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This month, MMA News will continue to serve as an industry leader in original content, timely reporting, and in-depth storytelling with:
Original Stories: –We will continue leading the pack as a facilitator for the wider news cycle with an unyielding commitment to originality and storytelling. This means the majority of our daily content will remain stories that were covered here first. This is all made possible by our talented staff, including myself, Harvey Leonard, Curtis Calhoun, Nicole Bosco, Andrew Starc, Drew Beaupré, and Tyriece Simon.Timeliness: Stay on top of the biggest industry announcements and latest scoops as soon as they drop.Extensive Fight Night Coverage: Stay on top of all the live reactions, highlights, and stories from every UFC event before, during, and after the show.Arena-Style Results: Want to stay on top of the sights and sounds of Fight Night? Our results will put you right in the arena with all the highlights and biggest moments from every major MMA event.Industry-Wide Highlights: MMA News will continue to serve up the sickest highlights around the sport, including our Top 10 Finishes of the Week series.Top 10 Finishes: Want to see the best finishes of the week happening around the entire sport of MMA? Our Drew Beaupré leads our must-watch MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week released every Monday.Matchmaking Bulletin: Stay on top of all the fights that you won’t want to miss but may have flown under your radar. Our Harvey Leonard will keep you in the know with our weekly Matchmaking Bulletin.Weekly Interviews: Our YouTube channel will continue delivering interviews with fighters across the sport via our very own James Lynch and Curtis Calhoun.Positives & Negatives: Join the brilliant Harvey Leonard as he gives an in-depth analysis of all the positives and negatives coming out of every UFC event.Human-Interest Pieces: This August, MMA News will continue to bring you high-interest stories related to crime, politics, inspiration, or the bizarre, usually before they’ve reached other MMA media outlets.The MMA News Archives: Join us every weekend to revisit the past, as we share stories within our 20-year history that you may not have known.UFC Live-Tweeting: Our Twitter page just got a whole lot livelier, as the one and only Dan Levi reacts to all the in-cage action during UFC Fight Nights. Additionally, be on the lookout for more thought-provoking polls surrounding our great sport. The Countdown Continues: You can expect weekly lists ranking the best of MMA, such as last month’s “Top 10 Self-Promoters in UFC History” and “The Eight Most Bizarre Fights In Modern MMA History”
Long-time followers, thank you for your loyalty and for assisting our continued growth as an industry leader. For new readers, keep visiting MMANews.com for your daily fix of original content, passionate writing, and wide-ranging stories.
Without all the great mixed martial artists and combat athletes competing this month, there would be nothing to write about! So here are some of the names you can expect to be reading about this August leading up to and following these events.
Every card below is subject to change.
2022 PFL Playoffs 1 (August 5, 2022)
Anthony Pettis, Stevie Ray
Main Event: Anthony Pettis vs. Stevie Ray (lightweight semifinal)
Omari Akhmedov vs. Josh Silveira (light heavyweight semifinal)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alexander Martinez (lightweight semifinal)
Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte (light heavyweight semifinal)
Marthin Hamlet vs. Cory Hendricks
Adam Keresh vs. Marcelo Nunes
Ricardo Jimenez vs. Brahyan Zurcher
Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Quiles
UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill (August 6, 2022)
Main Event: Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill
Vicente Luque vs. Geoff Neal
Shamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov
Augusto Sakai vs. Sergey Spivak
Sam Alvey vs. Micha? Oleksiejczuk
Ariane Lipski vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Takashi Sato vs. Bryan Battle
Terrance McKinney vs. Erick Gonzalez
Nate Landwehr vs. Zubaira Tukhgov
Jason Witt vs. Josh Quinlan
