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Watch Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov full fight video highlights from their main event showdown Sunday night, courtesy of multiple outlets.

Crawford vs. Madrimov took place Aug. 4 at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Terance Crawford (41-0) and Israil Madrimov (10-1-1) squared off in the the main event clash. The fight aired live on pay-per-view on DAZN and PPV.com.

Official result: Terence Crawford defeats Israil Madrimiov via UD 116-112, 115-113, 115-113.

Catch all the video highlights below.

For more on Crawford vs. Madrimov, check out the live blog below.

Round 1: They touch ‘em up and we’re off. Crawford opens by switching stances and snapping off a left hook. Madrimov backs him up into the corner then resets. Madrimov jabs to the body. Crawford does the same. Plenty of caution being shown from both men as they download information off one another. Crawford chucks off a right, Madrimov answers with a counter. Crawford connects on combination at the bell. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford.

Round 2: Madrimov takes the center of the ring, Crawford circles and paws out his jab. Crawford moves left and doubles up his jab. Madrimov blocks a one-two. Madrimov is doing a stellar job at cutting off the ring so far. Two right hands from Madrimov find a home on Crawford. The crowd is getting a little restless already. Madrimov lunges into a right hand that misses. Crawford jabs to the body. Right hand by Madrimov. These are close, close rounds. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (19-19 overall.)

Round 3: They meet in the center and Crawford fires off a right hand. Three-punch combination from Crawford. He goes back to the right hand. Crawford doubles up his jab but eats a counter from Madrimov. Madrimov is playing a patient game. Crawford snaps off another right hand. Madrimov lands a right hand, but Crawford answers back with a nice uppercut. Crawford repeatedly paws out his right hand as the crowd murmurs in distress. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford. (29-28 Crawford.)

Round 4: Quick right hand from Crawford. He lunges inside and goes head-body. Madrimov eats a jab. Crawford just misses with a one-two. Crawford peppers Madrimov with short right hands. Madrimov answers with a few rights of his own. Crawford smacks him to the body. Oh, nasty left hand to the jaw by Crawford. Madrimov dives into the clinch. One-two from Crawford. He’s blazing fast right now. Madrimov shakes out his arms and walks Crawford into the ropes, jabbing to the body. Slick right hand by Madrimov but Crawford fires back with an uppercut. Crawford eats a right hand. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford. (39-37 Crawford.)

Round 5: Madrimov comes out aggressive, firing right hands. Madrimov pushes the pace and goes to the body. Crawford flurries in response. Madrimov goes over the top with his left only to get smacked with a one-two by Crawford. Things are starting to heat up. Crawford pops off a few jabs to measure distance. Oh, Crawford goes down but that appeared to be a trip. Yep, Madrimov hit him with a glancing blow but that was definitely a trip. We’re back. Madrimov loads up for an overhand right then sneaks an uppercut into Crawford’s chin. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (48-47 Crawford.)

Round 6: Feints galore coming from Madrimov right now. Madrimov leads with his jab and walks Crawford to the ropes. Crawford answers with a flurry. He sneaks a left hand past Madrimov’s guard. Right hand from Madrimov, Crawford throws out a combination. There appears to be a mouse developing under Crawford’s right eye. Madrimov whiffs on a big overhand. Madrimov lunges into an uppercut, Crawford ties up. Nasty body work by Crawford to close out the round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (57-57 overall.)

Round 7: Some scattered boos start to rain down from the crowd. Madrimov marches him into the ropes but can’t do anything with it. Lots of feinting and circling in this round. Slick counter by Madrimov. Now the boos are really picking up. Crawford goes one-two. Another combination by Crawford. He slams a left hand into Madrimov. Not much happening in that round but Crawford stole it at the end. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford. (67-66 Crawford.)

Round 8: Madrimov’s trainer is begging for combinations. Crawford triples up on his jab. Madrimov feints and feints and feints. He is not respecting his corner’s wishes. Crawford fires off another jab. More boos. This is officially a bad fight so far. Madrimov connects with a pair of right hands and that draws a reaction from Crawford. Nice exchange in the center of the ring. Crawford tries to sneak in a shovel hook right hand. Madrimov smacks Crawford with a slick overhand right. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (76-76 Madrimov.)

