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- Brad Rea drops and stops Ezra Taylor in round two to keep WBA Inter-Continental titleTaylor got back up from a knockdown early in the second, but Rea's next combination ended it at 58 seconds of the round and handed him a second straight defeat.
- Adrian Yanez out of UFC 334 injured, Alatengheili steps in on short notice against Juan DiazJuan Diaz takes a nine-fight win streak into Madison Square Garden on November 14, where he now meets a 34-year-old veteran making his 11th UFC appearance.
- President Donald Trump offers UFC CEO Dana White press secretary roleThe UFC CEO has made no official announcement on whether he will accept, and it is unclear whether he would have to give up running the promotion to take the post.
- Zak Miller loses British title fight to Powar after eye swelling stops boutPowar, 24, won on all three scorecards after the ringside doctor allowed Miller to box on for two more rounds with severe swelling over his eye.
- Khabib Nurmagomedov says Cristiano Ronaldo is 'the best of the best' after Portugal retirementRonaldo, 41, quit international football after a 30-day suspension over a dispute with Portugal's new head coach, Jorge Jesus.
- Jose Delano says Sean Shelby told him he has what it takes to fight any ranked opponentThe Brazilian featherweight faces unbeaten Murtazali Magomedov on the UFC Vegas 124 prelims and told MMA Fighting: "I don't think things are going to turn out too well for him."
- Maycee Barber out of UFC 335 fight with Carli Judice as UFC reportedly plans to rebook itHer comeback from a knockout loss to Alexa Grasso is on hold, and with no replacement for Judice, the 12 December card in Las Vegas is a fight short.
- Dana White calls Eddie Hearn 'a bum' and tells him to 'pick the gym here in London'The UFC CEO says he has "definitely not" been sent an offer to fight the Matchroom promoter, after Misfits' Kalle Sauerland said "Dana's had it in writing".
- Marcos Degli says Mitch Raposo had a "padded record" before their UFC Vegas 124 fightThe Brazilian flyweight believes the UFC wants him to "send this guy packing" on Saturday, and plans to call out Brandon Moreno after the fight.
- Borralho: "I fought with a totally broken rib" against De Ridder, then needed emergency surgeryThe Brazilian middleweight, who faces Yousri Belgaroui at UFC 334 next Saturday, says the UFC did not know how severe the injury was and he kept it from his own parents.
- Ilia Topuria says brother's call to stop Justin Gaethje fight saved his careerIlia Topuria believes he may never have fought again had his brother not stopped his UFC White loss to Justin Gaethje. He fought on with both orbital bones, his nose and his foot broken.
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta faces Johnny Walker in UFC Vegas 124 heavyweight main eventThe heavyweight bout was put together to top Saturday's card after Sean Brady withdrew injured from his welterweight main event against Gabriel Bonfim and no replacement was found.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua official hospitality tickets priced at £249General admission seats for the all-British heavyweight fight at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday 11 December sold out in 40 minutes, but Seat Unique's package still offers a seat in blocks U20-U22 with free pre-fight drinks.
- Joshua Buatsi booed by Willy Hutchinson fans at weigh-in before WBC title rematchJoshua Buatsi goaded Willy Hutchinson's supporters at the scales in Manchester ahead of Saturday's rematch, which was upgraded to a full WBC light-heavyweight title fight when David Benavidez gave up the belt.
- Islam Makhachev says his team has talked about a middleweight move: 'It would be hard'The UFC welterweight champion joked he would need a month in Uzbekistan eating pilaf, and says he would have to gain a lot of muscle first.
- Ciryl Gane on Josh Hokit's trash talk: 'You can insult my mum, you don't know my mum'The UFC heavyweight champion also says he knows he is not a cheater, a week before his first title defence against Hokit at UFC 334.
- Ilia Topuria on coaching TUF against Paddy Pimblett: 'It's something that could happen'Pimblett said in October he did not think Topuria had "got the balls" to coach The Ultimate Fighter against him. Topuria says nothing is official and he has not spoken to the UFC.
- On this day in 2009: Haye takes WBA heavyweight title from ValuevDavid Haye gave away almost 100 pounds in Nuremberg and became the fourth Briton to win a major heavyweight world title.
- Joshua Buatsi says Callum Smith vs Bivol will be a competitive fightJoshua Buatsi, who lost a unanimous decision to Callum Smith last February, said he is unsure whether 22 months out of the ring will hurt Smith in his challenge to Dmitry Bivol.
- Tye Ruotolo submits Christian Lee to win ONE Championship lightweight titleRuotolo, who already holds ONE's grappling belt, finished Lee with a first-round rear-naked choke in Bangkok in only his third professional MMA fight.
- Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson 2: DAZN annual pass half price at £59.99New DAZN members can buy a year's standard subscription for £59.99 this weekend, covering Saturday's rematch for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title at Manchester's AO Arena.
- Bentley eyes world title return ahead of American test at London's Copper Box ArenaBentley, who first boxed at a fight club his brother ran on their local estate, says Zuffa Boxing has told him it will help put him back in position to win a world title.
- Khamzat Chimaev says he didn't lose to Sean Strickland: 'I'm the real champion'Chimaev, ranked No 1 at middleweight by the UFC, wants to wait and fight the winner of Strickland's expected title defence against Nassourdine Imavov.
- Ilia Topuria rules out Alexander Volkanovski rematch: 'I like him too much'Topuria, who knocked Volkanovski out at UFC 298, said he respects the featherweight champion too much to hit him and called him the best featherweight there has ever been.
- Johnny Walker calls Waldo Cortes-Acosta 'a Christmas present' before UFC Vegas 124 main eventWalker took the heavyweight headliner on eight days' notice, five weeks after his flying-knee knockout of Mick Parkin, and says it is "already time to go for the belt".
- Joe Elmore returns against former BKFC champion Gorjan Slaveski at BKFC 97 in HollywoodThe welterweight fight on December 11 is the co-main event under Bryce Henry v Clay Collard at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida.
- Munguia's mandatory challenger Bek Melikuziev knocks out Karomatullo Sharipov in DubaiThe Uzbek is waiting on his shot at Jaime Munguia's WBA super middleweight title, and Chris Mannix has said the two sides have come to terms.
- Henry Cejudo and Kamaru Usman criticise Colby Covington's 43-second lossColby Covington was choked out by bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr in a submission-only grappling match, days before he is due to wrestle Khamzat Chimaev in the RAF Abu Dhabi main event.
- Connal McDonald cites amateur win over Daniel Dubois before Lucas Roehrig fightThe Scottish champion meets the cruiserweight prospect at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday, on the Zuffa Boxing 12 card headlined by Chris Billam-Smith against Cheavon Clarke.
- Carl Froch says Canelo Alvarez would be big favourite against Hamzah SheerazHall of Famer Carl Froch believes Hamzah Sheeraz would pose little threat to Canelo Alvarez, who has won back the WBC super-middleweight title by beating Christian Mbilli.