Miranda Granger vs. Cory McKenna
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Stephanie Egger
Zac Pauga vs. Mohammed Usman
Juliana Miller vs. TBD
Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi (August 12, 2022)
Main Event: Neiman Gracie vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Bruna Ellen
Austin Vanderford vs. Anthony Adams
Said Sowma vs. Gokhan Saricam
Josh Hill vs. Matheus Mattos
DeAnna Bennett vs. Justine Kish
Sarvadzhon Khamidov vs. Jared Scoggins
Pat Downey vs. Jeff Souder
Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Mark Currier
Mitchell McKee vs. Tony Ortega
Ilias Bulaid vs. Weber Almeida
Brett Bye vs. TBA
UFC San Diego: Vera vs. Cruz (August 13, 2022)
Dominick Cruz, Marlon Vera
Main Event: Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz
Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo
Malcolm Gordon vs. Allan Nascimento
Ode’ Osbourne vs. Tyson Nam
Aspen Ladd vs. Sara McMann
Devin Clark vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bruno Silva
Martin Buday vs. Lukasz Brzeski
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Nina Nunes
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Gabriel Benitez vs. Charlie Onitveros
2022 PFL Playoffs 2 (August 13, 2022)
Image Credit: PFL
Main Event: Rory MacDonald vs. Magomed Umalatov (welterweight semifinal)
Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreira (heavyweight semifinal)
Denis Goltsov vs. Bruno Cappelozza (heavyweight semifinal)
Sadibou Sy vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight semifinal)
Josh O’Connor vs. Emran Sakhizaada
Mohammad Fakhreddine vs. TBA
John Mitchell vs. Chris Mixan
Szymon Bajor vs. Hatef Moeil
Kenneth Bergh vs. Will Fleury
Nathan Kelly vs. TBA
Vojto Barborik vs. Maxim Radu
Moktar Benkaci vs. Francesco Nuzzi
2022 PFL Playoffs 3 (August 20, 2022)
USA TODAY Sports
Main Event: Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 2 Kayla Harrison vs. No. 3 Martina Jindrova
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 1 Chris Wade vs. No. 4 Brendan Loughnane
Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 1 Larisa Pacheco vs. No. 4 Olena Kolesnyk
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 2 Ryoji Kudo vs. No. 3 Bubba Jenkins
Simeon Powell vs. Nemanja Uveric
Stuart Austin vs. Sofiane Boukichou
Marcin Held vs. Myles Price
Aleksandrs Chizovs vs. TBA
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards (August 20, 2022)
Main Event: UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Leon Edwards
José Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
Francisco Figueiredo vs. Amir Albazi
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon
Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilová
Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker
Daniel Lacerda vs. Victor Altamirano
Aori Qileng vs. Jay Perrin
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldaña
ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 (August 26, 2022)
Lightweight Championship Bout: Ok Rae Yoon (c) vs. Christian Lee [a]Featherweight Championship Bout: Thanh Le (c) vs. Tang Kai Flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix Semifinal: Superlek Kiatmoo9 vs. Walter Goncalves [c]Flyweight Muay Thai: Panpayak Jitmuangnon vs. Sherzod Kabutov [d]Welterweight: Zebaztian Kadestam vs. Iuri LapicusBantamweight: Muay Thai Rittewada Petchyindee vs. Saemapetch FairtexHeavyweight: Paul Elliott vs. Martin BaturFeatherweight: Amir Khan vs. Keanu SubbaFlyweight: Thales Nakassu vs. Kantharaj AgasaLightweight Grappling: Valdir Rodrigues vs. Renato Canuto
ONE On Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2
Main Event Flyweight Championship Bout: Adriano Moraes © vs. Demetrious Johnson
Marcus Almeida vs. Kirill Grishenko
Amir Aliakbari vs. Mauro Cerilli
Itsuki Hirata vs. Heqin Lin
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This month, MMA News will continue to serve as an industry leader in original content, timely reporting, and in-depth storytelling with:
Without all the great mixed martial artists and combat athletes competing this month, there would be nothing to write about! So here are some of the names you can expect to be reading about this August leading up to and following these events.
Every card below is subject to change.
