SHERDOG ARCHIVES: News - October 2024

Oct 20, 2024

Daiane Silva Still Hospitalized After Bad Weight Cut Ahead of Bellator London Bout Featherweight fighter Daiane Silva is still hospitalized after a bad weight cut led to her becoming seriously ill ahead of a proposed fight at...

Bellator MMA

Oct 20, 2024

PFL Veteran Carlos Leal Steps in to Face Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC 308 Professional Fighters League veteran Carlos Leal Miranda has agreed to face Rinat Fakhretdinov on less than a week’s notice at UFC 308.

UFC

Oct 20, 2024

PFL Championships, PFL MENA Finals Set for Saudi Arabia on Nov. 29 Professional Fighters League will hold a championship twin bill of sorts in Saudia Arabia next month.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 20, 2024

Robert Whittaker Plans To 'Hunt Down' Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 308 Robert Whittaker (26-7) plans to take the fight to Khamzat Chimaev (13-0) in their upcoming matchup at UFC 308.

UFC

Oct 20, 2024

Francis Ngannou Dedicates PFL Title Win to Late Son Kobe Francis Ngannou challenged Renan Ferreira for the Super Fight heavyweight title in the main event at "Battle of the Giants: Brace for Impact" on...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 20, 2024

Daniel Pineda Announces Retirement After Battle Against Darren Elkins Daniel Pineda put on a memorable performance at UFC Vegas 99 before retiring from MMA.

UFC

Oct 20, 2024

Francis Ngannou, Cris Cyborg Claim PFL Super Fight Titles at ‘Battle of the Giants’ Francis Ngannou emphatically returned to the world of mixed martial arts on Saturday with a first-round technical knockout (3:22) over 2023 Professional Fighters League Tournament winner Renan Ferreira in the “...

Professional Fighters League

J.L. Kirven

Oct 19, 2024

Anthony Hernandez Pounds Out Exhausted Michel Pereira at UFC Fight Night 245 Anthony Hernandez picked up his sixth straight win, and maybe the biggest of his career to date, on Saturday at UFC Vegas 99.

UFC

Robert Sargent

Oct 19, 2024

PFL Super Fights ‘Battle of the Giants’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring Coverage of Saturday’s Professional Fighters League “Battle of the Giants” card will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 19, 2024

UFC Vegas 99 ‘Hernandez vs. Pereira’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to its home base of Las Vegas Saturday at 4 p.m. ET with UFC Vegas 99. The event is also known as UFC...

UFC

Oct 19, 2024

Darren Elkins, Daniel Pineda Pick Up ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors at UFC Vegas 99 In the end, a matchup between two of the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight division’s most grizzled veterans delivered exactly the...

UFC

Ben Duffy

Oct 19, 2024

Paul Felder Joins Broadcast Team for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi Paul Felder will be the third man on the broadcast team for UFC 308 next weekend.

UFC

Oct 19, 2024

Max Holloway Doubts He Can Surpass Alex Pereira for 'Fighter of the Year' Despite having an upcoming title shot, Max Holloway believes Alex Pereira has already beaten him in the race for the UFC “Fighter of the Year.”

UFC

Oct 19, 2024

Matheus Nicolau Reacts to Death of Guilherme Vasconcelos: 'I Was Crushed' Matheus Nicolau is mourning the demise of UFC and Bellator MMA veteran Guilherme Vasconcelos along with the rest of the MMA community.

UFC

Oct 19, 2024

PFL 'Battle of the Giants' Weigh-in Results: 3 Title Fights Set The Professional Fighters League's return to Saudi Arabia is now set following the PFL "Battle of the Giants" weigh-ins.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 18, 2024

UFC Fight Night 245 Weigh-in Results: Main Event Set; 1 Fighter Heavy The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UFC Apex for an intriguing Fight Night card with middleweight contenders atop the card.

UFC

Oct 18, 2024

UFC 308 Main Event Backup Diego Lopes Prefers Ilia Topuria Matchup If all goes as planned, Diego Lopes won’t be needed on Oct. 26.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

UFC 312 Announced for Sydney on Feb. 8 The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Australia for a pay-per-view event in early 2025.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Video: Mike Perry Directs Homophobic Slurs at Police During DUI Arrest Video of Mike Perry’s recent DUI arrest shows the BKFC star acting hostile and using derogatory language toward police officers.

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Oct 16, 2024

Michel Pereira Predicts Finish of Anthony Hernandez in UFC Vegas 99 Headliner Michel Pereira will take an eight-fight winning streak into his first main event appearance against Anthony Hernandez at UFC Vegas 99 on Saturday.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Max Holloway Dismisses Weight Cut Concerns Ahead of UFC 308 After authoring a career-defining moment at 155 pounds, Max Holloway is confident he can return to the featherweight division without issue.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Ilia Topuria Claims Max Holloway Initially Wanted to Avoid Fighting Him The tension is rising as Ilia Topuria (15-0) and Max Holloway (26-7) near their featherweight title clash.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Conor McGregor, Ilia Topuria Trade Barbs Ahead of UFC 308 Conor McGregor is trading barbs with Ilia Topuria leading up to the latter’s title fight at UFC 308.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Ilia Topuria Promises Quick KO If Max Holloway Agrees to Early Brawl at UFC 308 Ilia Topuria is confident as ever going into his first featherweight title defense.

