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- Wales' Gerome Warburton to face Bronco Adames in Zuffa Boxing main event in RiyadhThe 14 November bout will be Adames' Zuffa Boxing debut and a non-title fight above the middleweight limit, Dan Rafael reports.
- Ian Machado Garry to fight again in 2026 after Islam Makhachev loss, says HelwaniIreland's Ian Machado Garry will compete again before the end of the year, according to Ariel Helwani, who ruled out Canadian knockout artist Mike Malott as his next opponent.
- Petr Yan says he was not rude to Merab Dvalishvili, just 'being real', before UFC 333Yan, who says he knows how to counter Dvalishvili in their third fight, believes he can control the way it goes.
- Bo Nickal says Joe Pyfer may need to create a narrative to get motivated for their fightNickal also said the injury behind the move from December is something he has been dealing with since January or February.
- Shakur Stevenson released from Zuffa Boxing and plans to start his own promotionStevenson, who had not fought for the promotion since signing in July, says he is willing to work with other promoters and wants the biggest fights at 135 or 140 pounds.
- Charles Oliveira rejects boring tag after Max Holloway BMF title winCharles Oliveira says he will not change his style to suit the BMF title's reputation as he prepares to defend it against Diego Lopes at UFC 335 in Las Vegas on 12 December.
- Jake Paul rules out Tommy Fury rematch after jibe over Anthony Joshua defeatFury threatened to break the other side of Paul's jaw, which was broken when Anthony Joshua knocked out the American last December, after Paul mocked him over a viral clip from a Halloween event.
- Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev could reshape all-time featherweight debateA win at UFC 333 would take Volkanovski to nine title wins against José Aldo's 11, by writer Jed Meshew's count. Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili meet in a trilogy bout in the co-main event.
- Darren Till gets possible next fight option as BKFC sign UFC rival Derek BrunsonDerek Brunson, who submitted Till in the UFC in 2021, will make his bare-knuckle debut in Myrtle Beach on 20 November against an opponent yet to be named.
- On this day in 2013: Frampton stops Parodi in Belfast title eliminatorThe Belfast fighter kept his European and IBF Inter-Continental super-bantamweight titles against the IBF's fourth-ranked contender.
- Fabio Wardley admits preparation was not ideal after Daniel Dubois rematch lossDaniel Dubois kept the WBO heavyweight title by beating Wardley inside two rounds, five months after stopping him in the 11th round of their first fight.
- Scotiabank Arena to host UFC 336 in Toronto on 30 January, no bouts named yetThe UFC will stage its first Toronto event since January 2024, though no bouts have yet been named for the numbered card.
- Farid Basharat says he never turned down a fight after Dana White commentsThe unbeaten bantamweight says he fought on a torn elbow ligament and against an opponent who missed weight by 10 pounds, and that UFC staff will back him up.
- Jasmine Jasudavicius says Erin Blanchfield underestimated her at UFC EdmontonThe Canadian beat Blanchfield on a decision in Saturday's co-main event and said a rematch with flyweight champion Natalia Silva, who beat her in 2022, would go differently.
- Jimmie Rivera knocks out Brandon Meyer with one left hook at BKFC 95The former UFC fighter finished Meyer in the fourth round of the co-main event in Newark, his seventh fight for the promotion.
- Movsar Evloev says first UFC finish could come against Volkanovski at UFC 333The unbeaten Russian challenger, 20-0 as a professional, has won all 10 of his UFC fights on the scorecards and meets Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
- Denis Boytsov, boxer said to hit harder than Anthony Joshua, dies aged 40The Russian heavyweight's father said a detached blood clot caused his death. Boytsov had been unable to speak for 11 years after suffering serious head injuries in Berlin in what his camp suggested was an attack.
- Daniel Dubois targets Oleksandr Usyk trilogy after Fabio Wardley rematch winThe WBO heavyweight champion stopped Wardley in the second round at The O2 in London and says he now has what it takes to beat the Ukrainian, who has defeated him twice.
- On this day in 2003: Moore stops Logan to keep British and Commonwealth beltsThe finish came 2:44 into the fifth of 12 scheduled rounds at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester.
- Daniel Dubois stops Fabio Wardley again as Frank Warren eyes unification fightsFrank Warren is targeting heavyweight unification fights in 2027 after Daniel Dubois kept his WBO title, with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua meeting in Cardiff on 11 December for the vacant WBA 'super' belt.
- Mandel Nallo stops Nate Landwehr in the second round at UFC EdmontonThe Canadian lightweight earned his first UFC win in his second Octagon appearance, handing Landwehr a fourth successive stoppage defeat.
- Mike Malott knocks out Joaquin Buckley in second round at UFC EdmontonMalott's fifth straight win is the biggest of his UFC career. Buckley has now lost three in a row.
- Sebastian Fundora stops Ermal Hadribeaj in the final second to keep WBC titleThe junior middleweight champion dropped Hadribeaj with a left hand at the end of round 12 for his fourth successful title defence.
- Dana White jokes about Sean Strickland getting into Canada for UFC EdmontonWhite said there are no issues with Strickland's contract, which he signed in May, and that he had not seen him in Edmonton.
- Dana White says there is a reason Farid Basharat was not re-signedThe UFC boss did not say what it was, but said a fighter who is 16-0 with seven UFC wins is not let go without one.
- Mike Malott knocks out Joaquin Buckley with knee in UFC Edmonton main eventThe second-round finish was Malott's fifth straight win as he pursues his bid to become the UFC's first Canadian champion since Georges St-Pierre.
- Mike Malott knocks out Joaquin Buckley in round two at UFC EdmontonThe Canadian finished Buckley at 2:32 of the second round in the main event, while Jasmine Jasudavicius beat Erin Blanchfield on the scorecards.
- Terence Crawford says he doesn't see Christian Mbilli beating Canelo AlvarezCrawford picks Alvarez to stop Mbilli late with a left hook when they fight for the WBC super middleweight title in Riyadh on 31 October.
- George Liddard's IBO fight with Michel Soro billed as a world title shotMatchroom's announcement of the unbeaten British middleweight's Monaco fight made no distinction between the IBO and boxing's four major belts, as Zuffa Boxing's own championship and the WBA Regular title stretch the list of world-title designations to seven.
- Chelsea Chandler backs Amanda Nunes against Kayla Harrison after UFC Edmonton winChandler, who submitted Melissa Croden in the first round, said she does not like Harrison and expects her to retire after the Nunes fight.
