The PRIDE and UFC veteran received 13,907 votes during the general election.

Wanderlei Silva has once again failed to secure a seat in Brazil’s Congress after coming up short in Sunday’s general election.

The PRIDE and UFC veteran, who represented the Progressive Party (PP) affiliated with Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, earned 13,907 votes during the election. He needed more than 61, 500 votes to represent his home state in Congress.

This marks the second time that Silva will attempt to run for congress in Brazil after failing to win a seat in the 2018 elections. The UFC veteran was then affiliated with the Social Democratic Party.

Silva is the latest fighter to enter the political fray, following the likes of former UFC champion Tito Ortiz, who served as Mayor Pro-Tem of Huntington Beach, California, until he resigned from city council less than six months later. Others include former UFC champ BJ Penn, who failed to secure the Republican nomination for governor of Hawaii.

Silva has since thanked his voters on Instagram, adding that he “learned a lot and saw how much I still have to learn.” The retired fighter has since continued to campaign for Bolsonaro, who is heading to a run-off election with bitter rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following a tight election Sunday.

While Lula had won more than 48 percent—a five percent lead over Bolsonaro—the former president fell short of the more than 50 percent of valid votes needed to prevent a run-off.

Voters now have an additional four weeks to determine which of the two men will become the next president of Brazil.

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Conor McGregor directed a violent voice note at Bisping recently.

Conor McGregor has been letting loose on Twitter, again. This time, the target of his ranting was not a former in-cage rival. Instead, he’s taken issue with fellow former UFC champ Michael Bisping (and not for the first time).

The latest round of online theatrics produced by McGregor includes threatening posts that seem to suggest that the Irishman could attack Bisping at his home or workplace.

The tirade started when McGregor boasted about a movie role online, which included a dig at Bisping’s acting career. Bisping responded by saying he wasn’t sure why McGregor was targeting him again.

That lead to an angry series of messages from McGregor, which included a since deleted voice note that said the following:

“Do you want to go to war man, yeah? Do you want to go to f**king war? We’ll go to war with you, yeah. Security, you little sausage of a thing. I’ll have security set you up. Where do you stay when you’re in Vegas again, pal? Little Apex fucking pad.”

“Keep my name out of your f**king mouth in any type of threatening behavior, or I’ll walk through your front door. Yup, Laguna, you little dope. Yup the Mancs, yeah! Go back where you belong you little clown, you little sprinter.”

Bisping chatted about the outburst with UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith. With Smith, Bisping guessed that a big reason for McGregor’s behaviour might be loneliness.

“The level of fame that he’s reached is astronomical and it’s very, very rare,” said Bisping (ht Sportskeeda). “You’re talking about big-time A-listers. There’s a lot of people at that level, but to achieve it is f***ing very rare… I know a few people like that [and] they do get lonely. They can’t go anywhere, they can’t trust people, so I don’t know if that’s the case with him or whatever… He doesn’t have a community, [but] he’s still got tons of fans, you can’t deny that.”

McGregor’s online activity has grown more volatile ever since he suffered a broken leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier last year.

Among his angry tweets are what could be called threats against Poirier’s family and derivise remarks about the death of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father.

McGregor lost twice to Poirier in 2021, dropped his record to 1-4 (1-5 if you include his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather) since he won the UFC lightweight title in 2016.

It is thought that McGregor, who is currently filming a role in the Roadhouse remake, is expected to make a return to competition in 2023.

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Now with their rivalry behind them, Floyd Mayweather has one piece of advice for Manny Pacquiao, who is planning to come out of retirement.

Retirement declarations aren’t permanent, especially in prizefighting. We’ve all seen both in MMA and boxing, even from those who’ve done enough to ride off into the sunset for good.

Case in point: eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. After a failed presidential bid in his home country, “Pacman” is planning a return to the squared ring in January in an exhibition bout against former sparring partner Jaber Zayani. This fight follows his charity bout with YouTuber DK Yoo, whom he faces in Seoul this December.

The 43-year-old Pacquiao was recently in Japan to support Mikuru Asakura against former rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. The two once again shared the stage during a pre-fight presser, where Floyd Jr. gave this piece of advice to Pacquiao, whom he recognized and lauded as a Hall of Famer.

