she now trains full-time. After winning the first two fights of her professional career - with her most recent victory in March, 2024 - Luxton signed a contract with the PFL. But her debut fight in June never happened.
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flipboard.com | Paul Battison
Ranvir Singh replaced and forced to drop out of Lorraine last minuteRanvir Singh has been forced to drop out of Lorraine at the last minute on Friday morning. The ITV show Lorraine has had a rotating host for the past …
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6 days ago |
au.sports.yahoo.com | Paul Battison
Truist Championship first round leaderboard-9 K Mitchell (US); -8 D McCarthy (US); -7 C Morikawa (US), S Straka (Aut), A Bhatia (US), R Fowler (US)Selected others-6 S Lowry (Ire); -5 A Rai (Eng); -4 R McIlroy (NI); -2 T Fleetwood (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng); E J Rose (Eng)Full leaderboardRory McIlroy began his warm-up for next week's US PGA Championship by finishing the first round of the Truist Championship in Philadelphia five shots behind leader Keith Mitchell.
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