Round 9: This is an extremely difficult fight to score with the lack of action. Crawford circles and flurries as Madrimov nearly falls out of the ropes. They reset in the center of the ring. Big left hand misses for Madrimov, but he finds a home with a follow-up right. Crawford circles to the right and pumps his jab. Crawford eats a one-two. Stiff counter left connects on the chin for Madrimov. This is easily his best round. Crawford goes back to his jab. More circling and jabbing for Crawford. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (86-85 Madrimov.)

Round 10: Crawford comes out firing to the body. Slick uppercut by Crawford. He grins after that one. Madrimov eats a right hand. Monster right hand from Crawford just misses its mark. One-two from Crawford. Madrimov slams a right hand through the guard. Crawford shakes his head. Another right connects for Madrimov. Crawford stays in his face and doubles up his jab. Big exchange from both men. Man, this is tense. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford. (95-95 overall.)

Round 11: Madrimov storms out aggressive. Lots of feints and left hands coming from the champ right now. Crawford flurries and clinches. One-two from Crawford. Crawford puts together a slick three-punch combination, but Madrimov answers with a right hand that finds its mark. Crawford sneaks in a nice uppercut during a flurry. Madrimov pitches a right to the midsection. Huge counter left uppercut from Crawford! That was the best shot of the round. Madrimov clinches. Madrimov barely misses with a lunging left. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford. (105-104 Crawford.)

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It’s always an impressive knockout when you get Conor McGregor’s attention.

That’s exactly what Josh Dyer delivered on Saturday night after he demolished William Albrecht with a stunning right hook that sent him flying face first into the canvas.

It was a wild exchange with both fighters just launching bombs with Albrecht charging forward but it was a vicious right from Dyer that twisted his head around and sent him to the ground in a heap.

Replays showed the punch landing clean on the jaw as Albrecht’s eyes roll back before he falls face first to the canvas.

Seated next to BKFC founder David Feldman, McGregor jumped out of his seat in reaction to Dyer’s unbelievable knockout.

The win moved Dyer to 4-1 inside the BKFC ring but perhaps more importantly, he got a knockout that impressed McGregor and that’s even bigger now that he owns a piece of the bare-knuckle company.

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Fresh off his latest finish, Steve Garcia returns to action on short notice for a fight against Kyle Nelson at UFC Vegas 97, which takes place on Sept. 7 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Garcia replaces veteran featherweight Calvin Kattar, who was forced off the card for undisclosed reasons. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting with bout agreements issued for the new matchup.

With four straight finishes on his resume, Garcia has quickly become must see TV whenever he fights with his last victory coming in stunning fashion over Seung Woo Choi in July, which earned him a Performance of the Night bonus. Overall, Garcia sports a 5-2 record in the UFC with all five of his wins coming by knockout.

As for Nelson, he comes into the fight off three wins in a row including his first-round knockout over Bill Algeo back in March. Nelson faced some struggles when he first arrived in the UFC but he got his footing under him to finally rattle off a trio of wins in his most recent performances.

Nelson vs. Garcia joins a lineup headlined by one-time welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns clashing with noted grappler Sean Brady in the five-round main event.

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Umar Nurmagomedov and Cory Sandhagen delivered five rounds of incredible action.

Saturday’s UFC Abu Dhabi main event went the distance, with Nurmagomedov earning a unanimous decision on the scorecards to remain undefeated at an incredible 18-0. Sandhagen, a one-time interim title challenger, presented a significant step up in competition for Nurmagomedov, but the Dagestani shined and eventually outlasted his gritty opponent.

Check out the official scorecards for the main event below.

Judge Mike Bell scored all five rounds for Nurmagomedov, giving him a 50-45 on one card, while judges Ben Cartlidge and David Lethaby both gave Nurmagomedov the last three rounds (disagreeing on whether to also give Nurmagomedov Round 1 or Round 2). Regardless, the math adds up to another Nurmagomedov victory.

Despite the seemingly lopsided judging, the final scores don’t reflect how close several rounds were, and one or two frames in favor of Sandhagen would have surprised no one.

This is the second straight time that Nurmagomedov has had to go to the judges after he won a competitive decision against UFC newcomer Bekzat Almakhan this past March. He has finished three of his six UFC opponents.

