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On Saturday, Aug. 8, ONE Championship hosted ONE SAMURAI 2, live from the Ebara Wave Arena Ota in Tokyo, Japan. The event featured the quarterfinals for the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Tournament. The event aired live on ONE Championship’s watch site starting at 4:30 a.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTS Kickboxing bout: Masaaki Noiri def. Liu Mengyang by KO (punch). Round 1, 2:59 – ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Tournament quarterfinal Kickboxing bout: Mohammad Siasarani def.

On Friday, Aug. 7, ONE Championship hosted ONE Friday Fights 165 & The Inner Circle 25, live from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The event featured Muay Thai and kickboxing action. The event aired live on YouTube starting at 7:30 a.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTS ONE Friday Fights 165 Muay Thai bout: Petninmungkorn NamkaengIceland def. Pet Suanluangrodyok by split decision Muay Thai bout: Ilyas Musaev def.

On Saturday, Aug. 8, the UFC will host UFC Vegas 120: Gamrot vs. Salkilld, live from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event features a battle of top-10 lightweights . The event airs live on Paramount+ starting at 5 p.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTS Mateusz Gamrot vs. Quillan Salkilld Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Billy Quarantillo Darren Elkins vs. Yadier del Valle Amanda Lemos vs. Alexia Thainara Billy Ray Goff vs. Ty Miller Steven Asplund vs. Guilherme Pat Diyar Nurgozhay vs.

The UFC returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 19, with a flyweight championship rematch that could have major implications for the legacy of both fighters. UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 takes place at Crypto.com Arena, where current UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van will face former champion Alexandre Pantoja in the main event. In the co-main event, No. 2-ranked lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan meets No. 10 Mauricio Ruffy with a potential title shot at stake.

With the growing popularity of women’s MMA, it is important to recognize these women with a rankings system of their own. Between the UFC’s inclusion of weight classes from strawweight up to featherweight, PFL’s increasing attention to the women’s side of the sport, and the all-female promotion Invicta FC, more and more women are being exposed to casual and hardcore fans alike.

Dana White’s Contender Series is back for its 10th season. The show, which airs on its home on Paramount Plus, aims to give top prospects a chance to impress the UFC brass in an attempt to earn a contract with the company. The show’s first episode of the new season takes place on Aug. 11 and airs live on Paramount Plus starting at 7 p.m. ET. The Lineup HW: Anthony Wint (6-0, Kill Cliff FC, United States) vs.

On Friday, Aug. 7, the Professional Fighters League will host PFL Charlotte: Battle vs. Rosta, live from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC. The event features a middleweight bout between Bryan Battle vs. Dalton Rosta. The prelims air live on ESPN+ starting at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the main card on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTS Bryan Battle vs. Dalton Rosta Dovlet Yagshimuradov vs. Simeon Powell Josh Silveira vs. Aaron Jeffery Lewis McGrillen vs.

The UFC returns to the APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 8, with a lightweight matchup that could have significant implications for the division’s crowded contender picture. Veteran Mateusz Gamrot squares off with rising Australian Quillan Salkilld in the UFC Fight Night main event, while a mix of established names, hungry prospects, and divisional wild cards round out the card.

The road to a new featherweight contender begins Saturday, August 8, when ONE SAMURAI 2 arrives at EBARA WAVE Arena Ota in Tokyo, Japan. Three quarterfinal bouts headline the kickboxing portion of the card, led by a rematch between former ONE Interim Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Masaaki Noiri and Chinese standout Liu Mengyang.

Between 14% and 23% of the weight lost in an ordinary diet is lean tissue. For a fighter dropping 6 kg to make a contracted weight, that is roughly 1 kg of muscle walking out the door alongside the fat, and it is muscle that produced takedowns and held frames a month earlier. The share is not fixed. It moves with how fast the weight comes off, how much protein comes in, and what happens in the gym while the deficit runs. The clearest finding in this area compares two rates in trained athletes.