Alessandro Costa has withdrawn from his Matt Schnell fight.
“NoNo” was scheduled to face “Danger” on the UFC Vegas 97 main card this Sat. night (Sept. 7, 2024) at the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to a report from MMA Fighting, there are no plans to find Schnell a flyweight replacement.
“I won’t be able to fight this September 7th due to an injury that won’t allow me to get 100 percent for this fight,” Costa wrote on Instagram. “It was a very important fight to get into the rankings and it wouldn’t be a good idea to fight injured.”
“My team and I decided not to [fight],” Costa continued. “I’m already recovering and will be ready to go back very soon!. Thank you all for your great support and good vibes always.”
Costa (14-4) is just a couple of months removed from his Kevin Borjas victory at the UFC 301 pay-per-view (PPV) last May in Brazil. As for Schnell (16-8, 1 NC), he’s looking to snap a two-fight losing streak after recently falling to Matheus Nicolau and Steve Erceg.
For the revised UFC Vegas 97 fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.
A flyweight fight between Matt Schnell and Alessandro Costa has been scrapped from the upcoming UFC Vegas 97 card scheduled on Saturday from UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Schnell first announced the news via YouTube and later confirmed the fight cancellation to MMA Fighting with no plans to book a replacement opponent on short notice.
While nothing has been determined yet, it’s possible that the UFC reschedules Schnell vs. Costa for a later date.
In the original video addressing the cancellation, Schnell claimed that Costa suffered a shoulder injury that forced him to drop off the card. Since arriving in the UFC, Costa has put together a 2-2 record thus far including wins over Jimmy Flick and Kevin Borjas.
As for Schnell, the veteran flyweight is looking to get back on track after suffering back-to-back losses to Steve Erceg and Matheus Nicolau in his past two appearances in the UFC.
UFC Vegas 97 moves forward with 12 total bouts including the main event as Gilbert Burns clashes with Sean Brady at welterweight.
Quinton Jackson recently shared how he cleverly exposed a spy allegedly sent by Jon Jones to his fight camp by faking an injury to flush them out.
Jackson took on Jones for the light heavyweight title at UFC 135 in September 2011, but his efforts fell short as he was submitted in the fourth round. Despite being thoroughly outmatched in the bout, “Rampage” later criticized Jones for his fighting style and his tendency to extend his fingers during exchanges, a habit that has unintentionally resulted in eye pokes for several of his opponents.
However, in the lead-up to their fight, Jackson stirred the MMA world by claiming that “Bones” had planted a spy in his camp to gather intel on him. To test his suspicions, Jackson fabricated a story and let the word out that he had a hand injury…
Jackson on Jones Reportedly Planting A Spy: ‘It was Somebody That Worked For MusclePharm’
During a recent episode of his JAXXON Podcast, “Rampage” revealed that Jones was allegedly in contact with someone from his supplement sponsor, MusclePharm, to spy on his fight camp. The former UFC light heavyweight champion recounted how he began to suspect that his every move was being monitored, so he devised a plan.
He faked an injury and shared the news only with his Team Wolfslair, yet somehow, the information still leaked to the public.
“He had a spy in my camp; it was somebody that worked for MusclePharm that was cool with him,” Jackson said. “He would come there and watch me train and stuff, and I don’t know—I can’t remember how I found out that somebody was watching me. Maybe some sh*t he was saying online, so I faked the injury, and I didn’t tell anybody. I told my tight team, ‘I think Jon Jones has a spy in my camp,’ so I faked the injury and didn’t say anything, and then it got out in the press.”
In an interview with Yahoo! Sports in August 2011, Jackson revealed that just hours after planting the fake news, his manager received a call from then-UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, who was eager to find out what had happened.
As Jackson anticipated, the response was swift and telling: Silva mentioned that Jones’ manager, Malki Kawa, had reached out. Although Jackson has never produced any concrete evidence to support his claims, “Bones” once playfully admitted to planting a spy in his opponent’s camp.