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Shara Magomedov continued his winning ways on Saturday as he sliced and diced his way through Michal Oleksiejczuk to win a unanimous decision in the UFC Abu Dhabi co-main event.

Despite taking the fight on short notice, Magomedov was more than ready for all three rounds as he threw his signature kicks mixed in with some devastating elbows that constantly kept Oleksiejczuk off balance. By the end of the third round, Oleksiejczuk was slumped down on the canvas with a pair of cuts around his eyes after absorbing a ton of punishment after spending 15 minutes in the cage with Magomedov.

The final scores read 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 as Magomedov picked up another big win in the octagon. Following his victory, Magomedov offered up a curious callout.

“This is very important for me to fight here because it’s like a home crowd for me,” Magomedov said about fighting in Abu Dhabi. “This is just the start for me. I’m happy to win today.

“My next fight I want to call out Nick Diaz. You’re a striker, I’m a striker. Let’s go Abu Dhabi, October.”

Confidence in his power allowed Oleksiejczuk to actually crack Magomedov with some stinging shots at the start of the fight as he showed no fear in the exchanges with the dangerous Russian. In return, Magomedov displayed his devastating array of kicks as well as an elbow that sliced Oleksiejczuk open with a cut on his left eye.

While Magomedov kept ending up on his backfoot, he was still launching a variety of strikes at Oleksiejczuk, who was stuck reacting and just working to close the distance to employ his best punches. Concerns about conditioning have continued to plague Magomedov but fighting at a methodical pace allowed him to just pick and choose his shots against Oleksiejczuk.

Magomedov’s speed was also giving Oleksiejczuk all sorts of problems as he just didn’t see so many of the strikes coming at him from various angles. A side kick from Magomedov led to some knees up the middle as he really started pouring on the punishment to Oleksiejczuk.

Late in the fight, Magomedov uncorked a hellacious head kick that nailed Oleksiejczuk but somehow the Polish middleweight absorbed the strike and kept coming. Even a takedown from Oleksiejczuk didn’t help him much with Magomedov slicing him open again with elbows from the bottom as the action came to a close.

Now 14-0 in his career with three straight wins in the UFC, Magomedov continues to look like a future contender as he slowly but surely shows improvement with every fight.

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This is the UFC Abu Dhabi live blog for Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa, the main card welterweight fight on Saturday evening.

One of the more beloved fighters on the UFC roster, Ferguson has had a rough go over the past few years. Currently on a seven-fight losing streak, “El Cucuy” has not won since 2019, causing many fans to wonder when enough will be enough for the former interim lightweight champion. Not yet apparently, as Ferguson moves back up to welterweight for this contest and the hope that he can reignite some of his former magic at least one more time.

Like Ferguson, Chiesa is a past Ultimate Fighter winner on a losing streak. Chiesa has dropped three straight fights at welterweight, though it has been against top opposition. Already open about being near the end of his career, if Chiesa loses to Ferguson on Saturday, this could be the final time we see “Maverick” competing inside the octagon.

Check out the UFC Abu Dhabi main event live blog below.

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Terence Crawford likes what he’s seen from Jake Paul.

“The Problem Child” defeated BKFC star Mike Perry via sixth-round knockout earlier this month, prompting a mixture of reactions from the MMA community. Crawford, arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet, isn’t among Paul’s many detractors.

“I think Jake is getting better,” Crawford said on The MMA Hour. “He may need to work on his stamina a little bit, but for the most part, I gained a lot of respect for Jake because he’s not a YouTuber that’s just boxing just to box. He actually trains and actually wants to get better and actually has got better, really putting his time, focus, and energy into boxing, so you’ve got to respect that.”

Paul rose to fame as a YouTube star, actor, and social media influencer, before committing to a pro boxing career in 2020. He’s since knocked off a litany of stars from the MMA world including former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley, as well as Perry, Nate Diaz, and Ben Askren.

The lone loss of Paul’s career came against Tommy Fury, a reality TV star with a legitimate boxing background who also happens to be the brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. That result raised questions as to how successful Paul will be should he face more experienced boxers in the future.

Paul, 27, has said on multiple occasions that his goal is to win a boxing championship. At the moment, it appears that Paul would be best suited to compete in the cruiserweight division, and Crawford sees a contender path for Paul there.

