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Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day.

Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game!

What we need from you

1. Play the game
2. Share your result in the comments and on social media
3. Provide feedback (Google Form or in comments below)

Today’s UFC in-5 game

Friday’s UFC in-5 game

Thursday’s UFC in-5 game

Wednesday’s UFC in-5 game

The goal of the game is to guess the correct random UFC fighter player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED FIGHTERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. It will be a mix of well-known players and some “that guys” that we haven’t thought of in some time. The game will appear in slot #3 of the MMA Fighting layout each morning, with occasional movement later in the day.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media.

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MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 98 results for the Royval vs. Taira fight card, a live blog for the main event, and more from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

In the main event, recent title challenger Brandon Royval hopes to hold on to his spot in the contender line when he fights the undefeated Tatsuro Taira. “Raw Dawg” bounced back from a disappointing loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja with a narrow split decision win over two-time champion Brandon Moreno this past February.

Taira, who doesn’t turn 25 until January, has taken the UFC flyweight division by storm, winning his first six fights for the promotion to improve his overall record to 16-0. He scored the biggest win of his career in his most recent fight, defeating one-time title challenger Alex Perez when an injury ended Perez’s night in Round 2.

Royval is currently tied for the No. 2 spot at flyweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, with Taira looking to climb up from No. 8.

In the penultimate bout of the evening, Brad Tavares makes his UFC middleweight record 25th appearance when he takes on “The Iron Turtle” Jun Yong Park.

Check out UFC Vegas 98 results below.

Main Card (7 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira

Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park

Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden

Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia

Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono

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

CJ Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov

Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini

Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Price

Julia Polastri vs. Cory McKenna

Junior Tafa vs. Sean Sharaf

Dan Argueta vs. Cody Haddon

Clayton Carpenter vs. Lucas Rocha

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Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Brutal left hooks run apparently run in the Pereira family.

Aline Pereira, sister of UFC Light Heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, made her Karate Combat debut opposite Dee Begley on Friday (Oct. 11, 2024) at the Karate Combat 50 event from Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pereira is a Glory Kickboxing veteran and has fought in the cage as well, but Karate Combat may be the perfect fit for her.

Her debut didn’t last long. In an early exchange in the first round, Pereira landed a right hand then sat her opponent down with a nasty left hook, which apparently runs in the family! She followed up with ground strikes, forcing the referee to intervene and awarding her the first-round knockout win.

The finishing clip can be seen above. After the win, Pereira credited the left hook to “Poatan” himself.

Pereira’s MMA debut hasn’t gotten off to the best start. Since following her brother into the cage, Pereira has come up short in two of her three MMA bouts. A more pure striking competition like Karate Combat with just a bit of grappling mixed in could work out far better for the Brazilian striker.

Insomnia

If a Contenders Series fighter is this popular in their home country, I have to assume they’re making 10x their new UFC contract from sponsorship alone.

The second leg coming through to also trip blue gi is so neat.

I strongly doubt Merab vs. Umar doesn’t happen in early 2025.

This is why I cannot blame fighters who are happy to pick up a boring win. The fan love rarely lasts long anyway!

The idea of a four man, one night Lightweight tourney between Dan Hooker, Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, and Max Holloway is intriguing but would also probably end all their careers immediately.

One of my favorite inclusions in this column in recent memory. Get hype!

Welterweight slugfest alert!

In case you were wondering if Rampage has changed much … from the comments, “This guy really asked ‘do you like black dudes?’ In perfect Vietnamese.”

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Skinny Fabricio Werdum scoring a KO back in the day!

Caio Borralho says sign another Fighting Nerd.

A momentary lapse in focus can result in serious pain.

Random Land

Japan, master of all forms of public transit.

Midnight Music: Hardcore punk, 1980

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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MMA Fighting has BKFC Spain results for the Tenaglia vs. Soto fight card and more from Marbella Arena in Marbella, Spain.

In the main event, Franco Tenaglia squares off against Tony Soto for the vacant BKFC lightweight title.

Austin Trout defends his BKFC welterweight title against Ricardo Franco, and David Mundell puts his BKFC middleweight title up against Danny Christie on the main card as well.

MMA media personalities Oscar Stephens-Willis and Ben Davis also clash on the main card.

Check out the BKFC Spain results below.

Main Card (DAZN at 1 p.m. ET)

Franco Tenaglia vs. Tony Soto

Austin Trout vs. Ricardo Franco

David Mundell vs. Danny Christie

Dan Champman vs. Mike Jurik

Felipe da Silva Maia vs. James Lilley

Hannah Rankin vs. Deborah Mellhorn

Oscar Stephens-Willis vs. Ben Davis

Yunus Batan vs. Maxine Bellamy

Prelims

Nico Gaffie vs. Radek Stadler

Arbi Chakaev vs. Jose Daniel

Fran Suarez vs. David Mora

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MMA Fighting has Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday night.

The main event is expected to begin around 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Check out our Beterbiev vs. Bivol results page to find out what happened on the undercard.

Artur Beterbiev (20-0) is the WBO, IBF, and WBC light heavyweight champion. Beterbiev has only fought once this year when he knocked out Callum Smith in the seventh round this past January.

Dmitry Bivol (23-0) is the WBA light heavyweight champion. Bivol knocked out Malik Zinad in the sixth round in his only fight of the year in June.

Get the Beterbiev vs. Bivol round-by-round live blog below:

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