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For the first time in nearly eight years, Charles Bennett was victorious in a fight.

The 44-year-old snapped an overall 21-fight losing streak and a 12-fight skid in MMA competition with a submission victory against Justin Howard at Friday’s Island Fights 84 event in Pensacola, Fla.

Check out the final moments of the bout below where Bennett got full mount on his opponent, attacked with a barrage of ground-and-pound, and sunk in a rear-naked choke to get the tap in Round 2.

It was the first victory for “Felony” since stopping Minoru Kimura in September 2016 in RIZIN. After that, Bennett was defeated in his next 21 combat bouts spanning MMA, boxing, bare-knuckle boxing, and bare-knuckle MMA. Bennett has competed for the likes of PRIDE, Elite XC, BKFC, Gamebred Bareknuckle, and more over two-plus decades of fighting.

The 33-year-old Howard has now dropped two straight. His overall record fell to 3-8.

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Branded likely the ‘worst’ event of the year so far, tonight’s lacklustre UFC Vegas 95 card took another hit overnight – with three separate matchups bringing skewing weight misses, to a card already under a bright spotlight.

Returning to North America tonight following a cameo in Abu Dhabi – the UFC hosted an impressive card in the Middle East over the course of last weekend, topped by a title eliminator between Umar Nurmagomedov, and Cory Sandhagen.

However, tonight’s 10-fight event at the Apex facility has been met with it’s fair share of critics during this week, with a four-year-old rehashed rematch between European heavyweight stalwarts, Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac topping the event.

Littered with a host of names not immediately recognizable to those but hardcore audiences, the event features just one former title charger – in the form of former Invicta FC star, Yana Santos, who suffered a first round knockout loss to Cris Cyborg back at UFC 222 in an unsuccessful featherweight championship fight. 

UFC Vegas 95 card hit with more negative comments

And during yesterday’s official weigh-ins, three fighters missed their respective weight class limits ahead of UFC Vegas 95 – forcing a trio of catchweight clashes in their place.

Firstly, slated to take on the above-mentioned, Santos in her return, Chelsea Chandler missed the bantamweight limit for the second fight consecutively, coming in at 141lbs – forcing a catchweight clash.

Furthermore on the same main card, Danny Barlow failed to meet the welterweight non-title fight limit for his bout with Nikolay Veretenitkov – coming in at 171.25lbs.

And in the night’s co-headliner, Chepe Mariscal came in at 149.5lbs for his slated featherweight fight with Damon Jackson, forcing another catchweight – adding to woes to an already lacklustre and criticized UFC Vegas 95 card. 

First facing off back in 2020 on a UFC Fight Night Norfolk card, Polish contender, Tybura turned in a unanimous decision win over Spivac as part of a five fight win streak that begun that night in Virginia. 

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UFC Fight Night takes place tonight from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, top-ten ranked heavyweights Marcin Tybura (#8) and Serghei Spivac (#9) will clash. While in the co-main event, Damon Jackson will face Chepe Mariscal in a featherweight matchup. 

Three fighters failed to make weight at the weigh-ins. Mariscal missed the featherweight limit by 3.5 pounds, Chelsea Chandler missed the women’s bantamweight limit by 5 pounds, and Danny Barlow missed the welterweight limit by .25 pounds. 

Make sure to catch all the UFC Fight Night results and highlights as they happen below! 

Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 7PM ET): 

• Heavyweight Main Event: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac
• Featherweight Co-Main Event: Damon Jackson vs. Chepe Mariscal
• Welterweight: Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
• Bantamweight: Chris Gutiérrez vs. Quang Le
• Women’s Bantamweight: Yana Santos vs. Chelsea Chandler
• Bantamweight: Toshiomi Kazama vs. Charalampos Grigoriou

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 5PM ET): 

• Women’s Bantamweight: Karol Rosa vs. Pannie Kianzad
• Heavyweight: Jhonata Diniz vs. Karl Williams
• Featherweight: Youssef Zalal vs. Jarno Errens
• Women’s Strawweight: Stephanie Luciano vs, Talita Alencar

Continue Reading UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac 2 Results & Highlights (5 PM ET)  at MMA News.

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Spencer Lee had a dog fight on his hands in his final match against Japan’s Rei Higuchi, but ultimately came up short in his bid to capture a gold medal in his first Olympics.

The former Iowa standout had been dominant through the early rounds but met his match in Higuchi, who displayed similar dominance to punch his ticket to the gold medal match. Ultimately it was Higuchi’s speed that countered Lee’s power to win the match 4-2 and clinch the gold for Japan.

Lee, who missed out on the 2020 Olympics due to injury, still goes home with a silver medal following an incredible run where he won the U.S. Olympic trials but still had to qualify for his weight class to even get to Paris.

