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MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 86 results, a live blog of the main event, and more from the UFC Apex on Saturday in Las Vegas.

In the main event, Jack Hermansson will try to cool off Joe Pyfer in a middleweight contest. Hermansson has lost three of his past five fights, while Pyfer has won five straight fights.

Featherweights Dan Ige and Andre Fili will clash in the co-main event.

Check out UFC Vegas 86 results below.

Main card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Jack Hermansson vs. Joe Pyfer

Dan Ige vs. Andre Fili

Robert Bryczek vs. Ihor Potieria

Brad Tavares vs. Gregory Rodrigues

Michael Johnson vs. Darrius Flowers

Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Trevin Giles vs. Carlos Prates

Bolaji Oki vs. Timothy Cuamba

Loma Lookboonmee vs. Bruna Brasil

Devin Clark vs. Marcin Prachnio

Max Griffin vs. Jeremiah Wells

Zac Pauga vs. Bogdan Guskov

Hyder Amil vs. Fernie Garcia

Daniel Marcos vs. Aoriqileng

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The UFC makes one more stop at the APEX on the road to UFC 298 with UFC Vegas 86, and for the third event in a row, the middleweight division gets top billing as veteran Jack Hermansson will look to stop the incredible momentum of DWCS standout Joe Pyfer. Will experience win out, or will the powerful Pyfer make his presence felt in the 185-pound rankings?

MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and Eric Jackman preview Saturday’s event, the main event between Hermansson and Pyfer, and what’s at stake for both fighters. Additionally, they’ll discuss the featherweight co-main event between Dan Ige and Andre Fili, other bouts that stand out in terms of intrigue, the fight that is flying under the radar the most, plus, they’ll answer your questions at the end of the show.

Catch the UFC Vegas 86 preview show above. An audio-only version of the show can be found below and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland beat a social media influencer down during a sparring session at the UFC PI in Las Vegas.  

Sneako, who has 1.6 million on Instagram, has considered making the leap to professional boxing.  He arranged a sparring session with Strickland and it didn’t go well for him.  

Video of the sparring session surfaced on Friday, and Strickland toyed with Sneako before going on the attack.  “Tarzan” bloodied Sneako’s nose and forced someone to throw in the towel.  

Sneako spars former UFC champ Sean Strickland pic.twitter.com/NYGDs6q8oJ

— AISNEAKIO (@AISneakio) February 9, 2024

Following the sparring session, Strickland and Sneako were friendly and the former UFC champion even complimented the social media influence for not falling to the canvas during the barrage of punches.    

“Hey, the fact that you did not fall down is a testament,” Sean Strickland said to Sneako.  “Bro, I was trying to. All you had to do was fall and I would’ve stopped. That was a testament.”

Sean Strickland tells Sneako why he didn’t stop punching him 😭 pic.twitter.com/Ge0e4iYZ3s

— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) February 9, 2024

Strickland was defeated by Dricus Du Plessis in his last outing at UFC 297 on Jan. 20 to end his short title reign.  He captured the title by beating former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 last September.  

On Thursday, Strickland made headlines for meeting former president Donald Trump and posting in a face-off photo with the politician.  

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Jake Paul has issued an official challenge to Sean Strickland after he beat down well-known streamer, Sneako, at the UFC Performance Institute on Friday (watch HERE). Of course, the former UFC middleweight champion quickly accepted Paul’s callout with a few stipulations of his own.

Fight fans were surprised to see Strickland step inside of the Octagon opposite Sneako for a real sparring match. Sneako has little-to-no combat experience and Strickland is well-known as one of the hardest sparrers in mixed martial arts (MMA) today. It was a disaster waiting to happen.

As expected, Strickland absolutely obliterated Sneako from the start. The social media star somehow remained on his feet, but Strickland blasted him with countless combinations before the two fighters were broken up. Sneako only suffered a bloody nose to pair with his broken ego.

Like many who saw the sparring footage, Paul did not appreciate how hard Strickland fought against a smaller, inexperienced streamer. That’s why “Problem Child” took to social media to offer to fight Strickland and pay him $ 1 million if he won. Check it out below:

“Shawn Strickland you’re embarrassing for trying to stop sneako like that you weren’t even able to drop someone with no experience while going all out.

