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- Eddie Hearn says Conor Benn is 'at the bottom of the pile' at Zuffa BoxingThe Matchroom promoter said Benn will either retire, have a big argument with Zuffa or fight Chris Eubank Jr, who he said 'holds all the keys' to a trilogy.
- Eddie Hearn on Zuffa Boxing's decline and 'potentially the extinction within 10 months'The Matchroom promoter said DAZN 'stuck the boot in' by signing Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney, and called Shakur Stevenson fighting only once this year 'criminal'.
- Dana White says Petr Yan's next opponent is between Song Yadong and Sean O'MalleyYan kept the UFC bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Merab Dvalishvili in their trilogy fight at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
- Dana White says it would be 'tough to say no' to Petr Yan as the greatest bantamweight everYan kept the UFC bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Merab Dvalishvili in their trilogy fight at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
- Dalton Smith keeps WBC title with split decision over Alberto Puello in SheffieldTwo judges scored it 115-113 for the unbeaten Sheffield champion and the third had it 116-112 for Puello, before Smith turned his attention to Shakur Stevenson.
- Dana White says Islam Makhachev did not want to fight until after RamadanThe UFC boss said divisions cannot be held up for a champion who fights about once a year, as Carlos Prates and Michael Morales fight for the interim welterweight title instead.
- Dana White says he offered Shakur Stevenson his release from Zuffa BoxingThe UFC boss said he had nothing bad to say about Stevenson or his team, and pointed out that Zuffa Boxing never put on a single fight with him.
- Lone'er Kavanagh wants UFC flyweight title shot and would be backup for Van v KapeThe English flyweight said he is happy to wait for the winner of Joshua Van v Manel Kape after stopping Ramazan Temirov in the first round in Abu Dhabi.
- Alexander Volkanovski stops Movsar Evloev in round two to keep UFC featherweight titleReferee Marc Goddard stopped the UFC 333 main event with six seconds of the second round left after Volkanovski dropped the unbeaten challenger.
- Petr Yan beats Merab Dvalishvili on a unanimous decision to keep UFC bantamweight titleAll three judges scored the five-round trilogy fight 48-47 for Yan at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
- UFC 333: Volkanovski stops Evloev in Abu Dhabi, Yan outpoints DvalishviliAlexander Volkanovski stopped Movsar Evloev at 4:54 of the second round to win the featherweight main event at the Etihad Arena, while Petr Yan beat Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision.
- Joshua Van to defend UFC flyweight title against Manel Kape after Pantoja winThe flyweight title fight is set for 30 January at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, with Carlos Prates and Michael Morales meeting for the interim welterweight title in the co-main event.
- Carlos Prates vs Michael Morales set for interim UFC welterweight title at UFC 336The fight headlines the card at Scotiabank Arena on 30 January, where flyweight champion Joshua Van also defends his title against Manel Kape.
- Lone'er Kavanagh stops Ramazan Temirov in the first round at UFC 333The English flyweight moved to 11-2 and handed Temirov the first defeat of his UFC career.
- Alexander Volkov asks Dana White what he needs to do for a title shot after UFC 333 winThe heavyweight beat Rizvan Kuniev on a unanimous decision in Abu Dhabi for his third win in a row, with Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit fighting in November.
- Alexander Volkov beats Rizvan Kuniev on a unanimous decision at UFC 333 in Abu DhabiTwo judges scored the heavyweight bout 30-27 for Volkov and the third had it 29-28, a win for the UFC's No. 2 heavyweight over the No. 7.
- Aaron Pico stops Losene Keita in 74 seconds and calls for Lerone Murphy rematch at UFC 333Pico moved to 15-5 with his second straight UFC win. Keita had come in as the replacement for the injured Arnold Allen.
- Underdog Dominick Reyes stops Azamat Murzakanov with a first-round head kick at UFC 333Reyes improved to 17-5 with the light heavyweight win, while Murzakanov fell to 16-2 after back-to-back defeats.
- Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev stops Nikita Krylov in the first round to stay unbeaten at UFC 333The 25-year-old moved to 11-0 with the light heavyweight win, while 34-year-old Krylov fell to 31-13.
- Abus Magomedov chokes Cam Rowston unconscious with a first-round guillotine at UFC 333The German middleweight needed 1:44 in Abu Dhabi and ended Rowston's seven-fight winning streak.
- Naoya Inoue's agent working with Matchroom to finalise Bam Rodriguez fight in Tokyo in MarchEddie Hearn said earlier this week that Rodriguez's team were willing to go straight into the fight in March and that he was waiting on an offer from Inoue's side.
- Colby Thicknesse upsets unbeaten Asaf Chopurov on a split decision at UFC 333Two judges scored the bantamweight bout 29-28 for the Australian, while the third had it 29-28 for Chopurov, who suffered the first defeat of his career.
- Kody Steele drops and stops Noah Gugnon in the first round at UFC 333The American moved to 9-1 with the win in the second fight of the night, while France's Gugnon fell to 10-3.
- Iasmin Lucindo beats bloodied Nicolle Caliari on unanimous decision in UFC 333 openerLucindo landed a spinning back fist at the end of round one, and the cut over Caliari's right eye was checked by the doctor before round two.
- Khabib Nurmagomedov tells Movsar Evloev to 'only go forward' before UFC 333 title fightThe unbeaten Evloev challenges Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in tonight's UFC 333 main event in Abu Dhabi.
- Manny Pacquiao next fight: Paddy Donovan says team in talks for CardiffIreland's Paddy Donovan says his manager has held talks with Manny Pacquiao's team about facing the 47-year-old at the Principality Stadium on 11 December, though the 27-year-old admits it is a long shot.
- Alexander Volkov questions what Ciryl Gane's UFC heavyweight belt means before Hokit defenceThe No. 2 heavyweight, who fights Rizvan Kuniev at UFC 333 tonight, says title shots now go to fighters for being famous.
- Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua wants a 'final payday' in Cardiff: 'I'll give it to him'Fury says Joshua turned the fight down four or five times before, and that he will box on after 11 December with two fights left on his contract.
- Arman Tsarukyan steps on Dillon Danis after 10-0 tech fall win at RAF 14Security flooded the mat to separate the pair a day after Tsarukyan attacked Danis at the pre-event press conference, and the UFC lightweight contender does not consider their rivalry settled.
- Moses Itauma trains at Floyd Mayweather's gym after Filip Hrgovic defeatThe heavyweight has been filmed hitting the heavy bag at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, with his promoter indicating he is expected to return to the ring in January 2027.
