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Only days after signing a new 3-fight deal with the UFC, Canada’s Aiemann Zahabi has been scheduled to fight Afghan-born British fighter Javid Basharat. Bantamweight (135 lbs) UFC Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Saudi Arabia02 March 2024
Romanian fighter Diana Belbiţă, who lives and trains in Stoney Creek, Ontario, at Kru Alin Halmagean’s House of Champions, is set to take on Brazilian Maria Oliveira on June 10th at UFC 289. This will be her first fight in a little over a year as she took time off to recover from injury. This…
Those in the know, know, that Squamish, BC’s Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels is one hell of a fighter who could give any Flyweight a run for their money, and the UFC is giving her just that chance. First reported by Dutch journalist Marcel Dorff ( @bigmarcel24 ), Horth is scheduled to make her UFC debut on April 29th…
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By Andy Cotterill The Ultimate Fighting Championship has had a great relationship with Canada. Since 2008 they have held a whopping 31 events across 8 provinces and 11 cities. UFC 58 was an entire fight card with just Canadians fighting Americans. Oh, and Canada has produced 2 UFC Champions. But the last UFC in Canada…
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By Andy Cotterill Fresh off a banger of a win over Julian Marquez at UFC 285 less than 2 weeks ago, Quebec’s Marc-André “Powerbar” Barriault gets awarded a position in UFC 289, scheduled for June 10th. A source with knowledge of the bout confirmed this match up to MM-eh today. Barriault (15-6 MMA) has become…
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By Andy Cotterill Niagara Top Team’s Jasmine Jasudavicius’ dominant victory over Gabriella Fernandes at the UFC Fight Night on February 25th must have turned a few heads, as she was rewarded with a new fight against Denver’s Miranda Maverick at UFC 289 on June 10th. This event’s location has not yet been revealed by the…
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There are a handful of reasons why Huntsville, Ontario’s Kyle “The Monster” Nelson (13-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) feels really good about his matchup with Jai Herbert (11-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) this Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall in London, England.
“Everybody doubted me and everyone threw me under the bus and said I was finished and garbage and blah blah blah,” Zahabi said with fire in his voice, “and I proved to myself that the odds don’t matter, the betting odds don’t matter and that it’s just me versus my opponent in there. It’s not me versus the media, it’s not me versus the fans, it’s not me versus the lights, it’s not me versus the venue, it’s not me versus anything. It’s just me and that one guy, and I gotta go out there and just beat him. I don’t have to beat anything else.”
For St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada fighter Jasmine Jasudavicius, many of her moments are on full display to the world every few months when she steps inside the UFC Octagon and goes to work against a talented opponent in the flyweight division of the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization.
Niagara Top Team’s Flyweight Female Fenom Jasmine Jasudavicius accepted a fight offer from the UFC to face Brazil’s Natália Silva at the UFC Fight Night scheduled for June 18th, 2022.
