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UFC on ESPN By: Julio Olmo Contenders Jamahal Hill (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Thiago Santos (22-10 MMA, 14-9 UFC) will go toe-to-toe in a five-round bout atop the UFC Fight Night event scheduled for August 6th. Hill is coming off arguably the best win of his career in his first UFC headliner when he flattened Johnny Walker with a violent right hand. The win put his streak at two, joining a 48-second knockout win over Jimmy Crute in December. His only career win came via TKO due to injury against Paul Craig in June 2021. As for Santos, a former UFC title challenger, he’ll look to bounce back from a unanimous decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev in March. The defeat was his fourth in five fights. The lone win in that stretch was a unanimous decision over the aforementioned Walker in October. Despite his recent struggles to win, Santos has continued to prove to be a tough outing for any of his fellow contenders. Rising star Hill looks to continue his climb up the 205-pound ladder with another explosive knockout win. The Dana White’s Contender Series signee has delivered stellar finishes against Johnny Walker, Jimmy Crute, and Ovince Saint Preux in his short time spent in the Octagon. Ready to make a statement against a true veteran of the sport, Hill is determined to take Santos’ spot in the rankings and prove that a new title challenger is on the horizon.

By: Julio Olmo The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UFC Apex for UFC Vegas 58 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A lightweight match between Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev is set to headline this event. No. 7 ranked Rafael Dos Anjos battles No. 10 Rafael Fiziev, Saturday, July 9th.

On Saturday night also, we’ll also watch Cody Garbrandt. Cynthia Calvillo vs. Nina Nunes. Nurmagomedov vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade. And Antonina Shevchenko vs. Cortney Casey. The co-main event will feature a clash of Dana White’s Contender Series signees when Caio Borralho faces Armen Petrosyan at middleweight.    

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Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez will clash in a five-round main event at the upcoming UFC on ABC 3 card scheduled for July 16 from the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, N.Y.

UFC 277 will be headlined by the women’s bantamweight rematch between newly-crowned 135-pound champion Julianna Pena and former division titleholder Amanda Nunes. Prior to that five-round showdown, Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France will hook ‘em up for the interim flyweight title while current champion, Deiveson Figueiredo, irons out his wrinkles with the UFC brass (or bails on the division and moves to bantamweight).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvPmiTZROQ By: Julio Olmo UFC 267 takes place Saturday, Oct. 30 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The main card is expected to air on ABC after prelims on the ESPN network. The UFC is moving forward with an interim bantamweight title fight between former champion Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen. Defending champion Aljamain Sterling was scheduled to defend his title against Yan on the same date, in a rematch of their March title fight. Sterling failed to receive medical clearance for the bout, however, as he is still recovering from recent neck surgery. With Sterling (20-3) out indefinitely, the UFC has decided to create an interim title. Yan (15-1) lost the belt to Sterling in March when he threw an illegal knee in the fourth round of a title fight he was winning. Sterling was unable to continue after the illegal strike and Yan was disqualified. The interim title fight takes place at UFC 267. Sandhagen (14-3) is actually coming off a loss to former champion TJ Dillashaw in July, but the five-round bout was extremely close. Sandhagen lost via split decision. Dillashaw would have likely gotten the title fight nod; however, he is recovering from knee surgery. There is no official timeframe for Sterling's return. The hope is he will be healthy enough to unify the bantamweight championship against the winner of Yan and Sandhagen in 2022. UFC Returns To Abu Dhabi

UFC Vegas 38: The UFC’s first of five shows in October takes place on the 2nd inside the APEX facility in Las Vegas. An all-Brazilian battle between former light heavyweight title challenger Thiago Santos and knockout artist Johnny Walker will serve as the main event. Kevin Holland, who hopefully at this point has figured some things out with his defensive wrestling, gets co-main status against Kyle Daukaus. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1442504316158316546?s=19 Visit Jazz Sportsbook for all your Fight Nights Betting.

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By: Julio Olmo August 21st: We had a weekend off from the UFC but the Octagon is back on Saturday at the APEX for another Fight Night card. Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier headlines UFC Vegas 34 against Kelvin Gastelum. Jared Cannonier (13-5) was last in action in October 2020, when he dropped a unanimous decision against former 185-pound champion Robert Whittaker. Prior to that, he secured three TKO victorious against Jack Hermansson, Anderson Silva, and David Branch. Kelvin Gastelum (16-7, 1 NC) last fought in April, also suffering the defeat against Whittaker by unanimous decision. Before that, he similarly defeated Ian Heinisch to rebound from a three-fight losing streak.

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And the Co-Main Event will be lightweight veteran Clay Guida against Mark O. Madsen. Guida (36-20) is coming off the win by unanimous decision against Michael Johnson. Undefeated Madsen (10-0) also won his previous bout by unanimous decision against Austin Hubbard. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1425473077555699720?s=19  August 28th

UFC on ESPN Undefeated in six octagon appearances, Giga Chikadze has his first UFC headlining opportunity. Barboza headlines a UFC card for a third time, his first since a lightweight bout against Justin Gaethje at a UFC on ESPN show in March 2019. The Brazilian star would later drop down to featherweight, where he is 2-1 with back-to-back victories over Shane Burgos and Makwan Amirkhani. Overall, Barboza sports a 16-9 UFC record. Chikadze has defeated all six of his UFC opponents to date. He went 4-0 in 2020 and is coming off of consecutive first-round TKOs of Cub Swanson and Jamey Simmons. He has not lost since a failed Contender Series bid in June 2018. Visit Jazz Sportsbook For All Of Your Fight Night's Gambling: 

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UFC President Dana White and matchmaker Sean Shelby sit Octagonside during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series at the TUF Gym in UFC Apex Facility at Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/DWTNCS)