“When we talk about Hall of Famers, he’s a Hall of Famer. But nobody has the remedy on how to beat Floyd Mayweather.

“Don’t let them trick you into getting your ass whooped again.”

The 45-year-old Mayweather (pro record 50-0) has so far been successful in all of his exhibition matches since retirement, including an eight-rounder with Logan Paul in 2021. After his KO win over Asakura a week ago, he will now prepare for another exhibition against Deji Olatunji on November 13 in Dubai.

As for Pacquiao (62-8-2), he last fought in August 2021 against Yordenis Ugas and lost via decision.

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After fighting the best of the best at strawweight, Yan Xiaonan is ready for whatever comes next.

Yan Xiaonan ended a two-fight losing skid on Saturday with a majority decision win over Mackenzie Dern. The victory was the first for Yan since she defeated Claudia Gadelha via decision in November 2020. At the very least, the result should put her in the top five of the official UFC strawweight rankings. She entered the main event of UFC Vegas 61 as the No. 6 ranked fighter in the division to Dern’s No. 5.

After the victory, Yan—who also told UFC commentator Megan Olivi, via an interpreter that she could not have been happier than she was in the moments after the upset win—spoke about the next step in her UFC career.

“My next step right now is to have a break in Sacramento,” said the Team Alpha Male fighter, “My ultimate goal in the UFC, of course, is the belt. Now I have fought the best wrestler in the division, the best striker in the division, the best jiu-jitsu fighter in the division, so no matter who the UFC gives me, I don’t fear. Let’s fight.”

Before defeating Dern, two-time (and current) strawweight champion Carla Esparza knocked out Yan in 2021. Yan followed that setback with a March 2022 split-decision loss to Marina Rodriguez. Obviously, the 33-year-old Yan, who made her UFC debut in 2017 and is 16-3 with one no contest in her career, feels she has the experience and readiness to fight for the title.

Esparza defends her belt against former champion Zhang Weili on November 12 in the co-main event of UFC 281.

UFC Vegas 61 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streamed on ESPN+.

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Get a unique rundown of all the trophies that should have been handed out at UFC Vegas 61 with Dayne Fox’s Unofficial Awards.

As a card ravaged by injuries and withdrawals, UFC Vegas 61 proved to be a mixed bag. The prelims started the action out in an exceptional manner, impressing enough that all the Performance Bonuses for the evening were awarded to those who appeared in the card’s early fights. That doesn’t mean the main card was terrible—the main event between Yan Xiaonan and Mackenzie Dern was chocked full of drama—but it didn’t have the same flash the first half of the event contained.

Overall, I’d say the card felt like a success. Yan snapped a two-fight losing streak in upsetting Dern, somehow surviving nearly two entire rounds on the ground with the noted grappling ace. Of course, there will be a whole slew of articles focusing on what the evening meant for the main event fighters, but I’m here to focus more on the less publicized parts of the evening with the Unofficial Awards. Let’s dig in!

For a different perspective, click here. For an audio rundown of the event, click here.

BIGGEST JUMP IN STOCK

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Some would probably put Yan in this spot, but I’m not so inclined. Not because it wasn’t an impressive win, but rounds two and five of her contest with Dern proved exactly why Dern was the favorite. Instead, I’m going with Brendan Allen. Given he’s already had nine UFC fights under his belt entering his contest with Krzysztof Jotko, many figured they already knew the book on Allen. It’s easy to forget, however, that ‘All In’ is still just 26-year-old.

Allen provided a stark reminder of just how good he is, disposing of a typically tough Jotko in the first round with a RNC that didn’t even have the hooks in. Allen has been at Kill Cliff FC for a couple of years now and that’s typically when fighters begin feeling comfortable with the coaching of Henri Hooft. It may not have been the striking Allen won the fight with, but he wasn’t lacking for confidence in his performance. With three consecutive wins, Allen could be looking at a contest with a ranked opponent next.