Read More: Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Joins Quinton Jackson In Favoring Jon Jones Against Tom Aspinall: ‘GOAT Of Our Sport!’
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Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny headlines the Inoue vs. Doheny event on Tuesday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. | Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images
MMA Fighting has Inoue vs. Doheny results live for the Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny event on Tuesday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
When the main event begins around 7 a.m. ET, check out our Inoue vs. Doheny live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) looks to defend his IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles against former IBF super bantamweight champ TJ Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs).
Widely considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of boxing, Inoue, 31, most recently defeated Luis Nery with a sixth-round knockout this past May.
Doheny, 37, has won three straight bouts over Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos to earn another crack at the super bantamweight belts.
Check out the Inoue vs. Doheny results below:
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Seok Hyun Ko and Igor Cavalcanti headline season eight, week four of UFC’s Contender Series. | Jeff Bottari, Zuffa LLC
MMA Fighting has DWCS results for all the action from season eight, week four of UFC’s Contender Series on Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev.
In the main event, 28-year-old South Korean Seok Hyun Ko and undefeated 26-year-old Brazilian Igor Cavalcanti face off in a welterweight contest.
Check out DWCS results below for Contender Series season eight, week four.
Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight!
Welcome to Midnight Mania!
MMA gyms are a funny place. In the same room and sometimes even the same class, a new student enjoying their one free week of jiu-jitsu might share the mat with a world-class UFC fighter. That accessibility is an unusual aspect of the sport. Certainly, nobody is walking into Arrowhead Stadium and having a catch in the vicinity of Patrick Mahomes!
There is a downside: strange people can also enter the gym. Wannabe tough guys, social media stars, alleged street fighters — the door is open to all of them. That’s how we end up with body builders being felled by “Wonderboy” low kicks and Sneako getting demolished by an ex-champion.
In the latest edition of UFC fighter vs. random person, Featherweight prospect Blake Bilder (8-2-1) takes on someone only described as a “street fighter.” Bilder knocks down the hapless street fighter twice then puts him to sleep twice using the Von Flue and triangle chokes.
The fight actually happened a few weeks ago, but Bilder is extremely active on social media and posted the clip again recently. It made rounds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, and fight fans are largely unimpressed or outright angry.
Here’s a quick sample of the reactions:
“Bunch of grown men just filming and watching it happen and laughing, embarassing.”
“he is 34 as well what a joke”
“What’s his deal and why did he keep finishing this man? Pause”
“When does this clown fight again so we can hate watch”
“Being knockout out this many times in one day cannot be healthy …”
“No matter how many years of training you’ve done, destroying some untrained guy in jeans shows a lack of sportsmanship and a lack of discipline.”
“This is f—ked up. I dont get why you guys keep letting him spar just for content. That guy is clearly not going to be okay after all this.”
Like most fighters nowadays, Bilder joined the UFC roster via Contenders Series. Since then, he defeated Shane Young via unanimous decision in a successful debut, but he’s lost his last two via unanimous decision. At the moment, Bilder does not have a fourth UFC appearance booked.
Insomnia
Matt Brown shredding!
First solo I’ve ever attempted! So fun! It’s like a video game and I’m just trying to take on the next level boss! pic.twitter.com/ICZ7BEHLab
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) September 1, 2024
Slick work from close range:
Koki Osaki knees, dumps and foot sweeps. pic.twitter.com/lFSAPbJRX9
— nojillnolife (@nojillnolife) August 31, 2024
Josh Koscheck is one of the more underrated wrestlers of UFC history, overshadowed by a GOAT. His blast double was incredible!
For context on the level of wrestling talent GSP’s was dealing with here.
Those with more knowledge of collegiate wrestling can speak to depth in… https://t.co/ltEyawCmFI
— BJJOversimplified (@BJJOvrsmplified) September 1, 2024
Only one thing is certain here: there will be blood! This is a perfect 145-pound veterans booking.
