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Broken foot results in Topuria vs. Volkanovski team battle at UFC 312

BAD MMA News — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:15:08 +0000

With a featherweight title rematch heavily rumored for later in 2025, Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski will indirectly face off Feb. 8 at UFC 312 . One fighter’s loss is another’s gain. After Cody Haddon suffered a broken foot that forced him out of a fight on the Sydney card vs. Aleksandre Topuria , the UFC enlisted newcomer Colby Thicknesse to fill the void

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Broken foot results in Topuria vs. Volkanovski team battle at UFC 312 – MMA Junkie

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Dec. 16-29)

BAD MMA News — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:06:30 +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. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL and Bellator. Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Dec.

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Dec. 16-29) – MMA Junkie

Ilia Topuria’s brother, Aleksandre, targeted for debut at UFC 312 in Sydney

BAD MMA News — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:51:13 +0000

Aleksandre Topuria will make his highly anticipated UFC debut in February. Topuria (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the older brother of featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, has been targeted to meet Cody Haddon (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a bantamweight bout Feb. 9 at UFC 312 from Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. The bout was first reported by social media account Australian MMA . Topuria hasn’t competed since a first-round TKO win in May 2023

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Cody Haddon after UFC debut win: ‘Dana White can cut me if I ever have a boring fight’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:45:12 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Cody Haddon beat Dan Argueta with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 244 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Haddon, who won his UFC debut just a couple months after a contract win on Dana White’s Contender Series. Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta Cody Haddon Result: Cody Haddon def.

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Cody Haddon after UFC debut win: ‘Dana White can cut me if I ever have a boring fight’ – MMA Junkie

UFC Fight Night 244 post-event facts: Brandon Royval ties flyweight Fight of the Night record

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:39:29 +0000

The UFC continued its jam-packed October schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 244 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and the main event produced one of the best fights of 2024. Flyweight contenders Brandon Royval (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Tatsuro Taira (16-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) went to battle for 25 minutes, with the former coming out on top by split decision to end the undefeated run of his Japanese foe. For more on the numbers to come out of the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 244. * * * *

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UFC Fight Night 244 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Brad Tavares gets $21,000 in record bout

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:15:35 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 244 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,000. 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 244 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

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UFC Fight Night 244 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Brad Tavares gets $21,000 in record bout – MMA Junkie

UFC Fight Night 244 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

BAD MMA News — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:14:51 +0000

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 244 took place Saturday with 12 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 244 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 244 .

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 2-8)

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:41:11 +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

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 2-8) – MMA Junkie

Dana White’s Contender Series 68: Grading the winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:59:10 +0000

Week 1 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2024) took place 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. Cody Haddon LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 20: (R-L) Cody Haddon of Australia secures a rear choke submission against Billy Brand in a bantamweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series, season eight week two on August 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Weight class : Bantamweight Result : Cody Haddon def. Billy Brand via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:09 Grade : A Summary : In what was easily the most impressive performance of the night, Cody Haddon earns an easy A for finishing Billy Brand.

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Four fighters earned UFC contracts at Dana White’s Contender Series 8: Week 2

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:24:57 +0000

The UFC Apex in Las Vegas hosted Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series Season 8: Week 2 fight card. Following the event, UFC CEO Dana White awarded four fighters UFC contracts. Andreas Berg Gustafsson, Rizvan Kuniev, Cortavious Romious, and Cody Haddon punched their tickets to the big show

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Four fighters earned UFC contracts at Dana White’s Contender Series 8: Week 2 – MMA Weekly