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- Ellie Scotney out of MVPW-07 with injury as Ramla Ali fight becomes co-main eventEllie Scotney's featherweight title fight with Tiara Brown has been postponed after she was injured, and Ramla Ali's bout with Mikiah Kreps for vacant WBO and IBF super-bantamweight titles moves up to co-main event.
- Ricky Hatton's family demand answers as estate stays in trust a year after his deathHatton's eldest son, Campbell, says his phone calls to the trustees controlling his late father's estate have been blocked, the Mirror reported, as the family wait to learn when the money will be shared out.
- Moses Itauma to fight in January as Frank Warren plots route back to title contentionFrank Warren says Itauma's opponent for his first fight since the August defeat by Filip Hrgovic will be named within the next couple of weeks.
- Brendan Allen submits Christian Leroy Duncan in fifth round at UFC Vegas 122Brendan Allen won the UFC Vegas 122 main event with a fifth-round rear-naked choke, while heavyweight underdog Allen Frye Jr. knocked out RJ Harris in the first round.
- Lauren Price to defend unified welterweight titles against Michaela Kotaskova in CardiffThe Welsh world champion returns to the Utilita Arena on 20 November to face a Czech challenger who has lost once in 15 professional fights.
- Alice Pereira enters bantamweight rankings aged 20 as Brendan Allen climbs to fourthPereira's TKO win over Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Vegas 122 earns her a debut at number twelve, and MMA Mania says she is now the youngest woman ever to appear in the UFC's rankings.
- Wilder, Pacquiao and Verhoeven among names linked to Fury vs Joshua undercard in CardiffNone of eight possible fights for the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua undercard has been confirmed, World Boxing News reported, though Dana White has said he wants Jai Opetaia vs Deontay Wilder on the card.
- Kayla Harrison details neck fusion after five herniated discs threatened Nunes fightThe UFC champion said she could not lift her arm two weeks before she was due to face Amanda Nunes, and called the operation the most serious of four she has had in four years.
- Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez in 'advanced talks' over welterweight unificationLopez appears ready to give up his WBA title rather than face mandatory challenger Jack Catterall, as the pair target a fight with Garcia's WBC belt in the first quarter of 2027, according to Boxing News.
- Frank Warren targets heavyweight unification fights in 2027 and wants Usyk involvedWarren promotes three of the four major heavyweight champions, including Daniel Dubois, who defends his WBO title against Fabio Wardley in London on Saturday.
- Joaquin Buckley tells Mike Malott "Don't nobody know you" in UFC Edmonton A-side rowMalott said Buckley would never headline in Canada without him, as the pair prepare for Saturday's welterweight main event at Rogers Place.
- Rico Verhoeven says he has said yes to Deontay Wilder fight on Fury vs Joshua cardThe fight is not confirmed: Dana White has said Jai Opetaia agreed to face Wilder in Cardiff on 11 December.
- Josh Hokit hits back at Bruce Buffer: "I have no criminal record, yet I'm not classy enough?"The UFC announcer called the heavyweight disrespectful. Hokit faces Ciryl Gane for the title at Madison Square Garden on 14 November.
- Sean Strickland takes aim at Edmonton days before UFC Fight Night in the cityThe former middleweight champion said the mayor should "live there for their term". Joaquin Buckley meets Mike Malott at Rogers Place on Saturday.
- On this day in 2006: Calzaghe outpoints Bika to keep three world titlesThe Welshman beat a future WBC champion over 12 rounds at the MEN Arena in Manchester to stay unbeaten.
- Floyd Mayweather joins Donald Trump on stage at Arizona rally: 'I will always choose America'The unbeaten former champion flew in on Air Force One and spoke at the campaign rally in Bullhead City.
- Alexander Volkanovski wants a Justin Gaethje super fight for the lightweight titleThe featherweight champion says they could "see everyone off" together, and first defends his belt against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333.
- Unbeaten Farid Basharat released by the UFC after going 7-0 in the OctagonThe 16-0 bantamweight is free to sign anywhere. His brother Javid was also let go after a win and is now with the PFL.
- Frank Warren calls 'quit' talk about Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley 'totally inappropriate'Warren says fighting on with his eye injury against Joe Joyce would have ended Dubois's career, and rules Filip Hrgovic out of a Rico Verhoeven fight on the Fury v Joshua card.
- Colby Covington v Dillon Danis submission match set for Rome, 11 days before ChimaevHype Fighting has booked them for 3 November. Covington beat Danis by tech fall in RAF wrestling in March.
- UFC 333 UK start time: Volkanovski vs. Evloev on Saturday, main event around 21:00UFC 333 starts at 15:00 on Saturday for UK and Irish viewers, with Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev expected around 21:00. Every bout in UK time.
- Netflix's four-part Mike Tyson docuseries TYSON is out nowDirected by Floyd Russ, it runs from Tyson's Brooklyn childhood to the Jake Paul fight, with a psychedelic trip in the final episode.
- Michael Bisping's son Callum stopped in second round for first amateur MMA lossThe heavyweight was stopped by John McCain at SUNDOWN 2 in Los Angeles on Saturday, the first defeat of his amateur career.
- Eddie Hearn says Fury 'looked petrified' as Frank Warren says Joshua has 'inner doubts'Hearn, Joshua's promoter, calls the fight a 50-50 and says Joshua has to go and get Fury. Warren says Fury is "well in front" and in the top three.
- Dana White's runner Sal Everett is back at work after earning a UFC contractEverett, 29, knocked out Ozzy Martin in the first round on the Contender Series, then went straight back to running errands at UFC headquarters.
- Contender Series results: Smilla Sundell beats Aline Pereira and wins a UFC contractFour winners were signed on the final week of the season. Main-event winner Erick Visconde was told "not tonight, my friend".
- Naoya Inoue won't wait for Bam Rodriguez and starts preparing for featherweightThe undisputed super bantamweight champion, 33-0, could move up to a fifth weight class while Rodriguez's team eye another fight at 118lb first.
- Tim Tszyu to challenge Erislandy Lara for WBA middleweight title in AustraliaLara, 43, will defend his title in Tszyu's home country later this year. The date and venue have not been announced.
- On this day in 2001: Calzaghe stops McIntyre in CopenhagenThe Welshman's first world title defence outside Britain came on the undercard of Mike Tyson's fight with Brian Nielsen at Parken Stadium.
- Paulo Costa: 'Nothing from the UFC' as he plans to fight at the end of the yearThe No. 6-ranked light heavyweight, who has won his last two, says he will 'fight somewhere' but did not name an event or promotion.