BIGGEST FALL IN STOCK

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Aside from those who are likely to end up on the chopping block, no one should experience a huge drop in stock. Thus, almost by default, Dern is probably taking the biggest hit. It isn’t like she had a poor performance; she came the closest to securing a stoppage on several occasions. But ever since she started facing the cream of the crop of the division, the results haven’t been there. Despite a reputation as the most dangerous submission specialist in the division, she hasn’t been able to secure a sub in her last three contests—even when spending large chunks of those fights on the mat.

It opens up a debate whether her mat abilities are overblown. Or at the very least, forces the recognition that those skills aren’t nearly as dangerous as they would be if she could get the fight to the mat on a consistent basis. Until her abilities to get takedowns show obvious improvement, I don’t see how she could be considered a serious title contender. Fortunately for Dern, she is young enough in the sport that there’s still lots of room to improve. All that said, Dern sitting well outside of the title picture is a disappointment for many.

BEST NEWCOMER

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There were two newcomers, but it can’t be denied that Chelsea Chandler was the only reasonable choice here. The question going forward is if Chandler is looking to make her bones at bantamweight or if she’s going to have to settle for being one of the few women featherweights on the roster. There’s no doubt the latter represents a quicker road to a title shot, but that’s also dependent on the UFC keeping the division around. There’s no guarantee that’ll happen. Regardless, Chandler proved to be a physical beast, ragdolling a legit bantamweight in Julija Stoliarenko. No matter what division Chandler ends up competing in, she’s going to be a force.

SAVED THEIR JOB(S)

It isn’t that Raoni Barcelos wouldn’t beat half the bantamweights on the roster. It’s that he may have already seen his best days and a loss would have put him on three straight—had he dropped this bout to Trevin Jones. Instead, Barcelos stopped his streak at two and reminded everyone why he had earned a reputation as the best bantamweight without a number next to his name early in his Octagon run. Barcelos dominated Jones in every aspect of the fight, making every effort to secure a finish. The only thing stopping that was the pure toughness of Jones. It was a dominant and impressive performance from the Brazilian.

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Had Daniel Santos repeated his performance from his UFC debut, he probably would have been given a thank you for his time in the organization. Fortunately for the Brazilian, he put on the best performance of his career. Sure, he endured a rough opening round, getting hurt multiple times by a game John Castaneda, but he ultimately survived and ended up putting away the man known as the ‘Sexi Mexi’, something no one else had been able to do in the last eight years. If Santos’ debut can be attributed to jitters, then it looks like he’ll be one of the more promising additions to a division chuck full of promise.

Not fighting very often makes it easy to forget how good a fighter is, especially if they are coming off a two-fight losing streak; that’s what tends to happen when audiences haven’t seen you win in a while. So, it felt like a bit of a minor surprise when Joaquim Silva was able to right his ship and do so in highlight fashion. It’s possible it was merely a last gasp for Silva, who has been in the game for quite a while now. But, who knows, maybe he’s about to hit a second wind in his career. Regardless, he’ll be around a bit longer.

START TYPING A RESUME

In many ways, Jones’ run in the UFC is very similar to how his career on the whole has gone. There were spectacular moments that flashed just how good ‘Five Star’ could be, but there have been too many disappointments to call it a true success—especially based on his clear athletic talents. It’s tragic that Jones had his UFC debut turned into a no contest due to marijuana, but those were the rules at the time. In the end, Jones is currently sitting at 1-3 with the no contest, a record that sees very few fighters get brought back for another opportunity.

At 45 and coming off four losses in his last five appearances, it would surprise no one if Aleksei Oleinik were to receive a pink slip. However, I’m inclined to believe the ancient Russian will be given at least one more opportunity. For whatever reason, he appears to be a favorite of the brass. In any case, he’s always easy to promote: can the oldest person on the roster pull another trick out of his bag to extend his career over these younger bucks? In the right matchups, it’s a legit question. Given Oleinik was able to go the distance only solidifies my thoughts that he’ll hang around.

