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Muhammad Mokaev takes on Rogerio Bontorin in a grappling match in Abu Dhabi. Join us for live results of ADXC 6 right here!

Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship 6 (ADXC 6) happens TODAY (Fri., Oct. 25, 2024), in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a grappling card filled with familiar names from both the mixed martial arts (MMA) and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) scenes.

The caged grappling event on “Fight Island” will feature both gi- and no-gi matches, streaming LIVE on TX7.com, with the main card starting at 11:50 am ET.

Headlining the card is Muhammad Mokaev, who will be taking on a late replacement and fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran, Rogerio Bontorin. He was originally slated to face Raul Rosas Jr., but Mokaev claims that UFC stepped in and blocked the match from pushing through.

Also on the card are two more no-gi grappling matches between MMA fighters, with Bellator Bantamweight champion, Patchy Mix, taking on former ONE champion, Kairat Akhmetov, and UFC veterans Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Jussier Formiga. Also among the featured bouts is BJJ world champion Jansen Gomes taking on Uanderson Ferreira in the gi.

Follow along below as we bring you live results and video highlights from the BJJ event below:

ADXC 6 Quick Results

Muhammad Mokaev vs Rogerio Bontorin (No gi)
Jansen Gomes vs Uanderson Ferreira (Gi)
Patchy Mix vs Kairat Akhmetov (No gi) — Patchy Mix def. Kairat Akhmetov by unanimous decision (49-46×2, 49-45)
Isaque Bahiense vs Bruno Lima (Gi) — Bruno Lima def. Isaque Bahiense by unanimous decision (49-46 x3)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Jussier Formiga (No gi) — Jussier Formiga def. Tagir Ulanbekov by unanimous decision (48-47 x2, 49-46)
Jackson Sousa vs Pedro Machado (Gi) — Pedro Machado def. Jackson Sousa by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Catriel Rodrigues vs Moritz Kollensperger (No gi) — Catriel Rodrigues def. Moritz Kollensperger by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Lucas Protasio vs Rolando Samson (Gi) — Rolando Samson def. Lucas Protasio by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Joao Zeferino vs Yan Cabral (No gi) — Joao Zeferino def. Yan Cabral by submission (rear naked choke), R2
Emily Ferreira vs Ludmila Fiori (Gi) — Emily Ferreira def. Ludmila Fiori by submission (Kimura), R3
Luccas Lira vs Marat Kurbanov (No gi) — Luccas Lira def. Marat Kurbanov by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Yaroslav Rymashevkii vs Youness Bennouali (Gi) — Youness Bennouali def. Yaroslav Rymashevkii by split decision (29-28, 30-27, 28-29)
Riki Yoshinaga vs Valor Boyer (No gi) — Valor Boyer def. Riki Yoshinaga by submission (Aoki lock), R2
Dayane Bazzoni vs Carol Brunacio (Gi) — Carol Brunacio def. Dayane Bazzoni by unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 30-27)
Jaures Dea vs Hamza Hamry (No gi) — Jaures Dea def. Hamza Hamry by submission (armbar), R1

ADXC 6 Results, Video Highlights

Muhammad Mokaev vs Rogerio Bontorin (No gi)

Final result:

Jansen Gomes vs Uanderson Ferreira (Gi)

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Patrick Mix vs Kairat Akhmetov (No gi)

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Tagir Ulanbekov vs Jussier Formiga (No gi)

Final result:

Isaque Bahiense vs Bruno Lima (Gi)

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Francis Ngannou laughed off what former boss Dana White had to say about him.

The former UFC heavyweight champion — who made the choice to leave the promotion and vacate the title in 2023 — and current PFL star was a big talking point during White’s post-fight scrum after Thursday’s Power Slap event. White was asked about Ngannou’s quick knockout win over Renan Ferreira at PFL Battle of the Giants, and it led to White ripping on PFL founder Donn Davis and saying he wanted to cut Ngannou years before.

“The Predator” reacted to White on Sirius XM Fight Nation.

“I think Dana’s trying to make things up to buy good faith in the position he has lost,” Ngannou said. “Dana has lost in this situation… and he cannot stand it. Bro, I won everything: I left. We’ve been apart almost two years and the guy is still out there, he can’t live without it, and hounding me. Regardless of what happened, I’m not about him.

“I went out there, did a fight, had a good fight for my son’s memory, but they guy can’t stand… I don’t know what his problem is. He can make everything up as he wants, that’s his problem. He needs to make peace with himself. …

“You could’ve just said, ‘We couldn’t find an agreement, or couldn’t come up with a deal, good luck to him. That’s it, good for him,’ and we continue our lives,” Ngannou continued. “What’s the problem here? But I think the problem is that he can’t handle this loss. I’m sure he’s been praying for my downfall, but I keep doing my thing and rising as soon as I left the UFC. In any senses, I’m more than what I was.”

