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Cris Cyborg is making it look real easy in the squared circle.

The Bellator women’s featherweight champion returned to the boxing ring at Saturday’s Crypto Fight Night event in London and absolutely obliterated her opponent Aria Wild with a vicious second-round knockout in the co-main event.

Check out the big punch that ended the fight in the video below.

Cyborg is now 4-0 in the boxing ring since September 2022, including a first-round knockout in her previous outing in January. As far as her MMA career is concerned, Cyborg hasn’t competed since PFL absorbed Bellator in a blockbuster deal in November. In her most recent mixed martial arts bout, Cyborg finished Cat Zingano in the first round at Bellator 300 this past October.

The soon-to-be 39-year-old has not lost in any combat sports bout since getting knocked out by Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 in December 2018. Since signing with Bellator, Cyborg is 6-0 with the promotion, finishing five of those victories.

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There is nobody Ilia Topuria loves more than himself.

Even before strapping the 145-pound title around his waist in February, ‘El Matador’ was singing his own praises and making some pretty big plans for the future. To be fair, Topuria has lived up to his self-induced hype, smashing former featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski in the second round of their UFC 298 headliner while keeping his ‘O’ intact.

To celebrate all he’s accomplished, Topuria took to social media where he paid tribute to the person who has provided him with everything he has. … Himself.

“Today I want to express my gratitude to this person for providing me with everything I have, for supporting me to withstand any circumstance and for never losing faith in God and in the attraction of all good things to me,” Topuria wrote in a translated post. “Always relying on me and giving me the life I now enjoy. Today I want to thank myself for all the times I’ve respected myself, loved myself, forgiven myself.

“Long live the Matador that lives inside me! I will always be proud and with a smile on my face, remembering all that I have accomplished.”

Max Holloway Ready to add Ilia Topuria to his already impressive resume

Ilia Topuria’s first defense of the featherweight title has not yet been announced, but all signs currently point toward a September return against the promotion’s reigning BMF titleholder, Max Holloway.

In the eyes of many, Holloway was already the next man in line, but an insane buzzer-beating knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 to claim the bragging rights belt seemingly pushed him over the edge.

Blessed’ is certainly no stranger to strapping gold around his waist, having already captured the interim and undisputed featherweight titles in addition to the BMF belt.

Along the way, Holloway has shared the Octagon with some of the best fighters in the history of the sport, including ‘The Korean Zombie’ Arnold Allen, Alexander Volkanovski, Frankie Edgar, Dustin Poirier, Brian Ortega, Jose Aldo, Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis, and Charles Oliveira.

Will he add Ilia Topuria to his hit list in 2024?

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Watch Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen full fight video to see the five-round exhibition boxing match between UFC legends and old rivals Silva and Sonnen.

Silva vs. Sonnen took place June 15 in Sao Paulo, Brazil at Spaten Fight Night. Silva, 49, and Sonnen, 47, faced off in a third bout following their legendary two UFC encounters. “The Spider” defended his UFC middleweight title in 2010 with an iconic come-from-behind submission in the final minute at UFC 117, then finished Sonnen again with a second-round knockout at UFC 148 in 2012. Silva vs. Sonnen 1 is set to be inducted into the Fight Wing of the UFC Hall of Fame during International Fight Week ahead of UFC 303.

Full fight video for Silva vs. Sonnnen 3 can be watched above.

MMA Fighting’s live play-by-play for Silva vs. Sonnen 3 can be read below.

Round 1: Both men take the center. Silva certainly looking, as expected, like the more polished boxer. Sonnen is in a low crouch throwing body shots at very awkward angles. They tie up and the ref separates. Silva lands a jab, Sonnen back to the body, Silva moving around against the ropes and lands a combination. Referee warns Sonnen for clinching, and they’re back at it. Sonnen with a head clinch, ref separates again. Silva lands a slight left hand and that’s the round. Both men, to say it politely, taking it easy out there.

MMAFighting scores it 10-9 Silva (I guess?)

Round 2: We’re underway with both men throwing a touch harder than the first. Sonnen continuing to go to the body, Silva with a jab and a right hand, Sonnen clinches again to another warning from the official. Short uppercut from Silva, duck under left from Silva as well. Sonnen with sort of a windmill combination that comes up short.

They stand in the pocket and trade some light punches, Silva lands a good left hand, Sonnen fires a right that falls short. To the middle of the ring they go, but the bell sounds.

MMAFighting scores it 10-9 Silva, 20-18 overall

Round 3: Silva opening up his arsenal a bit more in the third, still not throwing with viciousness, but certainly landing. Sonnen gets a double underhook and pushes Silva into the corner, and as they separate, he does it again. Silva tries to reverse, but ref separates them. Silva with a jab, Sonnen to the body, Silva playing defense and countering with jabs and short rights. They battle in tight in the corner for a moment before the referee sees enough. Four-punch combo from Silva lands, followed by a hard shot to the body. Sonnen trying to bully inside to the body. Silva avoids anything major and the bell rings.

