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First, the PFL Champions Series Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, saw a shocking conclusion to its main event middleweight title fight. Johnny Eblen, the incoming champion, was up on the scorecards heading into the fifth round. However, Costello Van Steenis pulled off a last-second rear-naked choke to snatch the title away.
Vagner Rocha won just six months after having heart failure, and both Adele Fornarino and Roberto Jimenez put on a show. Check out results and analysis from WNO 29.
NASHVILLE – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 70 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.
Neither fighter appeared to have issue and weighed in just 2 pounds apart with Lewis at 261 and Teixeira at 259. The co-feature had no issue, either, when Gabriel Bonfim (17-1 MMA,
Valter Walker made history at UFC on ESPN 70 when he finished Kennedy Nzechukwu with his third consecutive heel hook finish.
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The UFC was back in Atlanta on Saturday night with a compelling 13-fight card, ... UFC on ESPN 69 Live Winners and Losers, Results. Tom Taylor Jun 14, 2025.
Perez (25-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) was forced out of his Aug. 9 co-main event against Steve Erceg (12-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Perez confirmed the news on Instagram after an initial report from "The Fight Analyst" on X.