2022 PFL Playoffs 1 (August 5, 2022)
Anthony Pettis, Stevie Ray
Main Event: Anthony Pettis vs. Stevie Ray (lightweight semifinal)
Omari Akhmedov vs. Josh Silveira (light heavyweight semifinal)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alexander Martinez (lightweight semifinal)
Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte (light heavyweight semifinal)
Marthin Hamlet vs. Cory Hendricks
Adam Keresh vs. Marcelo Nunes
Ricardo Jimenez vs. Brahyan Zurcher
Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Quiles
UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill (August 6, 2022)
Main Event: Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill
Vicente Luque vs. Geoff Neal
Shamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov
Augusto Sakai vs. Sergey Spivak
Sam Alvey vs. Micha? Oleksiejczuk
Ariane Lipski vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Takashi Sato vs. Bryan Battle
Terrance McKinney vs. Erick Gonzalez
Nate Landwehr vs. Zubaira Tukhgov
Jason Witt vs. Josh Quinlan
Miranda Granger vs. Cory McKenna
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Stephanie Egger
Zac Pauga vs. Mohammed Usman
Juliana Miller vs. TBD
Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi (August 12, 2022)
Main Event: Neiman Gracie vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Bruna Ellen
Austin Vanderford vs. Anthony Adams
Said Sowma vs. Gokhan Saricam
Josh Hill vs. Matheus Mattos
DeAnna Bennett vs. Justine Kish
Sarvadzhon Khamidov vs. Jared Scoggins
Pat Downey vs. Jeff Souder
Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Mark Currier
Mitchell McKee vs. Tony Ortega
Ilias Bulaid vs. Weber Almeida
Brett Bye vs. TBA
UFC San Diego: Vera vs. Cruz (August 13, 2022)
Dominick Cruz, Marlon Vera
Main Event: Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz
Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo
Malcolm Gordon vs. Allan Nascimento
Ode’ Osbourne vs. Tyson Nam
Aspen Ladd vs. Sara McMann
Devin Clark vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bruno Silva
Martin Buday vs. Lukasz Brzeski
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Nina Nunes
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Gabriel Benitez vs. Charlie Onitveros
2022 PFL Playoffs 2 (August 13, 2022)
Image Credit: PFL
Main Event: Rory MacDonald vs. Magomed Umalatov (welterweight semifinal)
Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreira (heavyweight semifinal)
Denis Goltsov vs. Bruno Cappelozza (heavyweight semifinal)
Sadibou Sy vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight semifinal)
Josh O’Connor vs. Emran Sakhizaada
Mohammad Fakhreddine vs. TBA
John Mitchell vs. Chris Mixan
Szymon Bajor vs. Hatef Moeil
Kenneth Bergh vs. Will Fleury
Nathan Kelly vs. TBA
Vojto Barborik vs. Maxim Radu
Moktar Benkaci vs. Francesco Nuzzi
2022 PFL Playoffs 3 (August 20, 2022)
USA TODAY Sports
Main Event: Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 2 Kayla Harrison vs. No. 3 Martina Jindrova
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 1 Chris Wade vs. No. 4 Brendan Loughnane
Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 1 Larisa Pacheco vs. No. 4 Olena Kolesnyk
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 2 Ryoji Kudo vs. No. 3 Bubba Jenkins
Simeon Powell vs. Nemanja Uveric
Stuart Austin vs. Sofiane Boukichou
Marcin Held vs. Myles Price
Aleksandrs Chizovs vs. TBA
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards (August 20, 2022)
Main Event: UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Leon Edwards
José Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
Francisco Figueiredo vs. Amir Albazi
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon
Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilová
Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker
Daniel Lacerda vs. Victor Altamirano
Aori Qileng vs. Jay Perrin
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldaña
ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 (August 26, 2022)
