The octagon is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for this weekend’s UFC event. A women’s strawweight bout between 3rd ranked Amanda Lemos and 5th ranked Virna Jandiroba headlines the fight card. Lemos last fought in February, defeating Mackenzie Dern via unanimous decision. Jandiroba will enter the bout riding a three-fight winning streak.
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Card Info
Airing on ESPN/ESPN+ @ Saturday 07.20.2024
Main Card @ 8PM ET
Division
Fighters
Strawweight
Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba
Middleweight
Brad Tavares vs Jun Yong Park
Park medical issues
Featherweight
Steve Garcia vs. Seung Woo Choi
Lightweight
Kurt Holobaugh vs. Kaynan Kruschewsky
Flyweight
Cody Durden vs. Bruno Silva
Featherweight
Doo Ho Choi vs. Bill Algeo
Prelims @ 5PM ET
Division
Fighters
Featherweight
Hyder Amil vs. Jeong Yeong Lee
Bantamweight
Brian Kelleher vs. Cody Gibson
Flyweight
Miranda Maverick vs. Dione Barbosa
Lightweight
Loik Radzhabov vs. Trey Ogden
Bantamweight
Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilov\u00e1
Heavyweight
Mohammed Usman vs. Thomas Petersen
Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.
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Bruno Silva | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Bruno Silva built most of his MMA career training alongside former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo, but decided to change things up in 2024.
Set to fight Cody Durden at UFC Vegas 94 this Saturday, “Bulldog” told MMA Fighting why he opted to move from Arizona to Florida to join American Top Team earlier this year.
“There’s a lot of great people here,” Silva said of ATT. “There are three world champions here: Alexandre Pantoja, Adriano Moraes, and Kyoji Horiguchi. That’s one of the reasons why I came here, because it’s really strong in my weight class. The quality here, numbers speak for itself. I can’t say it was better [at Fight Ready] if the champions are here.”
Silva has known Pantoja for many years, dating back to back when the now UFC flyweight king made his octagon debut after being on The Ultimate Fighter 24 with Cejudo as coach, and will have former UFC contender Jussier Formiga in his corner after working with the jiu-jitsu ace in camp. Striking coach Anderson França and Bellator veteran Danny Sabatello were also key members of his camp.
“I’ve always heard great things about here,” Silva said. “I really love Arizona, I was at Fight Ready with Cejudo for nine years and I love everybody there, but I did the math and it made sense to move here. It’s closer to Brazil so it’s easier to visit my family. The weather is better, the beach, and it’s the world’s biggest gym. There’s no tax in Florida and the gym only charges me five percent, half of what I paid [at Fight Ready], so I moved to a better place and ended up saving money. I really love it there, but it’s about changing for the better.”
Silva won his past three UFC fights with finishes and won $ 50,000 bonuses for each of those victories, but hasn’t fought in more than a year. “Bulldog” took care of his body and saw multiple matchups fell through in the meantime, including a clash with Durden in September 2023. They will finally meet Saturday, and Silva wants to get the job done and stay active going forward.
“Another knockout and another bonus,” Silva said of his plans for UFC Vegas 94. “I don’t know what round and how, but I know it’s happening. I’m ready for this. It was one my best camps ever and I’m very happy to be fighting and making money now. I’m living the dream here, so I have to be happy. No complaints, man.”
UFC Vegas 94 headliner Amanda Lemos when she fought Mackenzie Dern at UFC 298. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
UFC Vegas 94 results, live streaming updates for Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba-led event TONIGHT (Sat., July 20, 2024) on ESPN/ESPN+. Checkout what happens right here!
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the cozy confines of its APEX venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, TONIGHT (Sat., July 20, 2024) with UFC Vegas 94. The mixed martial arts (MMA) event will be streamed LIVE on ESPN and ESPN+. The main event features recent Strawweight title challenger, Amanda Lemos, taking on her fellow Brazilian, Virna Jandiroba (a former Invicta FC Strawweight champion). The co-main event was supposed to see veteran Brad Tavares versus “The Iron Turtle,” Jun Yong Park at Middleweight. However, Park had problems on weigh-in day and this fight has now been scrapped from the event (details here). Steve Garcia versusSeung Woo Choihas been promoted to the new co-main event. The remaining main card includes popular “Korean Superboy,” Doo Ho Choi, versus Bill Algeo, Kurt Holobaughversus Kaynan Kruschewsky, Cody Durdenversus Bruno Silvaand Hyder Amil versus Jeong Yeong Lee.
