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Another questionable selection from the matchmakers, Rafael Tobias comes in with a shiny 13-1 record at just 22 years old-but the résumé doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Most of his fights have been in small Brazilian promotions with little accessible tape, and the one time he stepped up in competition, at LFA, he was knocked out in the second round by what I'd call a proven but low-level fighter. He's never been successful in a cage I rate at all, and that's concerning

Charles Oliveira is going to need a new dance partner for next month's UFC Rio main event. On Friday, it was revealed that lightweight Rafael Fiziev was out of his fight with Oliveira, set to headline the UFC's return to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 11, 2025. Octagon Update was first to report news of Fiziev's withdrawal, which is reportedly due to injury.

On Friday, promotion officials confirmed a previous report by Club De Las MMA that #6-ranked Waldo Cortes-Acosta (14-2) will face the #10-ranked Ante Delija (26-6) at a UFC Fight Night event on November 1, 2025. The bout is expected to serve as the card's five-round main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Delija has just one fight

I explained it to them like I was a superhero. The first slide on my little PowerPoint for the kids said Malcolm 'The Machine' Wellmaker, and I told them my superhero name was 'The Machine,'

Smith is still circling another fight, after submitting Niko Price at UFC 317 in June. "Looking for another fight. Waiting for that call," he told media outlets including Cageside Press on Tuesday. Looking back to the Price bout, "I overcame a lot, not only in the cage, but outside in preparing for that fight," he recalled. "Fight camp wasn't easy. A lot of bumps in the road, but I think I handled it well."

In a landmark show for the European fight scene, OKTAGON 75 lands in Hannover for the very first time this Saturday, bringing with it a stacked fight card and plenty of intrigue. Headlined by featherweights Gjoni Palokaj and rising Czech prospect Jakub Batfalský, this high-stakes battle for contender status in a division recently shaken up by the departure of a former champ.

It's a very long road to get here. I'm internalizing everything because I see everybody - we say something in Brazil that's very popular. We say 'we don't have to pay taxes on having dreams.' So everybody has dreams, everybody has a lot of dreams and aspirations. And I am blessed enough to have worked myself so hard to be able to be living my dream,

Serbia's Nikola Joksovic has signed with BRAVE Combat Federation, bringing his 17-0 record to the global stage. The feared finisher is ready to dominate the Super Welterweight division and chase gold when he debuts this November in Slovenia. The promotion announced the signing on Thursday. Joksovic (17-0) has spent the bulk of his professional career fighting for Ares FC and Fight Nation Championship. Coming off a first round TKO over Jose Barrio Vargas he steps into a strong super welterweight division under the Brave CF banner.

Getting sober is the only reason anything good since I got sober has happened. Nothing good about being a drunk and an addict for all those years,

Former UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo has announced her retirement from mixed martial arts. Calvillo (10-6-1), who competed for the UFC from 2017 to 2023, was last in action a year ago, winning the HEX women's flyweight championship in regional action. In her heyday, she was considered a contender at 115lbs, winning her first three bouts with the company before running into former (and future) women's strawweight champion Carla Esparza. More wins would follow that setback, with Calvillo going 4-0-1 over her next five fights.