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MMAThe perennial contender has spent four years guarding the lightweight division’s upper floor. The Australian has spent his short UFC run kicking the door in. Saturday at the Meta APEX, the promotion finds out whether the queue behind the champions just got a new name.
Bare Knuckle BoxingThe September 19 card at Auditorio Municipal now has both title fights named. The hometown super cruiserweight champion defends against a former three-division king, and a new super flyweight champion gets crowned in the co-main, with a Mexican fighter in position to take the belt in her home country.
MMAThe flyweight title rematch nobody stopped asking for since the 26-second injury ending, a five-round lightweight assignment with real danger attached, an Ortega-Moicano rematch nearly a decade in the making, and Gable Steveson on the same night the man who knocked out Junior dos Santos for MVP walks back into the octagon.
MMAThe manager put a number on the table before the Colgan fight. The promotion declined it. The champion gambled on himself, won in one round, and became the most consequential free agent in the sport four days into the MVP MMA era.
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