Darren Elkins will fight Daniel Pineda at #UFCVegas99 on October 19th. (first rep. @TeamIridiumISA) #UFC #MMA #UFCESPN #UFC2024 pic.twitter.com/ntRGAcAUAL
— Marcel Dorff (@BigMarcel24) September 1, 2024
A fancy edit of “The Suga Show.”
Babe, there is a new Trillavfx edit pic.twitter.com/dxvq78Arvm
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) September 1, 2024
Circling a pair of wrestlers for the final takedown-wins-it-all match up of practice is a time-honored tradition.
Kevin Lee and Vicente Luque wrestling after practice pic.twitter.com/zxmBmJhZbp
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) September 2, 2024
“F them kids” — Michael Jordan, Tim Elliott
I’ll liver shot a child pic.twitter.com/ntINd045L2
— Tim Elliott (@TElliott125) September 2, 2024
Brian Ortega is keeping it weird ahead of Noche UFC.
Brian Ortega with some interesting training ahead of his #NocheUFC return against Diego Lopes next weekend pic.twitter.com/V5Xhoty4uo
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) September 2, 2024
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Stabbing front and powerful round kicks aimed at the same target:
Michel “Panico” Lima doubles up to the body with the right hand and front kick, shutting down Luan Matheus. First round TKO. #LFA191 pic.twitter.com/c8r1V4FD68
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 31, 2024
Cumulative strangulation throughout all the transitions caught up to him.
Arnett is arguing something but we’ve got a clear tap!!#SamouraiMMA11 pic.twitter.com/OuxWrIjyGH
— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) August 31, 2024
A knockout overshadowed by denim and the promotion’s name.
Execution at Klan FC pic.twitter.com/GvZuABCjXm
— Matysek (@Matysek88) August 31, 2024
Random Land
Hilarious tweet or brilliant short story? The line is blurred.
went to shit at gas station and there was a cockroach in the stall I took the plunger and shood him out under the door no sooner did I sit down to shit a man walked in farted loud as fuck then kicked the roach back under the stall directly at my feet where it began to fly
— jake (@jakebrodes) August 31, 2024
Midnight Music: Jangle pop, 1983
Anecdote of the Week: Oh man, I have so many stories that could go here.
A shocking amount of random people walk into Team Alpha Male and try to stir s—t with the professional athletes. Somewhat well-known back in 2017, there was the incident where some online body builder weirdo showed up to TAM to scuffle with Cody Garbrandt, got his hat slapped off by the 130-pound front desk guy, and then fled the wrong direction down a one-way street just before “No Love” actually arrived. Later, he allegedly faked his death on Twitter.
I wasn’t there in person for any of that though, so here’s my silly one: for several years, I worked as an assistant coach to Urijah Faber, helping him run an 8:30 AM drills class three times a week immediately leading up to the official pro practice. The class was open to the public, but if pros showed up, it would be tailored to them. If not, it was a lot of Urijah’s favorite jiu-jitsu sequences. I either helped drill with the pros or took over instruction of the civilian grapplers, depending on the demands of the day.
One day, we just have a group full of regular jiu-jitsu folk. There is, however, one newer sign-up. The man was probably 220 pounds of muscle and mental health issues. The drill class didn’t feature any live rolling, because it was … a drills class … and the guy didn’t have the ability to focus for that long. His expression was growing darker by the minute, and his drilling partner was looking visibly concerned. Sensing a looming disaster, Urijah walks over to chat.
As I’m instructing a group on how to lock up a fundamental triangle choke, I hear the frustrated proclamation, “I just want to roll!” Rather than simply saying no, or this isn’t that kind of class, or you don’t know enough to roll yet, or I don’t need this I own the gym and have a huge net worth, Faber accepts without blinking. He rolls with the erratic newcomer for the better part of 20 minutes and shows up to the end-of-class huddle covered in finger nail scratches. The other guy is too exhausted to join the huddle, laying in a pool of sweat that the pro team will shortly be jogging through.
Long story short: you can probably convince a Hall of Fame UFC fighter to wrestle you through sheer disruptiveness.
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
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