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UFC Edmonton went down last night (Sat., Nov. 2, 2024) inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which saw Brandon Moreno defeat Amir Albazi via unanimous decision in the Flyweight main event of the evening (more on that here). In the co-main event, Erin Blanchfield defeated Rose Namajunas — also via unanimous decision (recap here) — to secure her spot behind top women’s 125-pound contender, Manon Fiorot, for the next title shot.

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Winner: Brandon Moreno

Who He Should Fight Next: Brandon Royval rematch

Moreno got back in the win column in a big way last night, but a shot at the title won’t be next since he was on a two-fight skid prior to his win. At the moment, division king, Alexandre Pantoja, will be defending his strap against Kai Asakura at UFC 310 next month, so I would like to see Moreno and Royval run it back to see who gets the winner. Royval defeated “The Assassin Baby” via split-decision earlier this year, so let’s go at it one more time to see who will be fighting for the belt in 2025.

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Winner: Erin Blanchfield

Who She Should Face Next: Alexa Grasso

After Blanchfield locked down the biggest win of her career over a former champion in Namajunas, “Cold Blooded” called for a fight against another ex-title holder in Grasso. A title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot is all but booked, so Blanchfield would have to sit idle for a while if she opted to wait for her title shot. In the meantime, I like that she’d prefer to stay busy against Grasso, who lost her title to “Bullet” at UFC 306.

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Winner: Brendson Ribeiro

Who He Should Face Next: Ryan Spann

Ribeiro snapped his two-fight win streak and picked up the first win of his UFC career by narrowly defeating Caio Machado via split-decision. Up next for “The Gorilla,” a fight against Spann makes sense because “Superman” also just got back in the win column, snapping his three-fight skid by defeating Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 307 via submission.

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Winner: Jasmine Jasudavicius

Who She Should Face Next: Winner of Karine Silva vs. Viviane Araújo

Jasudavicius secured her third straight win with an impressive submission win over Ariane Da Silva. She will get closer to the Top 10 — she is currently No. 14 — but will likely need one more win to get there. I would like to see her take on the winner of the upcoming showdown between Silva (No. 11) and Viviane Araujo (No. 9), who are set to throw down on Nov. 16 at UFC 309 in New York City.

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Winner: Dustin Stoltzfus

Who He Should Face Next: Abusupiyan Magomedov

Stoltzfus secured a huge win by absolutely obliterating Marc-André Barriault via devastating knockout in the very first round (see it here). It’s a good bounce back win for him after he was previously knocked out himself by Brunno Ferreira. Stoltzfus has been rather inconsistent when it comes to picking up wins, as he is just 3-5 in his UFC career. He will look to keep his current momentum going in his next outing, and I’d like that to be against Magomedov, who is coming off a win off the aforementioned Brunno Ferreira at UFC 308.

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Youssef Zalal is definitely a name to look out for moving forward after he racked up a third straight finish courtesy of a submission during the UFC Edmonton preliminary card.

The first round between Zalal and Welsh standout Jack Shore was close, with the latter having the better quality action. The Moroccan, however, had more control time that prevented Shore from mounting additional attacks.

Things quickly came to an end early in the second round when Zalal landed a perfectly timed knee that dropped Shore. “The Moroccan Devil| followed his stricken opponent to the mat and delivered some strong ground-and-pound before locking up an arm-triangle choke that scored the tap.

Youssef Zalal Earns Third Straight Submission With Victory Over Jack Shore At UFC Edmonton

The result marked Zalal’s third straight submission, all coming this year, after he defeated Billy Quarantillo in March and Jarno Errens in August.

Meanwhile, after starting his career 16-0, former bantamweight Shore has now lost three of his last four Octagon outings.

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Yesterday (Sat., Nov. 2, 2024), during Dala Fighting Championship, which went down in Astana, Kazakhstan, Zhuman Zhumabekov choked Abhilash Raut unconscious with a Von Flue choke in under three minutes in the first round.

While it was a slick submission, it came with controversy. Referee Baurzhan Zhumanov thoroughly missed the Von Flue choke, and while Raut was completely unconscious, the dumb referee told Zhumabekov to work because he thought he was stalling.

The guy was literally clapping as Raut lay on the canvas, unconscious. Zhumabekov realized his opponent was out and released the submission.

Check out the insane clip below:

Missing a Von Flue choke in 2024 is pretty unacceptable for a pro-level mixed martial arts (MMA) referee, but alas, it happened. Thankfully, Raut woke up and was okay.

Something like this happened last year in America, and it was disturbing.

Nevertheless, Zhumabekov (14-8) snapped a two-fight losing streak with the submission win, while India’s Raut (5-4) has lost three fights in a row, all via stoppage.

Watch the entire fight below:

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Alex Pereira defended his UFC light heavyweight title with a fourth-round knockout over Khalil Rountree almost a month ago, and he’s still feeling the effects of the win.

“Poatan” said on an appearance on the Brazilian podcast Podpah that his hand still hurts from the fight, which took place at at UFC 307 on Oct. 5 in Salt Lake City.

“That fourth round, I was throwing jabs and hurting my hand,” Pereira said. “I swear. I was thinking, ‘My hand must be broken.’ It still hurts. Not all the time, no, but if I squeeze here, it hurts.”

Pereira went 3-0 in 2024 with a trio of knockouts, the first two over Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka, and has now won five in a row since moving up to 205 pounds.

“I saw that the jabs were working and thought, ‘I have to hurt him,’” Pereira said. “But then I hit him right there in the [forehead], one of the hardest parts [of the body], and it kept hurting [laughs].”

The UFC is yet to announce the next move for Pereira. Despite rumors, the Brazilian star is not an option to headline UFC 310 after recent news of Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from the Dec. 7 main event.

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