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The Misfits Boxing 17 fight card has seven fights for the Simpson vs. Aarons event, which takes place at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday.

In the main event, Danny Simpson, a key member of the legendary Leicester City squad that won the Premier League in 2016, faces popular social media star Danny Aarons. Simpson steps in for TikTok star Beavo, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Deen the Great returns to the squared circle as he faces Dave Fogarty for the Misfits lightweight title in the co-main event. Anthony Taylor also competes in a championship bout as he faces Gabriel Silva — the son of former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva — for the promotion’s light heavyweight title.

Other bouts include British fitness TikTok star HSTikkyTokky making his promotional debut as he faces Love Island cast member George Fensom.

Check out the Misfits Boxing 17 fight card below.

Main Card, 3 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV

Danny Simpson vs. Danny Aarons

Deen the Great vs. Dave Fogarty – lightweight title fight

Anthony Taylor vs. Gabriel Silva – light heavyweight title fight

HSTikkyTokky vs. George Fensom

Sami Hamed vs. Jesse Clarke

Ben Williams vs. Warren Spencer

Mike Edwards vs. Jake Cornish

DTG vs. Minikon

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Israel Adesanya failed to reclaim the UFC middleweight championship from Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305. He lost the belt to Sean Strickland in a huge upset and for the first time in his pro MMA career, he has two consecutive losses on his record.

Like Kamaru Usman at welterweight and Alexander Volkanovski at featherweight, Adesanya lost his title after a dominant run in the middleweight division. He beat top contenders like Paulo Costa, Yoel Romero, Marvin Vettori, Robert Whittaker, and Jared Cannonier without much trouble.

While fans ponder what’s next for him, MMA analyst Luke Thomas shared his two cents on the decline of “The Last Stylebender”…

Luke Thomas Blames Israel Adesanya’s One-Dimensional Style For His Loss To Dricus Du Plessis At UFC 305

Thomas discussed why Adesanya’s dominant reign ended abruptly on his YouTube channel recently. He responded to a fan asking whether Izzy never developed his skills in accordance with other fighters in the middleweight division.

He pointed out two ways for champions to dominate their weight class. They can rely on a well-rounded style like Islam Makhachev who possesses dangerous wrestling alongside accurate boxing and kicks. Or, they can master one facet of their game like Khabib Nurmagomedov who was an unstoppable force due to his wrestling despite never having a commendable standup.

“You can be dominant in the UFC via two different models. One is, you are sort of well-rounded but you’ve got one ace in the hole. And you know, you can play the levels a little bit if you have to, but you kind of lean on your strengths. And that’s a common skill set like Islam is kind of like that, right? Or you can go a little bit more like Khabib where, you know, you can get by on the other stuff as long as you might need to for a couple of minutes. But you’ve got one skill set and it’s way better than everybody else and you just lord that over somebody like the Khabib model. Izzy was kind of always on that second model.”

According to Thomas, Izzy’s dominance at middleweight was similar to Nurmagomedov’s. He had decent takedown defense but outscored all his opponents on the feet. His wins over Whittaker and Alex Pereira exemplify this perfectly.

The combat sports analyst also highlighted that Adesanya never submitted an opponent in the UFC and most of his wins came in a similar fashion. He used this to explain why the former UFC middleweight kingpin couldn’t sustain his dominance like José Aldo, who’s still winning fights after making his promotional debut in 2011.

“He got pretty far but could you argue, had there been a little more development and weaponization of the ground game or a bare minimum like submissions, you know, had he got taken down and have to spend time constantly fighting or if his wrestling had gotten really good, what could that have done like Jose Aldo.”

Although Thomas brought up a couple of notable holes in Adesanya’s game, he called him the second-best middleweight of all time without a doubt. So, even though “The Last Stylebender” has struggled to beat the new generation of middleweights lately, one can’t deny that his striking prowess was enough to make him an all-time great.

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Gordon Ryan is open to rematches with Nick Rodriguez and Craig Jones… under his terms.

If the Brazilian jiu-jitsu star is ever to share the mats with “Nicky Rod” or Jones again, it will apparently be under Ryan rules as he outlined the circumstances under which he’d face his rivals again in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday.

Following an impressive showing at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational earlier this month, Rodriguez called for a fight with Ryan with $ 2 million on the line, and Ryan has issued a response via Instagram.

I will say this once and only once. To nicky fraud and can’t win a comp craig- since you both have my [eggplant emoji] in your mouth 24/7, I have a few proposals for you. We either do 2 matches on 1 night, both of you either put up 500k or 1 million each, and I’ll put up 1-2 million, depending. We both compete in the same night,and winners take all. If one of you is too [cat emoji] to accept, I’ll face one of you for 1m vs 1m, which I think is comical seeing as the fact that NF is gonna have to pay roughly 350k I taxes. I know pea brain has never made 7 figures in his life, but after taxes, you have around 650k left, maybe 700 if you’re lucky. After putting at least 20% down on your million dollar house, I would absolutely be willing to bet you don’t have 300-350k cash on hand laying around to put into escrow, which means you’ll have to secure a sponsor to front you that money, and seeing as I’ve beaten you both a total of 5x, including 4 Submissions, good luck on that.