Lightweight Championship Bout: Ok Rae Yoon (c) vs. Christian Lee [a]
Featherweight Championship Bout: Thanh Le (c) vs. Tang Kai
Flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix Semifinal: Superlek Kiatmoo9 vs. Walter Goncalves [c]
Flyweight Muay Thai: Panpayak Jitmuangnon vs. Sherzod Kabutov [d]
Welterweight: Zebaztian Kadestam vs. Iuri Lapicus
Bantamweight: Muay Thai Rittewada Petchyindee vs. Saemapetch Fairtex
Heavyweight: Paul Elliott vs. Martin Batur
Featherweight: Amir Khan vs. Keanu Subba
Flyweight: Thales Nakassu vs. Kantharaj Agasa
Lightweight Grappling: Valdir Rodrigues vs. Renato Canuto
ONE On Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2
Main Event Flyweight Championship Bout: Adriano Moraes © vs. Demetrious Johnson
Marcus Almeida vs. Kirill Grishenko
Amir Aliakbari vs. Mauro Cerilli
Itsuki Hirata vs. Heqin Lin
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Original Stories: –We will continue leading the pack as a facilitator for the wider news cycle with an unyielding commitment to originality and storytelling. This means the majority of our daily content will remain stories that were covered here first. This is all made possible by our talented staff, including myself, Harvey Leonard, Curtis Calhoun, Nicole Bosco, Andrew Starc, Drew Beaupré, and Tyriece Simon.Timeliness: Stay on top of the biggest industry announcements and latest scoops as soon as they drop.Extensive Fight Night Coverage: Stay on top of all the live reactions, highlights, and stories from every UFC event before, during, and after the show.Arena-Style Results: Want to stay on top of the sights and sounds of Fight Night? Our results will put you right in the arena with all the highlights and biggest moments from every major MMA event.Industry-Wide Highlights: MMA News will continue to serve up the sickest highlights around the sport, including our Top 10 Finishes of the Week series.Top 10 Finishes: Want to see the best finishes of the week happening around the entire sport of MMA? Our Drew Beaupré leads our must-watch MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week released every Monday.Matchmaking Bulletin: Stay on top of all the fights that you won’t want to miss but may have flown under your radar. Our Harvey Leonard will keep you in the know with our weekly Matchmaking Bulletin.Weekly Interviews: Our YouTube channel will continue delivering interviews with fighters across the sport via our very own James Lynch and Curtis Calhoun.Positives & Negatives: Join the brilliant Harvey Leonard as he gives an in-depth analysis of all the positives and negatives coming out of every UFC event.Human-Interest Pieces: This August, MMA News will continue to bring you high-interest stories related to crime, politics, inspiration, or the bizarre, usually before they’ve reached other MMA media outlets.The MMA News Archives: Join us every weekend to revisit the past, as we share stories within our 20-year history that you may not have known.UFC Live-Tweeting: Our Twitter page just got a whole lot livelier, as the one and only Dan Levi reacts to all the in-cage action during UFC Fight Nights. Additionally, be on the lookout for more thought-provoking polls surrounding our great sport. The Countdown Continues: You can expect weekly lists ranking the best of MMA, such as last month’s “Top 10 Self-Promoters in UFC History” and “The Eight Most Bizarre Fights In Modern MMA History”
Long-time followers, thank you for your loyalty and for assisting our continued growth as an industry leader. For new readers, keep visiting MMANews.com for your daily fix of original content, passionate writing, and wide-ranging stories.
Without all the great mixed martial artists and combat athletes competing this month, there would be nothing to write about! So here are some of the names you can expect to be reading about this August leading up to and following these events.
Every card below is subject to change.
