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Watch Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny full fight video highlights from their main event showdown Sunday night, courtesy of multiple outlets.

Inoue vs. Doheny took place Sept. 3 at the Ariake Arena in Toyko, Japan. Naoya Inoue (28-0) and TJ Doheny (26-5) squared off in the the main event clash for the undisputed bantamweight title. The fight aired live on ESPN+.

Catch all the video highlights below.

For more on Inoue vs. Doheny, check out live blog below.

Round 1: Both fighters staying at jab range to start, Inoue showing his patience. Inoue flicks out an aggressive jab but Doheny slips out of the corner. Neither man landing anything after 60 seconds. There’s Doheny with a quick right to the body to break the stalemate, but Inoue backs him up with a counter left. Inoue goes to the body. Doheny lightly jabbing, daring Inoue to make a mistake. Inoue back to the body. Douheny doubles up on his jab. Crisp jab by Inoue to close the round, slight edge to the champion.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Inoue.

Round 2: Doheny circles and keeps his jab hand moving. Inoue wants to walk him down, but Doheny just rushes forward for a quick clinch to push Inoue back. Inoue again to the body. Hard right to the body has Doheny defending against the ropes, he avoids the follow-up punches. Another right from Inoue slips past Doheny’s defenses. Doheny blocks a 1-2. Doheny reaches out with a lunging left and connects. Another good body shot by Inoue. Combo by Inoue with Doheny fighting out of the corner. Should be two in the books for Inoue.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Inoue. Overall, 20-18 Inoue

Round 3: Pace quickens, both men staying light on their feet with Inoue holding the center of the ring. Right to the body by Inoue. Doheny letting his hands go, but can’t get past Inoue’s gloves. Doheny with several feints and he scores with his left. Body shot by Doheny. He goes body-head, good round for the challenger so far. Inoue jab snaps Doheny’s head back. Doheny with a left to the body, Inoue answers with a body shot.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Doheny. Overall, 29-28 Inoue.

Round 4: Inoue and Doheny trade jabs to the body. Jab up top from Inoue, he looks more aggressive. Left from Doheny as he connects and circles. Another left by Doheny. Inoue sticking with the body work when he can pin Doheny down. Big 1-2 from Inoue. Left from Doheny scores again. Inoue with a clean jab. Quick combo by Doheny. Right hook from Inoue just before the bell to cap off a close round.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Inoue. Overall, 39-37 Inoue.

Round 5: Doheny coming out as the aggressor in the fifth. Inoue looking to box out of the corner now, Doheny respecting the champ’s power. Two body shots score for Doheny. Inoue sticks the jab in his face. Hard uppercut to the body in close by Inoue. Counter combo by Doheny on an advancing Inoue. Inoue letting his gloves fly, Doheny’s defense holding up so far. Inoue finding a home for that jab. Doheny is in there and landing shots, but isn’t having as much success avoiding punches as before. Straight right and a left by the challenger.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Inoue. Overall, 49-46 Inoue.

Round 6: Inoue just ripping rights to the body now. Doheny answers with a 1-2 combination. He’s making Inoue pay for his home run swings. Doheny targets the body as he stays bouncy. Inoue comes forward and cracks Doheny’s body. Doheny needs to focus on blocking those body shots. Overhand right by Inoue scores. Tricky combo by Doheny has Inoue guessing. Another right scores for Inoue, his power advantage is starting to play out. Doheny keeping the gloves high as Inoue bears down on him. Good jab by Doheny, but Inoue just unloads on him in the corner. Big round for Inoue.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Inoue. Overall, 59-55 Inoue.

Round 7: Inoue right back on the offensive. Ten seconds into the round, Doheny looks hurt. Maybe his back stiffened up? The referee steps in and this one is over. Anticlimactic end to this one just when it looked like it was picking up. The champion defends.

Official result: Naoya Inoue def. TJ Doheny via TKO (injury) (R7, 0:16)

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A flyweight fight between Matt Schnell and Alessandro Costa has been scrapped from the upcoming UFC Vegas 97 card scheduled on Saturday from UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Schnell first announced the news via YouTube and later confirmed the fight cancellation to MMA Fighting with no plans to book a replacement opponent on short notice.

While nothing has been determined yet, it’s possible that the UFC reschedules Schnell vs. Costa for a later date.

