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Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

After a lovely two-week break, I am back in action and judging by the excellent work done by my pal, Jed Meshew, it looks like the MMA world continued to churn out the hits.

Did you see that sweet Contender Series KO?

Have you ever seen the rain… make a complete mess of a cagefighting show?

While nothing quite so wacky happened this week, to say we weren’t blessed with a menagerie of memorable images would be false, starting with maybe the most gruesome knee knockout of 2024 from Anthony Pettis’ latest event.

(Big thanks as always to @Barrelelapierna for their weekly lists of the best KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for uploading many of the clips you see here. Give them a follow and chip in on Patreon if you can.)

Elvin Romero vs. Todd Welle

Elvin Romero hit the switch 90 seconds into his fight with Todd Welle, sizing him up against the cage and delivering a knee to the head that not only knocked Welle for a loop, but immediately opened a bloody cut on his head.

GROSS. Who wants to watch this kind of thing?

Oh, here’s another angle, courtesy of Pettis himself.

I don’t know what Romero has been doing to prepare his knees for these situations, but if you’ve got some 2x4s that need to be broken, I now know a guy who can do it for cheap.

Anthony Pettis FC 12 is available for replay on UFC Fight Pass.

Alexis Pacheco vs. Gerardo Xango Ochoa
Paulina Vargas vs. Rosselyn Chavira

Check out this beautiful setup at Supreme Fight Night 6 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Alexis Pacheco didn’t just have opponent Gerardo Xango Ochoa biting on this takedown fake, he downright chomped down on it before being served the real entree: A jumping knee knockout. Unsurprisingly, Ochoa looked dazed after the stoppage, probably because he’s still waiting to stuff that takedown attempt.

No tricky stuff needed for Paulina Vargas, who wrapped up a third-round knockout by walking down Rosselyn Chavira.

SFN 6 is available for free replay on YouTube.

Kameron Shamsi vs. Josh Gomez
Rogerio Matias vs. Martin Farley
Anderson Ferreira vs. Rogerio Matias
Lucas Barros vs. Bruno Dantas

How about some more free MMA?

At a Melee Combat Championship event (watch here) in Leander, Texas, amateur featherweight Kameron Shamsi planted Josh Gomez with this spinning backfist.

One could argue that the referee stepped in a tad early, but I saw at as him rewarding Shamsi for a stylish strike. Sorry Mr. Gomez, sometimes you just get cracked and it’s better to live to fight another day.

Over in Sao Paulo at Centurion FC 22 (watch here), Rogerio Matias was somehow both the hammer and the nail in the same night.

In his first fight of the night, Matias scored a massive KO of Martin Farley to advance in a one-night tournament.

All good, right?

Wrong. Very wrong.

Matias ran into Anderson Ferreira in the final and despite his unwavering confidence, he discovered that swagger alone isn’t the best defense when your opponent is lobbing haymakers at you. Let’s hope Matias remembers the good times more than the bad (assuming he remembers anything from that night at all).

Elsewhere in non-tournament action, Lucas Barros added to the pile of knockout knees this week, launching one right up the middle to end Bruno Dantas.

Henerson Duarte vs. Jeferson Costa
Andre Miranda vs. Raimundo Costa

There’s no good place to get knocked out, but Sao Paulo was apparently particularly bad this past weekend as Jungle Fight 129 also saw its fair share of nasty finishes.

Henerson Duarte unleashed the HELLbow to cause Jeferson Costa to sink sleepily to the canvas.

And Andre Miranda shined in the main event, annihilating Raimundo Costa’s liver to claim a vacant heavyweight title.

Vinicios Santana vs. Wanderlly Lino

Heading north to Soldado Combat 3 in Brasilia, we find one more spectacular KO as Vinicios Santana appeared to juuuuuuuuuust catch Wanderlly Lino with the tips of his knuckles.

More than enough to flatten Lino, that’s for sure.

Lerryan Douglas vs. Javier Reyes
Luis Francischinelli vs. Victor Kuiks
Eduardo Chapolin vs. Igor Siqueira
Xie Bin vs. Masuto Kawana

Hope you kept that Fight Pass handy, because we’ve got two more stops to make, first at LFA 190 in Commerce, Calif.

Lerryan Douglas continued to make his case for a UFC callup, rattling off a third-straight knockout victory with this power left hook against Javier Reyes.

The win made Douglas the interim LFA featherweight champion and if he can’t at least get a Contender Series nod, it feels like we’re doing this wrong.