UFC

Oct 16, 2024

Nick Klein, Three Others Get Contracts in Season Finale of DWCS The 10th and final week of this season’s Dana White’s Contender Series took place Tuesday night and saw four fighters receive Ultimate Fighting...

Dana White’s Contender Series

Mike Pendleton

Oct 15, 2024

Dana White's Contender Series 2024 Week 10 Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog’s live coverage of DWCS 2024: Week 10 will begin Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 15, 2024

Former Bellator, UFC Competitor Guilherme 'Bomba' Dead at 38 Guilherme Vasconcelos, a veteran of 16 professional mixed martial arts bouts, has died at 38 years old.

UFC

Oct 15, 2024

Talisson Teixeira vs. Lukasz Brzeski Confirmed for UFC 310 on Dec. 7 The UFC 310 lineup appears to be nearly complete, as the promotion announced a heavyweight bout between Talisson Teixeira and Lukasz Brzeski to...

UFC

Oct 15, 2024

Donald Cerrone Plans to End Retirement, Wants Two More UFC Fights UFC Hall of Famer Donald Cerrone has unfinished business in the Octagon.

UFC

Oct 15, 2024

BKFC Star, UFC Veteran Mike Perry Arrested for DUI Mike Perry was recently arrested for driving under the influence in Florida.

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Oct 15, 2024

Julianna Pena Claims Amanda Nunes Prefers Kayla Harrison Fight Over Trilogy Julianna Pena continues to level shots at Amanda Nunes in the hopes of a trilogy clash.

UFC

Oct 15, 2024

Tom Aspinall Doesn’t Consider Francis Ngannou to Be Best Heavyweight in MMA Tom Aspinall finds it hard to label Francis Ngannou the best heavyweight in MMA.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 15, 2024

Dana White Blasts UFC Rankings Panel for Khalil Rountree Placement Dana White is disappointed, to say the least, when it comes to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest rankings.

UFC

Oct 15, 2024

Conor McGregor Believes Sean O'Malley Can Regain Title by Training at His Gym Conor McGregor is advising Sean O'Malley to train at his gym.

UFC

Oct 14, 2024

UFC 310 Update: Bryan Battle, Randy Brown to Clash in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 A welterweight bout pitting Bryan Battle against Randy Brown has been added to the UFC 310 lineup.

UFC

Oct 14, 2024

Contender Series Weigh-in Results: All Competitors Cleared for Week 10 The final Dana White's Contender Series event of 2024 is now official, as all 10 fighters slated to compete at Week 10 hit their contracted...

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 14, 2024

PFL Unveils Special Championship Belt for 'Battle of the Giants' Pay-Per-View Some special championship hardware will be on the line at Professional Fighters League’s “Battle of the Giants” event this weekend.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 14, 2024

Chris Barnett Steps in to Face Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi Chris Barnett will replace Justin Tafa and square off against Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC 308.

UFC

Oct 13, 2024

Brandon Royval Has No Issues with Kai Asakura Receiving Title Shot in UFC Debut In most cases, Brandon Royval is someone who doesn’t hesitate to offer praise for his flyweight peers.

UFC

Oct 13, 2024

UFC Vegas 98 Bonuses: Brandon Royval, Tatsuro Taira Claim 'Fight of the Night' Honors Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira put on a show in the UFC Vegas 98 main event, and the flyweight contenders were compensated appropriately for...

UFC

Oct 12, 2024

Brandon Royval Outlasts Tatsuro Taira to Split Decision in UFC Vegas 98 Headliner Brandon Royval showed he still warrants consideration as one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s flyweight elite.

UFC

Oct 12, 2024

UFC Vegas 98 ‘Royval vs. Taira’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to its homebase of Las Vegas Saturday at 4 p.m. ET with UFC Vegas 98. The event is also known as UFC...

UFC

Oct 12, 2024

UFC Vegas 98 Prelims: Ramazonbek Temirov Blasts C.J. Vergara in Octagon Debut Ramazonbek Temirov throws the kind of heat that keeps others awake at night.

UFC

Oct 12, 2024

Muhammad vs. Rakhmonov, Pantoja vs. Asakura Top UFC 310 Lineup on Dec. 7 Two title fights will get top billing at UFC 310 on Dec. 7.

UFC

Oct 12, 2024

Prodigy Love: How Two Grapplers Found One Another During the Pandemic Micael Galvao and Amit Elor met backstage at a jiu-jitsu championship event in San Francisco in 2017, unaware of the future in store for the two...

Grappling

Oct 11, 2024

UFC Fight Night 244 Weigh-in Results: 3 Fighters Heavy After an electric pay-per-view event in Salt Lake City, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UFC Apex for UFC Fight Night 244.

UFC

Oct 11, 2024

Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates Tapped as UFC Vegas 100 Headliner on Nov. 9 Rising Ultimate Fighting Championship talent Carlos Prates has already earned a place on the marquee.

