Vasyl Lomachenko faces off against George Kambosos in Perth on Saturday night. | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images
MMA Fighting has Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos live round-by-round updates for Saturday’s championship bout from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
The main event is expected to begin around 12 a.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+. Check out our Lomachenko vs. Kambosos results page to find out what happened on the undercard.
Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) competes for the first time since losing a controversial decision to Devin Haney in May 2023.
Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs), the current IBO lightweight champion, looks to continue his winning ways after rebounding from back-to-back losses to Haney in 2022 with a majority decision over Maxi Hughes in July 2023.
Lomachenko vs. Kambosos is for the vacant IBF lightweight title.
Check out Lomachenko vs. Kambosos live blog below:
Could we see TJ Dillashaw make his return to the Octagon?
After suffering a devastating should injury during his UFC 280 title tilt with then-bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, the two-time titleholder’s career appeared to be all but finished. However, the Sonora, California native gave his fans hope on Instagram, revealing that he is healing up nicely after undergoing surgery and added that “the future looks bright.”
Of course, Dillashaw could be simply appreciating the fact that he won’t live out the rest of his life dealing with pain and immobility. But considering how his UFC career came crashing down during his final few active years, we imagine his ultimate goal is to make a comeback and try to make history as the promotion’s first-ever three-time bantamweight champion.
At one time, TJ Dillashaw was considered the greatest 135-pound fighter of all time. That narrative was immediately invalidated in March 2019 when he vacated the bantamweight title after USADA and the New York State Athletic Commission found adverse findings following his bout against Henry Cejudo at a Fight Night event two months prior.
He was slapped with a 12-month suspension before being hit with an additional year after testing positive for testing positive for recombinant human erythropoietin, or EPO.
Dillashaw made no excuses and owned up to using banned substances.
TJ Dillashaw’s Return to the UFC was plagued by injuries
He sat out until July 24, 2021, when he returned to earn a split-decision victory over Cory Sandhagen. That promptly put him back into the title picture, but a knee injury sustained during the fight kept him out of action for another 15 months.
He sought to reclaim the bantamweight crown against the ‘Funk Master’ in October 2022 but dislocated his shoulder early in the bout. Dillashaw’s team attempted to pop it back in place, but he ultimately lost the bout via TKO in the second round.
Dillashaw is 13-5 in his UFC career, earning victories over Renan Barao, John Lineker, Cody Garbrandt, and the aforementioned Cory Sandhagen.
Would you like to see TJ Dillashaw make one more run inside the Octagon?
MMA Fighting has Misfits Boxing 14 card results and more for the event at the Troxy in London on Saturday afternoon.
In the main event, influencer boxing mainstay Salt Papi takes on YouTuber and 11-fight MMA veteran Amadeusz Ferrari in a five-round contest. The event will stream live on DAZN.
In the co-main event, Brazilian star Jully Poca faces undefeated influencer boxer 6ar6ie6 for the Misfits Boxing women’s cruiserweight title.
Other bouts include Mist vs. Ryan Taylor, while King Kenny battles it out with Adam Brooks in a 170-pound matchup.
Check out the Misfits Boxing 14 results below.
Main Card (DAZN at 1:30 p.m. ET)
Salt Papi vs. Amadeusz Ferrari
Jully Poca vs. 6ar6ie6 – women’s cruiserweight title fight
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MMA Fighting has UFC St. Louis results for the Lewis vs. Nascimento fight card, a live blog of the main card, and more from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday night.
In the main event, Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento clash in a heavyweight contest. Lewis has last four of his last five fights, while Nascimento has won three straight fights.
Joaquin Buckley and Nursulton Ruziboev will clash in a welterweight contest in the co-main event.
Joe Rogan has shared his views on Mike Tyson as the heavyweight seems locked in on Jake Paul and has even begun viewing his opponent as ‘raw meat’.
Despite his age, Tyson is preparing to make his long-awaited return to professional boxing when he collides with Jake Paul later this year. While the bout has received mixed reviews from fans due to the age differential, the intrigue of a man once labeled ‘the most dangerous man on the planet’ competing once again has many peoples attention.
All eyes are on Mike Tyson’s comeback, but Joe Rogan did have some positive things to say about Jake Paul.
“[He’s] a legitimate boxer, yes,” Rogan said about Jake Paul on his JRE Podcast. “People mocked me when I was saying that before, but now I think people are coming around.”
“If this kid was not a YouTuber. If he wasn’t some guy that you knew from the time he was like 16 years old on YouTube, and you just saw him box, you saw him knock out former UFC champions, you saw him beat legitimate boxers or beat athletes and beat a bunch of MMA fighters, you’d go, ‘This kid can f***ing fight.”
