ONE Championship has added two undefeated prospects to its bantamweight MMA roster, signing Ilmadi Israilov and Kalandar Tabarov. Israilov arrives at 9-0 with six submissions, while Tabarov is 5-0 with four straight finishes split between knockouts and submissions.
ARES FC 43 brings nine fights to Paris on September 25, headlined by undefeated featherweight champion Josh O'Connor against interim champion Fabacary Diatta. Former ONE kickboxing champion Alexis Nicolas returns for his second MMA fight, while Akhmed Amaev faces former Cage Warriors champion Luke Shanks on a competitive ARES Fighting Championship card.
DWCS 2026 Week 7 produced six UFC contracts from only five fights, with losing fighters Callum Connor and Jaden Ortega both signed after memorable wars. Piero Guaylupo and Damian Piwowarczyk also delivered for MMAtown, cashing both selections from our Week 7 predictions.
DWCS 2026 Week 7 features Norbert Novenyi Jr. vs. Theo Haig, two undefeated welterweights and a closely priced lightweight fight between Piero Guaylupo and Callum Connor. MMAtown breaks down all five matchups, including the appeal of Guaylupo near even odds and the risks behind the card’s heavier favorites.
Sean Sharaf pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history, knocking out Olympic champion Gable Steveson in just 12 seconds at UFC 331. The story only got stranger afterward: Sharaf revealed massive debt and bankruptcy plans before Dana White awarded him an additional $100,000.
MMAtown's UFC 331 predictions focus on three very different plays: Joshua Van at around 1.90 against Alexandre Pantoja, Mauricio Ruffy as a high-risk 4.00 underdog against Arman Tsarukyan, and Doo Ho Choi by KO/TKO at 2.70 against Patricio Pitbull. Van is our strongest of the three; the other two require more caution.
Fedor Emelianenko has reopened one of MMA's oldest unanswered questions. Nearly 20 years after a fight with Randy Couture fell apart amid Couture's UFC contract dispute, Fedor says he still trains, remains open to competing and would prefer Couture over Brock Lesnar: “I'm ready if he's ready.”
DWCS 2026 Week 6 produced four UFC contracts and four finishes at the Meta APEX. Akbar Abdullaev needed only 19 seconds for a one-punch knockout, while Mayton Perea, Igor Cavalcanti and Luis Hernandez also earned deals. Tyshawn Williams stayed unbeaten but was instead offered another Contender Series opportunity.
DWCS 2026 Week 6 brings five more fights to Las Vegas on September 15, led by unbeaten Zevan Hunt against Mayton Perea. Akbar Abdullaev arrives with a 13-0 record, Igor Cavalcanti gets another Contender Series opportunity and Luis Hernandez puts his perfect record on the line in a loaded Dana White's Contender Series lineup.
Noche UFC 2026 delivered a strange, memorable night in Glendale as Jean Silva survived a rough start to submit Jose Delgado in the main event. Alexa Grasso defeated Manon Fiorot, Brandon Moreno returned to the win column and Sean King scored a brutal slam knockout on a 13-fight UFC card.
