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Rozik and Boyqobilov fought hard across four entertaining rounds that could lead to a superfight against the one and only Hasbulla.

Tajikistani singer and social media influencer Abdu Rozik can officially add ‘boxer’ to his bio after a hard fought four rounds against Erali Boyqobilov at Social Knockout 3.

Abdu Rozik is best known for his longstanding feud with Hasbulla, and his performance in Dubai on Saturday will only fuel calls for a superfight between the two. While Hasbulla has been the one to challenge Rozik to fight in the past, Rozik just proved he’s actually willing to fight.

Influencer boxing is often sloppy, but can make up for its shortcomings if both boxers are willing to lay it on the line and scrap. Erali Boyqobilov was definitely down for that, and he brought the fight to Rozik across four two-minute rounds. At the end both men were declared champions, leaving a confused Boyqobilov wondering what just happened to his clear decision win.

As for Rozik, he took a lot of punches and kept going. Boyqobilov was the better boxer but Rozik showed a lot of heart hanging in for the full fight. He also has the better mic skills: he trashed the results of the fight and accused Erali of cheating.

If people were hoping this bout would be terrible and fizzle interest in Rozik vs. Hasbulla? It didn’t. If anything, we want Rozik vs. Hasbulla, with the winner facing Boyqobilov!

Watch the highlights below:

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LAS VEGAS — All signs seem to be pointing towards Raquel Pennington defending the UFC bantamweight title for the first time against Julianna Peña — and that’s more than OK with the new champion.

Pennington captured the title with a dominant decision win over Mayra Bueno Silva at January’s UFC 297 event, and now she is hopeful to face her fellow cast member from season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter in a matchup “Rocky” believes is 11 years in the making.

Prior to the 2024 UFC Hall of Fame ceremony during UFC 303 fight week in Las Vegas, Pennington spoke with reporters about the expected bout with Peña, how she’s been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, the tough run she — and her family — has had since winning the belt, Kayla Harrison entering the UFC, who Harrison should face next in her eyes, and more.

Watch the full scrum in the video above.

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Darren Till may have scored a win in his return to combat sports action, but the ultimate result was a disaster inside the ring.

Till took on Moh Mutie in the featured contest of Social Knockout 3 in Dubai, UAE. During the fight, Mutie turned his head, with the former UFC fighter landing a light strike to the back of the head.

While this would normally be considered an illegal strike, Till was declared the winner by TKO after Mutie was left apparently unable to continue, claiming to feel dizzy after the punch.

But the action did not stop there, as the pair got into a brawl following the fight ending, with both teams getting involved.

Darren Till Involved In Brawl After Defeating Moh Mutie In Combat Sports Return

Till had been originally scheduled to return in a bout with Julio César Chávez Jr. on July 20 at the originally scheduled Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson card before the main event was delayed.

Till had been out of action since losing to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 282 in December 2022. He exited the UFC last February after requesting his release to pursue other ventures.

Till’s opponent, Mutie, is a Middle Eastern MMA fighter known as “The Palestinian Gorilla” with an MMA record of 2-2-1.

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Nate Diaz is set to make more money than Jorge Masvidal for Saturday’s fight.

This Saturday, Diaz and Masvidal face off in a 10-round light heavyweight boxing match at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The bout is a rematch of sorts from their 2019 fight at UFC 244 which crowned the inaugural “BMF” champion, a concept originated by Diaz. The Stockton native lost that fight by third-round doctor’s stoppage, but the previous outcome appears to have had no effect on their purses for this fight because Diaz leads all fighters for the upcoming card with a $ 500,000 guaranteed purse , while Masvidal will only net $ 300,000 before pay-per-view sales.

The California State Athletic Commission revealed the salaries in a message to MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin on Saturday.

In fact, Masvidal is not even the second-highest base salary for Saturday’s event as former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who faces Chris Avila in the featured bout of the evening, is set to earn a guaranteed $ 350,000. Avila, meanwhile, earns $ 210,000, the fourth-highest purse on the card, even above former boxing world champion Daniel Jacobs, who nets just $ 100,000 for his bout with Shane Mosely Jr. ($ 160,000). However, Jacobs also missed weight for his fight and was fined 20 percent of his purse, half of which will go to Mosely Jr.

A complete list of the salaries for the event can be seen below. As always, these figures do not represent a fighter’s total earnings, as certain sponsorship incomes, pay-per-view earnings, and other revenue streams are not publicly disclosed.

• Nate Diaz $ 500,000
• Jorge Masvidal $ 300,000
• Daniel Jacobs $ 100,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Shane Mosley Jr.)
• Shane Mosley Jr. $ 160,000
• Anthony Pettis $ 350,000
• Chris Avila $ 210,000
• Curmel Moton $ 40,000
• Nikolai Buzolin $ 8,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Curmel Moton)
• Amado Vargas $ 100,000
• Sean Garcia $ 50,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Amado Vargas)
• Devin Cushing $ 60,000
• Manuel Correa $ 15,000
• Luciano Ramos $ 5,000
• Dan Hernandez $ 3,500
• Alan Sanchez $ 55,000
• Luis Lopes $ 22,500
• Steve Dunn $ 500
• Gabriel Costa $ 2,500
• Jose Aguayo $ 40,000
• Bryce Logan $ 6,000
• Ken Lopez $ 18,000
• Andres Martinez $ 600

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Luana Santos’ recent weight miss has an explanation.

The Brazilian fighter came in three pounds over the bantamweight limit for her fight with Stephanie Egger this past December, stepping to the scale at 139 pounds. In an interview with MMA Fighting, she explained that the miss was due to an autoimmune disease.

Santos, who returns to the cage in a 125-pound clash with Mariya Agapova at UFC Denver next Saturday, said in an interview with MMA Fighting that she was diagnosed with a thyroid issue called Hashimoto’s disease during a trip to Brazil last year, months after her successful UFC debut. Initially, she thought it was no big deal.

“I had no idea what it was and if it would have any impact so I didn’t care one bit about it,” Santos said. “I thought it would be nothing, and then my weight started going up and up. My manager called in late November saying he had a fight booked and I told him I would not make 125, but we could do it at 135 if my opponent was down for it. [Egger] agreed, and I had three weeks to make 135. I weighed 163 pounds at the time.

“I thought it would be hard but I would be able to make it. It was the craziest three-week span of my life. I didn’t make weight in the end, but I thought it was due to some other issue. I got too tired in the fight as well, and my hair was falling as well, and I had no idea it was due to the thyroid problem.”

Santos defeated Egger and returned to Brazil in January for more exams, during which a physician once again detected an issue with the thyroid gland. Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition that can lead to weight gain, depression, fatigue and pain, as well as the hair loss that Santos noticed.

“The doctor said my weight would go up again because my thyroid gland wasn’t working,” Santos said. “The levels were way higher than it should be, and some vitamins were low, and I had to start taking medication to control my thyroid. There’s no cure, I’ll have to take this medication forever. I went all the way up to 168 pounds, 42 pounds over my division.”

Santos said the UFC is aware of her condition, and that’s why she was offered a match in Denver with enough time to prepare to make 125 pounds again. The 24-year-old Brazilian said she currently weights 136 pounds, on point for this moment of her camp.

“My thyroid is OK now but I’ll have to continue on medication and watch my diet,” Santos said. “My health is better, as well as my energy. I didn’t fell like training before, I just wanted to lay in bed and do nothing. I was afraid at first, especially because it was something new. I didn’t know if the medication would work or not, but my doctors explained everything to me and that calmed me down.”

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