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Vancouver’s Caio “Bigfoot” Machado (8-2-1) will be fighting American Don’Tale Mayes (8-2-1) at the UFC Fight Night scheduled for April 27th in Las Vegas, MM-EH has learned. This is a fairly quick turnaround for the Brazilian-born fighter, by UFC standards anyway. Machado fought less than 3 months ago in his UFC debut, where he lost…
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Calgarian Chad Anheliger will step in to replace an injured Toshiomi Kazama and face Cypriot Charalampos Grigoriou at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura in Las Vegas on March 16th. This fight was verified to MM-EH by Anheliger’s coach from Champion’s Creed MMA, Brian Bird.
A week ago Niagara Top Team’s Zack “Pow Pow” Powell was disappointed to learn that his Unified MMA 55 opponent Mac Laursen had withdrawn from their planned fight on January 19th. That disappointment quickly turned to happiness when not only was he offered a new opponent, but that opponent would have a big-name cachet as…
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.