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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Chris Eubank Sr has once again expressed his condemnation of the forthcoming boxing match between his son, Chris Eubank Jr, and the son of his former rival Nigel Benn, Conor Benn.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
It’s back to the drawing board for Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire. The long-time Bellator veteran and former two-division champion came up short in his UFC debut in Miami, Florida last weekend, losing a clear-cut three round decision to former 145-pound title challenger Yair Rodriguez.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes are licking their wounds following their five-round war at last weekend’s UFC 314 event in Miami, Florida. Volkanovski, 36, became a two-time featherweight champion in his five-round decision win over Lopes, who now drops a few rungs on the 145-pound ladder as the Australian champion assesses the challenges of top contenders like Movsar Evloev, Jean Silva and Yair Rodriguez.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Leon Edwards will take a few months off before resuming his hunt to regain the UFC welterweight title, according to his brother. Edwards suffered his second consecutive defeat in the headline fight of the UFC’s return to London last month, succumbing to a fourth-round guillotine choke at the hands of rising contender Sean Brady.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Ian Machado Garry is backing himself to get back to winning ways in style later this month. The Irishman will set foot on UFC canvas on April 26 in Kansas City for the first time since suffering the first loss of his career against Shavkat Rakhmonov late last year where he will seek to end the extended winning streak of the dangerous welterweight striker Carlos Prates.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Alexander Volkanovski is hitting the gas. The now two-time UFC featherweight champion has said that he intends to be busy for the remainder of 2025, in spite of forthcoming medical tests to determine the extent of a hand injury sustained early in his title-winning performance against Diego Lopes at last weekend’s UFC 314 in Miami, Florida. But at 36, the Australian 145-pound great is aware that the clock is ticking on his fight career — and as such, says he wants to keep his current momentum.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Tyson Fury’s time as an active heavyweight competitor has come and gone, according to his former promoter Bob Arum. Fury announced his retirement in the aftermath of his second career loss to Oleksandr Usyk late last year, stepping away from the sport with a record of 34-2-1 and with a reputation as being one of the best heavyweights of his era.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Daniel Dubois looks set to get his opportunity for revenge against Oleksandr Usyk. According to numerous reports early on Tuesday, Usyk and Dubois — between them the holders of the major titles in boxing’s heavyweight division — are in talks for a fight at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 12. Should an accord be found, the bout would represent a rematch of their first fight in August 2023 which was won by the Ukrainian by ninth-round knockout.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Alexander Volkanovski might be facing a spell on the sidelines after he regained the UFC’s 145-pound world title in Miami, Florida last weekend. The Aussie, generally regarded as being among the best featherweights in history, is now a two-time champ of the division after he scored a decision win over Diego Lopes in the Sunshine State to succeed Ilia Topuria as champion after the Georgian-Spaniard vacated the championship in advance of an assault on the 155-pound weight class.
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1 week ago | 
themaclife.com | John Balfe
Bryce Mitchell accepts his submission loss to Jean Silva in what was the biggest grudge match on last Saturday’s UFC 314 card from Miami, Florida. Mitchell, who drew widespread criticism for comments made about Adolf Hitler during a January podcast appearance, was submitted in the second round by surging contender Silva in the latest chapter of what is now a 13-fight win streak — with 12 of those wins coming inside the distance.