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First, the PFL Champions Series Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, saw a shocking conclusion to its main event middleweight title fight. Johnny Eblen, the incoming champion, was up on the scorecards heading into the fifth round. However, Costello Van Steenis pulled off a last-second rear-naked choke to snatch the title away.
Vagner Rocha won just six months after having heart failure, and both Adele Fornarino and Roberto Jimenez put on a show. Check out results and analysis from WNO 29.
UFC on ESPN 66 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided round-by-round coverage and official results.UFC on ESPN 66 took place at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo..
Neither fighter appeared to have issue and weighed in just 2 pounds apart with Lewis at 261 and Teixeira at 259. The co-feature had no issue, either, when Gabriel Bonfim (17-1 MMA,
UFC fighters reacted to the death of WWE icon Hulk Hogan. They expressed sadness, recalling how he shaped their childhoods.
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Valter Walker made history at UFC on ESPN 70 when he finished Kennedy Nzechukwu with his third consecutive heel hook finish.
NASHVILLE – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 70 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.
The UFC was back in Atlanta on Saturday night with a compelling 13-fight card, ... UFC on ESPN 69 Live Winners and Losers, Results. Tom Taylor Jun 14, 2025.
A late addition joins UFC on ESPN 71 in Las Vegas. Welterweights Uros Medic and Gilbert Urbina will collide at the Aug. 9 event in a three-round bout at the UFC Apex. Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking Friday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.