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Cartoon of Alexander Volkanovski landing a right hand on Movsar Evloev against the fence.

Result · UFC

Volkanovski stops Evloev in the second

Volkanovski made the second defense of the featherweight title, and Evloev was the No. 1 featherweight. Volkanovski moves to 29-4, and Evloev falls to 20-1.

Cartoon of three PFL championship belts hanging on the cage.

Fight night · PFL

Three titles on the line in Kigali

PFL Africa listed $100,000 for each final on Saturday, December 12, at BK Arena. The welterweight final pairs Shido Boris Esperança and David Samuel, the lightweight final pairs Patrick Ocheme and Demba Seck, and the bantamweight final pairs Dwight Joseph and Raphael Uchegbu.

Cartoon of Lucas Gabriel and Magomed Magomedov standing in the cage.

Fight night · ONE

Gabriel meets Magomedov in Bangkok

Magomedov's last five fights were finishes, and this is Magomedov's first fight in ONE. Gabriel is 5-0 in ONE, and no belt is on the line.

Cartoon of Jarred Brooks stepping down into the strawweight ring where Tatsumitsu Wada waits.

Fight night · ONE

Brooks returns to strawweight against Wada

Brooks has lost three in a row, and the bout is not for the title. Brooks is 33 and 21-6, with one no contest, and Wada is 37 and 7-7 in ONE.

Cartoon of Petr Yan shouting while Merab Dvalishvili stays calm.

Fight night · UFC

Dvalishvili says Yan's trash talk does not bother him

Dvalishvili meets Yan for the bantamweight title on Saturday, October 24, their third fight, and it is the UFC's 20th trilogy. Yan took the title from Dvalishvili by unanimous decision at UFC 323.

Cartoon of Charles Oliveira holding the BMF belt out, away from himself.

Fight night · UFC

Oliveira says take the BMF belt somewhere else

Oliveira defends the BMF title against Diego Lopes on December 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and he has not defended the belt. Oliveira won it by unanimous decision over Max Holloway at UFC 326.

Cartoon of Mike Malott landing a knee on Joaquin Buckley's chin inside the octagon.

Result · UFC

Malott knocks Buckley out in the second

Malott's fifth straight win came on home soil in Edmonton, and he earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night. Malott moves to 15-2-1, and Buckley falls to 21-9.

Cartoon of Jena Bishop having the flyweight belt fastened on.

Result · PFL

Bishop takes the flyweight title

Carmouche had stopped Bishop in the third round of the 2025 World Tournament final. Bishop moves to 12-3, and Carmouche falls to 26-9.

Cartoon of Chihiro Sawada and Anastasia Nikolakakos facing each other, with the vacant atomweight belt between them.

Fight night · ONE

Sawada meets Nikolakakos for the atomweight title

Sawada has won four in a row, and a win would make her the first Japanese woman to hold a ONE world title. Denice Zamboanga vacated the belt on June 23, 2026.

Cartoon of Jiří Procházka and Navajo Stirling standing in the octagon.

Fight night · UFC

Procházka meets Stirling in Doha

UFC lists Procházka at No. 2 and Stirling at No. 5, and no belt is on the line. Procházka is 34 and 32-6-1. Twenty-eight of his 32 wins are knockouts, and Stirling is 28 and 11-0.

Cartoon of Christian Lee holding a championship belt beside Tye Ruotolo.

Fight night · ONE

Lee defends the lightweight title against Ruotolo

Lee is also the welterweight champion, and seventeen of his 18 wins ended inside the distance. Ruotolo is the welterweight submission grappling champion, and he submitted Adrian Lee with a rear-naked choke.