You’re a horrid boxer that only picks on inexperienced people..I’ll fly you to PR and we can fight on camera… if you win I’ll give you $ 1 million (half your net worth).

But if you get dropped you have to get Betr tattooed on you. DM me. But just like paddy I’m guessing you’ll find a way to run.”

Strickland, who is arguably the most outspoken fighter in combat sports today, wasted little time accepting Paul’s challenge. In fact, the former UFC middleweight champion took it a few steps further, offering to fight Paul for free in the desert with no cameras around.

Check out Strickland’s social media rant below:

“Actually Jake I’ll make you a better deal because money can’t buy happiness and you have plenty of it and youre still a cunt……. No cameras, me and you in a desert…. That would buy my happiness… No Instagram, no likes, no games…. Just you that’s what I want……”

“Real talk… jokes aside.. Jake Paul is an utter fucking joke….. You box small retired old mma fighters and you sell sugar water to kids.. If it were legal I’d take your fucking life with a smile on my face. Is there any place on this earth I can take this man’s life and walk?”

“There are lots of true fans that love combat sports. But some of you guys. You should of been left in a condom.

For the ones that are self aware, do you ever lay in bed after being a worthless troll and question why you exist on this earth? It’s a tragedy you’re alive.”

What do you think, Maniacs? Would you want to see a Strickland vs. Paul showdown? Who wins in a boxing match?

Let’s discuss!

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Rodolfo Vieira was working with MMA veteran and coach Diego Braga for the first time ahead of UFC Vegas 86, training alongside head coach Davi Ramos, when tragedy struck.

Braga was killed by members of criminal organization Comando Vermelho in January.

Now, Vieira is focused on honoring Braga with a masterful performance on Saturday.

“He was a special man, really nice guy,” Vieira told MMA Fighting. “I remember when Davi texted me [with the news], and I was reading it, ‘No, it’s not possible.’ I kept staring at the phone and thinking, ‘Did Davi send the wrong name? Was it another person?’ But it was him.

“We were very, very sad, man. I never thought that could happen, and at the moment we were the closest.”

Vieira, who meets Armen Petrosyan at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, decided to move his camp from Orlando to Rio de Janeiro after his 2023 fight with Petrosyan was pulled from UFC Sao Paulo at the eleventh hour. He then enlisted UFC veteran Ramos as his head coach.

He didn’t think twice when Ramos suggested calling Braga to help with his preparation once the match was rebooked. Braga had coached some of Brazil’s best fighters, including Anderson Silva, and was focused on leading his son Gabriel Braga in the PFL.

“Davi and I spoke, and we thought it would be better if we called him because Davi always had a great relationship with him,” Vieira said. “We weren’t that close, but we were always cool, I always liked him, he’s always treated me really well, so we called him [to be part of the camp]. We were training for three weeks already, if I’m not mistaken. I was going to Davi’s gym every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday to help, and sadly that tragedy happened.”

Vieira planned on having Braga in his corner at UFC Vegas 86. After tragedy struck, he instead called Mano Santana, Vieira’s head coach in Orlando, to be with him during fight week. Preparing to face Petrosyan twice hasn’t been easy, Vieira said, but he’s just glad that the two are finally meeting inside the octagon after back-to-back camps.

“We tried to do the same thing in Rio, to keep the game plan we were working on, focusing on takedowns and jiu-jitsu,” Vieira said. “I was able to work that in Rio, even more so than in Orlando, so the change was good in that sense even though I’m already used to the training routine in Orlando.”

Petrosyan is 8-2 as a professional MMA fighter with several knockouts early in his career, but he has notched all decisions in his 3-1 stint under the UFC banner.

Vieira, a jiu-jitsu legend, scored all his four UFC victories by submission.

“I see myself submitting him, of course. It will be hard to beat him on the feet,” Vieira said with a laugh. “He’s really good on the feet, so it’s going to be a fight, him trying to keep it on the feet and me trying to take him down.”

“I think he will do everything he can to get back to his feet when I talk him down,” he continued. “We’ve watched his fights, and he always gives his back when he’s trying to get back up. It’s hard for someone who isn’t a grappler when they get taken down, they usually give their backs, because they don’t have the technique to get back up using the half guard or a single leg, so I’ll do everything I can to keep him down. That’s what we’ve worked on.”

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