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- Edson Barboza faces Rashid Magomedov in ACBJJ battle match three months after retiringThe 40-year-old retired after a TKO loss to Esteban Ribovics in August, and strikes are allowed standing and on the ground in Rio on 13 November.
- Jacobe Smith says he said no to Bonfim main event: 'I wasn't willing to take it for 5 rounds'The unbeaten welterweight says he was prepared for three rounds, and would have pulled out of his fight with Randy Brown to take it on those terms.
- Michel Pereira books first fight since UFC exit against In Su Hwang at ZFN 5 on 19 DecemberPereira became a free agent after losing to Shara Magomedov in June, and Hwang is a former Road FC middleweight champion.
- Man jailed for six and a half years for setting fire to Conor McGregor's pub in DublinAbdullah Khan, 24, poured petrol on the door of the Black Forge Inn and attacked two gardaí with a knife four days later.
- Joshua Van defends Islam Makhachev after backlash over turning down UFC 336The UFC flyweight champion, who defends his own title against Manel Kape on that Toronto card, says Makhachev has done everything he needs to in the sport.
- Renato Moicano expects nothing from UFC after Tom Nolan stand-up loss: 'I signed the contract'Moicano told The Ariel Helwani Show he knew "the price" when he signed his contracts, and said he was "shocked" when referee Dan Miragliotta stood him up against Nolan.
- Big John McCarthy says the most he ever made refereeing a UFC event was $2,000The veteran referee said the fee covered "the entire night" at UFC 217 in 2017, and that Dan Miragliotta "probably made $1,600" for the Tom Nolan v Renato Moicano fight.
- Big John McCarthy says Dan Miragliotta was unfair to Renato Moicano at UFC Vegas 123The veteran referee said he has never taken a fighter out of back control, the position Moicano held when Miragliotta stood him up in a main event Tom Nolan went on to win by TKO.
- Charles Oliveira vs Diego Lopes tops official UFC 335 poster for 12 DecemberOliveira makes his first BMF title defence against a debuting lightweight in Las Vegas, while Alex Pereira and Sergei Pavlovich share the poster ahead of their five-round heavyweight co-main event.
- Renato Moicano plans to stop fighting MMA after three more UFC fights for influencer boxingThe 37-year-old told The Ariel Helwani Show he would box for "half a million dollars, million dollars" and does not want to end up like Tony Ferguson.
- Darren Till would not apologise to John Fury for $10 million: 'get your son to fight me'Till said an unnamed person asked through his manager whether he would ring Fury and say sorry so a Tommy Fury fight could be made. He said his manager already knew the answer.
- Darren Till says BKFC talks over an Anfield show were 'way more serious' than he consideredTill, who has one fight left on his BKFC deal, thinks a show at Liverpool's stadium could come next year, though nothing has been announced. He says David Feldman is keen to re-sign him.
- Darren Till says he was two weeks into camp for Jake Paul when Cedric Doumbe was announcedTill said Paul's team approached him and that he thought a price had been agreed for Dubai on 24 December. He said he wasted about £5,000 getting his coach out for camp.
- Adam Azim next fight: IBF eliminator against Gollaz, who lost to Subriel MatiasThe undefeated super lightweight's 4 December date at the Copper Box Arena will share a Boxxer bill with Francesca Hennessy against Johanna Wonyou for the interim WBC bantamweight title.
- Robert Whittaker says other names were offered before Bogdan Guskov at UFC SydneyThe former middleweight champion meets Guskov in the co-main event at Afterpay Arena on 6 February, in what Whittaker says is a return to Sydney after 12 years.
- Joshua Buatsi rejects Willy Hutchinson's claim he was bullied into rematch: 'By him? No'The pair meet again on Saturday at the AO Arena in Manchester for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title, two years after Buatsi's split-decision win at Wembley.
- Mbilli's promoter says referee seemed 'influenced' to take point off in Canelo Alvarez fightCamille Estephan questioned the eighth-round deduction but praised Alvarez for "a great performance" after the unanimous decision in Riyadh.
- Josh Hokit raps 'Frenchy leaving in a diaper' about Ciryl Gane in new song before UFC 334Rapping as J-Word on "MSG Freestyle", Hokit also goes after Jon Jones, Tom Aspinall, Alex Pereira and Ilia Topuria before his heavyweight title fight with Gane.
- Andy Cruz to face Artur Subkhankulov for vacant IBF lightweight title in Ufa on November 27The belt is open after Raymond Muratalla gave it up to move up in weight. Subkhankulov is unbeaten and fights in the city where he last won.
- Conor McGregor claims he outsells Canelo Alvarez and vows to sell final fightThe former two-division UFC champion, recovering from ACL surgery, has targeted International Fight Week 2027 for a comeback expected to be the last bout on his current contract.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua card: Deontay Wilder vs Jai Opetaia deal reportedThe bout has been agreed but not yet signed, boxing journalist Dan Rafael said, and would be unbeaten Australian Opetaia's heavyweight debut on the Cardiff bill on 11 December.
- Darren Till responds to Jake Paul choosing Cedric Doumbe for Dubai boxing returnPaul will face Doumbe at the Coca-Cola Arena on 24 December. Till, who had said he was waiting for a contract, tagged Paul and Most Valuable Promotions chief Nakisa Bidarian in his response.
- Johnny Walker rules out ever fighting brother Valter in the UFC: 'I'm not that crazy'The UFC Vegas 124 headliner says his half-brother can train with him in any fight camp but "just can't stay at my house".
- Michael Bisping says Islam Makhachev deserves to chase a third UFC title at middleweightBisping pointed to Alex Pereira being given a heavyweight shot against Ciryl Gane, and said Sean Strickland "would be a good matchup" for the welterweight champion at 185lb.
- Cedric Doumbe vows to 'finish the job' Joshua started as Jake Paul fight set for Christmas EveThe former two-time kickboxing world champion meets Paul over eight rounds at 200lbs in Dubai on 24 December.
- Tyson Fury targets 280lbs for Anthony Joshua fight in CardiffFury's target would put him more than a stone above the 265lbs he weighed in July, and within a pound of the heaviest weight of his career.
- Shauna Browne: 'I cry my eyes out' in fight week after up to 16 weeks away from familyBrowne told iFL TV that boxing's stigma pushes fighters to hide how hard camp is, in an interview for the charity Men and Their Emotions.
- On this day in 2019: Katie Taylor takes Linardatou's WBO title in ManchesterThe points win made her only the third boxer from Ireland, after Steve Collins and Carl Frampton, to capture world titles in two weight divisions.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua hospitality tickets cost £299 per personThe official package for the December fight in Cardiff includes a seat in blocks U20-U22 and complimentary pre-fight drinks, after standard general admission seats sold out in 40 minutes.
- Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov next at UFC Sydney after Nikita Krylov winThe former middleweight champion continues his light-heavyweight run on 7 February at the Afterpay Arena, in a fight whose winner is likely to cement a place among the division's top contenders.
