MMA news updates

Instead of spamming the boards everytime I see some cool news, I’ll post it here. I’ll also keep track of prospects I like, new signings to ufc/dwcs/Bellator/etc.

* Edited at 05.02.2022, 4:44 PM ET *

Mike Breeden vs lando vannata august 12th

Cj vergara vs Vinicius Salvador july 27th. July 27th is ufc 291 and will be in utah

Appreciate the updates Ayy. I keep my own schedule and I've started listing the ones you announce and waiting 'til they're on tap to put the confirmed tag but it's usually just a matter of days. 

I was going to ask if Tucker/Sabatini was still on for Vanouver but just noticed ESPN has it listed just not on UFC.com or tap yet. Keep up the good work.

@mule of course bro! Also no clue what’s going on with that fight. It seems like it’s in the works & I know for a fact tucker said he’s fighting on 289. They must be ironing out details for the fight still

Also according to Clayton’s dad in the hill vs dern thread, Clayton vs Erceg has been rebooked for July 1

Marcin prachnio vs vitor petrino is now offical for 290. Was rumored at first 

* Edited at 05.13.2023, 10:53 AM ET *

Welp, there goes Prachnio.

Anybody know why Mario Pinto had his fight cancelled? Unless he signed for DWCS or something?

Makhmud muradov vs barberena ufc London. Bryan to 185. Weird decision by him and weird matchmaking in general. I don’t understand what the matchmakers were thinking 

Here’s something interesting. On the upcoming combat fc card, bekzod Abdurakhmanov will be making his return to mma after a 6 year hiatus. Now, this isn’t really anything special, but what stands out about bekzod is why he was gone for so long. The reason being, he was wrestling, where he got a bronze medal in the 2020 Olympics (Also became the only man to tech-fall Jordan Burroughs in the 2016 Olympics - an insane accomplishment and becomes the only person to do that to Jordan), gold in the Asian games & Asian championships, and medaled at the world championships. He’s 7-0 as a pro with 6 finishes. Now, he’s only fought cans & is fighting another one in his return (2-5 jobber) but hey at least he’s got experience. He says he wants to go to the ufc next

* Edited at 05.14.2023, 2:02 PM ET *

After having his name added to the roster, Felipe dos santos has now officially been confirmed for dwcs. He’s not the best fighter, but brings that awesome chute boxe brawler style we all love. Highly recommend watching his last fight against Hugo paiva; even tho I thought he lost (very close fight) it was one of the most insane brawls I’ve seen. He’s a massive flyweight with cardio to match his absurd brawler style. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but he is ultra entertaining 

Rip Barberena. Murderov is gonna KO him. A former 155er who was middling at best moving to take on a big 185er.

Jack Jenkins will be fighting june 24th

Kamaru Usman just put out yet another tweet hinting that him and khamzat are fighting one another. He put out a tweet saying “🦍 x 🐺” and tagged Khamzat 

Jack Jenkins is just plain nasty

Never mind. 

* Edited at 05.15.2023, 2:48 AM ET *

Ikram aliskerov will be fighting at ufc 291. Don’t know the opponent yet

So Cedric Doumbe just had an interview with Ariel and he made it very obvious that Francis has signed to the PFL. Which is something we already expected. 

Doumbe also explained that he was signed by the UFC, but apparently the doctors messed up. His explanation was kinda vague, but he basically said that he did an MRI and they messed up by documenting that he had "blood in his brain." I personally believe that would be a Intracranial hematoma. Anyways, the result of that MRI test was also the reason why he didn't fight on the Gane vs Tuivasa card in Paris. The other reason was that he wasn't experienced anough. He needed 10 MMA fights in order to fight there. 

After the MRI result the UFC released him and he started negatiating with Bellator, One and PFL. Eventually signing with the PFL. Ariel asked him how good the contract was and he said that the PFL offered him 10 times the amount of money compared to his contract he signed with the UFC. After signing with the PFL he did another tests and he appeared to be just fine without any health issues. 

The UFC messed up big if this story is true.

* Edited at 05.15.2023, 2:36 PM ET *

That’s not the first time their medicals have false flagged someone either. They did the same thing with askar askar, and it’s happened with some other fighters too (I can’t remember their names off the top of my head).

Pretty weird if you ask me

* Edited at 05.15.2023, 2:46 PM ET *