Luis Francischinelli showed off a heavy left hand as well, but not before rocking Victor Kuiks with a knee first.

He put a serious exclamation point on that one.

In the main event, Eduardo Chapolin secured his first defense of his flyweight title, needing less than 90 seconds to put Igor Siqueira down.

That’s three straight wins and eight in the past nine for Chapolin, who could also step into even brighter lights soon.

One man we know will see octagon action soon is Road to UFC hopeful Xie Bin, who punched his way to a featherweight tournament final this past weekend at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Two monster right hands, one win away from officially joining the UFC. Xie fights for a contract on Nov. 23 at UFC Macau, where he faces Zhu Kangjie.

If you know of a recent fight or event that you think may have been overlooked, or a promotion that could use some attention, please let us know on X — @AlexanderKLee — using the hashtag #MissedFists.

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Brazilian fighter Mauricio Queiroz not only lost his undercard bout earlier tonight (Fri., Aug. 30, 2024) at LFA 191 from inside Ginasio do Povilho in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the light heavyweight power puncher had to reset a broken nose during the fight.

Fight fans are going to be without a UFC event this weekend, but they were treated to a Friday evening card from Brazil. LFA usually produces good action from start to finish so even the undercard had a chance to be memorable. That’s exactly what happened, but not for the reason you may think.

Instead of a superhuman knockout or comeback submission, fight fans witnessed one of the worst nose breaks in recent mixed martial arts (MMA) memory. It happened during Queiroz’s showdown with undefeated Brazilian fighter, Guilherme Pat, who is a towering specimen for the 205-pound division at a staggering 6’5”. Pat brought a 4-0 record into the cage on Friday and from what he’s done so far in his career fight fans were expecting a standup affair.

Fortunately, Pat did not disappoint. His early efforts eventually paid dividends and left Queiroz’s nose completely smashed in. The Brazilian fighter eventually got a moment to catch is breath during the fight and tried to reset his nose. It seemed to work, but that didn’t stop Pat from continuing his offensive onslaught and doing more damage to the nose. He eventually stopped Queiroz in the third round with heavy punches along the cage as the referee had seen enough and stepped in.

Check out the moment Queiroz tried resetting his nose in the above player and the TKO finish by Pat below:

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Light heavyweight prospect Raffael Cerqueira is heading straight to UFC after losing two potential opponents for a Contender Series card in September, the promotion announced. Cerqueira now faces Ibo Aslan at UFC 308, which takes place Oct. 26 in Abu Dhabi.

A teammate of Jailton Almeida at Brazil’s Galpão da Luta, Cerqueira (11-0) was previously paired up against Uran Satybaldiev at DWCS on Sept. 10, however Satybaldiev eventually withdrew and was replaced by Patryk Grabowski, who later stepped down as well. Cerqueira was then expected to fight Francesco Mazzeo before the promotion changed plans and signed him for UFC 308.

Aslan (13-1) returns to the octagon following a Fight of the Night victory in March, which saw him knock out Anton Turkalj in the third round of their UFC Atlantic City bout. “The Last Ottoman” is currently riding a five-fight finishing streak that includes a first-round knockout over Paulo Renato Jr. at DWCS in august of 2023.

Cerqueira has been calling for a UFC shot since late 2023. In a December interview with MMA Fighting, he asked UFC CEO Dana White and matchmaker Mick Maynard, “What else do I need to do to prove my worth and show I’m ready to fight in the world’s biggest organization?”

“Every fighter says they deserve to be in the UFC, but I’m proving it,” Cerqueira said at the time. “If you watch my fights, they’re not taking long. … I’m just waiting Mick and Dana White to look at me and give me an opportunity to show my value in the world’s biggest organization so I can make history in the UFC.”

UFC 308 takes place at Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena and features Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway in a five-round battle for the featherweight title as the headlining attraction. Check out the updated lineup below.

• Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway
• Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
• Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
• Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige
• Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
• Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
• Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
• Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
• Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
• Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki

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MMA teams led by former UFC champions Frank Mir and Henry Cejudo will go toe to toe at the United Fight League 5 on August 30, 2024, at The Gila River Wild Horse Pass Casino in Arizona. The sold-out event will be streamed on Kick and Rumble for free as well.

Mir and Cejudo coach UFL’s Team Las Vegas and Team Phoenix, respectively. Although the fighting rules are the same, the state-inspired teams and the team-based scoring system in the promotion are like a breath of fresh air in MMA. It is also the first and only combat sports league to provide health insurance to fighters.

