The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 216: “Cannonier vs Strickland.” The final UFC event of the year was headlined by a middleweight contender’s bout between Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier and Sean “Tarzan” Strickland.

In the lightweight co-main event, Arman “Ahalkalakets” Tsarukyan took on Damir Ismagulov. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, Amir “The Prince” Albazi clashed with Alessandro “Nono” Costa in a featured flyweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 216 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 282: “Blachowicz vs Ankalaev.” The promotion’s final PPV card of 2022 was headlined by a vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev.

In the lightweight co-main event, Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett battled Jared “Flash” Gordon. Elsewhere on the main card, Santiago “Argentine Dagger” Ponzinibbio took on Alex “The Great White” Morono in a 180-pound catchweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 282.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed to Amway Center in Orlando, Florida tonight for UFC on ESPN 42: “Thompson vs Holland.” The event was headlined by a welterweight matchup between former UFC title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland.

Also at 170 pounds, Bryan “Bam Bam” Barberena battled Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main event. In other featured action on the main card tonight, Matheus Nicolau Pereira took on Matt “Danger” Schnell at flyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 42 card.

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang regained her title with a second-round submission victory on November 12th at UFC 281 in New York City. Zhang finished former champion Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza to reclaim the top spot in the 115-pound women’s rankings.

On the same UFC 281 card, Alex “Poatan” Pereira rallied to stop longtime rival Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya in round five of the main event. Pereira’s victory, which was his third against Adesanya across MMA and kickboxing bouts, earned him the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Yoko Higashi extended her winning streak to four today at Deep Jewels 39 in Tokyo, Japan. Higashi battered Titapa “Diamond Rose The Rocket” Junsookplung on the ground en route to a dominant third-round TKO stoppage in their bantamweight main event.

In the Deep Jewels 39 co-feature, former strawweight champ Miki Motono took a hard-fought Unanimous Decision victory over grappling ace Moeri Suda. Motono has now won three straight fights since she dropped her title, and she expressed her desire to advance on to compete for the UFC.

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Deep Jewels showcased its final event of the year on Wednesday afternoon at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 39 featured a bantamweight matchup between new Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Yoko Higashi and Thailand’s Titapa “Diamond Rose The Rocket” Junsookplung.

In the 49kg super atomweight co-feature, former Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Miki Motono battled recent atomweight title challenger Moeri Suda. Also on the card, Mikiko “Mikko Nirvana” Shimizu faced Nori in a flyweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 39.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today for UFC Fight Night 215: “Lewis vs Spivak.” The main event was to feature a heavyweight clash between former UFC title contender Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis and Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak.

In the light heavyweight co-feature, Kennedy “African Savage” Nzechukwu battled Ion “The Hulk” Cutelaba. Elsewhere on the main card, Chase “The Vanilla Gorilla” Sherman took on Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta at heavyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 215.

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Invicta Fighting Championships travelled to ReelWorks Denver in Denver, Colorado tonight for Invicta FC 50: Strawweight Title Tournament. The event featured a one-night tournament as Valesca Machado, Ediana Silva, Gloria de Paula and Karolina Wójcik competed to become strawweight champion.

In non-tournament action on the card, Katharina Lehner returned to Invicta FC to face UFC veteran Talita Bernardo at bantamweight. Also at 135, “Grizzly” Claire Guthrie battled promotional newcomer Brigid “Khan” Chase. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s Invicta FC 50 card.

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