“Freedom isn’t free, but remember that the benefits always outweigh the price. Don’t let the bully talk you out of it,” Ngannou said, responding on social media.

“Divert attention to the real matter by manipulating the narrative,” Ngannou wrote in a follow-up tweet.

White has claimed that Ngannou left the UFC to make more money fighting lesser competition, and that he left because he didn’t want to risk fighting Jon Jones.

“Francis is all about the money,” White said. “Francis left because he knew that if he fought Jon Jones and didn’t win, it would hurt his chances of making the money that he wanted to make. But realistically, his deal was bigger here. His deal was bigger here if he stayed in the UFC. … They can deny it all they want, why the f*ck would I lie? Why do I care? It doesn’t matter to me one way or the other.

“I was going to cut Francis when he lost two in a row. I was going to cut him. Somebody around here begged me not to do it. So it wouldn’t have mattered to me, one way or the other. There’s a much deeper story to this whole thing, and he would have made more money if he stayed in the UFC.”

Ngannou, as expected, completely disagrees, as he entered free agency after capturing the UFC heavyweight title with a brutal knockout of Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 in March 2021, and then a successful title defense against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 10 months later.

“Which money is he talking about? The money that he owes me?,” Ngannou said. “Remember, all of this ended with [them] saying, ‘Oh, we’ll backpay you from the money that we owe you for the Stipe [Miocic] and Ciryl Gane fight,’ all of that. They never back payed me.

“Now I have made more money than I have ever made in the UFC — I would say twice the money that I could have ever made in my entire UFC career if I had continued in the UFC. … But either way, if I had made less money, if I’m not making enough money that I could’ve made in the UFC, that’s my problem. Why is he so pissed about me not making that much money? Like, c’mon man, live your life.”

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Merab Dvalishvili is making it clear that he believes Sean O’Malley deserves a rematch with him before Umar Nurmagomedov gets a title shot.

Dvalishvili won the bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over O’Malley at UFC 306, and although Nurmagomedov initially appeared to be next in line after his dominant win over Cory Sandhagen at UFC Abu Dhabi, Dvalishvili has other ideas. Recent reports suggest that Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong are in talks for a potential showdown, though MMA Fighting reports the deal has yet to be finalized.

Proving Time

During a fan Q&A at UFC 308, Dvalishvili responded to questions about his intentions, refuting any notion that he’s avoiding a fight with Nurmagomedov in favor of an O’Malley rematch.

“Where is this guy? He’s taking [another] fight. He’s scared. He’s fighting somebody else. Where is [he]? Where is [he]? Tell me. He wants to get knocked out by somebody else, and then he’s going to make excuses. He’s not going to make this fight. I’m not the one making fights; Dana White and Hunter [Campbell] decide who I fight next. I don’t make that decision,” Dvalishvili explained.

He continued, “If Dana White tells me I have to fight Umar, I’m fighting Umar, OK?” Dvalishvili said. “But, you know what? Umar doesn’t deserve to fight me. Sean O’Malley deserves a rematch, and I’m ready to fight him again. After that, Umar will have to prove himself, and I’ll be ready.”

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Can Ilia Topuria retain his title, how can Max Holloway become the new champion again, and what are we most intrigued by in this matchup? Let’s dive in.

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Paths to Victory for Ilia Topuria at UFC 308

Max Holloway is a cheater.

MMA is supposed to be an honorable combat sport, where two men step into a cage to find out who is the better, more skilled fighter. This is why fighters get so bent out of shape about Performance Enhancing Drugs because when one fighter takes them and the other doesn’t, it constitutes an unfair advantage. Well, Max Holloway also has an unfair advantage in every fight he’s in: he’s impossible to hurt.

Holloway’s chin is made of some alloy of adamantium and mithril. Through 29 UFC bouts and nearly eight hours of octagon time, Holloway has never officially been knocked down (I say officially because Justin Gaethje 100 percent did drop him, and the stat keepers are idiots) much less out. He’s fought some of the heaviest hitters across two weight classes and they can’t dent him. That’s astonishing, to put it mildly. It’s also cheating because if you cannot be killed, then what chance does your opponent have?!

Well, that chance is in out-working Holloway tactically over 25 minutes, as Alexander Volkanovski did three times. That’s the task ahead for Topuria in his first title defense.

