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ONE Championship is back in North America tonight (Fri., Sept. 6, 2024) for its second show, returning to Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. It all goes down at 8 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime and we got you covered with highlights below.

In the main event, ONE Bantamweight kickboxing champion and former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai champion, Jonathan Haggerty, rematches ONE Flyweight kickboxing champion, Superlek Kiatmuu9, for the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai world championship. The pair of elite strikers met in 2018, where Superlek won via technical knockout in the second round.

Also on the card, former ONE Bantamweight champion and former UFC powerhouse, John Lineker, takes on Asa Ten Pow, while Adrian Lee — brother of Christian and Angela Lee — makes his second walk to the ONE Championship ring against Nico Cornejo.

ONE 168: Denver Quick Results:

Jonathan Haggerty vs. Superlek Kiatmoo9
Liam Harrison vs. Seksan Or Kwanmuang
Aung La N Sang vs. Shamil Erdogan
John Lineker vs. Asa Ten Pow
Isi Fitikefu defeats Hiroyuki Tetsuka via unanimous decision
Alyse Anderson vs. Victoria Souza
Adrian Lee defeats Nico Cornejo via submission (rear-naked choke) Round 1, 2:37
Johan Ghazali defeats Josue Cruz via knockout (punch) Round 1, 3:00
Johan Estupinan defeats Sean Climaco via knockout (punch) Round 2, 4:28

ONE 168: Denver Highlights & Results:

Jonathan Haggerty vs. Superlek Kiatmoo9

ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title

Final result:

Liam Harrison vs. Seksan Or Kwanmuang

Muay Thai – 140-pound Catchweight

Final result:

Aung La N Sang vs. Shamil Erdogan

MMA – Middleweight

Final result:

John Lineker vs. Asa Ten Pow

Muay Thai – Bantamweight

Final result:

Hiroyuki Tetsuka vs. Isi Fitikefu

MMA – Welterweight

Final result: Isi Fitikefu defeats Hiroyuki Tetsuka via unanimous decision

Alyse Anderson vs. Victoria Souza

MMA – Women’s Atomweight

Final result:

Adrian Lee vs. Nico Cornejo

MMA – Lightweight

Final result: Adrian Lee defeats Nico Cornejo via submission

Johan Ghazali vs. Josue Cruz

Muay Thai – Flyweight

Final result: Johan Ghazali defeats Josue Cruz via knockout

Sean Climaco vs. Johan Estupinan

Muay Thai – Flyweight

Final result: Johan Estupinan defeats Sean Climaco via knockout

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MMA Fighting has Bellator San Diego weigh-in video and results for Saturday’s event at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, Calif.

In the main event, Usman Nurmagomedov and Alewxandr Shabliy had to make the lightweight non-title limit of 156 pounds.

The Bellator San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins will begin at 9 p.m. ET.

Check out Bellator San Diego weigh-in results below.

Fight Card (MAX, 8 p.m. ET)

Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8) vs. Alexandr Shabliy (154.8)

Lorenz Larkin (170.4) vs. Levan Chokheli (170.8)

Douglas Lima (184.6) vs. Aaron Jeffery (185.4)

Yancy Medeiros (155.2) vs. Jora Ayvazyan (155.4)

Sumiko Inaba (125.2) vs. Mackenzie Stiller (125.2)

Jordan Newman (185.2) vs. Imamshafi Aliev (185)

Herman Terrado (170.4) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (169)

Bryce Meredith (135.8) vs. John MaCalolooy (134.8)

Josh Hokit (242.2) vs. Sean Rose (264.8)

Aysia Cortez (116) vs. Ashley Thiner (115)

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UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After a brief break from action, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion is back to put on another card at the Apex facility in Las Vegas. Topping the lineup will be a […]

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The UFC returns after a rare weekend off with UFC Vegas 97, headlined by one-time welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady. Bellator San Diego also takes place on Saturday with a fantastic lightweight title fight between the undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexander Shabliy. Which card has the most sizzle?

Ahead of this weekend’s doubleheader, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and José Youngs preview the UFC’s Fight Night event, the main event between Brady and Burns, discuss who needs the victory more, as well as other notable bouts on the slate as the promotion gets ready for UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas next weekend. Additionally, they talk Bellator’s return, the Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy fight flying way under the radar, low-key sleepers on the card, and much more.

Catch the UFC Vegas 97 and Bellator San Diego preview show above. An audio-only version of the show can be found below and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

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Daniel Cormier isn’t sure Jorge Masvidal should come back.

The 39-year-old former ‘BMF’ champion retired from MMA in April of 2023 after losing to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287, but returned to combat sports this past July when he faced Nate Diaz in a boxing match that Diaz ultimately won. But that loss seemed to motivate Masvidal, who announced earlier this week he’s in talks with the UFC to return to the promotion in the near future.

However, UFC Hall of Famer and commentator Cormier questions if Masvidal should return.

“Jorge Masvidal should be commended for doing what he did to reach the levels of stardom that he did, because when you look at his career as a whole, you really do see a guy that spent the vast majority of his prime, the vast majority of his youth, as a middling fighter,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “He just was. It is what it is. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s what it was…

“Look at the names on his résumé. At the end of the day, when you look at the career as a whole, it boils down to one year where Jorge Masvidal made you guys care, and it made him a star. But my question to you now is: Do you still care? Because that’s what he’s banking on…

“He has lost his last four MMA fights, [and] he lost a boxing match. He said he’ll come back, starch somebody and the UFC would be begging him to fight for a championship. My question to you is, do you care now? Do you care like you did in 2019? Do you care like you did when he was on that amazing run when he made himself from a guy that was middling, from a guy that was a bit of a journeyman, into a main event attraction? He and Kamaru Usman sold a boatload of pay-per-views. But do you care today, in 2024, to see Jorge Masvidal come back and fight someone?”

As Cormier noted, Masvidal came to superstardom late into his career. A veteran of over 50 professional fights, Masvidal broke out in 2019 with wins over Darren Till and Ben Askren, the latter being the fastest knockout in UFC history, before then winning the inaugural ‘BMF’ title over Diaz at UFC 244. That ended up being the final victory of his MMA career, at least thus far, as “Gamebred” then dropped four straight bouts before retiring.

Given that run of form and his age, plus the nature of his stardom, Cormier simply isn’t sure Masvidal draws a huge amount of interest from fans right now.

“In 2019 he did something I’ve never seen someone do in fighting before,” Cormier said. “…This is a guy that started the beginning of his UFC career not very good, and nobody cared. But he ultimately made himself into a main event guy. Do we care to see him today? Or do we care to see him today against someone that’s a big name? Is that the only way you’d care? Because to me, if Jorge Masvidal comes back, it has to be against someone that’s a fun fight. Because right now, he’s not fighting as competitively as he was…

“I can tell you right now, if Nate Diaz were to say, ‘I’m coming back,’ people would get excited. Are Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal held in the same regard?”

Whether fans will care remains to be seen but Masvidal certainly seems to think they will. He threw out the possibility of fighting Michael Chandler, should his theoretical fight with Conor McGregor not come to pass, but mostly he’s happy to fight anyone so long as the paycheck is correct. And for all Cormier’s uncertainty around whether Masvidal draws interest anymore, the former two-division champion admits should it happen, he will certainly be tuning in, he just sort of hopes it won’t happen.

“I’d watch him fight, absolutely… But my question is, do you care? … He’s 39 years old now,” Cormier said. “His best days seem to be behind him, lost four in a row. Can he recreate what he did before?…

“I believe with the work he was doing outside of the octagon, his promotion seems to be doing well, and I was happy to see him walk away.”

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