The “Prelims” card includes Brian Kellehervs. Cody Gibson and Miranda Maverick vs. Dione Barbosa (Maverick was supposed face Tracy Cortez here before Cortez was parachuted into last week’s UFC Denver card).
UFC VEGAS 94 START TIME, DATE
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Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Lemos vs. Jandiroba” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC Vegas 94 results. (Note: This will go from the top down; therefore, look to the top of the stream for the newest update).
UFC VEGAS 94 QUICK RESULTS
115 lbs.: Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba 185 lbs.: Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park — Canceled (details here) 145 lbs.: Steve Garcia vs. Seung Woo Choi 155 lbs.: Kurt Holobaugh vs. Kaynan Krushcewsky 125 lbs.: Cody Durden vs. Bruno Silva 145 lbs.: Doo Ho Choi vs. Bill Algeo 145 lbs.: Hyder Amil vs. Jeong Yeong Lee 135 lbs.: Brian Kelleher vs. Cody Gibson 125 lbs.: Miranda Maverick vs. DIone Barbosa 155 lbs.: Loik Radzhabov vs. Trey Ogden 135 lbs.: Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilova 265 lbs.: Mohammed Usman vs. Thomas Peterson
UFC VEGAS 94 ‘LEMOS VS. JANDIROBA’ PLAY-BY-PLAY
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Virna Jandiroba | Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Virna Jandiroba wants to cement her position as the next contender for Zhang Weili’s UFC strawweight title with a win over Amanda Lemos at UFC Vegas 94 this Saturday.
A winner of her past three UFC bouts, the jiu-jitsu ace feels she could earn the opportunity with an impressive victory and surpass undefeated Tatiana Suarez in the run for gold following previous wins over Loopy Godinez, Marina Rodriguez, and Angela Hill.
“I definitely think [I’m next],” Jandiroba told MMA Fighting. “The two top-five fighters that haven’t fought for the title yet are myself and Tatiana, and we’re two fresh names. I think that a win over Amanda Lemos does take me to a title fight.”
Jandiroba said possibly being on the verge of competing for a belt “obviously brings extra weight” to a fight, “but I try to handle with it the best way possible.”
“The belt is something I’ve always said I want so bad,” Jandiroba said. “Not the belt itself, but what it represents. It’s the symbol of a dream. But I’m focused on this fight first, right? I have to win this fight first and then — we obviously think about it because we’re close to it, it could be the next step, but I try to focus on this fight to also take that weight away a little bit. Saturday is the future. We have to think about this future first.”
Jandiroba has won the majority of her MMA wins by submission, a list that includes UFC stoppages of Felice Herrig and Mallory Martin as well as a successful Invicta FC title defense over Janaisa Morandin. On the other side, Lemos, who lost a decision when challenging Zhang in 2023, brings an opposite fighting style with several knockouts to her credit.
“We’re both complete athletes, obviously, but we have pretty distinct games,” Jandiroba said. “She’s more of a striker and I come from a grappling background, and I have fought many strikers before, although I’ve been tested on the ground as well. I have the utmost respect for Amanda’s story, she’s a very dangerous girl, but I’ve faced this type of matchup many times before in my career.”
Lemos won a three-round decision over jiu-jitsu legend Mackenzie Dern in her most recent bout. Jandiroba broke the fight down in camp and saw many openings left by Lemos that Jandiroba believes she would’ve taken advantage of “because my jiu-jitsu is different.”
“We have similar styles but we’re far different in many aspects as well,” Jandiroba said of her grappling compared to Dern’s. “I’ve studied how Amanda behaved in that fight, even on the ground, and we could see a lot of things, a lot of holes, but also things Amanda does well. I’m ready to fight five rounds if it goes that long, but I think it can end early because we both go for the finish.”
Cody Garbrandt is one of the most tatted-up fighters on the UFC roster, but his latest addition has fight fans wondering if he lost a bet.
