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Professional Fighters League (PFL) is set to stage its third European Series event of 2024 later TODAY (Sat. Sept. 28, 2024) from inside OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, which will be headlined by Welterweight bout between Stevie Ray — loser of three straight — and Lewis Long, who will be making his promotional debut. In the co-main event, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight star, Roger Huerta, will make his return to action after three years away in an attempt to snap his four-fight skid against Rob Whiteford.

Many readers check in before, during and after the fights to share their thoughts on all of the action, which will begin at 12 p.m. ET with the early “Prelims,” and then transition to the main card at 2 p.m. ET. Feel free to leave a comment (or several) about the bouts and chat with all the other Maniacs during the show — it’s always a lot of fun!

170 lbs.: Stevie Ray vs. Lewis Long
150 lbs.: Rob Whiteford vs. Roger Huerta
125 lbs.: Dean Garnett vs. Lewis McGrillen-Evans
135 lbs.: Julien Pierre Lopez vs. Alexander Luster – Lopez via first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
170 lbs.: Jack Grant vs. Florim Zendeli – Zendeli via split-decision
170 lbs.: Ibrahim Mané vs. Daniele Miceli – Miceli via first-round knockout
155 lbs.: Daniele Scatizzi vs. Jakub Kaszuba – Kaszuba via unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Connor Hughes vs. Ignacio Capella – Hughes via split-decision
155 lbs.: Yassin Chtatou vs. Mark Ewen
125 lbs.: Valentina Scatizzi vs. Shanelle Dyer – Dyer via split-decision
125 lbs.: Paulina Wiśniewska vs. Karolina Wójcik – Wisniewska via unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Lorenzo Parente vs. Stefano Catacoli – Parente via first-round submission (armbar)
135 lbs.: Matiss Zaharovs vs. Brian Hyslop – Zaharovs via second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
125 lbs.: Gemma Auld vs. Weronika Pietruszka -Auld via first-round technical knockout (TKO)

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Fares Ziam got his first finish in the UFC, and it came in absolutely brutal fashion.

On Saturday, Ziam faced veteran UFC lightweight Matt Frevola in the opening main card bout of UFC Paris, and after 13 minutes of fighting, he landed one of the most devastating knees you’ll ever see.

For the first two rounds, Ziam got the better of Frevola, showing superior striking and improved grappling to control most of the action. Then in the third round, Ziam put a stamp on things when in a clinch, he framed Frevola’s head with a forearm and landed a monstrous knee that immediately flattened “The Steamrolla.”

The win is Ziam’s fourth in a row. The French fighter joined the UFC in 2019 where he has amassed a 6-2 record with notable wins over Jamie Mullarkey and Claudio Puelles. After the bout, Ziam called for a shot against a ranked opponent.

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Jake Paul ripped Conor McGregor for his latest comments.

On Friday, McGregor took part in a live stream hosted by online gambling site Duelbits, where he fielded questions from fans and commented on a number of different topics, ranging from his “Top-5 MMA GOATS” to UFC champions Belal Muhammad and Ilia Topuria to Paul’s upcoming fight with Mike Tyson.

With regard to the latter, McGregor was unkind to Paul saying “I hope Mike rattles the little dope! No one gives a f*ck about him!” And that seems to have struck a nerve with Paul.

On Saturday, Paul responded to McGregor’s rant, saying “Conor McGregor’s crash out needs to be studied” while mocking “Notorious” with a video imitating McGregor’s manic actions and not-so-subtly adding an increasing amount of white powder to his own face.

Paul and McGregor have taken shots at each other over the years, with Paul repeatedly trying to set up a fight with the former two-division UFC champion. Paul faces former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in an eight-round boxing match on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

Meanwhile, McGregor has not competed since shattering his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July of 2021. He is expected to make his return in early 2025.

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Kevin Lee knows he has to take the long road back to prominence, but he still has lofty plans for his career.

The one-time UFC interim title challenger makes his MMA return this Saturday at Lights Out Championship 17, with big goals still in mind; one of which, is earning a fight with current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.

“I want to fight for a world title,” Lee told MMA Fighting. “I just want to fight the best guys. Am I hung up on the organizations? Not really. I want to fight the best guys and the guys that really will give me a challenge, who people feel are unbeatable.

“I think it’s a shame I never got to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov. It’s a shame if I don’t ever get to fight Islam in his career. I think I pose threats for those guys that not a lot of other lightweights do, and I think a lot of people would, would agree with that. So it’d be kind of a shame if they go their whole careers and not fight a wrestler like me.”

“Motown Phenom” faces Thiago Oliveira in his home state of Michigan on Saturday. It’s Lee’s first bout since a 55-second submission loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Vegas 96 in July 2023, which signaled the end to Lee’s second stint with the UFC.

The 32-year-old went 11-8 in 19 octagon appearances, which included a spot in an interim lightweight title fight against Tony Ferguson at UFC 217 in October 2017, when he lost via third-round submission. Since then, Lee is 3-5 over his past eight bouts, which includes an absolutely brutal knockout win over Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 in November 2019, and a victory over Diego Sanchez for Eagle FC in his bridge-fight between UFC stints.

With so much experience, and more lessons learned than he can imagine, Lee is excited and humbled to hit the reset button and live up to the limitless potential he entered the sport with.

“It feels like at the start of my career again — which in itself has a little bit of excitement to it,” Lee said. “It almost feels like a second chance, it feels like a chance to do it all over again. It’s interesting. I don’t see many people going down this path either, I don’t think a lot of guys, when they get to a certain level, that they’re willing to put their balls on the line. I’ve seen it happen over and over and over again with different guys, and I just don’t model myself after anybody.

“I’m going to do what I feel is in my heart to do, and it’s in my heart to fight and this is the fight that’s in front of me. This is the opportunity that God’s presented me and I’m going to make the most out of it.”

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