2022 PFL Playoffs 1 (August 5, 2022)
Anthony Pettis, Stevie Ray
Main Event: Anthony Pettis vs. Stevie Ray (lightweight semifinal)
Omari Akhmedov vs. Josh Silveira (light heavyweight semifinal)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alexander Martinez (lightweight semifinal)
Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte (light heavyweight semifinal)
Marthin Hamlet vs. Cory Hendricks
Adam Keresh vs. Marcelo Nunes
Ricardo Jimenez vs. Brahyan Zurcher
Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Quiles
UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill (August 6, 2022)
Main Event: Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill
Vicente Luque vs. Geoff Neal
Shamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov
Augusto Sakai vs. Sergey Spivak
Sam Alvey vs. Micha? Oleksiejczuk
Ariane Lipski vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Takashi Sato vs. Bryan Battle
Terrance McKinney vs. Erick Gonzalez
Nate Landwehr vs. Zubaira Tukhgov
Jason Witt vs. Josh Quinlan
Miranda Granger vs. Cory McKenna
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Stephanie Egger
Zac Pauga vs. Mohammed Usman
Juliana Miller vs. TBD
Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi (August 12, 2022)
Main Event: Neiman Gracie vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Bruna Ellen
Austin Vanderford vs. Anthony Adams
Said Sowma vs. Gokhan Saricam
Josh Hill vs. Matheus Mattos
DeAnna Bennett vs. Justine Kish
Sarvadzhon Khamidov vs. Jared Scoggins
Pat Downey vs. Jeff Souder
Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Mark Currier
Mitchell McKee vs. Tony Ortega
Ilias Bulaid vs. Weber Almeida
Brett Bye vs. TBA
UFC San Diego: Vera vs. Cruz (August 13, 2022)
Dominick Cruz, Marlon Vera
Main Event: Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz
Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo
Malcolm Gordon vs. Allan Nascimento
Ode’ Osbourne vs. Tyson Nam
Aspen Ladd vs. Sara McMann
Devin Clark vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bruno Silva
Martin Buday vs. Lukasz Brzeski
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Nina Nunes
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Gabriel Benitez vs. Charlie Onitveros
2022 PFL Playoffs 2 (August 13, 2022)
Image Credit: PFL
Main Event: Rory MacDonald vs. Magomed Umalatov (welterweight semifinal)
Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreira (heavyweight semifinal)
Denis Goltsov vs. Bruno Cappelozza (heavyweight semifinal)
Sadibou Sy vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight semifinal)
Josh O’Connor vs. Emran Sakhizaada
Mohammad Fakhreddine vs. TBA
John Mitchell vs. Chris Mixan
Szymon Bajor vs. Hatef Moeil
Kenneth Bergh vs. Will Fleury
Nathan Kelly vs. TBA
Vojto Barborik vs. Maxim Radu
Moktar Benkaci vs. Francesco Nuzzi
2022 PFL Playoffs 3 (August 20, 2022)
USA TODAY Sports
Main Event: Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 2 Kayla Harrison vs. No. 3 Martina Jindrova
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 1 Chris Wade vs. No. 4 Brendan Loughnane
Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 1 Larisa Pacheco vs. No. 4 Olena Kolesnyk
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 2 Ryoji Kudo vs. No. 3 Bubba Jenkins
Simeon Powell vs. Nemanja Uveric
Stuart Austin vs. Sofiane Boukichou
Marcin Held vs. Myles Price
Aleksandrs Chizovs vs. TBA
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards (August 20, 2022)
Main Event: UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Leon Edwards
José Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
Francisco Figueiredo vs. Amir Albazi
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon
Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilová
Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker
Daniel Lacerda vs. Victor Altamirano
Aori Qileng vs. Jay Perrin
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldaña
ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 (August 26, 2022)
Lightweight Championship Bout: Ok Rae Yoon (c) vs. Christian Lee [a]Featherweight Championship Bout: Thanh Le (c) vs. Tang Kai Flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix Semifinal: Superlek Kiatmoo9 vs. Walter Goncalves [c]Flyweight Muay Thai: Panpayak Jitmuangnon vs. Sherzod Kabutov [d]Welterweight: Zebaztian Kadestam vs. Iuri LapicusBantamweight: Muay Thai Rittewada Petchyindee vs. Saemapetch FairtexHeavyweight: Paul Elliott vs. Martin BaturFeatherweight: Amir Khan vs. Keanu SubbaFlyweight: Thales Nakassu vs. Kantharaj AgasaLightweight Grappling: Valdir Rodrigues vs. Renato Canuto
ONE On Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2
Main Event Flyweight Championship Bout: Adriano Moraes © vs. Demetrious Johnson
Marcus Almeida vs. Kirill Grishenko
Amir Aliakbari vs. Mauro Cerilli
Itsuki Hirata vs. Heqin Lin
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This month, MMA News will continue to serve as an industry leader in original content, timely reporting, and in-depth storytelling with:
- Original Stories: –We will continue leading the pack as a facilitator for the wider news cycle with an unyielding commitment to originality and storytelling. This means the majority of our daily content will remain stories that were covered here first. This is all made possible by our talented staff, including myself, Harvey Leonard, Curtis Calhoun, Nicole Bosco, Andrew Starc, Drew Beaupré, and Tyriece Simon.