In the original video addressing the cancellation, Schnell claimed that Costa suffered a shoulder injury that forced him to drop off the card. Since arriving in the UFC, Costa has put together a 2-2 record thus far including wins over Jimmy Flick and Kevin Borjas.

As for Schnell, the veteran flyweight is looking to get back on track after suffering back-to-back losses to Steve Erceg and Matheus Nicolau in his past two appearances in the UFC.

UFC Vegas 97 moves forward with 12 total bouts including the main event as Gilbert Burns clashes with Sean Brady at welterweight.

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MMA Fighting has Inoue vs. Doheny results live for the Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny event on Tuesday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

When the main event begins around 7 a.m. ET, check out our Inoue vs. Doheny live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) looks to defend his IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles against former IBF super bantamweight champ TJ Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs).

Widely considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of boxing, Inoue, 31, most recently defeated Luis Nery with a sixth-round knockout this past May.

Doheny, 37, has won three straight bouts over Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos to earn another crack at the super bantamweight belts.

Check out the Inoue vs. Doheny results below:

Main Card live now

Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny — follow live updates now

Yoshiki Takei def. Daigo Higa via unanimous decision (114-113 x2, 115-112)

Preliminary Card

Jin Sasaki def. Qamil Balla via TKO (R7, 0:52)

Andy Hiraoka def. Ismael Barroso via TKO (R9, 2:58)

Toshiki Shimomachi def. Ryuya Tsugawa via unanimous decision (96-93 x2, 97-92)

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MMA Fighting has DWCS results for all the action from season eight, week four of UFC’s Contender Series on Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev.

In the main event, 28-year-old South Korean Seok Hyun Ko and undefeated 26-year-old Brazilian Igor Cavalcanti face off in a welterweight contest.

Check out DWCS results below for Contender Series season eight, week four.

Fight Card (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

Seok Hyun Ko vs. Igor Cavalcanti

Will Currie vs. Djorden Santos

Austin Bashi vs. Dorian Ramos

Yuneisy Duben vs. Shannon Clark

Gauge Young vs. Quillan Salkilld

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MMA Fighting has Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny live round-by-round updates for Tuesday’s anticipated championship fight from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

The main event is expected to begin around 7 a.m. ET on ESPN+. Check out our Inoue vs. Doheny results page to find out what happened on the undercard.

Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) seeks to once again defend his IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles. One of the pound-for-pound kings of boxing, Inoue most recently defeated Luis Nery with a sixth-round knockout this past May.

Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs) is a former IBF super bantamweight champ. He enters the title bout riding a three straight wins over Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos.

Check out our Inoue vs. Doheny live blog below:

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The Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny start time, TV schedule, and ring walks are below for the Inoue vs. Doheny fight card on Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

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

The event features a five-bout card headlined by the Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny championship showdown on ESPN+. The Inoue vs. Doheny ring walks are expected to take place approximately around 7 a.m. ET.

The Inoue vs. Doheny fight card broadcast begins at 5:45 a.m. ET and airs on ESPN+.

Inoue, widely considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in boxing, defends his IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles against former IBF super bantamweight champ Doheny in a 12-round championship match. The 31-year-old Japanese talent most recently defended his belts with a sixth-round knockout of Luis Nery this past May. Doheny has won three straight bouts over Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos.

Yoshiki Takei and Daigo Higa collide in a 12-round battle for the WBO bantamweight title in the co-main event.

The main and co-main event are the only two fights airing on ESPN+.

The full fight card for the Inoue vs. Doheny event is below:

Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny — 12 rounds, IBF/WBC/WBO super bantamweight title

Yoshiki Takei vs. Daigo Higa — 12 rounds, WBO bantamweight title

Jin Sasaki vs. Qamil Balla — 12 rounds, welterweight

Ismael Barroso vs. Andy Hiraoka — 12 rounds, junior welterweight

Toshiki Shimomachi vs. Ryuya Tsugawa — 10 rounds, junior featherweight

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Chael Sonnen has his thoughts on who the UFC’s main attraction is right now.

And it’s not Conor McGregor.

In August 2023, at a Q&A ahead of the UFC 292 main event featuring Aljamain Sterling defending his bantamweight title against Sean O’Malley, Sonnen praised O’Malley as having the “It Factor” and called him “a star on the rise.” O’Malley went on to defeat Sterling by knockout to become UFC champion and a year later, Sonnen believes that there has officially been a changing of the guard as far as who draws the most eyeballs in MMA.

