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UFC Vegas 99’s official 11-fight lineup is set.

UFC officials on Wednesday announced the promotion’s full Oct. 19 fight card, which is headlined by a five-round bout between middleweight contenders Michel Pereira and Anthony Hernandez. Longtime flyweight contender Matheus Nicolau takes on top up-and-comer Asu Almabayev in the co-main event.

Pereira (31-11, 2 NC) has won eight consecutive UFC bouts and is a perfect 3-0 with three first-round stoppages since moving up back to 185 pounds. He needed just 54 seconds to submit Ihor Potieria with a guillotine choke in his most recent bout in May. All three of his recent middleweight victories earned Pereira post-fight UFC bonuses.

Hernandez (12-2, 1 NC) also rides his own hot streak into the bout, having won five straight with four stoppages and two post-fight bonuses. “Fluffy” submitted Roman Kopylov with a second-round rear-naked choke in his latest octagon appearance this past February.

UFC Vegas 99 takes place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Check out the official UFC Vegas 99 fight card below.

• Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez
• Matheus Nicolau vs. Asu Almabayev
• Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda
• Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips
• Brady Hiestand vs. Jake Hadley
• Brad Katona vs. Jean Matsumoto
• Joselyne Edwards vs. Tamires Vidal
• Charles Johnson vs. Sumudaerji
• Jessica Penne vs. Elise Reed
• Austen Lane vs. Robelis Despaigne
• Rayanne Santos vs. Alice Ardelean

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Jorge Masvidal isn’t planning to re-retire.

The inaugural Baddest Motherf*cker (BMF) champion, Masvidal, ended his brief retirement to rematch Nate Diaz in a boxing match this past July 2024. Unfortunately for “Gamebred,” things didn’t go his way as he suffered a majority decision loss.

The loss coincidentally kept Masvidal out of the win column since his BMF coronation against Diaz in November 2019. Despite the run of negative results, the 39-year-old Welterweight veteran isn’t done and will return to mixed martial arts (MMA).

“I had a blast doing the boxing, it was fun, it was everything, but there’s just nothing in the world that compares to MMA,” Masvidal told Grind City Media. “There ain’t sh*t in the world like MMA. I just finished up training at American Top Team (ATT) right now and it’s just the funnest thing I’ve ever done in my life. A lot of nights, I went to sleep just missing it, just doing certain training or certain workouts. I f*cking love it, man.

“Definitely 100 percent back to MMA [next],” he continued. “I don’t know when I’m fighting but I’m fighting at either the end of this year or next year.”

Masvidal found himself in a rare position for his Diaz rematch, receiving permission from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to compete outside the promotion while under contract. Even though Masvidal’s come up short in his final four UFC appearances (35-17 overall), he believes a title shot is still within reach.

“When I get the biggest fights that I can possibly get, knock that motherf*cker dead, they’ll be begging me to fight for the title,” Masvidal said. “A title run is never ever out of the question. Especially for somebody as skilled as me.”

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UFC Vegas 97 is down a bout.

Promotion officials announced Wednesday that Ovince Saint Preux has been removed from his light heavyweight matchup against Ryan Spann due to illness. As a result, the card is expected to proceed forward with a 12-fight lineup.

A one-time UFC interim title challenger, Saint Preux (27-17) had fallen on hard times in recent years but rebounded to win two of his past three octagon appearances, sandwiching split decisions over Mauricio Rua and Kennedy Nzechukwu between a 49-second knockout loss to Philipe Lins.

Spann (21-10) remains in the midst of a tough run of his own. The 33-year-old Contender Series product has dropped three straight bouts at the hands of Nikita Krylov, Anthony Smith, and Bogdan Guskov, the last of which ended via second-round knockout.

UFC Vegas 97 takes place Sept. 7 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. A welterweight matchup between one-time title challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady headlines the event.

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Belal Muhammad wants Demetrious Johnson to put his money where his mouth is.

The reigning UFC welterweight champion and Johnson, the GOAT of the flyweight division, recently butted heads over Muhammad disagreeing with Johnson’s prediction that Leon Edwards would defeat Muhammad at UFC 304 this past July. Muhammad went on to win a one-sided decision over Edwards to claim the 170-pound title.

Johnson was hardly apologetic after Muhammad criticized his analysis, comparing his high-level experience to that of seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady to explain why he has more credibility than Muhammad. During Johnson’s reign as UFC flyweight champion, he successfully defended his title 11 consecutive times, a promotional record.

Muhammad has since responded to Johnson’s comments via social media, challenging “Mighty Mouse” to make picks for UFC 306 to see who truly knows what they’re talking about when it comes to breaking down fights.

“I didn’t say you suck at fighting,” Muhammad wrote. “I said you suck at analyzing and picking fights.

“I challenge you to a pick-off for the Sphere card. We pick all the fights and loser makes a public apology.”

UFC 306, which takes place Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas, is scheduled to be a 10-fight card. The lineup is headlined by bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley defending his title against Merab Dvalishvili, with flyweight champion Alexa Grasso meeting Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout in the co-main event.

There appears to be no genuine animosity between Muhammad and Johnson, so the welterweight champion is likely just finding ways to stay busy as he considers his options for his first title defense.

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