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It’s a real bummer Jesse Ronson is likely to end his MMA career without an official UFC win. He does have an unofficial UFC win, but it looks worse with each passing fight—having become a no contest due to a failed drug test. Ronson claims it was a tainted supplement – and I’m not saying it wasn’t — but each subsequent loss makes it look more and more like the PED’s did have an effect on his performance. Ronson was having a close fight with Silva before the end came, but he’s now sitting at six UFC appearances without getting his hand raised, including three in this stint. I think he still has enough he could secure a win in the right matchup, but the right matchup is becoming a far more narrow category all the time.

The UFC couldn’t have given Randy Costa a more favorable contest. There aren’t any other 42-year-old bantamweights on the roster and that’s for a damn good reason. And yet, ‘The Zohan’ was not only unable to put away the aging Guido Cannetti, he was finished in just over a minute. I’ll admit that Cannetti is better than I’ve been giving him credit for, but this was a fight made for Costa to win. Instead, it looks like the Joe Lauzon protégé has punched his ticket out of the organization.

Some may contend Stoliarenko should be here, but I would say she is safe. She took the fight on short notice and accepted the contest at a 140-pound catchweight that everyone knew would be detrimental to her. I understand the UFC can be cruel towards their combatants, but I believe even they would acknowledge the favor Stoliarenko did for them, especially given she entered the contest on an impressive submission win.

BIGGEST WOW MOMENT

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The card started with a run of four consecutive finishes, the last of those four being the most spectacular. Silva telegraphed that he was looking for a flying knee by throwing several throughout the contest. Hell, he even connected on one before nailing Ronson with the switch knee that put him on his back. It didn’t put Ronson out cold, requiring a flurry of punches on the mat, but the impact was enough that Ronson stood little chance of recovery provided Silva didn’t give him an opportunity to recover.

WORST WIN

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It looked like Ilir Latifi might succeed in taking this for a good chunk of the evening, but Randy Brown pulled in the most lackluster win of the evening by the time the event ended. Latifi’s win was at least a win without debate, even if it was bereft of significant action. In Brown’s case, a very reasonable case could be made that Francisco Trinaldo should have had the ‘W’. The first round was close, the second round was even closer, and Trinaldo took the only round that wasn’t up for debate when he controlled Brown for near the entirety of the third round.

For the record, I did score the contest for Brown, but it’s hard to get excited about his ability to compete with any of the welterweights populating the official rankings if he’s struggled so to dispose of the 44-year-old ‘Massarunduba’. Perhaps it was just an off-night for ‘Rudeboy’—he acknowledged himself it wasn’t his best performance—but the fight game is less friendly to a poor performance than other sports.

SENIOR’S NIGHT

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It wouldn’t have been a stretch to label this whole fight card as ‘Senior’s Night’ in the UFC. There were four combatants who were aged 40 or greater: Trinaldo, Latifi, Cannetti, and Oleinik. Even if Latifi and Oleinik squared off with one another—barring a draw, ensuring at least one of them would win—the held up well enough to secure a 2-2 record for the evening. Hell, as I already touched on, some would say they should have been 3-1 as Trinaldo’s loss wasn’t without controversy. It appears there is life after 40 in MMA after all.

MOST INTERESTING REQUEST

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Following his win over Viacheslav Borschev, Mike Davis made an interesting request in his post-fight interview: fans will get to see him in the Octagon more often if he can get 100K followers. In fact, he promised he’d fight four times in 2023 if that can be accomplished. First off, I don’t think it’s wise to write checks that there’s no assurance he can cash. Too many issues could arise to make a promise like that something he falls short of keeping—especially when he has a history of struggling to make it to the cage. It doesn’t help that it looks like he may have suffered a broken orbital.

Second, the best way for him to get more followers is to fight as often as possible. The next best thing to do is to provide entertaining content on his social media. Think along the lines of Derrick Lewis. Plus, Davis didn’t specify where all those followers are supposed to follow him. Twitter? Instagram? I’m not trying to rip on him. I find Davis to be as entertaining a fighter as there is out there and would love to see him fight as much as possible. Even more important, I hope he finds success in picking up as many followers as possible, as well as in the cage. I just worry he’s putting the cart before the horse. Regardless, if it’ll help, I’d recommend going out and giving him a follow.