“O’Malley is the biggest star in our sport right now,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel. “And ‘Red Panty Night’ is still real. Conor’s not in the sport, he’s not even licensed. Conor could not walk in and fight tonight if he wanted to. I’m just sharing with you, who’s in the sport, it’s one of those things. Conor has no more of a claim to this sport right now than [Georges] St-Pierre or Khabib [Nurmagomedov]. In fact, St-Pierre and Khabib have attended more UFCs in the last year than Conor.”

McGregor has long been the de facto answer as to who is MMA’s most famous fighter and, in all likelihood, the next time he steps into the cage he will be box office gold for the UFC as usual. However, “The Notorious” has not competed since suffering a broken leg at UFC 264 in July 2021, and a postponed bout with rival Michael Chandler remains in limbo.

Sonnen raised topic of O’Malley’s star power in the context of the bantamweight champion having to deal with increased scrutiny and media responsibilities ahead of his upcoming title defense against Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 on Sept. 14. He wonders if O’Malley could potentially be thrown off his game by Dvalishvili’s unorthodox approach to fight promotion.

“I say that because when you’re O’Malley and you’re out there working double- and triple-time, you’re making sure that you’re in the main event because of things you’re doing outside the octagon,” Sonnen said. “And whoever gets put in that passenger seat with you, regardless of they’ve done, that’s not why they’re there. They’re there because you’re there. They’re in the main event because you drove to the front of the line and there’s an irritation, and I can’t call it a resentment, but there is an irritation when that person is not upholding their end of the deal, which is every interview I do, you do. I do five interviews at 6 a.m., you do five interviews at 6 a.m.

“It doesn’t work that way, that’s not how this goes, I’m just sharing for you as you start to get irritable, as the stress starts coming in, as the fight starts getting closer, as you start getting those pounds off, and this starts to get more real, and you start to realize the risk that you have and the distractions that came along because of the pressure and the expectations put on you. Oh, by the way, you’re not even favored to win this match. That guy is. ‘That guy is favored to win this match and that guy appears to be a little bit more buckled down and focused because he’s not having some of these other distractions and he’s not having them because he’s not good at doing them, I am, and they’re asking me first, and I keep on saying yes.’ And it’s one of these things that can bother you.”

Though O’Malley initially opened as a slight underdog to Dvalishvili, several sportsbooks now have the matchup closer to a pick ‘em.

What’s surprised Sonnen the most is that O’Malley isn’t being given more respect especially after a lopsided decision win over Marlon Vera at UFC 299, a result that Sonnen calls, “The single best performance of any 135-pounder in history.”

Should O’Malley get past Dvalishvili, he likely faces another dangerous bantamweight contender down the road in the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov. Sonnen wonders if O’Malley’s run is fated to end soon, though he added that “Suga” has made a habit out of silencing his doubters.

“I feel that O’Malley, as the biggest star, who’s the hardest-working guy outside of the cage that division has ever seen, top 5 in the sports history—he might be No. 1—he is a top 5 in history of the hardest working guys outside of the cage,” Sonnen said. “For him to have landed this rocket ship in this position and whoever gets in the passenger seat and now you’re telling me [the oddsmakers] believe that he’s two-and-a-half times more likely to lose than he is to win and even if he wins he draws into a guy with a similar disastrous style?

“That is a lot for a young man to take on, but that seems to be exactly where O’Malley does his best work. That seems to be, when that house is on fire, and he’s right on the edge and people aren’t believing him and he’s got to stay sharp and if he’s not sharp he’s going to fall into a bed of needles, that seems to be where Sean O’Malley performs his finest.”

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MMA fans have seen many knockouts that end in awkward landings, but very few see an opponent fall into the splits. That’s what happened on Saturday.

In the lightweight main event of JCK Fight Night 91 in Fuzhou, China, Kai Lu absolutely obliterated opponent Askhat Akimov with a sensational uppercut that sent Akimov into the splits position while unconscious. After a (probably unnecessary) follow-up shot from Lu, the referee finally stepped in to stop the fight at 64 seconds of the opening round.

Check out the nasty finish of the fight in the video below.

The victory put Lu back on track after losing a decision two months prior at JCK’s Bounty Challenge event. Lu previously competed on Road to UFC in hopes of securing a contract with the world’s biggest fight promotion. After getting a second-round finish in his first fight in the tournament, Lu was knocked out in 42 seconds by Jeong Yeong Le in October 2022.