“It’s possible,” Crawford said. “Listen, a lot of people write Jake off, but Jake can punch with that right hand. He’s got a nice right hand. He’s building himself up just like a regular boxer. People got to understand, people look at Jake and say, ‘Well, Jake, he needs to fight me. Jake needs to fight me. Jake needs to fight me.’ Everybody’s grabbing for the attention to fight Jake at this moment, but it’s just like a professional boxer coming up in the rankings. They’re not going straight to the champion. They’re going to work their way up and fight the best fights they can learn from. Not get beat, learn from.

“Right now Jake is still in the learning process, he’s only got [11] fights, so he’s taking his time and that’s what he should do. Take your time, keep getting better, keep learning, new tricks and things like that in the ring, keep getting more experience, then sooner or later once you start picking up the fights with better competition, then you’ll be ready for those moments because you build the ring IQ. You build the stamina. You build everything that you need to know in those early fights to keep gradually getting better in bigger and better fights.”

As much as Crawford encourages Paul to keep refining his craft, he could do without one upcoming Paul venture: a high-profile fight with boxing legend Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 in Arlington, Texas.

Paul and Tyson were supposed to fight on July 20 before Perry had to step in for Tyson, who pulled out of that date due to health problems interfering with his training. Many, including UFC star Dustin Poirier, have questioned whether the bout should proceed given that Tyson recently turned 58 and has not competed professionally since 2005.

Crawford is among those uninterested in the re-booking.

“I think Mike Tyson is an icon in boxing and he’s done a lot for boxing in his own right and I just think Mike is past his prime,” Crawford said. “Mike is old. I wouldn’t want to see Mike go in the ring and get hurt. A fight where he’s just doing it just for the money or entertainment, I just think him having his health problems is another added reason why I don’t want to see him in the ring.”

Crawford challenges WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov this Saturday.

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The Crawford vs. Madrimov live stream online will feature some of the early action from the anticipated Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov fight card Saturday afternoon.

The Crawford vs. Madrimov live stream will begin at 4:20 p.m. ET, and this portion of the card is as follows:

Steve Nelson vs. Marcos Ramon Vazquez

Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Michal Bulk

After this portion of the card is over, it will turn into a pay-per-view main card on DAZN and PPV.com at 6 p.m. ET. There will be six fights on the main card. In the main event, Terence Crawford is heading up another division in weight in his quest for a fourth division title when he faces WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov.

Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov

Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller

Jared Anderson vs. Martin Bakole

Isaac Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela

David Morrell vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic

Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran

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The Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov start time, TV schedule, and ring walks are for the Crawford vs. Madrimov fight card on Saturday night at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.

This post will help explain the Crawford vs. Madrimov fight card and at which time the headliners are expected to make their ring walks.

The event features an eight-fight card headlined by Crawford vs. Madrimiov. Main event ring walks are expected to take place approximately around 11:30 p.m. ET.

The Crawford vs. Madrimov prelims begin with a two-fight lineup at 4:20 p.m. ET at MMA Fighting. The schedule for this portion of the card can been seen below.

Steve Nelson vs. Marcos Ramon Vazquez

Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Michal Bulk

The card then continues on DAZN and PPV.com at 6 p.m. ET for the six-fight main card. Heavyweights Andy Ruiz and Jarrell Miller clash in the co-main event. Terence Crawford, who is 40-0 in his legendary career, jumps up a division to square off with WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov in the main event. The schedule for this portion of the card can be seen below.

Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov

Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller

Jared Anderson vs. Martin Bakole

Isaac Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela

David Morrell vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic

Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran

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MMA Fighting has Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year on Saturday night at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.

The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com pay-per-view. Check out our Crawford vs. Madrimov results page to find out what happened on the undercard.

Terence Crawford (40-0) is arguably boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Crawford is jumping up in weight to try to win the fourth divisional title of his career. A rumored showdown with Canelo Alvarez is also possibly on the line in the contest.

Israil Madrimov (10-0-1) competes for the second time this year after knocking out Magomed Kurbanov in the fifth round this past March to win the WBA super welterweight title.

Get Crawford vs. Madrimov live blog below:

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