Bonus Numbers: There’s a good chunk of fun facts to take out of the bonuses. As I mentioned, all of the bonuses were awarded to the fighters on the prelims. What makes it that much more impressive is the UFC awarded six as opposed to the usual four. In the process, Cannetti ended the longest period between OTN awards for the event, having last picked up one at UFC 180 in November 2014… when he was a youthful 34.

The night also proved to be the first bonus for four others: Chandler, Allen, Santos, and Castaneda. Trinaldo now has the longest gap of time from this event between Bonuses, securing the FOTN at UFC 198 in May 2016, 13 fights ago. Krzysztof Jotko is nipping on his heels, having last secured a bonus in June 2016, which was 11 fights ago for the Pole. In terms of never having secured a bonus, Yan has now gone nine fights into her UFC career without a bonus.

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A rundown of the biggest headlines and news from the world of competitive grappling.

ONE 161 saw a ton of striking action as the semi-finals of the promotion’s Kickboxing Heavyweight grand prix took place and the Muay Thai featherweight world title was on the line in the main event. Despite the fireworks on display on the feet later on in the night, one of the most exciting moments of the event was deep in the preliminary card during a grappling match between Rodrigo Marello and Ruslan Bagdasarian.

This was an interesting match between two experts in different martial arts, BJJ and Sambo respectively. In the end Marello made short work of Bagdasarian though as he sat to guard and swept his opponent within seconds of the match starting. Marello secured an ankle-lock and forced Bagdasarian to tap in just fifteen seconds, registering the fastest submission in ONE Championship history and winning $ 50,000 in the process.

Full results for the event can be found here.

Mikey Musumeci wins Flyweight title at ONE on Amazon Video 2

ONE Championship have been steadily picking up the pace on signing elite grapplers to their new submission grappling division and making some exciting matches between the new talent. Now they’ve taken that mission to the next level however, by putting their very first submission grappling world title on the line in a co-main event match between Mikey Musumeci and Cleber Sousa.

Sousa was single-minded in his approach and focused exclusively on beating Musumeci for some time leading up to the match. He gave a great account of himself as well and made things incredibly hard for Musumeci, who couldn’t find the finish before the time ran out. In the end though Musumeci won the match by decision due to the number of submissions attempted and claimed the inaugural Flyweight world title.

Full results for the event can be found here.

Mackenzie Dern finishes strong but it isn’t enough at UFC Vegas 61

Mackenzie Dern has been one of the most promising representatives for BJJ in MMA for several years now and she’s been within touching distance of a title shot for some time. Dern has been hovering within the top five of the UFC strawweight division and was booked to fight sixth-ranked Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 61. This was an opportunity for either woman to put themselves forward for a number-1 contender fight with a win.

Dern wasn’t able to get the takedown in the first round and she was forced to pull guard in the second in order to use her elite BJJ skills against Xiaonan. The next two rounds were tough for Dern again as she wasn’t able to drag the fight into her area of expertise, but the final round was where she really excelled. Dern came within inches of submitting her opponent but in the end it was too little, too late and she lost the decision.

Full results for the event can be found here.

Three-time NCAA champion Bo Nickal earns UFC contract

Bo Nickal is one of the best wrestlers of his generation and he’s already shown that his skills translate to MMA incredibly well. There was a lot of eyes on Nickal when he made the transition to MMA and he quickly registered two finishes on the amateur regional circuit. This led to him turning professional and submitting his debut opponent in order to earn a call-up to Dana White’s Contender Series.

Nickal has now won his second fight on the show, taking his record to 3-0 with three first-round finishes and earning a UFC contract in the process. Now Nickal will get the opportunity to ply his trade on the biggest stage for professional MMA and bring his name to a much wider audience. In fact, he already has his promotional debut opponent booked for UFC 282 at the end of the year.

Quick Hits

• Mikey Musumeci announced a bold choice for his next ONE Championship opponent, as he wants to take on Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson in a grappling match.
• Anderson Silva has decided to try yet another combat sport after his boxing match with Jake Paul, and he’ll be competing in a BJJ tournament in Dubai.
• Nicky Ryan has announced that he will be out for the foreseeable future after suffering a fully torn ACL, most likely leading to his third knee surgery in recent years.
• Gordon Ryan v Felipe Pena 4 is tentatively set for February and Ryan has stuck to his guns to have it be another no time-limit match.

