The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 220: “Krylov vs Spann.” The card was to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Nikita “The Miner” Krylov and Ryan “Superman” Spann, but that fight was cancelled during the event.

In tonight’s middleweight co-main event, André “Sergipano” Muniz took on Brendan “All In” Allen. Elsewhere on the main card, Augusto Sakai sought a much-needed victory when he battled Don’Tale “Lord Kong” Mayes at heavyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 220.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 219: “Andrade vs Blanchfield.” The card was headlined by a flyweight bout between Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade, stepping in on one week’s notice, and Erin “Cold Blooded” Blanchfield.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Jordan “The Beverly Hills Ninja” Wright battled Zac “The Ripper” Pauga. Elsewhere on tonight’s main card, Josh Parisian faced Jamal “The Stormtrooper” Pogues in a heavyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 219.

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For the tenth consecutive time, reigning Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai secured a stoppage victory in her fight tonight at Deep Jewels 40 in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai finished top contender Aoi Kuriyama with a second-round rear-naked choke in tonight’s featured flyweight main event.

The Deep Jewels 40 co-main event ended in similar fashion, as unbeaten prospect Machi Fukuda upset Namiko “Hime” Kawabata at strawweight. Fukuda choked Kawabata unconscious with just five seconds remaining in the first round, spoiling Kawabata’s return to the strawweight division.

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Deep Jewels held its first event of 2023 tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. The Deep Jewels 40 card was headlined by a non-title matchup between Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai, who has her sights set on a return to the UFC, and Aoi Kuriyama, who was unbeaten in 2022.

In the strawweight co-main event, rising star Namiko “Hime” Kawabata clashed with Deep Jewels prospect Machi Fukuda. Elsewhere on the card, Hikaru Aono took on popular star Kate “Lotus” Oyama in a 49kg super atomweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 40.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia on Sunday for UFC 284: “Makhachev vs Volkanovski.” In the main event, UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev defended his title against featherweight champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski.

In the co-main event, Yair “El Pantera” Rodriguez squared off against Josh Emmett for the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship. Elsewhere on the main card, Jack Della Maddalena took on Randy “Rude Boy” Brown in welterweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 284.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 218: “Lewis vs Spivak.” The event was headlined by a rescheduled heavyweight matchup between contenders Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis and Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Da Woon “Sseda” Jung took on Devin “Brown Bear” Clark. Elsewhere on the main card, Marcin “Tybur” Tybura faced off against Blagoy “Baga” Ivanov in a featured heavyweight clash. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 218.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned two new champions at its first pay-per-view event of 2023 on January 21st in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the UFC 283 main event, Jamahal “Sweet Dreams” Hill defeated former champ Glover Teixeira to win the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Also at UFC 283, Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno earned his second victory over Deiveson “Deus da Guerra” Figueiredo in their fourth fight and claimed the UFC Flyweight Championship. In women’s flyweight action, Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade easily defeated “Lucky” Lauren Murphy.

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