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Matheus Nicolau is finally on the verge of a UFC return.

The longtime flyweight contender and his fellow UFC Vegas 91 headliner Alex Perez both made weight at Friday’s official weigh-ins, rendering their main event official. Nicolau tipped the scales at 125.5 pounds, while Perez weighed in at 126 pounds, both meeting the 126-pound limit for a non-title flyweight contest.

Nicolau has been out of action for more than a year after repeated attempts to book a matchup against Manel Kape have fallen through. Nicolau was once again set to face Kape at UFC Vegas 91, however Kape ultimately withdrew and Perez stepped in on short notice.

Nicolau suffered a first-round knockout loss to Brandon Royval in his most recent outing in April 2023. Perez has lost three straight bouts, including a decision setback to Muhammad Mokaev in March.

In the co-main event, light heavyweights Ryan Spann (205.5) and Bogdan Guskov (204.5) both hit the mark for their 205-pound tilt.

Two fighters on the card missed weight on their first attempts: David Onama weighed in at 148.5 pounds, 2.5 pounds over the featherweight limit for his main card bout against Jonathan Pearce (146), and James Llontop tipped the scales at 156.5 pounds, a half-pound over for his undercard match against Chris Padilla (154.5).

Both offending fighters forfeited 20 percent of their purses to their opponents and their bouts will proceed as scheduled.

See official UFC Vegas 91 weigh-in results below.

Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Matheus Nicolau (125.5) vs. Alex Perez (126)

Ryan Spann (205.5) vs. Bogdan Guskov (204.5)

Ariane da Silva (126) vs. Karine Silva (125.5)

Austen Lane (254.5) vs. Jhonata Diniz (255)

Tim Means (171) vs. Uros Medic (171)

Jonathan Pearce (146) vs. David Onama (148.5)*

Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Rani Yahya (136) vs. Victor Henry (135.5)

Austin Hubbard (156) vs. Michal Figlak (155)

Don’Tale Mayes (264) vs. Caio Machado (251.5)

Marnic Mann (115.5) vs. Ketlen Souza (115.5)

James Llontop (156.5)* vs. Chris Padilla (154.5)

Ivana Petrovic (126) vs. Liang Na (126)

Gabriel Benitez (155) vs. Maheshate (155.5)

*Onama missed weight by 2.5 pounds

**Llontop missed weight by .5 pounds

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Max Holloway is still riding high after his all-time great knockout win over Justin Gaethje (watch it) at UFC 300 a couple weeks ago. The “Blessed” Hawaiian scored a BMF title thanks to the victory, but he also lined himself up for another shot at Featherweight gold opposite current champion Ilia Topuria.

The fight itself will go down in history as a masterclass performance, as Holloway touched up Gaethje in every round prior to the buzzer-beater knockout. However, that’s not to say Gaethje didn’t also find his own success. “The Highlight” landed quite a few heavy low kicks that bruised up Holloway’s lead leg, and he certainly landed some clubbing hooks upstairs too.

One such right hand caught Holloway upside the the hide and briefly sent him to the floor. Holloway bounced back up and fought back immediately, but it appeared to be the first knockdown against him in an already legendary career! Officially, however, it wasn’t deemed a knockdown, as the UFC statisticians are UFCStats.com do not recognize the exchange as a knockdown.

Even Holloway knows that’s bulls—t, however, and he admitted as much on the “JRE MMA Show”

“It didn’t count as a drop, which is crazy,” Holloway said (via MMA Junkie). “ESPN is posting and saying like in however many fights I’m with the UFC, I still didn’t get dropped. That’s some bulls—t. Give Justin that one. Like, I’ll take it, you know what I mean? But I wouldn’t be a man sitting here and telling you that he didn’t.”

“Bro, I don’t even remember getting hit with that punch,” Holloway continued. “And then I sat, and I came back up. I was like, ‘What the – what did he just hit me with?’ You know what I mean? I was like, ‘Holy s—t!’ I was like, ‘That was a good punch.’

“Then when I rewatched it, he hit me like right on the top of my dome. I was like, ‘Holy smack, brother. This guy smacks.’ I was fine as soon as I got up, but it was one of those like, ‘Boom.’ The legs just give out. Like, I was still there, even when I was standing, I was looking at him. But I don’t know how that didn’t count as a drop. I don’t know what they count as a drop.”

It’s a bit reminiscent of when Colby Covington became the first man to take down Kamaru Usman in their second fight … only for UFC statisticians to say it wasn’t a takedown! MMA isn’t boxing or wrestling, so the standards for a knockdown and takedown can be different from the base sports, but where’s the line?