Matches will not be left up to judges, will have minimal ref interference, and thus will be no time limit, submission only. Athletes will also be required to wear long sleeve rash guards and spats (with a no roll up rule) since 4 people have already accused you of grease (mason, pena, me, yuri).

Competition will take place when I’m healthy, if I’m healthy and on a date and platform I decide. Until then, keep dreaming you’ll ever be anywhere near my level after beating guys who can’t make it out of the 1st day at ADCC. If you don’t respond here or publicly, I take this as a no, and I will not respond after this unless I get a clear yes or no to this response. I’m not negotiating.

I am the king, you follow my rules, or you shut up. And before you bet your new found “wealth”, make sure you’re not gonna default on an irs payment and end up in jail or homeless, because only one of us has a million to blow, and we all know who that is ;). This is mostly a message to NF, bec we all know Craig’s the ultimate can crusher and wants absolutely nothing to do with any kind of physical confrontation with me. Well, at least craig will be at the academy helping you prepare for the camp just like he did for cgi and adcc… oh wait…

To summarize Ryan’s demands, he suggested that Rodriguez and Jones face him on the same night, with both men possibly putting up $ 1 million each. The bouts would then be submission only (no judges and no time limit), with the competitors required to wear long-sleeve rash guards and spats.

He added that the bouts will only take place when he is fully healthy and on a date of his choosing. Should his rivals not respond to him in the post or elsewhere publicly, he will consider that a rejection of his proposal.

“I’m not negotiating,” Ryan wrote. “I am the king, you follow my rules, or you shut up.”

Ryan has previously defeated Rodriguez by submission and holds multiple submission wins over Jones. Highlights of those performances were included in Ryan’s post alongside his caption.

Jones replied in the post’s comments section, though not in a way that Ryan is likely to appreciate.

“I literally insult you and your PDF file wife everyday,” Jones wrote. “It should be on sight not when you’re healthy. I’ll wager the video I possess to your one million. If I win it goes to charity.”

Rodriguez is yet to respond to Ryan’s comments.

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Mayra Bueno Silva avoided a harsh penalty following the emotional aftermath of her most recent fight.

At UFC 303 in Las Vegas this past June, Silva lost to Macy Chiasson when it was determined in Round 2 that she could no longer continue after suffering a gruesome cut over her right eye. Silva angrily jumped up and climbed the cage wall, exiting the octagon, which led to a formal complaint from Nevada Athletic Commission executive director Jeff Mullen.

Initially, $ 2,500 of Silva’s $ 100,000 fight purse was withheld, pending further review. At a NAC meeting on Thursday, it was determined that the withheld money would serve as Silva’s fine and that the matter was considered resolved without further punishment other than Silva having to pay an additional $ 157 in prosecution fees.

Silva has had an eventful run of headlines since February 2023, when she defeated former bantamweight champion Holly Holm only to see that win overturned when she later tested positive for Ritalinic acid, a banned substance. The fighter claimed that the failed test was due to medication she had been taking to address her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Silva also received a four-and-a-half month suspension for the infraction.

She went on to lose a unanimous decision to Raquel Pennington in the main event of UFC 297 with a vacant bantamweight title on the line, and is now officially winless in her past three contests after losing to Chiasson.

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Staying Put
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Event: Bellator San Diego: “Nurmagomedov vs. Shabily”
Date: Sat., Sept. 7, 2024
Location: Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California
How To Watch: MAX (watch here) and on DAZN (U.K.)

Bellator San Diego Main Event:

155 lbs.: Champion Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0) vs. Alexander Shabliy (23-3)

Bellator San Diego Main Card:

170 lbs.: Lorenz Larkin (26-8) vs. Levan Chokheli (13-2)
185 lbs.: Douglas Lima (33-11) vs. Aaron Jeffery (14-5)
155 lbs.: Yancy Medeiros (12-8) vs. Jora Ayvazyan (14-1)
125 lbs.: Mackenzie Stiller (6-0) vs. Sumiko Inaba (7-1)

Bellator San Diego ‘Prelims’ Under Card:

185 lbs.: Jordan Newman (6-0) vs. Imamshafi Aliev (9-0)
170 lbs.: Masayuki Kikuiri (9-2-1) vs. Herman Terrado (15-6-1)
125 lbs.: Bryce Meredith (6-0) vs. John MaCalolooy (4-1)
265 lbs.: Josh Hokit (1-0) vs. Sean Rose (2-2)
115 lbs.: Aysia Cortez (3-0) vs. Ashley Thiner (4-1)

For all the latest Bellator MMA news and notes click here.

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