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Former two-division GLORY champion Alex Pereira is one of the most decorated strikers to ever enter the UFC’s octagon. Yet, he says you shouldn’t be surprised if he wins an MMA fight via submission one day. Pereira has only lost once by tapout — he dropped his MMA debut via rear-naked choke in 2015 — and has since worked intensively on his jiu-jitsu and wrestling with ex-UFC champion and mentor Glover Teixeira en route to capturing the UFC middleweight belt. Pereira meets Jiri Prochazka for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title at Saturday’s UFC 295 event at Madison Square Garden…
Watch the Gamebred Bareknuckle 6 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the Roy Nelson vs. Alan Belcher card at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. The fight card for this event is as follows: Roy Nelson vs. Alan Belcher Alex Nicholson vs. Prince McLean Jason Knight vs. Randy Costa Chase Sherman vs. Carl Seumanutafa Curtis Millender vs. Joel Bauman Brandon Davis vs. Joe Penafiel Junior Maranhao vs. Joshua Weems Francisco Trinaldo vs. Sascha Palatnikov Hector Lombard vs. Chris Sarro Dennis LaBruzza vs. Javanis J. Ross Tyler Hill def. James Freeman via TKO – Round 1, 2:48 Mike Sanford def. Alex…
Dillon Danis is UFC or bust, although taking a path on Dana White’s Contender Series like current UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley did is not in the cards. “I’d rather retire, bro,” Danis said on Friday’s live edition of The MMA Hour in New York City. “I’m not Sean O’Malley, I’m bigger than him. I have the most followers than any welterweight in all of MMA.” Danis hasn’t competed in an MMA fight in more than four years, a first-round submission win over Max Humphrey at Bellator 222 in June 2019. The 30-year-old recently competed in a boxing match against…
Jiri Prochazka is back to reclaim his light heavyweight title, and standing in his way is the protege of the man Prochazka first defeated to become champion: Alex Pereira. On Saturday, Prochazka faces Pereira in the main event of UFC 295 for the vacant light heavyweight title. But before that, Sergei Pavlovich tangles with Tom Aspinall for an interim heavyweight title, and 11 other fights of varying importance take place in Madison Square Garden. With so much action this pay-per-view weekend, let’s check out some of the best bets available. As always, all odds are courtesy of our friends at…
After Friday’s UFC 295 ceremonial weigh-in in New York City, there’s only one thing left to do for the four men competing for championship gold on Saturday night. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka returns from a nearly 18-month layoff to face Alex Pereira in the main event at Madison Square Garden for the vacant light heavyweight title. In the co-main event, Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall battle it out for the interim heavyweight title. In front of an excited crowd, Pereira and Prochazka engaged in an intense final faceoff before sharing their thoughts on the bout one last…
The UFC returns to Madison Square Garden on Saturday with for UFC 295, which features an expected wild main event for the vacant light heavyweight title between the returning former champ Jiri Prochazka and prior middleweight champion Alex Pereira, along with an interim heavyweight championship bout between surging contenders Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, and Alexander K. Lee preview Saturday’s pay-per-view event, the main event between Prochazka and Pereira, what a win would mean for both men, and how interesting the seemingly cursed division could get moving into 2024 depending on who leaves MSG…
Khabib Nurmagomedov has stayed true to his word since retiring from MMA as UFC lightweight champion in 2020, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been plenty of temptation to return. “When you’re the best fighter in the world, when you’re strong enough, when you have money, when you’re famous, it’s very hard to say no to all these things,” Nurmagomedov told Daniel Cormier on UFC Fight Pass’ recent Ultimate 30 countdown. “It’s very hard. It’s not easy. It’s not easy [to] just say no to 20, 30, 40 million dollars. But for myself, it’s not everything. This is not most…
The UFC is back in New York City. On Saturday, Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira face off for the vacant light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 295. The bout is Prochazka’s first in nearly 18 months following a shoulder injury that forced him to vacate his title. Now, he has the chance to reclaim the once-again-vacated belt should he beat the protege of the man who he outlasted to win the 205-pound title in his previous outing, Glover Teixeira. Pereira, meahwhile, can become just the ninth person to win belts in multiple divisions in the UFC if…
Tom Aspinall doesn’t mind admitting he’s afraid of Sergei Pavlovich ahead of UFC 295. In fact, the 30-year-old British heavyweight embraces a healthy amount of fear as he prepares to tackle one of the most ferocious finshers in recent UFC history. After falling to Alistair Overeem in his octagon debut, Pavlovich has rattled off six straight wins — all by knockout — without a single opponent making it past the first round. Refusing to acknowledge Pavlovich’s danger would be a foolhardy way for Aspinall to approach his first attempt at capturing UFC gold. He prefers to accept the risks he’s…
Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. You may have noticed that knockout highlights seem to vastly outweigh submission highlights here at Missed Fists headquarters and you wouldn’t be wrong. Obviously, KOs happen more frequently and typically make for a more immediately pleasing visual, but there’s another reason I’m not always caught up on the latest subs. I’m a scaredy cat. You see, often when there’s a submission…