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The brother of UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria displayed a well-rounded game on Saturday at ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar, claiming two of three rounds in the bantamweight contest for a unanimous decision victory by scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.
This week, the UFC is back in action with another Fight Night event at the UFC Apex. UFC on ESPN 68 features a women's flyweight matchup between title hopefuls Maycee Barber and Erin Blanchfield. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place ...
PFL has added two former UFC fighters to its roster. Brazil's Ariane da Silva and Viviane Araujo have signed multifight deals with PFL and are expected to compete at women's flyweight. A person with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the ...
Jon Jones has addressed turning down $30 million (£23m) to fight Tom Aspinall. Jones abruptly retired amid talk that he could fight Britain's Aspinall in a defence of his UFC heavyweight championship. Aspinall was left frustrated and inactive while Jones was rumoured to have rejected a colossal pay-day to accept the fight.
Lesnar is one of the easiest names to place on this list. His disclosed purse for UFC 200 was $2.5 million before any bonuses. UFC 100 and his heavyweight title run were in the era of massive PPV spikes, and Lesnar was the driving force behind them. It is extremely conservative to assume several seven-figure PPV bonuses on top of his base pay.
Ian Machado Garry cut a stellar promo on Islam Makhachev after beating Belal Muhammad in the UFC Qatar co-main event.