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• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 10:26 UKWilly Hutchinson calls out Anthony Yarde and Yarde says it is '100% a fight I want to take'The new WBC light heavyweight champion asked Yarde if he wanted "some of this smoke" in the ring in Manchester, and Yarde, who lost to David Benavidez for the same title, said Hutchinson boxed beautifully.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 09:54 UKShinya Aoki to retire against Kazushi Sakuraba's son, 11 years after beating his fatherHe was Kazushi Sakuraba's last MMA opponent in 2015. Now Aoki ends his own career against Taisei Sakuraba at Super RIZIN 6 in Nagoya on 31 December.
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 09:12 UKOn this day in 2008: Calzaghe beats Roy Jones Jr in his final fightThe Welshman got up from a first-round knockdown at Madison Square Garden to win on all three judges' cards, each scoring it 118–109.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 09:11 UKIsrael Adesanya next fight: Shara Magomedov in UFC Saudi Arabia main eventThe former two-time middleweight champion headlines in Riyadh on 5 December, with Ian Machado Garry against former Bellator champion Yaroslav Amosov also scheduled for five rounds as the co-main event.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 09:11 UKJohnny Walker stops Waldo Cortes-Acosta to earn UFC Vegas 124 Fight of the NightThe Brazilian finished Cortes-Acosta in the third round of their heavyweight main event at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, and the bout took the night's $100,000 Fight of the Night award.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 09:06 UKAndrei Arlovski apologises over Anthony Johnson remark but hits out at "ALL HATERS""Death is not a victory," Arlovski wrote, saying he meant surviving cancer three times, not celebrating Johnson's passing.
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 07:52 UKDana White on Billam-Smith's stoppage loss to Cheavon Clarke: 'I thought it was early'The Zuffa Boxing promoter sided with Chris Billam-Smith over the seventh-round stoppage, but Cheavon Clarke says his rival was in a worse state than Jack Massey.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 07:26 UKJohnny Walker says teammate Alexander Volkov deserves the next title shot: 'It's his time now'Volkov has said he is no longer hunting the UFC heavyweight belt, which Ciryl Gane defends against Josh Hokit at UFC 334 on 14 November.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 07:06 UKJohnny Walker after stopping Waldo Cortes-Acosta: 'Today I use 10%, next time maybe 15, 20'Walker said his coach told him not to "go too crazy" in the UFC Vegas 124 main event, and that he could have finished Cortes-Acosta earlier.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 05:13 UKTatiana Suarez calls for Mackenzie Dern title fight: 'I think that's the fight to make'The No 2 strawweight, who beat Virna Jandiroba on all three cards at UFC Vegas 124, says she would prepare for the champion much as she did for Saturday's fight.
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 05:07 UKConor McGregor on Darren Till v Yoel Romero: 'The first bare-knuckle spar I'd ever seen'The BKFC co-owner said at the BKFC Glasgow press conference that he was "disgusted" by the fight, and that UK champion Sean Weir "wants a world title", not a name like Till.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 04:24 UKJohnny Walker stops Waldo Cortes-Acosta, then says: 'F*ck everybody who said I had no chin'Walker was dropped in the first round before a head kick turned the UFC Vegas 124 main event, making him 2-0 since moving up to heavyweight.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 04:12 UKTatiana Suarez beats Virna Jandiroba on all three cards at UFC Vegas 124: 'I want that belt'The UFC's No 2 strawweight took a 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 decision over No 3 Jandiroba in the co-main event, her third straight win since losing her title shot to Weili Zhang.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 04:07 UKElijah Smith knocks out England's Davey Grant in 60 seconds, then tells UFC: "I'm a free agent"Smith is 4-0 in the UFC after the last fight on his contract, and Bishop Auckland's Grant had said at media day that he wanted a first-round knockout himself.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 04:01 UKIan Machado Garry's first fight since Makhachev loss: Yaroslav Amosov, five rounds in RiyadhThe Irishman, ranked No 1 at welterweight by the UFC, takes on the former Bellator champion in the co-main event of UFC Saudi Arabia on 5 December.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 03:56 UKIsrael Adesanya, four losses in a row, faces 17-1 Shara Magomedov at UFC Saudi ArabiaThe UFC made it official in the early hours of Sunday after weeks of rumours. Dana White would not confirm it at UFC 333, but said: "It's coming, it's happening."