- Timeliness: Stay on top of the biggest industry announcements and latest scoops as soon as they drop.
- Extensive Fight Night Coverage: Stay on top of all the live reactions, highlights, and stories from every UFC event before, during, and after the show.
- Arena-Style Results: Want to stay on top of the sights and sounds of Fight Night? Our results will put you right in the arena with all the highlights and biggest moments from every major MMA event.
- Industry-Wide Highlights: MMA News will continue to serve up the sickest highlights around the sport, including our Top 10 Finishes of the Week series.
- Top 10 Finishes: Want to see the best finishes of the week happening around the entire sport of MMA? Our Drew Beaupré leads our must-watch MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week released every Monday.
- Matchmaking Bulletin: Stay on top of all the fights that you won’t want to miss but may have flown under your radar. Our Harvey Leonard will keep you in the know with our weekly Matchmaking Bulletin.
- Weekly Interviews: Our YouTube channel will continue delivering interviews with fighters across the sport via our very own James Lynch and Curtis Calhoun.
- Positives & Negatives: Join the brilliant Harvey Leonard as he gives an in-depth analysis of all the positives and negatives coming out of every UFC event.
- Human-Interest Pieces: This August, MMA News will continue to bring you high-interest stories related to crime, politics, inspiration, or the bizarre, usually before they’ve reached other MMA media outlets.
- The MMA News Archives: Join us every weekend to revisit the past, as we share stories within our 20-year history that you may not have known.
- UFC Live-Tweeting: Our Twitter page just got a whole lot livelier, as the one and only Dan Levi reacts to all the in-cage action during UFC Fight Nights. Additionally, be on the lookout for more thought-provoking polls surrounding our great sport.
- The Countdown Continues: You can expect weekly lists ranking the best of MMA, such as last month’s “Top 10 Self-Promoters in UFC History” and “The Eight Most Bizarre Fights In Modern MMA History”
Without all the great mixed martial artists and combat athletes competing this month, there would be nothing to write about! So here are some of the names you can expect to be reading about this August leading up to and following these events.
Every card below is subject to change.