Apparently, not even a decorated champion like Holloway is certain.

Insomnia

Does Conor McGregor only post sparring clips of him beating up dudes who don’t seem at the level to spar him? Yes. Still, nobody else moves quite like “Notorious!”

In his 34 professional fights, Tim Elliott has faced a who’s who of Flyweight history. If he says he’s injured and can’t fight, we should believe him.

Can Dominick Reyes return to the win column and get his career back on track?

Nope, I didn’t know that! It makes the Mark Hunt rant copypasta even funnier.

Congratulations to Paddy Pimblett and his family!

I always have time for a good footsweep.

Classic bare knuckle shenanigans.

Alexander Volkov “borrowed” a shopping cart for the bit — love it.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Jorge Masvidal was picking up top-notch wins all the way back in 2007.

Speaking of athletes with great wins in across a 20-year career:

Will you be tuning into RIZIN next week?

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Apologies for neglecting RL last night. Anyway, check out CalicoCutPants.com!

Midnight Music: Tonight, I checked out and enjoyed the recent folk-y, countryish album from Waxahatchee titled Tigers Blood.

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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MMA Fighting has BKFC KnuckleMania 4 results for the Perry vs. Alves event, a live blog of the main event, and more from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday night.

In the main event, undefeated BKFC fighters Mike Perry and Thiago Alves will square off in a light heavyweight contest.

Lorenzo Hunt will attempt to win his third BKFC belt when he squares off against Mick Terrill in a heavyweight contest.

Check out BKFC KnuckleMania 4 results below.

Main card (Triller PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Mike Perry vs. Thiago Alves

Mick Terrill vs. Lorenzo Hunt

Ben Rothwell vs. Todd Duffee

Alfredo Angulo vs. Jeremiah Riggs

Crystal Pittman vs. Sydney Smith

Evgeny Kurdanov vs. Julian Lane

David Diaz vs. Shane Jordan

Andrew Angelcor vs. Ruben Warr

Daniel Alvarez vs. Victor Rosas

Prelims (MMA Fighting at 9 p.m. ET)

Vinny Familari vs. Fernando Gonzalez

Tommy Aaron vs. Richard Brooks

Keith Richardson vs. Cody Vidal

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Once Sean O’Malley takes care of some business with Merab Dvalishvili, ‘Sugar’ has his sights set on a crossover clash with boxing star Ryan Garcia.

‘King Ryan’ is all the rage after he delivered a lights-out performance against WBC super lightweight world champion Devin Haney in Brooklyn. Since then, a slew of boxers have come out of the woodwork lobbying for a fight with Ryan, including Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, Jaron Ennis, Conor Benn, and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.

You can also add UFC bantamweight world champion Sean O’Malley’s name to the list. Taking to social media, ‘Sugar’ suggested that after his next title defense, which is all but guaranteed to come against streaking Georgian contender Merab Dvalishvili, he plans to box Ryan Garcia.

“After I KO Merab I’m boxing Ryan,” O’Malley wrote on X.

Considering the UFC chose to let Francis Ngannou leave rather than allowing him to box in between fights inside the Octagon, we’d say there is a 0.01% chance that Dana White allows O’Malley to take on one of the best boxers in the world today while they’ve got him under contract.

Aside from having a very tough test in front of him in Dvalishvili, Sean O’Malley already has a slew of potential contenders to deal with at 135.

A proposed fight between Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov will likely decide the division’s next title contender. You’ve also got Deiveson Figueiredo who has continued to climb his way up the bantamweight ranks after already claiming gold at flyweight.

And then there’s Petr Yan who got back into the win column at UFC 299 with a big win over Song Yadong in the main card opener.

Needless to say, there are plenty of fights to keep O’Malley busy without having to fish for a boxing match with the flavor of the month.

‘Nobody wants to see’ Sean O’Malley vs. Ryan Garcia

UFC fans were none-too interested in the idea of seeing Sean O’Malley step inside the ring with Ryan Garcia based on the backlash ‘Sugar’ received on social media.

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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) hosts “Knucklemania IV” on Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “King Of Violence” Mike Perry (3-0) will face long-time rival and UFC veteran Thiago Alves (2-0) in the main event.

The BKFC Heavyweight Championship is up for grabs in the co-main event. Reigning champion Mick Terrill (7-1) will put his title on the line against none other than BKFC’s No. 1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the and former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion, Lorenzo “The Juggernaut” Hunt (11-1). 

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