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    RIZIN Announces Return Shows in August; Kai Asakura vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo for the Vacant Bantamweight Championship

    After months of no shows and no word on the future of RIZIN, CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced this week the promotion will be returning in August with back to back shows. RIZIN 22 and RIZIN 23 are scheduled to be put on at the newly built PIA Arena in Yokohama August 9 and 10. The promotion...
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    Marlon Moraes tests positive for coronavirus along with wife who spent day in hospital as both were ‘weak’

    UFC star Marlon Moraes has tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports. The bantamweight title challenger's wife has also contracted Covid-19. According to ESPN Brazil, Moraes said they both felt "weak" after catching the virus. His wife, Izabella Santiago, reportedly spent the day...
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    Bellator to return July 24; Sergio Pettis, Ricky Bandejas booked to fight

    It’s been five months since COVID-19 put a stop to Bellator operations, but that’s about to change soon. Bellator is set to return in just 10 days with an event on July 24 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The first known booking features a bantamweight bout between Sergio Pettis and...
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    Deiveson Figueiredo tests positive for COVID-19, Alexandre Pantoja on standby to face Joseph Benavidez

    Deiveson Figueiredo may not get a chance to run things back with Joseph Benavidez. In the main event of a UFC Fight Island card on July 18, Figueiredo is set to rematch Benavidez for the vacant flyweight title. The two fought back at UFC Norfolk in February where the Brazilian won but he also...
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    Paddy Pimblett: “You Know Where I Will Be.”

    Paddy Pimblett did not allow himself to get carried away with his emphatic win over Decky Dalton on March 20th: “I expected that he was going to have nothing for me to be honest, everyone I spoke to I told that I would be disappointed if it goes beyond the first round and in the end, I wasn’t...
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    Belal Muhammad Blasts Fighters Trying to Save Ranking By Not Fighting During Pandemic

    Belal Muhammad (16-3) returns to the octagon this weekend, where he’ll take on Lyman Good in a promising welterweight battle. Good was the first UFC fighter diagnosed with COVID-19, something he announced earlier this year. Now healthy, the two will throw down on the UFC on ESPN 11 main card...
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    Matt Frevola out of UFC on ESPN 11 after cornerman Billy Quarantillo tests positive for COVID-19

    Matt Frevola won’t compete this Saturday at UFC on ESPN 11. Frevola (8-1-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) has been forced out of his fight with Frank Camacho after revealing Thursday that his teammate and cornerman, UFC featherweight – Billy Quarantillo, tested positive for COVID-19. Although Frevola has...
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    ONE: King Of The Jungle To Be A Closed Event (Coronavirus)

    As the coronavirus continues to make its impact on the world, multiple combat sports organizations are finding ways of working around the pandemic. UFC Champion Weili Zhang had to end camp in China early due to the virus, while a boxing card had to be cut altogether. Now, it appears the virus...
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