Technique Corner

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Conor McGregor has been directing abuse at Michael Bisping lately.

With his potency inside the cage waning as of late, former UFC champion Conor McGregor seems desperate to find other ways to live up to his ‘Notorious’ nickname. Since suffering his second TKO defeat to Dustin Poirier in a row, the Irishman has presented a more volatile and unhinged version of himself online.

Part of that shtick has been threatening the lives of his rivals. Immediately after his second defeat to Poirier, McGregor appeared to threaten Poirier and his family with something that would occur to them “in their sleep”.

McGregor would later post pictures of Poirier’s children online.

With McGregor’s return to the Octagon still seemingly far off (he’s chosen to take a bit-part in a movie instead), he’s again taken to the twitter machine in search of attention.

His recent target is fellow former champion Michael Bisping, who he’s had plenty of beef with in the past.

This latest incident seemed to have started with a somewhat innocuous tweet from McGregor, in which he wrote (per bjpenn), “All these little twerps wanna be actors now. Little twerps, There’s Only One Mac Daddy. Bad to the bone but with a good heart. Action with Jake Gyl or Rom com with Sarah Jessica. Bisping, member that show you were in. Ye me neither.”

Bisping responded to the comment. “I was a just befuddled,” he said on his Believe You Me podcast. “I wasn’t annoyed or anything, just scratching my head going, ‘Where’s that coming from out of the blue? He’s all excited, he’s had his first beer and he’s doing a big show with Jake Gyllenhaal, god bless him. Good for fucking you. Well done. Why have you gotta throw shade my way? I don’t get it.”

It seems as though that response upset McGregor. He took to twitter soon after to say. “Bisping you’ll do fuck all you little sprinter. I’ll cave your head in.”

That was followed by “Shit fighter, shit actor. Sirius XM head.”

Then McGregor posted a voice note in which he said:

“Do you want to go to war man, yeah? Do you want to go to f**king war? We’ll go to war with you, yeah. Security, you little sausage of a thing. I’ll have security set you up. Where do you stay when you’re in Vegas again, pal? Little Apex fucking pad.”

“Keep my name out of your f**king mouth in any type of threatening behavior, or I’ll walk through your front door. Yup, Laguna, you little dope. Yup the Mancs, yeah! Go back where you belong you little clown, you little sprinter.”

Laguna is a reference to the city in California where Bisping resides. All these messages were later deleted by McGregor (which is pretty common for him).

McGregor has been a bombastic presence in MMA ever since he joined the UFC in 2013. The UFC encouraged and rewarded this behaviour by putting him on track to stardom within the company, which culminated in his UFC featherweight title win over Jose Aldo in 2015.

After that bout McGregor’s stardom began to swell beyond the confines of the cage, thanks to his two-fight series with Nate Diaz and then UFC lightweight title win over Eddie Alvarez.

McGregor then switched focus and took on Floyd Mayweather in a remarkable boxing spectacle, which he lost by TKO. A bitter, and shameful, feud with Khabib Nurmagomedov followed which ended up with both men bringing the sport into (further) disrepute. That feud more or less ended after Nurmagomedov finished McGregor with a neck crank at UFC 229 in 2018. The pair have continued to snipe at each other from afar since then, though.

McGregor’s last victory inside the cage or ring came in 2020 after he scored a quick TKO over Donald Cerrone. His two losses to Poirier followed.

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‘Big Ben’ had a successful debut in BKFC on Saturday night.

Welcome to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), Ben Rothwell!

The ex-UFC heavyweight starched Bobo O’Bannon in 19 seconds in the co-main event of BKFC 30 on Saturday night. Rothwell moved forward immediately, unleashing a flurry of punches and connecting with a brutal right hand that crumbled O’Bannon. ‘Big Ben’ went for one more punch before the referee stepped in and waved off the fight.

You can see the entire fight and more below:

In his post-fight interview, Rothwell sent a message to the rest of the heavyweight division.