2022 PFL Playoffs 1 (August 5, 2022)
Main Event: Anthony Pettis vs. Stevie Ray (lightweight semifinal)
Omari Akhmedov vs. Josh Silveira (light heavyweight semifinal)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alexander Martinez (lightweight semifinal)
Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte (light heavyweight semifinal)
Marthin Hamlet vs. Cory Hendricks
Adam Keresh vs. Marcelo Nunes
Ricardo Jimenez vs. Brahyan Zurcher
Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Quiles
UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill (August 6, 2022)
Main Event: Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill
Vicente Luque vs. Geoff Neal
Shamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov
Augusto Sakai vs. Sergey Spivak
Sam Alvey vs. Micha? Oleksiejczuk
Ariane Lipski vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Takashi Sato vs. Bryan Battle
Terrance McKinney vs. Erick Gonzalez
Nate Landwehr vs. Zubaira Tukhgov
Jason Witt vs. Josh Quinlan
Miranda Granger vs. Cory McKenna
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Stephanie Egger
Zac Pauga vs. Mohammed Usman
Juliana Miller vs. TBD
Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi (August 12, 2022)
Main Event: Neiman Gracie vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Bruna Ellen
Austin Vanderford vs. Anthony Adams
Said Sowma vs. Gokhan Saricam
Josh Hill vs. Matheus Mattos
DeAnna Bennett vs. Justine Kish
Sarvadzhon Khamidov vs. Jared Scoggins
Pat Downey vs. Jeff Souder
Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Mark Currier
Mitchell McKee vs. Tony Ortega
Ilias Bulaid vs. Weber Almeida
Brett Bye vs. TBA
UFC San Diego: Vera vs. Cruz (August 13, 2022)
Main Event: Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz
Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo
Malcolm Gordon vs. Allan Nascimento
Ode’ Osbourne vs. Tyson Nam
Aspen Ladd vs. Sara McMann
Devin Clark vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bruno Silva
Martin Buday vs. Lukasz Brzeski
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Nina Nunes
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Gabriel Benitez vs. Charlie Onitveros
2022 PFL Playoffs 2 (August 13, 2022)
Main Event: Rory MacDonald vs. Magomed Umalatov (welterweight semifinal)
Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreira (heavyweight semifinal)
Denis Goltsov vs. Bruno Cappelozza (heavyweight semifinal)
Sadibou Sy vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight semifinal)
Josh O’Connor vs. Emran Sakhizaada
Mohammad Fakhreddine vs. TBA
John Mitchell vs. Chris Mixan
Szymon Bajor vs. Hatef Moeil
Kenneth Bergh vs. Will Fleury
Nathan Kelly vs. TBA
Vojto Barborik vs. Maxim Radu
Moktar Benkaci vs. Francesco Nuzzi
2022 PFL Playoffs 3 (August 20, 2022)
Main Event: Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 2 Kayla Harrison vs. No. 3 Martina Jindrova
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 1 Chris Wade vs. No. 4 Brendan Loughnane
Women’s Lightweight Semifinal: No. 1 Larisa Pacheco vs. No. 4 Olena Kolesnyk
Featherweight Semifinal: No. 2 Ryoji Kudo vs. No. 3 Bubba Jenkins
Simeon Powell vs. Nemanja Uveric
Stuart Austin vs. Sofiane Boukichou
Marcin Held vs. Myles Price
Aleksandrs Chizovs vs. TBA
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards (August 20, 2022)
Main Event: UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Leon Edwards
José Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold
Francisco Figueiredo vs. Amir Albazi
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon
Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilová
Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker
Daniel Lacerda vs. Victor Altamirano
Aori Qileng vs. Jay Perrin
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa
Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldaña
ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2 (August 26, 2022)
Lightweight Championship Bout: Ok Rae Yoon (c) vs. Christian Lee [a]
Featherweight Championship Bout: Thanh Le (c) vs. Tang Kai
Flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix Semifinal: Superlek Kiatmoo9 vs. Walter Goncalves [c]
Flyweight Muay Thai: Panpayak Jitmuangnon vs. Sherzod Kabutov [d]
Welterweight: Zebaztian Kadestam vs. Iuri Lapicus
Bantamweight: Muay Thai Rittewada Petchyindee vs. Saemapetch Fairtex
Heavyweight: Paul Elliott vs. Martin Batur
Featherweight: Amir Khan vs. Keanu Subba
Flyweight: Thales Nakassu vs. Kantharaj Agasa
Lightweight Grappling: Valdir Rodrigues vs. Renato Canuto
ONE On Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2
Main Event Flyweight Championship Bout: Adriano Moraes © vs. Demetrious Johnson
Marcus Almeida vs. Kirill Grishenko
Amir Aliakbari vs. Mauro Cerilli
Itsuki Hirata vs. Heqin Lin
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