Five months later, Lu got a second chance, and was knocked out again in the first round, this time by Kaiwen Li in May 2023.

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Shara Magomedov looks to stay undefeated when he takes on Armen Petrosyan at UFC 308.

The middleweight matchup was one of several officially announced by UFC on Monday, joining previously confirmed bouts Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki and Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira. In addition, MMA Fighting confirmed bantamweights Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo have also joined the Oct. 26 event.

Red Corner MMA first reported the news of Magomedov vs. Petrosyan, while Ag Fight first reported Basharat vs. Hugo.

Magomedov debuted in the UFC in 2023 with plenty of hype behind him and despite some inconsistency in his performances, he’s seen his hand raised in his first three appearances for the promotion. Most recently, “Shara Bullet” earned a unanimous decision nod over Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Abu Dhabi this past August to improve his record to 14-0.

Petrosyan makes his second appearance of 2024 after suffering a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira at a UFC APEX event in February. The Russian-Armenian standout is now 3-2 since being signed off of the Contender Series in 2021, with wins over Christian Leroy Duncan, AJ Dobson, and Gregory Rodrigues.

Basharat and Hugo are both unbeaten in the UFC since joining the organization off Contender Series. Basharat has won all three of his octagon appearances, while Hugo was victorious in his promotional debut this past April.

UFC 308 takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and airs exclusively on ESPN+ pay-per-view. The event is headlined by featherweight champion Ilia Topuria defending against “BMF” champion Max Holloway.

Damon Martin and Guilherme Cruz contributed to this report.

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Jessica Andrade has filed a lawsuit in the United States against former coach and manager Gilliard Parana, accusing the leader of Parana Vale Tudo of embezzlement.

The former UFC strawweight champion began working with Parana as her coach and manager at age 21, a relationship that spanned from 2012 to 2024. She accuses him of stealing a total of $ 2 million. Parana, who denied the accusations in a statement issued to MMA Fighting, returned to Brazil shortly after Andrade announced their split. He has since announced his retirement as an MMA coach and manager.

Andrade currently lives in Las Vegas and trains alongside Karol Rosa, Jessica Delboni, and Denise Gomes, who also left PRVT earlier this year. Andrade has won her past two UFC fights with Matheus Naccache as her new head coach. She’s set to return to the cage this Saturday, Sept. 7, in a co-headlining battle against Natalia Silva at UFC Vegas 97.

“We have a lawsuit going about TransferWise and the money that was transferred to other people I’ve never seen in my life,” Andrade told MMA Fighting. “That happened when he was taking care of my finances, and I had no access to anything. At one point he said, ‘Jessica, look, let me handle this for you, you don’t have to worry about any of this.’ And as always, I trusted him. He removed my access to the account. He said, ‘You don’t need to look at your accounts, you’ll have a monthly salary.’ I was making good money in the beginning, but in the end I don’t know how [that money ran out].

“He said I was shopping too much on Amazon, but with the investigation and all that, [we saw that] I made $ 2 million and spent $ 10,000 on Amazon. Where did the rest of the money go? It makes no sense, and it’s being investigated now, and we’ll find out where every penny went. I’ll just wait for now. I’m preparing for this fight [on Saturday], and as soon as it’s over, I’ll look at this lawsuit again and keep it moving

“The lawsuit is moving in the United States and he’s in Brazil, so I don’t know how it’s going to work. He was quite smart, he left before things happened.”

Andrade has fought 27 times under the UFC banner, dating back to her debut as a bantamweight in 2013. Losing $ 2 million has changed her plans for the future.

“I could be thinking about retiring now, right?” Andrade said. “In fact, I’ll have to keep fighting to make that money again and have a normal life. But it’s all good, God knows of all things. Sometimes we have to go down so we can get back up better. I’m ready to receive what God has for my life. God won’t ever let me give up.”

Andrade said her finances are now under control and she’s not struggling for cash. The 32-year-old Brazilian has won her past two UFC bouts, knocking out Mackenzie Dern and then earning a split decision over Marina Rodriguez.

“I can sleep at night knowing I’ve done good things to everybody, never did anything bad to anyone,” Andrade said. “What he’s taken from me, that’s all he’s ever going to have, because he’s lost all his athletes, he’s lost everything. The only thing he still has is the gym in Curitiba, which he opened with my money, and that’s all he’s going to have for the rest of his life.”

