The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 230: “Yusuff vs Barboza.” The event was headlined by a featherweight matchup between “Super” Sodiq Yusuff, who had won back-to-back bouts, and long-time UFC contender Edson Barboza.
In the co-main event, former UFC title challenger Jennifer Maia took on Viviane “Vivi” Araujo at flyweight. Elsewhere on the card tonight, Jonathan “Dragon” Martinez battled Adrian Yanez in featured bantamweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 230 card.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 229: “Dawson vs Green.” The event was headlined by a lightweight showdown between Grant “KGD” Dawson, who had not lost since April 2016, and veteran contender Bobby “King” Green.
Two of the top strawweights on the Deep Jewels roster will compete for the promotion’s interim 115-pound title on November 23rd at Deep Jewels 43 in Tokyo, Japan. Arisa Matsuda and Machi Fukuda, who faced each other as amateur fighters in December 2021, will rematch for the championship.
The lineup is now complete for the inaugural four-woman Atomweight Queen of Pancrase title tournament, which begins on December 24th at Pancrase 340 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Former Valkyrie and Deep Jewels champ “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi was announced as the final participant today.
UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso retained her title with a razor-thin Split Draw on September 16th in the UFC Fight Night 227 main event. Grasso remains ranked at the top of her division following the Draw, which came against former champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko.
Undefeated strawweight prospect Machi Fukuda made a successful debut for Rizin Fighting Federation tonight at Rizin FF: “Landmark Vol. 6” in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Fukuda narrowly edged out Shooto Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Ayaka Watanabe via a hard-fought Split Decision.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 228: “Fiziev vs Gamrot.” The event featured a lightweight matchup between Rafael “Ataman” Fiziev and Mateusz “Gamer” Gamrot, as both looked to move closer to a title shot.
Deep returned to the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan with a stacked fight card tonight including three “Deep vs Black Combat” double-title bouts. The Deep: “115 Impact” event was headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Deep champion Ryo Sakai and Hae Jun “The Big Guy” Yang.