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 02:35 UKMo Deen gets first win at Unhinged 3, goes for Tommy Robinson as chairs fly and show is stoppedChairs and steel barricades were thrown in and around the ring and through the crowd, and the card never reached its main event.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 01:53 UKConor McGregor says fighters get '1% sponsor' and vows to change that at BKFCMcGregor, a co-owner of BKFC, said fighters get "not even a fraction" of the sponsor money other athletes earn, and that a fighter who can draw a crowd "is a 7-figure fighter".
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 01:07 UKConor McGregor says he is working on 'largest attendance of a fight event of all time'At a BKFC press conference McGregor talked up an "80,000-seater stadium" and "the Colosseum 10x", and teased an announcement he did not want to "jump the gun" on.
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 00:53 UKWilly Hutchinson gets revenge on Joshua Buatsi to become WBC light heavyweight championThe judges scored the Manchester rematch 117-112, 115-113 and 115-113, two years after Buatsi won their first fight on a split decision at Wembley.
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 00:49 UKCheavon Clarke drops Chris Billam-Smith twice and stops him in seventh-round upsetThe first knockdowns of Billam-Smith's professional career ended the Zuffa Boxing 12 main event at the Copper Box Arena, and the former WBO champion wants a rematch.
• MMA · Sun 8 Nov, 00:43 UKConor McGregor says Max Holloway 'called for the stoppage' and wants him for final UFC fightMcGregor, three months on from knee surgery, said he has "done this injury before" and returned within nine months, which would put him back "pre-summer".
• BOXING · Sun 8 Nov, 00:38 UKBentley drops Mosley Jr and calls out Conor Benn, who replies: "Any day of the week"Denzel Bentley put Shane Mosley Jr down in round two and won a unanimous decision at the Copper Box Arena, days after the WBO stripped him of its middleweight title.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 23:54 UKDana White says he is flying to Washington 'right now' for Monday meeting with TrumpThe UFC CEO said he would have "more to talk about" after meeting the president over the press secretary offer, after a source told CNN earlier on Saturday that he had turned it down.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 23:11 UKIgor Severino stops unbeaten Max Holzer in 54 seconds, a day after the “little bitch” bite jibeSeverino keeps the OKTAGON bantamweight title and hands the 12-0 home fighter the first defeat of his career in Hannover.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 23:07 UKIlia Topuria says Arman Tsarukyan is 'going to be pure panic' like Evloev against VolkanovskiTopuria said Tsarukyan stands out for his takedowns rather than his ground game, and that if his next opponent is not Justin Gaethje or Paddy Pimblett, it has to be Tsarukyan.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 22:25 UKJoaquin Buckley hits back at Andrei Arlovski over "he's dead" remark about Anthony JohnsonArlovski said he was the winner anyway of the 2013 fight Johnson won by decision, adding: "He's dead. I'm alive." Buckley said Johnson inspired him and called the remark "the lack of respect".
• BOXING · Sat 7 Nov, 22:17 UKJack Rafferty wins IBO welterweight title after disputed last-round knockdown of MartirosyanThe judges scored it 114-113, 116-111 and 116-111, and the Manchester fighter stays unbeaten at 28-0-1.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 22:12 UKOzan Aslaner stops Ireland's Denis Frimpong in round one after OKTAGON 97 weigh-in clashAslaner finished it with punches at 4:16 of the first round in Hannover, a day after OKTAGON staff had to hold the pair apart at the weigh-ins.
• MMA · Sat 7 Nov, 22:06 UKJosh Hokit claims Trump promised to release 'the Epstein list' if he beats Ciryl GaneHokit says his post-fight speech will be "just the list" if he takes the UFC heavyweight title from Gane at Madison Square Garden on 14 November.