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Bruno Lopes already thinking about next contract after first UFC win

BAD MMA News — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:28:37 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Bruno Lopes beat Magomed Gadzhiyasulov with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Lopes, who upset a 3-1 favorite to win his UFC debut. Bruno Lopes def. Magomed Gadzhiyasulov Result: Bruno Lopes def. Magomed Gadzhiyasulov via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Updated records: Lopes (14-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Gadzhiyasulov (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) Key stats: Lopes had five takedowns and more than nine minutes of control time. Lopes on the fight’s key moment Bruno Lopes def

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UFC Fight Night 249 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Santiago Ponzinibbio’s $16,000 leads

BAD MMA News — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:07:45 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 249 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $173,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC Fight Night 249 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+

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UFC Fight Night 249 videos: Backstage winner post-fight interviews

BAD MMA News — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 23:43:05 +0000

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 249 took place Saturday with 14 bouts on the lineup. MMA Junkie has you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex. You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 249 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 249 .

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Oct. 21-27)

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:42:04 +0000

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot

Dana White’s Contender Series 67: Grading the winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:47:27 +0000

Week 1 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2024) took place on Tuesday, and we’re grading the winners from the five-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Since its inception in 2017, this series has shown to have legs in multiple ways while serving as a crockpot for contenders the UFC matchmakers can use to fill their roster for future events. With that trend in mind, here are the grades for the winning fighters – regardless of whether or not they earned a UFC contract – and an assessment of their probability to return to a UFC stage

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Four fighters earn UFC contracts in Dana White’s Contender Series 8: Week 1

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:16:55 +0000

The first week of Dana White’s Contender Series Season 8 kicked off on Tuesday at the UFC Apex Centre in Las Vegas. Four of the five bouts on the fight card ended in knockouts, and four fighters earned UFC contracts.

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Video: Bruno Lopes drills Mikheil Sazhiniani with body shot barrage at Dana White’s Contender Series

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:30:11 +0000

Bruno Lopes was unwilling to let his second Dana White’s Contender Series chance slip through his fingers. At DWCS 67 , Lopes (13-1) finished opponent Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-3) with a series of body blows for a stoppage at 4:14 of Round 3. The light heavyweight bout was the third of the series’ eighth season, which launched with its first card Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Sazhiniani had a strong opening round.

Video: Bruno Lopes drills Mikheil Sazhiniani with body shot barrage at Dana White’s Contender Series – MMA Junkie

Defying the odds: The 10 biggest MMA betting upsets of 2023

BAD MMA News — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 21:58:56 +0000

Who doesn’t love a good upset? In 2023, MMA saw its fair share of underdogs who defied the odds in the UFC, Bellator, PFL, and beyond. While everyone has an opinion of who should win and who should lose, the oddsmakers (and how the betting public responds) largely get the final say on what history reflects.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 61 results: Dana White gives loser second shot after ‘one of the worst ref stoppages’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 02:53:56 +0000

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was onsite at Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 61 event. The series sees prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC president Dana White on hand to make the decisions.

Dana White’s Contender Series 61 video: Brendson Ribeiro’s heavy hands sleep Bruno Lopes

BAD MMA News — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 02:53:55 +0000

Brendson Ribeiro punched his way into the UFC with a vicious finish. In the feature bout of Dana White’s Contender Series 61 , Ribeiro (15-5) entered the octagon at the UFC Apex as a sizeable underdog against Bruno Lopes (11-1). The light heavyweights promised to bring the violence to convince the Dana White and the matchmakers that they were worthy of a contract, and Ribeiro delivered the TKO finish at 3:47 of Round 1. Lopes was on the attack but Ribeiro found room to land a brutal right hand, sending the previously undefeated fighter to the canvas.

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