Here’s how the UFL aims to set a new standard for combat sports promotions through its newly introduced scoring system…

Frank Mir Explains How Relying On Stars Like Conor McGregor Produces Inconsistent Results For The UFC

Mir appeared on the talkSPORT MMA YouTube channel to discuss UFL 5’s format and innovative scoring system. Including Las Vegas and Phoenix, UFL will have a total of eight teams with Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson confirmed to lead Team Florida and Southern California, respectively.

Here’s how teams will score points at UFL 5:

• Finishing a fight in the first round grants 4 points in a standard bout and 6 points in the main event.
• Finishing a fight in the second round grants 3 points in a standard bout and 5 points in the main event.
• Finishing a fight in the third round grants 2 points in a standard bout and 4 points in the main event.
• Finishing a main event fight in the fourth round grants 3 points.
• Finishing a main event fight in the fifth round grants 2 points.
• A decision win grants 1 point in a standard bout as well as the main event.

In case there’s a tie after all the fights, the team with the least cage time will get the nod, bragging rights, and $ 50,000.

As per Mir, this is how the UFL aims to tackle the problem of being overly dependent on a limited number of stars. He claimed that the UFC benefitted heavily from Conor McGregor but the promotion will always produce fewer numbers when he isn’t fighting.

“It made sense to me because I was like, you know, it sucks because when fighters come and go. You know, he’s like, Conor is a phenomenal example. Conor moved the needle like no other fighter, but when he’s not on the card, or he’s not part of there, everybody suffers. He doesn’t know, not as many people are going to view the fights because he’s not fighting. And so, I was like, how can we get around that. And I always watch college wrestling and seen how, here in the States, you can have a guy from Iowa, you know, wrestling Penn State, Minnesota, and Ohio, and all these powerhouses of wrestling that have long traditions and they have, you know, a car stadium, it fills up 60,000 people.”

The two-time UFC heavyweight champ also stated how this isn’t an issue in wrestling. For instance, team-based college wrestling events in the United States attract thousands of viewers constantly despite the absence of huge names. Mir believes that a team-based setting helps them build loyal fans who care more about a team’s progress instead of just wanting to see one fighter.

It is too early to predict how commercially successful UFL’s new format will be in the long run. For now, fans can enjoy Team Phoenix vs. Team Las Vegas which features a bantamweight championship main event bout between Hunter Azure and Vince Morales.

ALSO READ: Shavkat Rakhmonov Trusts UFC’s Meritocracy To Prevent Conor McGregor Title Shot Hijack, Reveals Belal Muhammad Turned Down UFC 307 Date

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Torrez Finney hopes the third time is the charm when it comes to getting into the UFC.

On Thursday, following an initial post from Finney, MMA Fighting confirmed “The Punisher” will face Abdellah Er-Remy on episode eight of Contender Series, which takes place on Oct. 1.

This will be Finney’s third time on the show and second this season. In 2023, Finney scored a submission win over Yuri Panferov but failed to receive a contract offer. He tried again earlier this month on the second episode of the current Contender Series season, defeating Cam Rowston by unanimous decision, but once again UFC CEO Dana White declined to extend an offer and instead berated Finney for his performance in a clip that garnered headlines for its harshness.

“Finney, now you were here last year and my recommendation to you was to go out and get some experience,” White said after the event. “You’re young, you’re obviously talented, you’re now 9-0, [but] you got one fight. You went out in one year and fought one fight. I’m always brutally honest with this stuff, you’d get absolutely decimated in the UFC with the performance that you put on tonight. Your performance last year was better than this performance. You’re 25 years old, kid. You’re obviously a talented athlete. Go out and get three or four fights this year, then come back to us and talk about the UFC.

“You gassed out tonight. You had a tough time getting through three rounds. You’re not ready for the UFC. When I said go out and get some experience, I didn’t mean one fight. I meant get some fights. We’ll see you soon.”

After White’s rant, Finney revealed that part of the reason he did not compete more often after his first attempt at Contender Series was that he was supposed to take part in the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter until a series of events got in the way. White actually addressed this at the most recent episode of Contender Series, acknowledging that perhaps he was too harsh on Finney.

“So what happened was, I guess he got picked to do The Ultimate Fighter, and then they told him he couldn’t fight for X amount of months, and then he ended up not getting picked,” White said. “I didn’t know that until tonight. He had a rough year.”

Finney is currently 9-0 in his MMA career with seven stoppage wins. Er-Ramy is 7-1 and most recently competed at PFL Europe in 2023, where he scored a first-round TKO win.

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