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An explosive lightweight showdown between Charlie Campbell and Mauricio Ruffy was booked for UFC 309 in New York, multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting following a report from Ag. Fight.

UFC 309 will take place at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16 and air live on pay-per-view. Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic headlines the card for the heavyweight belt, with Charles Oliveira taking on Michael Chandler in the co-main event.

Campbell (9-2) enters the cage riding a three-fight winning streak, including a bonus-winning first-round knockout over Alex Reyes in September of 2023. “The Cannibal” won a decision over Trevor Peek in his most recent appearance this past April.

Ruffy (10-1) impressed in his UFC debut by knocking out Jamie Mullarkey in under five minutes, collecting a $ 50,000 bonus for his performance at UFC 301. Ruffy has a 100 percent knockout rate in MMA, which includes his Dana White Contender Series victory over Raimond Magomedaliev in 2023.

Mike Heck contributed to this report.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is making more room on its roster …

UFC Roster Watch revealed today (Mon., Oct. 7, 2024) that three fighters have been released from their respective contracts and/or the promotion decided not to extend them. Indeed, whether for numerous losses or they satisfied their contractual obligations, the world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion chose not to re-sign them.

And this latest purge is rather significant.

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The biggest name on the list is Ovince Saint Preux, who just got submitted in the first round at UFC 307 this past weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Saint Preux (27-18) ends his UFC run with a 15-13 record and is tied for third with most “Performance of the Night” bonuses in UFC history (seven). He challenged for UFC’s interim Light Heavyweight strap against Jon Jones at UFC 197 back in 2016, dropping a unanimous decision.

“OSP” has the most Von Flue choke submissions in UFC history (four), with his biggest Octagon moment coming against Pride FC legend, Mauricio Rua, knocking out “Shogun” in just 34 seconds behind enemy lines in Brazil.

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Karl Williams (10-2) also got released, which makes no sense. The Heavyweight fighter won a contract on season six of Contender Series as a hefty underdog and then went on to go 3-1 inside the Octagon (all via unanimous decision).

He lost his only UFC fight in his last outing.

Williams was not an exciting fighter, but he probably should have received a new contract in a shallow Heavyweight division.

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Last, and certainly not least, was Brazil’s Kleydson Rodrigues (8-4). Rodrigues received a contract from season five of Contender Series after he defeated Santo Curatolo. “KR” ended up going 1-3 inside the promotion, with his only win coming against Shannon Ross via knockout.

He missed weight twice, and one of those weight misses caused a fight cancelation.

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Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao and 10 other MMA personalities tried their luck running for seats as city councillors but failed to earn enough votes during the elections on Oct. 6.

Barao, who once reigned as the best 135-pounder, only gathered 253 votes in Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte.

Felipe Arantes, who went 5-6-1 under the UFC banner with his best win being a submission over Yves Jabouin, earned 14.607 votes in São Paulo. Godofredo Pepey, who lost to Arantes by knockout in the octagon back in June of 2013, received 77 votes in Fortaleza.

The second-most voted MMA personality was Chute Boxe leader Rudimar Fedrigo with 3.758 in Curitiba which was also not enough. Former Chute Boxe fighter Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons also ran for a seat in Curitiba, but received only 143 votes. Evangelista Santos, another Chute Boxe veteran, gathered 341 votes in his hometown Rondonopolis.

The least voted MMA figure was 56-fight veteran Paulo Bananada with only 12 votes in Sapé. TUF veteran Delson Heleno received 111 votes in Teresopolis, while Ronys Torres had 472 votes in Manacapuru. Ralph Gracie, with 1.422 votes in Rio de Janeiro, and Tiago Trator, voted for 257 times in Laranjal do Jari, complete the list.

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Amanda Nunes took on social media to send a unique message to UFC CEO Dana White.

“The Lioness”, who retired from the sport after defending her UFC bantamweight title against Irene Aldana in June of 2023, posted a video singing “Outdoor”, of Brazilian samba group Só Pra Contrariar.

Nunes changed the lyrics to ask White to “call me, please,” adding that “I miss you so much.”

The original lyrics are as follows.

I can’t believe you won’t look for me

I’ve suffered too much beyond what I deserve

Oh, please call

I miss you so much

Nunes left the UFC as a two-division champion, winning 14 of her past 15 fights. Julianna Peña — the lone loss for Nunes during that stretch, who beat “The Lioness” for the 135-pound belt before losing their rematch — called for a trilogy bout after defeating Raquel Pennington in the co-main event of UFC 307 this past Saturday in Salt Lake City.

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Israel Adesanya knows as well as anyone when Alex Pereira is ready to rock.

The combat sports rivals have squared off twice in kickboxing and twice in MMA championship bouts, with Pereira winning two of those fights via knockout, and Adesanya holding bragging rights most recently when he flattened Pereira at UFC 287.

Pereira subsequently moved up to light heavyweight, where he captured a second UFC title that he has defended three consecutive times. This past Saturday at UFC 307, Pereira was taken to the limit by challenger Khalil Rountree Jr., but emerged victorious with a fourth-round finish.

As he does with most major UFC events, Adesanya uploaded video of his reaction to the main event and the rest of the main card, which can be watched below.

“If Khalil knocks him out, it would be amazing, but I think Alex is going to knock him out,” Adesanya predicted ahead of the fight.

During the contest, Adesanya broke down how Pereira’s strategy differed from previous fights, pointing out how Pereira was keeping a higher guard than usual and that Rountree would need a knockout to win after absorbing a number of debilitating leg kicks in the fight.

He also marveled at Pereira’s ability to continue pushing the pace in the championship rounds.

“Pereira doesn’t look gassed,” Adesanya said. “He recovers well. I’m telling you, he’s a f*cking demon.”

Rountree was actually up on all three judges’ scorecards heading into Round 4, but Pereira appeared to be gaining strength at the end of the third and Adesanya sensed the end was near for the challenger.

“I can feel it,” Adesanya said. “Now, it’s going to be ‘Chama’ time.”

Sure enough, Pereira closed the show with a brutal flurry of offense, hammering a resilient Rountree until he crumbled to the canvas and was saved by referee Marc Goddard.

It was yet another crowd-pleasing performance from “Poatan” and Adesanya made sure to pay him his proper respect.

“He’s got some hard fights in front of him, but he is that guy right now,” Adesanya said.

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