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James Vick did not have a good night.

The former UFC lightweight contender suffered a brutal knockout loss at the hands of fellow UFC veteran Rafael Alves on Friday in the main event of Karate Combat 47.

Just minutes into the bout, Alves starched Vick with a grisly head kick that left the 37-year-old Texas native splayed out on the mat, totally unconscious. Watch video below.

Vick is now 1-2 under the Karate Combat banner, having sandwiched a win over Gabriele Cera between losses to Jorge Perez and Alves.

A veteran of The Ultimate Fighter 15, Vick is most remembered for the 9-1 run that kicked off his UFC career and carried him to the precipice of lightweight title contention. He retired from MMA in 2021 following a loss to Andre Fialho on the regional scene.

Alves also had a four-fight run in the UFC from 2021-23, picking up a first-round submission over Marc Diakiese but falling short against Damir Ismagulov, Drew Dober, and Nurullo Aliev.

The highlight-reel knockout punctuated a wild event that also saw Karate Combat president Asim Zaidi choke a cornerman of Will Esparza unconscious during a chaotic brawl.

The full event replay can be watched below.

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Ian Garry believes Michael Page is gaining an unfair advantage against him by using spies.

The Irishman has extended his record to a perfect 14-0 since signing for the UFC in 2021. ‘The Future’ is now approaching the biggest and most challenging fight of his career, but the undefeated star has made some bold accusations toward his opponent.

During the fiery UFC 303 press conference, Ian Garry didn’t hold back as he promised to finish Michael ‘Venom’ Page on Saturday.

“Look, I am so talented,” Garry said. “This guy couldn’t win a world title in Bellator and he’s trying to come over here and he’s trying to do something different.”

“What he’s doing in the UFC is, he’s trying to legitimize is career. I’m going to put an end to his career on Saturday night. I’m going to finish him and I’m going to send him back to London.”

Garry then made a huge accusations about MVP’s actions ahead of their matchup.

“I’ve already broke this man’s confidence down so much. He knows I don’t need to say what I’m talking about. You know exactly what I’m on about.”

“Your self-confidence is f***ed. You know what I’m talking about and it will come out. It’ll come out, kid. But your brain is f***ing scurrying for excuses.”

“Did you and your team offer thousands of dollars to get information in Chute Boxe from my boys?”

“Did you send someone a message and offer thousands for information? And you couldn’t infiltrate the camp.”

Related: Michael Page explains why he considers Ian Machado Garry a ‘fake Conor McGregor’

Garry continued, slating Page and his team.

“Your little f***ing rat jiu-jitsu coach offered money to one of my Brazilian friends and you got nothing. Saturday night, you’re f***ed.”

“All I know is you’re getting suspended after this f***ing fight. You’re never fighting again after this fight. You and your jiu-jitsu coach are getting suspended for life.”

Watch the chaos unfold below.

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MMA Fighting has UFC 303 results for the Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 fight card, live blogs of the entire main card, and more from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira puts his belt on the line against former UFC champion Jiri Prochazka in a rematch. Pereira knocked out Prochazka in the second round in their previous meeting at UFC 295 on Nov. 11, 2023.

Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes clash in the co-main event in a lightweight contest. Also on the main card, Ian Machado Garry tries to remain unbeaten when he faces Michael “Venom” Page.

Check out the UFC 303 results below.

Main Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)

Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka

Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes

Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson

Anthony Smith vs. Roman Dolidze

Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Page

Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)

Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault

Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili

Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva

Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri

Early Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)

Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson

Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday

Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez

Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira

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Paige VanZant has her first combat sports victory since 2019.

The popular UFC and BKFC veteran scored two knockdowns en route to winning her slap debut via one-sided unanimous decision over against Christine Wolmarans on Friday at Power Slap 8.

VanZant, 30, knocked Wolmarans down with her second and third slaps of the three-round match. Wolmarans survived, but barely seemed to hurt VanZant with offense of her own, despite even getting a fourth attempt after VanZant was called for a flinching foul in the third round.

In the end, all three judges scored the match 30-25 in VanZant’s favor.

“Honestly, it was absolutely incredible,” VanZant said. “Of course I wanted to knock her out with the first slap, but I’m so happy that it went the way that it did. I knew I could take a punch, I knew I could take a slap. That was really fun.”

VanZant had been unsuccessful in her combat sports endeavors since submitting Rachael Ostovich with an armbar in a 2019 UFC bout. She suffered a first-round loss to Amanda Ribas in her final UFC bout, then lost back-to-back decisions against Britain Hart and Ostovich in bare-knuckle boxing after signing with BKFC. Most recently, she fought to a split draw in an influencer boxing match against Elle Brooke under the Misfits banner after suffering an early knockdown in the bout.

Now, however, VanZant is finally back in the winner’s circle — and she indicated that Friday’s slap debut won’t just be a one-off.

“This is too much fun to walk away from,” VanZant said.

Watch highlights below.

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A featherweight bout between third-ranked Brian Ortega and 14th-ranked Diego Lopes serves as Saturday’s UFC 303 co-main event.  Ortega (16-3, 1 NC) will enter the fight coming off a win over Yair Rodriguez in February.  Lopes (24-6) is riding a three-fight winning streak.  

For Ortega, a win would keep him in contender status and within title shot reach.  Lopes has the opportunity to leap several fighters in the rankings is he’s able to upset Ortega.  

UFC 303 Co-Main Event Weigh-In Video

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