Parana denied all accusations to MMA Fighting and said his words will proven during the investigation.

“Anyone who has a brain and knows how to do math will see that she really doesn’t spend her money on just a few purchases on Amazon,” Parana said in a statement to MMA Fighting. “She has a lot of expenses, and there are so many that she even gets lost in the calculations. Jessica is not incapable. Jessica is not a 15-year-old girl. And Jessica is not illiterate. Jessica was never forbidden from going to the bank, from calling the bank and from finding out how her accounts were.

“Jessica always had full access to her things and was always intelligent enough to know everything that happened in her financial life. And I was never the guy who took care of her financial life. I was just her advisor when she needed it and asked for it. But all of this will be proven if there is a coherent investigation. May justice be served and may the wrongdoer pay, because lying to the authorities and lying to have a trial go your favor is also a crime. Let’s wait and see what happens.”

Parana’s statement to MMA Fighting can be seen below.

It was never like the way she’s insinuating, that I stole a single cent from her, much less the amount she’s talking about, which is completely baseless.

Anyone who has a brain and knows how to do math will see that she really doesn’t spend her money on just a few purchases on Amazon. She has a lot of expenses, and there are so many that she even gets lost in the calculations. Jessica is not incapable. Jessica is not a 15-year-old girl. And Jessica is not illiterate. Jessica was never forbidden from going to the bank, from calling the bank and from finding out how her accounts were. Jessica always had full access to her things and was always intelligent enough to know everything that happened in her financial life. And I was never the guy who took care of her financial life. I was just her advisor when she needed it and asked for it. But all of this will be proven if there is a coherent investigation. May justice be served and may the wrongdoer pay, because lying to the authorities and lying to have a trial go your favor is also a crime. Let’s wait and see what happens.

Another important thing to mention is that she says I have lost everything, that I only have a gym in Curitiba left which I bought with her money. This is absurd and very petulant of her to say this because I have always worked. I’m 44. When I met Jéssica Andrade, I had a nice car, I had a gym, I had a job. In all the years that she was with me, I always had other athletes. In fact, in the last few years, I have had four fighters simultaneously in the UFC. She’s talking as if I had no resources other than the payments she made me, and she doesn’t even mention the payments she made me. From her narrative I had no salary, I had no other jobs, no other athletes, and everything I bought in my life I stole from her. These are things that make no sense for her to talk about. And I didn’t even have the gym in Curitiba left because that’s my nephew’s gym, Bruno, who worked for her for a long time. It’s really becoming a persecution, her trying to defame me. I was — I don’t know if I still am, but I was — a very well-known guy in my work as a head coach and team leader, and I always worked hard representing fighters. I had four athletes in the UFC and I always earned a lot from them because I delivered on my promises. Certainly, if I bought anything, if I have any assets, it’s thanks to my work as a whole, nothing coming from the wrong thing.

I suspect that Jessica in 2023 — which is the year these accusations that were made by her occurred — she didn’t earn $ 2 million, as she’s saying she was robbed. It could be something close to that — unless she fought Conor McGregor and no one found out. All of you, media, fans, and herself, I think that after she sees my response here, if she sits at home and starts to remember everything she spent, she will have an idea that this calculation she is doing is not adding up.

And I always told Jessica that when she stopped fighting, got injured or retired, I would stop working as a head coach because I am already very tired of this kind of talk, with people I helped reach the top, it always causes problems. After I announced my retirement, it is obvious that most of them would leave as well since I would no longer be in charge of the work done as I always did. So when these problems with Jessica happened, I announced my retirement and I was not joking, I was not lying. It is obvious that the other athletes would leave, and I did not go after them, I did not care about keeping them on the team. Each one went their own way and I am sure that I fulfilled everything I promised everyone. I got everyone out of bad situations and left everyone well, whether with a contract with the UFC or another promotion, or working in a better place.

I made a UFC champion, an Invicta FC champion, and now Mairon [Santos] won TUF, a guy I worked with for six, seven years. I did great things in the fight business and didn’t steal from anyone. I worked hard as coach and manager, and I did very well in my career. If I were to go on about everything I remember here I’d spend a day talking about it because there’s a lot to talk about, but I hope I don’t need to talk about these things anymore.

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