He had a raucous crowd on his side in the finals thanks to Lee’s mother being a famed French judoka, along with a strong contingency from the United States. While he goes home with a silver medal, Lee also takes the motivation to potentially come back even stronger when the Olympics land in Los Angeles in 2028.

Meanwhile, Helen Maroulis staked her claim as the best women’s wrestler in the history of the United States after she captured her third Olympic medal on Friday with a rapid-fire win in her bronze medal match against Hannah Taylor from Canada.

Maroulis secured an early takedown and then pinned Taylor for the win in just 24 seconds.

Prior to the U.S. Olympic trials, Maroulis, 32, contemplated retirement but decided to make another run at the prestigious tournament after she became the first American woman to win gold in wrestling back in 2016.

For the second straight Olympics, Maroulis wins bronze as she continues to rack up accomplishments in her legendary career.

“This might be my last match ever,” Maroulis said afterward. “It’s hard, I’m getting older. It’s a hard journey.”

Finally, four-time NCAA champion Aaron Brooks secured a bronze medal of his own with a 5-0 shutout victory over Javrail Shapiev from Uzbekistan.

Brooks suffered a stunning upset in the semifinals after a last-second reversal from Magomed Ramazanov, who represented Bulgaria, cost him the match. Ramazanov went on to capture gold with a win over 2016 Olympic gold medalist and 2020 silver medalist Hassan Yazdani from Iran.

On Friday, Brooks powered back to win bronze, but at 24, he’s just now entering the prime of his career as he undoubtedly looks towards the 2028 Olympic Games.

Following the silver from Lee and the bronze medals by Brooks and Maroulis, the U.S. wrestling team has now secured five total medals, including a pair of golds for women’s wrestlers Amit Elor and Sarah Hildebrandt.

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MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 95 results for the Tybura vs. Spivac 2 fight card and much more from the UFC APEX on Saturday night.

In the main event, Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac square off in a heavyweight contest. Both fighters have won three of their past four fights.

Tybura and Spivac fought before at UFC Norfolk on Feb. 29, 2020. On that date, Tybura beat Spivac via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28).

Damon Jackson and Chepe Mariscal clash in a featherweight contest in the co-main event.

Check out UFC Vegas 95 results below.

Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac

Damon Jackson vs. Chepe Mariscal

Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov

Chris Gutierrez vs. Quang Le

Yana Santos vs. Chelsea Chandler

Toshiomi Kazama vs. Charalampos Grigoriou

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+ at 5 p.m. ET)

Karol Rosa vs. Pannie Kianzad

Jhonata Diniz vs. Karl Williams

Youssef Zalal vs. Jarno Errens

Stephanie Luciano vs. Talita Alencar

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Veteran Light Heavyweight contenders are now scheduled to collide, as former title challengers Anthony Smith and Dominick Reyes are booked to throw down at UFC 310 on December 10, 2024.

That breaking news is courtesy of MMAmania’s very own Alex Behunin.

A former title challenger, Smith currently stands at No. 12 in the Light Heavyweight ranks after his fairly recent loss to Middleweight’s Roman Dolidze. “Lionheart” tried to turn a short-notice opportunity into 205-pound momentum, but it backfired in the form of an ugly defeat. Though he scored a major upset in his previous bout opposite Vitor Petrino (watch here), Smith publicly discussed retirement after his last defeat, as his path to the title was becoming increasingly complicated after growing losses to ranked fighters — now we know that he’ll return to action at least one more!

Reyes knows something about bouncing back from adversity. Though he currently stands at the No. 14 spot, Reyes was once an undefeated hotshot prospect who very nearly dethroned Jon Jones. After that controversial decision loss, Reyes lost three more in a row and suffered serious health issues. It wasn’t until June 2024 that “The Devastator” finally bounced back by knocking out Dustin Jacoby in the very first round.

It remains to be seen if he can keep that momentum rolling opposite Smith.

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I guess failing a drug test and abusing eye pokes equals out in the end, and therefore Chris Weidman is the rightful winner after all? What a journey.

Yana Santos is already riding a three-fight losing streak heading into UFC Vegas 95, she definitely should not accept this fight.

Hmm what did he mean by this?

I cannot wait for somebody to put two fingertips on the mat only to get destroyed by a knee.

What’s fun about Merab Dvalishvili is he has a proven track record of doing silly stuff like this even when the cameras are not around.

Got a little carried away …

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Beautiful takedown feint into spinning elbow, the Jon Jones special.

I am reminded of when a Stefan Struve jump knee didn’t go so well back in the day — it’s not good to get punched with zero connection to the floor!

Embarrassing.

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UFC went into decline as soon as Steven Seagal stopped hanging around.

Midnight Music: Hardcore hip-hop, 1993

I don’t know that many besides me will care or remember, but a decade ago today (Aug. 9, 2014), I made my amateur MMA debut. HERE is the article for the interested and the grainy video can be seen below:

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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