#OnThisDay in 1990 - Paul Banke defeated Daniel Zaragoza by TKO in round 9 of 12 to win the WBC super bantamweight title. One of the most attritional fights of all time.

Tim Tszyu-Vergil Ortiz is being planned for Aug. 3 in L.A., sources tell ESPN. Ortiz must first defeat major underdog Thomas Dulorme on Saturday and emerge uninjured. Terrific action fight on tap, part of a stacked Crawford-Madrimov undercard presented by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dana White's Contender Series kicks off in about four months, but planning is already under way!

Lü Kai’s finish over Asyljan Tasket at JCK today:

Ze Wang goes from fun fighter to prospect with this SLICK triangle, set up from mount, over Zhao Zhikang. He’s finished his last four opponents now.

Brilliant idea. DREAM 5, Bushido 3, Bushido 6, and Total Elimination '04 are indeed art.

The MMA world loves to hate MMA posters so I asked one of the best in the business to grade posters from UFC, PRIDE and other promotions.

Akiko Stehrenberger is a legend.

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I don’t expect you to understand Michael Chandler. We are not on the same level. I am here to be the champ. You are just waiting for a paycheck. I also don’t understand why you waited Conor fight for 2 years, you could’ve lost 4 exciting fights during that time

🆕 野杁正明がONE参戦 🆕

ONEチャンピオンシップは
野杁正明🇯🇵と独占複数試合契約を結びました🤝

輝かしいキャリアを築いてきた野杁。
ONEデビュー戦は、誰との試合を見たいですか?! 🥊🔥

野杁正明 #WeAreONE #ONEチャンピオンシップ #キックボクシング

Second regular season event for Women's Flyweight and Men's Heavyweight #PFL4 on June 13th. (per ESPN)

Some business news that kind of slipped under the radar....

BKFC owners at Triller were acquired by a Hong Kong based finance company in a merger valued at $4 billion. Triller now becomes a publicly traded company
#BKFC

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'DiVincenzo a three... BANG! BANG!!!! Knicks take a 1 point lead with 13 seconds remaining!! THE GARDEN IS SHAKING RIGHT NOW!' - Mike Breen

The Knicks win Game 2️⃣ and take a 2️⃣-0️⃣ series lead!!!

High fucking drama at MSG. Lawd

It's obvious what they're doing here. If PFL wants anyone to take their 'sports league' gimmick seriously, there needs to be a written structure to the qualifying rounds. At the minimum round 2 should be winners vs. losers.

Road to UFC non-tournament bouts:
🇨🇳Wang Cong vs. 🇵🇪Paula Luna
🇦🇺Lisa Kyriacou vs. 🇨🇳Yan Qihui
🇰🇷Kim Han Seul vs. 🇨🇳Bahatebole Batebolati
🇰🇷Ki Won Bin vs. 🇯🇵Tatsuya Saika

The search is ON once again! 💪

Presenting the tournament brackets for 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐅𝐂 Season 3! Who will earn their spot in the Octagon?

📅 #RTU3 starts May 18-19 at the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai!

Incredible weekend of finishes. Every card seemed to produce a HL reel KO.

Hilo con los mejores KOs/TKOs de la semana. Top 20!