UFC

Oct 11, 2024

Last Man to Beat Alex Pereira in Kickboxing Earns a UFC Contract Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight kingpin Alex Pereira helped rival Artem Vakhitov get into the UFC.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 09, 2024

UFC CEO Dana White Believes Amanda Nunes is Teasing Comeback The woman many feel is the WMMA GOAT might be plotting a return.

Women’s MMA

Oct 09, 2024

Undefeated Kody Steele, Three Others Snag UFC Contracts on Week 9 of DWCS Kody Steele found the on-off switch.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 08, 2024

Daniel Cormier: Alex Pereira Was Close to Pulling Out of UFC 307 During Fight Week The UFC 307 main event was close to being postponed.

UFC

Oct 08, 2024

Ilia Topuria Gunning for Islam Makhachev Match in 2025 Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight king Ilia Topuria is rallying hard for a double champ bid against lightweight champ Islam Makhachev.

UFC

Oct 08, 2024

Michael Page, Carlos Condit to Headline Polaris 30 Grappling Event Michael “MVP” Page and Carlos Condit will meet in a grappling match at Polaris 30.

Grappling

Oct 08, 2024

Kayla Harrison Reveals Hospitalization, Urinating Blood Prior to UFC 307 Top Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title challenger Kayla Harrison’s body is not reacting well to her weight cuts.

Women’s MMA

Oct 07, 2024

Eduardo Dantas Discusses Preparation for Grappling Match vs. Umar Nurmagomedov An ex-Bellator MMA champ wants to make a statement against a rising Ultimate Fighting Championship star.

Grappling

Oct 07, 2024

Contender Series Weigh-in Results: All Clear on the Scales for Week 9 The penultimate episode of Dana White's Contender Series is good to go after a brief scare on the scales.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 07, 2024

Champ Alex Pereira Plans on Taking Some Time Off After UFC 307 Win Alex Pereira needs a vacation to heal up from some nagging injuries.

UFC

Oct 06, 2024

Alex Pereira Wants to Leave Path Open for Sean Strickland at 185 Pounds Light heavyweight king Alex Pereira is less interested in moving back down to claim his old belt than seeking opportunities elsewhere.

UFC

Oct 06, 2024

Alex Pereira Batters Khalil Rountree to Fourth-Round Stoppage in UFC 307 Headliner Alex Pereira just brings a different kind of savagery to the cage, and only a select few can withstand it.

UFC

Oct 05, 2024

UFC 307 ‘Pereira vs. Rountree’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring Sherdog's live UFC 307 coverage will begin Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

UFC

Oct 05, 2024

UFC 307 Weigh-in Results: 2 Title Fights Set It's now official, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's light heavyweight and women's bantamweight titles will be on the line at UFC 307.

UFC

Oct 04, 2024

Brazilian Pros Pick UFC 307 Headliner of Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree The Brazilians surveyed largely predicted that Alex Pereira will violently defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship crown on Saturday.

UFC

Oct 04, 2024

Jim Miller, Damon Jackson to Collide at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 It’s veteran-on-veteran violence as two longtime favorites with over 30 fights apiece come to blows in the Ultimate Fighting Championship cage...

UFC

Oct 03, 2024

Rorion Gracie Seeks Donations to Assist Ailing First Student Rorion Gracie is asking for help for his first-ever student, who also played a role in the birth of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Oct 02, 2024

Mario Bautista Targets Future Rematch Against Cory Sandhagen Mario Bautista wants to avenge his loss against Cory Sandhagen at some point.

UFC

Oct 02, 2024

Austin Hubbard Discusses Changing Camps Ahead of UFC 307 Austin Hubbard is loving training closer to home for his upcoming fight.

UFC

Oct 02, 2024

Raquel Pennington Questions Julianna Pena’s Decision to Bypass Altitude Training Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pena have a difference of opinions about training at elevation.

UFC

Oct 02, 2024

Dana White Doesn’t Want Alex Pereira To Compete in Boxing Dana White isn’t a fan of UFC fighters crossing over to boxing.

UFC

Oct 02, 2024

Emily Ducote vs. Yulia Ostroverkhova to Headline Invicta FC 58 on Nov. 6 Former strawweight champion Emily Ducote will square off against Yulia Ostroverkhova in the Invicta FC 58 headliner on Nov. 6.

Women’s MMA

Oct 02, 2024

Fortis MMA’s Jacobe Smith Leads Parade of Five Acquisitions on Week 8 of DWCS Jacobe Smith lived up to the blue-chip billing.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 01, 2024

Pictures: 2024 DWCS Week 8 Dana White’s Contender Series hosted another opportunity Tuesday for 10 fighters to state their case for an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract on...

Dana White’s Contender Series

Sherdog.com Staff

Oct 01, 2024

Dana White's Contender Series 2024 Week 8 Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog’s live coverage of DWCS 2024: Week 8 will begin Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 01, 2024

'Moicano' Rips French MMA Federation Over Drug Testing Procedures After defeating Benoit St. Denis by doctor stoppage in the second round of the UFC Fight Night 243 headliner, Renato Carneiro revealed some of...

UFC