‘No Love’ celebrated his 33rd birthday on July 7 and recently took to his Instagram stories to share a couple of new tattoos, including a rather elaborate one under his right arm. However, it’s the one he got on his face that has every talking.
Garbrandt had a sword permanently inked above his right eyebrow that travels down below his eye. You can see pics of the new ink via the images below:
UFC Fans unload on Cody Garbrandt
It didn’t take long for fight fans to chime in, questioning the former bantamweight champion’s decision.
After dropping five out of six, Garbrant found the win column in back-to-back bouts against Trevin Jones and Brian Kelleher. ‘No Love’ came up short of making it three straight, suffering a submission loss to former flyweight titleholder Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300 in April.
Garbrandt will be back in action at a Fight Night event on October 12 when he meets Miles Johns in the co-main event.
Following his attack last week, Donald Trump is being branded a true American hero by many of his fellow countrymen. One man that joined in on the praise was one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Hulk Hogan.
‘Hulkamania’ is a two-time WWE Hall-of-Fame inductee for the incredible work he put in over the years. Though retired, the 70-year-old remains a global star, and he just used his electrifying stature to deliver a fiery speech for former President Trump.
Since getting shot and demanding Americans fight, Donald Trump has been the center of attention, and rightly so. As Trump battles to be reinstated into the White House, supporters are beginning to speak up and Hulk Hogan is just the latest.
“Well, let me tell you something, brother…” a fired up Hogan said during his speech for Trump. “At the end of the day, with our leader up there, my hero, that gladiator, we’re going to bring America back together. One real American at a time.”
“I’ve seen some great tag teams in my time. Hulk Hogan and ‘The Macho Man’ Randy Savage. But you know something, I see the greatest tag team of my life, standing upon us, getting ready to straighten this country out for all the real Americans.”
“You better get ready because when Donald J. Trump becomes the president of the United States, all the real Americans are going to be nicknamed ‘Trumpites’.”
“So, with the power of Donald J. Trump, and all the ‘Trumpites’ running wild, America is going to get back on track. And like Donald J. Trump said, America is going to be great again.”
Hogan then ramped up his speech, cutting a memorable promo and tearing his top apart, reminiscent of the old days.
“I think about how Donald Trump, his family was compromised. When I look out there and I see Donald Trump, I think about ow his business was compromised.”
“But what happened last week, when they took a shot at my hero, and they tried to kill the next president of the United States. Enough was enough and I said, let Trumpamania run wild, brother. Let Trumpamania rule again. Let Trumpamania make America great again.”
“As an entertainer, I tried to stay out of politics. But after everything that’s happened to our country over the past four years, and everything that happened last weekend, I can no longer stay silent.”
“I’m here tonight because I want the world to know that Donald Trump is a real American hero. And I’m proud to support my hero as the next president of this United States.”
Hogan continued, discussing the 2024 election and reminiscing on an old encounter with Trump.
“I’ve known Donald Trump for over 35 years…” Hogan said. “The last time I was up on stage, Donald Trump was sitting at ringside at the Trump Plaza. I was bleeding like a pig and I won the world title, right in front of Donald J. Trump.”
“And you know something, he’s going to win in November, and we’re all going to be champions again when he wins. And like I said, I’ve known that man for over 35 years and he’s always been the biggest Patriot, and he still is…”
“No matter the odds, he always finds a way to win. And when he’s back in our White House, America is going to start winning again.”
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Hogan’s praise for Trump continued.
“I know tough guys, but let me tell you something, Donald Trump is the toughest of them all. They’ve thrown everything at Donald Trump. All the investigations, the impeachments, the court cases, and he’s still standing and kicking their birth.”
“You know, we’ve never had it better than the Trump years. Back then, we has a thriving economy, we had strong borders, we had safe streets, we had peace and respect around the world. But then we lost it all in the blink of an eye.”
“Crime is out of control, the border is out of control. Pricing of food and gas and housing is out of control, and the only person who can clean this up is Donald Trump…”
“So, all you criminals, all you low lives, all you scumbags, all you drug dealers, and all you crooked politicians need to answer one question, brother.”
“What you gonna do when Donald Trump and all the Trumpamaniacs run wild on you, brother?”
Watch Hulk Hogan’s instant-classic Donald Trump speech below.
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