In broad terms, over their first two fights, Volkanovski was able to edge out Holloway with feints, footwork, a sturdy jab, and a bevy of low kicks, both inside and outside. Then in their third encounters, Volkanovski simply whipped his ass with those same tools, plus a renewed willingness to throw in combination, with power. And fortunately for Topuria, he can do all of those things.

Topuria does not generally throw a lot of leg kicks, but I expect that to change for this fight. The champion is certainly capable of throwing them, and they’re a huge weapon both to score and to stifle Holloway’s movement as Topuria tries to back him to the fence. More importantly though, I think the best thing Topuria can do in this fight is commit to body work early and often.

Holloway’s game is built off of his jab and so to beat him, that needs to be priority one. Volkanovski solved that with low kicks and while Topuria should do those as well, he also has the opportunity to change his level under the jab and hit to the body with his own jab or right hand. It’s an excellent weapon to both move Holloway back, square him up, and create openings for going up high in combination. That is the sort of offense that will really get to Holloway and put him behind the eight ball early.

As mentioned, Holloway’s chin is nigh uncrackable, and while that doesn’t mean Topuria should abandon attacking it entirely, it’s ambitious to think all he needs to do to beat Holloway is get him along the fence and lower the boom. Instead, Topuria needs to be prepared for a drawn-out contest where he simply out-scoring Holloway by attacking all levels available.

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Paths to victory for Max Holloway at UFC 308

For years, Max Holloway has claimed to have the best boxing in the UFC. Well, that’s about to be put to the test once again.

Though he is only 27 years old, Ilia Topuria already has some of the best boxing in MMA. He has excellent pressure footwork, cuts angles, throws in combination, works all levels of the body and head, and packs ludicrous power. It’s a game designed to walk down opponents, seize the initiative, and level them with efficiency. But it’s not without its weaknesses.

At this point the book is out on kicking Topuria on the open side. Volkanovski, Josh Emmett, and even Jai Herbert all made a point of popping left kicks into the body and up to the head. Topuria employs a high and tight boxing guard, and wants to walk opponents down and these kicks make that more difficult by setting a longer range, outside of his punching threat, or by simply keeping his guard locked in to defend.

In a similar vein, Holloway should also look to kick the legs. Though Topuria ultimately clubbed him with a combination, Volkanovski had decent success against Topuria early by moving around on angles and chopping the lead leg. Given his heavy boxing stance and the frequency with which Topuria uses feints and level changes, it’s a good scoring tool for Holloway.

Lastly, and this would be a relatively new one for Holloway, would be for Max to look for clinches. Holloway does solid work when he’s forced into the clinch but never seeks it out, and so against Topuria that could be a good wrinkle, especially as Topuria himself isn’t a focused clinch fighter. Volkanovski landed good knees in the clinch and Holloway could have similar success.

One Big Thing

The outcome of most high level fights depends on dozens of different things, but frankly, it’s a lot to list all of those out. Instead, let’s simplify things by determining the One Big Thing that will determine Saturday’s winner.

Who seizes the initiative?

Both Topuria and Holloway prefer to fight on the front foot, taking the initiative and leading the dance. For Topuria, it’s imposing pressure and physicality to maneuver opponents back to the fence, cut off their escape routes, and level them. For Holloway, it’s simply to force opponents to the back foot where he has more freedom to work in long combinations against retreating forces. But in both cases, both men want to be leading the dance and whoever wins this battle of wills should win the fight.

One Small Thing

Now we know the single most important factor of Saturday’s main event, but what about something else entirely that almost certainly won’t happen but if it does could change everything.

Stand your ground.

May fighters have signature moves but Holloway has perhaps the coolest one in MMA history: pointing to the ground and beckoning a brawl in the last 10 seconds of a fight. Earlier this year it lead to one of the greatest knockouts of all-time, and as a result, Topuria even challenged Holloway to start their fight off like that. Holloway already vetoed this idea, but what if he doesn’t? Honestly, this might be a very good strategy for Holloway as his unbreakable chin gives him a decided advantage in any wild firefight like that.

Prediction

I fear this may be a difficult fight for Max Holloway. “Blessed” has had a remarkable career and his win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 will live forever, but upon closer inspection that victory has some of the trappings of an all-time great fighter proving his bonafides despite declining. Meanwhile, Topuria is not yet in his best or final form and was able to Volkanovski — a man who beat Holloway three times — with relative ease. And given that Holloway isn’t nearly as good on the back foot as Volkanovski is, the most likely scenario to mean seems to be Topuria bullying Holloway around the cage for 25 minutes.

Holloway is an exceptional fighter and if he can defy the odds on Saturday, it will be an all-time great performance, but I think we’re living in the Topuria era now.

Ilia Topuria def. Max Holloway via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46).

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