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UFC Vegas 109: Dolidze vs. Hernandez live results

BAD MMA News — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 23:36:49 +0000

For the second week in a row the UFC octagon is at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The venue hosts tonight’s UFC Vegas 109 fight card headlined by a middleweight bout between No. 9 ranked Roman Dolidze and No

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UFC Vegas 109 weigh-in results and video: main event fighter initially misses weight

BAD MMA News — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:50:02 +0000

For the second week in a row the UFC octagon is at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for August: Dricus Du Plessis becomes first to tap Israel Adesanya

BAD MMA News — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 03:03:17 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from August 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. * * * * Nominees

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Toshiomi Kazama was ‘walking a dark cave’ prior to career-saving UFC on ESPN 61 comeback win

BAD MMA News — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 19:54:38 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Toshiomi Kazama knew he needed to win at UFC on ESPN 61 to save his future with the promotion, and he did just that with a Performance of the Night comeback win. Just when it looked like Kazama (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) was on the cusp of a third consecutive defeat to begin his octagon tenure against Charalampos Grigoriou (8-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, he staged a thrilling comeback to finish the fight by triangle choke in the second round of the bantamweight bout. For Kazama, the joy of victory is overshadowed by the evaporation of stress, knowing that if he had lost, this could’ve been his final UFC fight

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UFC on ESPN 61 bonuses: Just three finishers receive $50,000 after decision-filled event

BAD MMA News — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:32:20 +0000

The UFC handed out just three bonuses after Saturday’s card, one less than the promotion’s standard. Seven of the 10 bouts went the distance, making the bonus decisions easy for the UFC brass: all three finishers took home an extra paycheck. After UFC on ESPN 61 , four fighters took home an extra $50,000 for their performances in Las Vegas

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UFC on ESPN 61 video: Toshiomi Kazama stages wild comeback for triangle choke finish

BAD MMA News — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:42:12 +0000

Just when Toshiomi Kazama appeared to be in the most danger of a loss against Charalampos Grigoriou at UFC on ESPN 61 , he turned things around in stunning fashion to put himself in the winner’s circle. After Grigoriou scored a big knockdown in the second round of the bantamweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, he pounced on a downed Kazama (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and flurried with punches and elbow for the finish. Referee Jason Herzog was taking a close look, but then Kazama controlled the posture of his opponent, slid his legs over the shoulders and locked in a triangle choke that forced Grigoriou (8-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) to tap out without much struggle at the 1:55 mark of Round 2. Check out the replay of the finish below (via X ): DROPPED HIM #UFCVegas95 is LIVE on @ESPN & @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/vLWyI496q7 — UFC (@ufc) August 10, 2024 TOSHIOMI KAZAMA LOCKS UP THE WIN IN THE SECOND ROUND #UFCVegas95 pic.twitter.com/vGUy7M1mfu — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 10, 2024 After the stoppage, and elevated but beaten up Kazama admitted that although things looked bad for him, he felt Grigoriou would slip up and give him the chance to secure his first UFC win. “When I was on the bottom, I knew an opportunity would come by,” Kazama said through an interpreter during his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping

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UFC Fight Night 225 video: Garrett Armfield tees off on Toshiomi Kazama for first-round TKO

BAD MMA News — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:02:27 +0000

It was one-way traffic for Garrett Armfield at UFC Fight Night 225 . Armfield (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was all over Toshiomi Kazama (10-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in their bantamweight bout from the start, unleashing pinpoint combinations. Kazama absorbed a lot of punishment, but it was a right hand from Armfield which sat him down and prompted the referee to swoop in for the stoppage at the 4:16 mark of Round 1 on Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Check out the replay of Armfield’s finish below (via Twitter ): THE RIGHT HAND FROM GARRETT ARMFIELD #UFCSingapore pic.twitter.com/PF3d7kOILQ — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 26, 2023 After a debut loss to David Onama at featherweight, Armfield dropped down to his original weight class to notch his first octagon win. Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 225 results include: Garrett Armfield def. Toshiomi Kazama via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:16 Michal Oleksiejczuk def

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UFC Fight Night 218 video: Rinya Nakamura scores vicious 33-second KO to win ‘Road to UFC’ tournament

BAD MMA News — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 05:02:43 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Rinya Nakamura locked up his “Road to the UFC” bantamweight tournament win with a brutal one-punch knockout of Toshiomi Kazama at UFC Fight Night 218 . After going through the eight-man tournament field in 2022, Nakamura (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) closed out his run in spectacular fashion with a 33-second finish of Kazama (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at the UFC Apex. Nakamura hurt Kazama early in the fight, then he didn’t let up, He put on major aggression until he landed a huge left hook to the chin to close the show and earn a UFC contract. Check out the replay of Nakamura’s knockout below (via Twitter ): OUT

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