“I said I was going to put the heavyweights on notice, but I believe there’s actually more questions now,” said Rothwell. “That didn’t show it. And I need everyone — if you’re a fan, to let Dave Feldman and BKFC know that you want to see what I can really do as soon as possible.

“To every heavyweight out there watching, you need to know you have seen nothing yet,” continued Rothwell, who finished off with his patented evil laugh.

Rothwell is now 1-0 in BKFC. He weighed in at 292.3 lbs for the contest.

Here are the full results of BKFC 30:

Main Card Results:

Lorenzo Hunt def. Quentin Henry by KO at 1:36 of Round 3

Ben Rothwell def. Bobo O’Bannon by KO at 0:19 of Round 1

Kaleb Harris def. Harris Stephenson by KO at 1:46 of Round 2

Dennis Labruzza def. Duke Sensley by KO at 0:38 of Round 4

Brandon Shavers def. Nathan Mitchell by KO at 0:59 of Round 1

Tony Jenkins def. Ravon Baxter by TKO at 1:05 of Round 3

Noah Cutter def. Blake Lacaze by KO at 1:09 of Round 2

Preliminary Card Results:

Juan Torres def. Zach Calmus by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)

David Bosnick def. Manuel Thibodeaux by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 50-44)

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Bellator 286 goes live tonight from the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA. The headliner for this one will be Patricio Pitbull defending his Bellator MMA featherweight title against the surging Adam Borics.

The co-main features the man who Pitbull recently defeated for the belt, submission-machine A.J. McKee. He’ll be fighting recent UFC fighter Spike Caryle. Also on the card Aaron Pico takes on Jeremy Kennedy and Juan Archuleta meets Enrique Barzola.

In the US the main card airs on SHOWTIME and begins at 10PM ET. Some viewers outside the US can watch the main event on YouTube (see above video).

The prelims are available for free on YouTube (for everyone). That stream, which is shared below, starts at 7PM ET.

Full Results

Main Card (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)

Featherweight championship: Patricio Freire vs. Adam Borics

Lightweight: A.J. McKee vs. Spike Carlyle

Featherweight: Aaron Pico vs. Jeremy Kennedy

Catchweight (141 lbs): Juan Archuleta vs. Enrique Barzola

Preliminary Card (YouTube, 7 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Keoni Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas

Bantamweight: Bobby Seronio III def. Miguel Peimbert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantamweight: Bobby Seronio III def. Miguel Peimbert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight: Islam Mamedov def. Nick Browne via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight: Jay Jay Wilson def. Vladimir Tokov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Middleweight: Khalid Murtazaliev def. Khadzhimurat Bestaev via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:02

Flyweight: Sumiko Inaba def. Nadine Mandiau via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Featherweight: Weber Almeida def. Ryan Lilley via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight: Lance Gibson Jr. def. Dominic Clark via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:49

Bantamweight: Cee Jay Hamilton def. Richard Palencia via TKO (injury) – Round 2, 2:12

Mike Hamel vs. Max Rohskopf was cancelled after Rohskopf was not medically cleared to compete by the California State Athletic Commission,

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Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play (main event) as UFC Vegas 61: Dern vs. Yan goes down in Sin City.

The headliner comes in the women’s strawweight division, with contenders Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan throwing down in a five-rounder. The co-main will take place in the welterweight division, and will see the ageless Francisco Trinaldo taking on Randy Brown.

This card wiil be fully airing on ESPN+. The six-fight preliminary card is scheduled to start at 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT. The six-fight main card is scheduled to kick off at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT and will stay on ESPN+. You can also catch the prelims on Fight Pass outside of the US.

Main Card

Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan

Randy Brown vs. Francisco Trinaldo

Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones

Sodiq Yusuff vs. Don Shainis

John Castaneda vs. Daniel Santos

Mike Davis vs. Viacheslav Borshchev

Preliminary Card

Ilir Latifi vs. Aleksei Oleinik

Joaquim Silva vs. Jesse Ronson

Brendan Allen vs. Krzysztof Jotko

Maxim Grishin vs. Philipe Lins

Julija Stoliarenko vs. Chelsea Chandler

Randy Costa vs. Guido Cannetti

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