MMAFighting scores it 10-9 Silva, 30-27 overall

Round 4: Sonnen comes out trying to hunt Silva down, but Silva moving around like a butterfly. Short uppercut from Silva, Sonnen ties up, and we separate. About 15 seconds of moving without a punch thrown from either guy, eventually short uppercut from Silva, three-punch combo behind it, and a dig to the body, but nothing ferocious being thrown from either guy. Silva lands a shot and Sonnen falls to the mat. Not sure if it’s a true knockdown or not, but it’s Silva landing most of the punches as the round ends.

MMAFighting scores it 10-9 Silva, 40-36 overall

Round 5: Didn’t appear to be a knockdown, so we go to the fifth. Punches in bunches from both guys. Silva looks much fresher bouncing around. Silva waiting for Sonnen to come in, and when he does, Silva lands a combo. Sonnen rushes in, ties up agains the ropes. Ref allows it for around 10 seconds before separating. Sonnen bleeding from the nose as a brief timeout is called to clean it up. Okie dokie.

Final 20 seconds of this one, Silva lands a pair of jabs, circles around, hits Sonnen about nine times unanswered, and that’s it. Sonnen raising his hands in the air looking like he had a five-round war. Silva looks like he didn’t fight at all. Good little piece of nostalgia, but certainly not any sort of knockdown, drag out affair.

MMAFighting scores it 10-9 Silva, 50-45 overall

After the final bell. Silva and Sonnen remove their gloves. Silva puts his sleeveless hoodie on, walks over to Sonnen’s corner, shakes the hands of the coaches, and hugs Sonnen.

Final Result: Exhibition ends with no winner

Post-Fight: Silva thanks the Brazilian fans as it was promoted as his final fight in Brazil.

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UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is no stranger to saving the day for the UFC, and he documented the moment he did it for the second time in 2024.

Pereira will face former champion Jiri Prochazka in a rematch in the new main event of UFC 303, which takes place June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 205-pound title bout was announced just 16 days before it is set to take place, and replaces the originally slated headliner between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler after McGregor was forced to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury.

Watch the moment Pereira received the phone call to see his reaction — along with members of his team — in the video above, courtesy of Pereira’s YouTube channel.

Pereira most recently competed at UFC 300 in April, knocking out Jamahal Hill in the first round of the main event to retain his title. “Poatan” entered the fight with a broken toe, and added a second toe break during his win over Hill. Pereira says he’s good to go, and “ready to fight” Prochazka for the second time.

In their first meeting, Pereira stopped Prochazka with strikes in the first round to capture the vacant light heavyweight belt in the main event of UFC 295 this past November.

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The UFC Apex in Las Vegas hosted Saturday’s UFC Vegas 93 event.  Headlining the fight card was a flyweight bout between fifth-ranked Alex Perez and 13th-ranked Tatsuro Taira. Both men officially weighed in at 126 pounds on Friday.  

Perez entered the fight having snapped a three-fight losing streak in his last outing.  Coming off a knockout win over Matheus Nicolau in April, Perez was looking to build momentum.  Taira made the walk to the octagon undefeated in his six-year mixed martial arts career.  The Japanese fighter was looking to extend his impressive winning streak and leap into contender status.  

After a brief period of striking, the two clinched early in the opening round.  Perez connected with leg kicks while Taira fought behind his jab.  Perez pressed forward with a flurry of punches before returning to the center of the cage.  Taira clinched and tried to deliver knees.  Perez pushed him away.  Taira landed an uppercut as Perez moved into the pocket.  They clinched before quickly separating.  Taira accidentally poked Perez in the eye.  Perez was given time to recover and the fight resumed.  

The two took the center of the cage when the bout was restarted.  Taira tried to land a leaping knee but Perez took him down.  Taira wasted no time getting back to his feet.  The round ended with each fighter missing with kicks.  

Perez rushed forward with a flurry.  Taira tied to clinch but Perez pushed him away.  Perez was poked in the eye again.  Referee Herb Dean warned Taira but did not take a point.  The fight resumed and Taira landed a right hand.  Perez responded with a combination.  Perez delivered a counter combination and continued to land leg kicks.  Taira changed levels and took Perez down.  Perez looked to stand and Taira took his back.  Perez stood but Taira stayed on him.  Taira drug Perez to the canvas and Perez tapped out.  He appeared to have suffered a leg injury.  

The official time of the stoppage was 2:59 of the second round.  Taira extended his unbeaten stream to 16 fights and will likely move up several spots in the rankings.    

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