Rogan then went on to discuss just how unnerving Mike Tyson was during his prime years inside the squared circle.
“There’s not a f***ing chance in hell that Jake Paul would survive against the Mike Tyson that beat Marvis Frasier… It was an execution.”
“It was Tyson in his prime where he was f***ing terrifying. He was so fast and he would do angles, he was bobbing and weaving, you couldn’t hit him, and he was just coming at you.”
“I think that Mike Tyson is the best heavyweight of all time. I don’t think anybody f***s with him… I look at fighters when they’re in their absolute prime, like what have you ever seen that was better than this? And with Mike Tyson, I’ve never seen anybody better… He’s still not normal. But he’s still like a heavyweight professional boxer, he’s still terrifying.”
Joe Rogan later spoke on Mike Tyson’s comments about Jake Paul and the former heavyweight kingpins elite mentality.
“Mike Tyson’s mind has switched over into war. He was doing this interview and someone said to him, he goes, ‘You look like you’re in your 20’s, what are you doing?’ He [Tyson] goes, ‘I just eat raw meat… I’m eating raw meat because that’s what I’m going to eat when I fight. I’m gonna eat him, he’s raw meat.'”
“He’s in that God of War mode. He’s still got that in him… He’s in savage mode right now, he’s in savage mode. If I was Jake Paul right now I’d be sh*ttng my pants.”
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Rogan later reminisced on how Mike Tyson inadvertently forced him to change the size of the table in his studio.
“He’s terrifying when he’s in the zone. I changed the shape of the table because of him… We had a table that was this size at the old studio and at the new studio, I was like, ‘Maybe we’ll make the table smaller, it’ll be more intimate, I’ll be closer to the guests.'”
“So, we had Mike Tyson in when he was 300-pounds. And he was just eating and having fun and smoking weed… Then he got this offer to fight Roy Jones Jr..”
“So, he gets in insane shape and the next time I see him, the second podcast we do, Mike now weighs 230-pounds and he’s got these muscles in his forearms. So, he’s sitting there and he’s a different human.”
“He’s so intense, that I was like, ‘If this table was closer to him, I’d be nervous.’ Like, I wouldn’t be able to do my best job as a podcaster. That’s the reason why this table is this width.”
“I’m always afraid when I’m around that guy. Kevin Hart said it best, he goes, ‘It’s like being in a room with a lion.'”
Rogan admitted that he’s interested in seeing how the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul affair plays out.
“I’m curious. I’m gonna watch the fight, we’re all gonna watch the fight. I’m gonna watch it. I mean, it’s a brilliant move by Jake because if he was going to fight anybody else, people would watch, but would the same amount of people watch? No.”
“This is the one where the old heads are all sitting around going, ‘Wait until he gets a hold of Mike Tyson, he’s going to regret that.’ All the old guys are pulling for him like, ‘Come on, Mike. Come on, one more. You got one more in you.'”
“I think this fight is going to be a real, full bore, 100% fight. It’s not even an exhibition. It counts on their professional record so it’s a professional fight.”
Listen to what Joe Rogan had to say about Mike Tyson and Jake Paul below.
Heavyweight veteran Derrick Lewis will have his hands full with Brazilian contender Rodrigo Nascimento tomorrow night (Sat., May 11, 2024) at UFC St. Louis live on ESPN from inside Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, but “Black Beast” is also eying down a potential crossover into professional wrestling.
Lewis, who is one of the most recognizable heavyweights on the UFC roster today, has become quite a favorite among both casual and hardcore fans. His knockout ability and hilarious post-fight interviews have nearly made him a household name. If he’s able to earn another Octagon win in yet another UFC main event this weekend his stock will be on the rise yet again.
With more success comes more opportunities, which could eventually lead Lewis into the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ring. Now that UFC and WWE are under the same corporate umbrella, “Black Beast” might find a way to take his talents to pro wrestling. In fact, the UFC heavyweight claims he’s already had talks about a potential WWE crossover.
Derrick Lewis says his finishing move in the WWE would be like Rikishi’s.#UFCStLouis pic.twitter.com/fhwHCGS2Cz
“We [WWE and Lewis] are actually in talks right now,” said Lewis earlier this week during UFC St. Louis’ media day. “We’ve been talking for a few months. I was supposed to go down there in February to check everything out.”
As far as a potential WWE finishing move, Lewis would like to take a page out of Rikishi’s book and continue to take his shorts off.
“It’d have to be something like Rikishi,” added Lewis, “You might see it. I like taking down my shorts. You might see something like that.”
What do you think, Maniacs? Would you want to see Lewis inside of the WWE ring anytime soon?
Let us know!
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