MMA

MMA

"Just the hype. It's the hype around him. That's about it (what makes Segawa different than anyone else he's faced)," Puric told Cageside Press. "I fought f*cking Rodtang for three rounds. Took him to decision. He couldn't do it (finish me), so I feel like he's in a lot of trouble. He's in a lot of trouble. It's going to be a spectacle every f*cking time I come in there. This one's going to be no different."

"Man, I think I was a kid, when I started doing jiu-jitsu - I started like around 10-, or 9-years old - but my dad is a huge fan of MMA," Gimenis explained. "I think in my mind back in my mind, I already being prepared to fight MMA at one point of my life."

MMA on a Monday? Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation mixed things up a little, coming out of the weekend with a Monday card in Kobe, RIZIN Landmark 12. Of course for western fight fans, that was a late Sunday night start time, for a card that featured Kyohei Hagiwara vs. Kyoma Akimoto in the main event, and a women's atomweight title fight in the co-headliner. The card also featured appearances by Canadian flyweight standout Tony Laramie, and South Korean Road to UFC alum Ki Won Bin.

Round 1 - Gorimbo took the center of the Octagon to start, but Wells immediately uncorked a heavy right hand and followed with a quick combination that forced Gorimbo backward. Gorimbo responded by shooting for a takedown and successfully bringing Wells to the mat. Wells quickly returned to his feet, yet Gorimbo stayed attached and secured another takedown, advancing straight into full mount. Wells turned belly down, allowing Gorimbo to take his back and land punches from top position.

"It's not good," Andy said in a video posted to Aspinall's YouTube channel. "His right eye, he can't see anything. It's just gray. [Doctors] tested him on words, and he just couldn't see anything. His left eye is 50%. It went about four letters [down the chart] and then he couldn't see letters. So, one is really, really blurry -- and one is not working."

David Onama and Steve Garcia headline their first fight card inside the Octagon when the featherweights square off in the main event at UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday ( 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with prelims at 4 p.m.). Onama enters the fight riding a four-fight winning streak; his most recent victory was a unanimous decision over Giga Chikadze in April. Garcia is on an unbeaten streak dating back to October 2022. He has won six consecutive fights, including a unanimous decision over Calvin Kattar in his most recent appearance in July.

As recently announced by the promotion, Gillian Robertson (16-8) will take on Iasmin Lucindo (18-6) at the event, which takes place at the UFC Apex on December 13, 2025 and is the final UFC card of the year. That same announcement also included Jamey-Lyn Horth (8-2) facing off with Tereza Bleda (7-1). Since moving back to strawweight, Robertson, the UFC women's submission leader, has won five of her six fights, including four straight heading into UFC Vegas 112.

Normally for any title fight with a reigning champion coming into the event, there would be a little (c) next to the title holder's name in the results section down below. Not so with Oktagon 79 however, as despite coming into Fight Week as the Oktagon MMA welterweight champion, Ion Surdu found himself stripped of his title prior to the event.

Who told you I like fighting? I fight because this is a sport I'm good at, I think. I made an agreement with myself when I started this sport 15 years ago that I wanted to become a champion in my previous promotion in Africa, and I did that. And I said I want to be a champion in the UFC, and I'll do that.

It's like a dream come true, but every time I reach a goal, I always make a new one,