The record-holder wants to fight again by January, before Ramadan. Asked who deserves it, he picked activity over the unbeaten record. Prates and Morales, both in the building Saturday, found each other before the champion even left the cage.
MMASeventeen straight. The number belongs to one man now. Underneath the history: a challenger who lost with more grace than he ever promised, a champion who defended her belt and left with homework, and the man with the rebuilt airway authoring the upset of the summer.
MMAThe champion was first to the scale and the challenger matched him at an even 170. Dern hit her number for the fourteenth straight time. The only drama came half a pound at a time behind a curtain, and the promotion quietly weighed in a top contender just in case history needs a substitute.
MMAThe most decorated woman in the sport’s history walks to a PFL cage one more time on August 22. Underneath her: a returning tournament champion with a late-replacement opponent, an undefeated Marine against a surging Englishman, and a prelim slate stacked with names the merged company inherited from three different rosters.
BJJThe man whose six-second knockout topped the UFC record book for thirteen years, and whose Bang Muay Thai system shaped a generation of champions, just had a black belt tied around his waist by Alberto Crane. Coming from a career knockout artist, his verdict on the mat carries a weight no grappler’s version of the same line ever could.
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