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Rising Brazilian lightweight star Mauricio Ruffy is making his way up the UFC’s 155-pound division, and thinks it’s time he stepped into the Octagon against one of the very best at lightweight.
The stars of PFL Europe Brussels all hit the scale in prime shape as everyone on the fight card successfully made weight for their respective bouts on Saturday night in the Belgian capital.
The UFC’s Octagon is heading to Abu Dhabi this summer, with a UFC Fight Night event headlined by a bout between Robert Whittaker and Reinier De Ridder, but that won’t be the UFC’s only visit to the Emirate this year.
When BRAVE CF 97 storms back into Bulgaria’s vibrant fight city of Burgas, few matchups promise fireworks quite like this lightweight showdown between homegrown wrecking machine Pavel “The Werewolf” Vladev and France’s battle-hardened submission ace Abou “Yondaime” Tounkara.
One of BRAVE Combat Federation’s most exciting flyweight contenders returns to action at BRAVE CF 97 in Burgas, Bulgaria, as Gerard “The Animal” Burns faces off against Venezuela’s Alinson “El Chompiras” Ochoa in a pivotal bout that could shape the future of the division.
The PFL has announced its third PFL Europe event of 2025, with the PFL Europe SmartCage heading to the French city of Nantes on Friday, September 26.
As BRAVE Combat Federation returns to Burgas, Bulgaria for BRAVE CF 97, familiar faces are set to step back into the spotlight. One name that stands out is none other than knockout artist Eliezer Kubanza, who makes his highly anticipated return to the BRAVE CF cage.
Ilia Topuria backed up his pre-fight prediction of a first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira, then immediately set up a huge first title defence with one of the biggest grudge matches in recent memory.
The Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany played host to OKTAGON 73, but the German star in the main event was unable to close the show with a home win.
Omar Tugarev was crowned Cage Warriors interim lightweight champion after claiming a third-round finish of James Power at Cage Warriors 191 in Manchester.
England’s Fabian Edwards moved into the middleweight final of the PFL World Tournament with a well-deserved unanimous decision victory over Josh Silveira in Chicago.
