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Esther Lin/Bellator MMA The eyes of the mixed martial arts world will turn to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday as Bellator 258 invades Uncasville, Connecticut, featuring a bantamweight title bout and the final quarterfinal pairing in the Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix.  Juan Archuleta will defend his newly acquired 135-pound title in the main

6:53 AM ET In Jon Jones‘ absence, the UFC’s light heavyweight title picture is quickly shaping up into one of the most competitive and intriguing across the entire promotion. Jan Blachowicz looked dominant against Israel Adesanya and faces another daunting challenger in Glover Teixeira later this year. But on Saturday, Jiri Prochazka threw his name

Brandon Vera will return to the cage for his first fight since the pandemic. The ONE Championship heavyweight titleholder is set to defend his belt against former UFC heavyweight Arjan Bhullar in the main event of ONE Championship: Dangal on May 15 in Singapore, the promotion announced. Vera (16-8) hasn’t competed since October 2019, when

LAS VEGAS – Merab Dvalishvili proved to Cody Stamann he’s no easy fight. The UFC bantamweight contender bested Stamann (19-4-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) in a unanimous decision on the opening bout of the main card at Saturdays’ UFC on ESPN 23 event in Las Vegas. Dvalishvili (13-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) outpointed Stamann with a 30-27

What mattered most at UFC on ESPN 23 in Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings … 1. Jiri Prochazka has arrived and is title ready For anyone who followed [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] through his run in Rizin FF, his UFC success shouldn’t come as any surprise. His rapid rise up the promotion’s light heavyweight

MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 25 results: Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot The UFC Vegas 25 results were littered with decision after decision, but the fight card finished strong with two blistering finishes in the main and co-main events. Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot Dominick Reyes

The UFC’s busy May schedule kicked off on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 23 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card aired on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+. The main event of the night featured a knockout for the ages. Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) landed just the third spinning back

The Telegraph Giro d’Italia teams 2021: Full list of teams and riders starting in Turin As with all WorldTour races, each of the 19 teams that make up the top-flight of professional cycling receive an invite and in the case of the Giro d’Italia, all teams are contracted to race the first grand tour of

1:44 AM ET Jiri Prochazka has arrived. The native of the Republic of Georgia established himself as a legitimate UFC light heavyweight contender Saturday night by knocking out Dominick Reyes with a spinning elbow. It was the most impressive performance on a card with several ranked fighters competing. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Marc Raimondi and Jeff

12:53 AM ET A new star might have just been born in one of the UFC’s premier divisions. Jiri Prochazka knocked out Dominick Reyes with a spinning back elbow at 4 minutes, 29 seconds of the second round Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. It was only the

12:56 AM ET After just two fights in the UFC, Jiri Prochazka has captured the attention of the fighting world. The light heavyweight former Muay Thai kickboxer thoroughly dominated Dominick Reyes and ended Saturday’s Fight Night main event with a spinning back elbow KO to put an exclamation mark on a statement win. Reyes was

LAS VEGAS — English isn’t Jiri Prochazka’s first language, but the UFC light heavyweight charmed the gaggle of media that hung on his every word after he scored one of the most brutal finishes in the 27-plus-year history of the UFC. Prochazka laid waste to his second consecutive former title challenger, this time knocking out

MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 25 results: Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot The UFC Vegas 25 results were littered with decision after decision, but the fight card finished strong with two blistering finishes in the main and co-main events. Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot Dominick Reyes

LAS VEGAS — Jiri Prochazka made a major statement Saturday with a vicious knockout of Dominick Reyes on Saturday at Apex, knocking the former title challenger cold with a spinning back elbow at 4:29 of the second round. Prochazka was lighting up Reyes throughout the bout and got the better of the exchanges in a

Sean Strickland looked sharp again Saturday as he picked apart the always game Krzysztof Jotko en route to victory at UFC on ESPN 23. Strickland (23-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) extended his winning streak to four consecutive fights, with three coming after a career-threatening motorcycle accident, as he worked over Jotko (22-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) on

Getty Images After failing to win the light heavyweight championship at UFC 259, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will return to 185 pounds to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on June 12, as first reported by Globo and confirmed during the UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka broadcast. The fight is a rematch

6:24 PM ET Dominick Reyes is in a peculiar spot. He will enter Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas on a two-fight losing streak, which lends a do-or-die significance to his light heavyweight bout with Jiri Prochazka. But that’s a harsh consequence for Reyes, considering who those losses came against. The first

Getty Images If the aftermath of Jon Jones’ exit from the UFC’s light heavyweight division to move up in weight has proved anything over the past year, it’s that the future is wide open at 205 pounds.  Battle-tested veteran Jan Blachowicz upset Dominick Reyes last September via TKO to claim the vacant title. Seven months