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Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos, a longtime MMA veteran with appearances under the UFC and Bellator banners across 16 MMA fights, has passed away at the age of 38.

Reports about his passing were first posted by friends on social media, including longtime jiu-jitsu coaches Cristiano Lazzarini and Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes. Additional sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday.

The cause of death has not been revealed at this time.

“Bomba” started his MMA career in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a second-round rear-naked choke win over veteran Wendell Oliveira, and joined the TUF Brazil 3 cast in 2014 following a win over Elizeu Zaleski, both fighters that eventually made it to the UFC as well.

The Minas Gerais-native went 1-1 on the reality TV show and lost his sole UFC bout via decision to Luke Zachrich in July 2014, going on to win four of his next five bouts to sign a deal with Bellator.

Vasconcelos, also known outside the MMA bubble for dating Demi Lovato in 2017, ended his MMA career in 2019, winning three of six bouts inside the Bellator cage.

“Of all the students I had, you were the bravest,” Lazzarini posted on social media. “Fearless, unbeatable. In moments of chaos, a machine. In trivial moments, a sweet boy. We had a machine that had a bit of everything. Your MMA debut, with a win against a man that had won 10 in a row and had 19 fights, was of the happiest moments of my life in the sport. Unbreakable. So many trips together, so many battles. From blue to black belt, from first to last MMA fights. Man, how much I love you. Unbelievable. Rest in peace, brother.”

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Jake Paul is fighting back.

The social influencer turned boxer has answered a lawsuit filed against him by Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing with a countersuit seeking punitive and compensatory damages along with legal fees. Paul filed the lawsuit through his attorneys in paperwork filed in the southern district of New York on Tuesday.

The original lawsuit filed by Hearn and his promotional company alleged that Paul made defamatory statements that Matchroom Boxing “bribed” Glenn Feldman — a boxing judge — “to influence the outcome of two boxing matches that he refereed.”

The boxing matches in question were the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight and a matchup between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua. Paul’s company Most Valuable Promotion represents Serrano while Hearn represents Taylor.

In his countersuit, Paul denied many of the allegations in the complaint filed against him while laying out his defense to those claims.

He then detailed his cause for the countersuit against Hearn and Matchroom Boxing while claiming that the original lawsuit filed was an “intimidation tactic to chill Jake Paul’s freedom of speech and to silence other critics of the boxing industry.”

Paul is seeking “reimbursement of his attorneys’ fees, compensatory damages, and punitive damages designed to prevent Matchroom from further using expensive and time-consuming litigation to stifle the free speech of journalists, media organizations, and anyone else speaking on issues of public interest.”

In the original interview, Paul called foul on Feldman for scorecards he delivered in the Serrano vs. Taylor fight as well as Usyk vs. Joshua.

“Clearly [Glenn Feldman] is getting paid money by Matchroom Boxing,” Paul said referencing Hearn’s promotion that reps both Taylor and Joshua. “It’s just so blatantly obvious and they’re not even trying to hide it.”

Hearn and Matchroom filed the lawsuit against Paul with Feldman actually joining as a co-plaintiff.

Paul had previously filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was denied, and a pre-trial conference was set for Oct. 16.

Now Paul is actually countersuing along with a request to have the original lawsuit dismissed without prejudice.

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“I’m chasing greatness. 50 UFC fights. Not only do I want a win, I want a finish. I want a bonus. Most wins in UFC history. Most finishes. Most bonuses. Most walks to that cage.” — Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone

Donald Cerrone is coming back to UFC.

The lightweight legend plans to pause his retirement and score a couple of more fights inside the Octagon. As it stands, “Cowboy” is within striking distance of multiple UFC records including total fights, most wins, and most finishes.

Cerrone was inducted into the UFC hall of fame in July 2023.

“I want to go back and get two more fights,” Cerrone said in a recent Instagram video. “When I retired, I told you I was getting my hair done and get on steroids. The number 50 has been sitting on my mind for awhile. So, I’ve been working with Transcend for the last two years, taking TRT and a bunch of peptides. Now we got a protocol for all you people that said, ‘Oh, what if you get on it, you can’t ever come off.’ Well, I now have to come off and piss clean, fight in a few months. So, watch this.”

Fortunately, he wasn’t roiding up “behind the corner gas station.”

Cerrone stands at 36-17 with two no contests. It’s worth mentioning that “Cowboy” has gone seven straight fights without a victory and hasn’t seen the win column since outpointing Al Iaquinta at UFC Ottawa back in early 2019.

Just remember, you only get the mic once after calling it a career.

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Netflix has released a new trailer for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson event.

Paul and Tyson will meet in a heavyweight main event Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The card will stream on the popular platform, which will be at no additional cost to Netflix subscribers.

Check out the trailer, narrated by rapper and actor Ludacris, in the video below.

The matchup was initially slated for July before a medical emergency forced Tyson out of the bout. “Iron” elected to compete despite constant worry from the boxing community for the 58-year-old boxer who hasn’t competed in a pro boxing match in almost 20 years.

Paul did compete on the July 20 date, and faced BKFC star Mike Perry, picking up a sixth-round knockout win. The 27-year-old bounced back from his lone pro loss to Tommy Fury with four straight wins, including a decision win against former UFC star Nate Diaz in August 2023.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña believes commentary “bias” has played a part in the negative reaction to her title win earlier this month.

Peña returned to the mountaintop at 135 pounds in the co-main event of the UFC 307 pay-per-view in Salt Lake City, outpointing longtime rival Raquel Pennington on two of the three judges’ scorecards.

The result, which came over two years on from “The Venezuelan Vixen’s” first reign being brought to an end by Amanda Nunes, caused considerable debate.

On MMA Decisions, 25 out of 27 media members scored the five-round contest in favor of Pennington. That sentiment was also shared by 78 percent of over 500 fan scorecards that were submitted.

The newly crowned queen has been left bemused by the post-fight ‘robbery’ narratives, and she seemingly placed blame on the commentary team during an appearance on the debut episode of The Ariel Helwani Show on Uncrowned.

Peña branded the commentary “garbage” while reiterating the reasons why she’s confident that four of the five rounds were won by her.

“When you throw less and land more, when you’re giving the other girl a bloody nose and a goose egg on her head, when you’re taking her down, when you’re frickin’ making her eyes get as big as plates because you’re hitting her so hard and rocking her sh*t…you can’t tell me that I lost the fight,” Peña said. “I won that fight, and I’m so sick of all these people trying to like, make me feel like I didn’t win.

“Rewatch the fight without all the commentary bias and you will see clearly that I won that fight,” Peña continued. “Obviously all of the frickin’ MMA media hates my guts. … Every single one of them scored it against me. They need to go rewatch it without all that frickin’ garbage commentary and look at the significant strikes. I threw less and I landed more and they were harder shots. Rewatch it, please!”

Alongside the controversy regarding the scoring, the other major topic to emerge from Peña’s title win is the next step in the bantamweight division.

While Kayla Harrison’s victory over Ketlen Vieira on the UFC 307 card has left her as the consensus number one contender, “The Venezuelan Vixen” seemingly has other plans, frequently looking to entice Amanda Nunes back to complete their trilogy instead.

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