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Live! Fury Vs Wilder Weigh-In Video!

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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder collide for the WBC heavyweight title this Sat. night (Oct. 9, 2021) on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in what is ex…


Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - Weigh-In
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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder collide for the WBC heavyweight title this Sat. night (Oct. 9, 2021) on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in what is expected to be the biggest boxing event of the year. But before “The Gypsy King” and “The Bronze Bomber” trade leather in “Sin City,” they must first hit the scale to make their heavyweight trilogy official. The live weigh-in video stream kicks off later today (Fri., Oct. 8) at 5 p.m. ET in the embedded video above.

Those fans interested in the Fury-Wilder 3 undercard, as well as the stacked preliminary card, can watch those fighters weigh in at 4 p.m. ET in a separate video player embedded below. As always, MMAmania.com will have full text results for the entire card, top-to-bottom, listed below in real time. Expect fighter face offs — with the appropriate security — to go down shortly after Fury and Wilder register their weights.

Complete Fury-Wilder 3 weigh-in text results below:

ESPN+ PPV Main Event:

Tyson Fury (277) vs. Deontay Wilder (238) for WBC heavyweight title

ESPN+ PPV Main Card:

Robert Helenius (246) vs. Adam Kownacki (258), heavyweight
Efe Ajagba (237) vs. Frank Sanchez (240), heavyweight
Jared Anderson (240) vs. Vladimir Tereshkin (256), heavyweight

ESPN+/ESPN2 Preliminary Card:

Edgar Berlanga () vs. Marcelo Esteban Coceres (), super middleweight
Julian Williams () vs. Vladimir Hernandez (), super welterweight

ESPN Early Preliminary Card:

Robeisy Ramirez (126) vs. Orlando Gonzalez (126), featherweight
Viktor Vykhryst () vs. Mike Marshall (), heavyweight
Bruce Carrington () vs. Cesar Cantu (), featherweight

Tomorrow’s fight card will set you back $79.99.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow updates of the complete “Fury vs. Wilder 3” fight card on Sat. night, beginning with the early “Prelims” at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, followed by the ESPN+ “Prelims” at 7 p.m. ET, then the ESPN+ PPV main card at 9 p.m. ET, with Fury and Wilder making their walk at approximately 11:30 p.m. ET.

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Vicente Luque Calls On The UFC To Book ‘No Brainer’ Nate Diaz Fight

Vicente LuqueTop welterweight contender Vicente Luque has been campaigning for a Nate Diaz fight for well over a year at this point. Two of the most exciting fighters in the sport have both seemed to pique some interest lately in facing each other maybe even by the end of 2021. Luque was asked about the Diaz […]

Vicente Luque

Top welterweight contender Vicente Luque has been campaigning for a Nate Diaz fight for well over a year at this point. Two of the most exciting fighters in the sport have both seemed to pique some interest lately in facing each other maybe even by the end of 2021. Luque was asked about the Diaz rumors when speaking to MMA Fighting.

“He’s a great fighter, he’s a legend,” Vicente Luque said about Diaz. “Having that on my resume, that’s huge for me. The other thing is he has that status. He is the gangster. He goes in there and he fights and he goes forward and always he will fight till the last second with all the heart he has and I want to go and step in there with a guy like that and show that I can do that and maybe I can do that even better than he does.

“I think it’s about my legacy, about showing what my style is against a tough guy like Nate. Against a guy that has already proved he’s one of the toughest in the sport. That’s what this fight is for me.”

“I’m really interested in this fight,” Luque told MMA Fighting. “I know that Nate is interested as well. So I think it’s the fight to make. We’re waiting. I let my manager Ali [Abdelaziz] [know], he knows that I want that fight. He’s working on it.

“Nate has clearly shown he wants that fight, he wants to make it happen. I think it’s up to the UFC to make it happen, set a date for us and I think it’s a big fight. I’m sure the fans are going to enjoy it. They’re going to want to watch that one. Even though it’s the last month of the year December, we still can catch that Fight of the Year possible contender. I would love to have that fight.”

Diaz even tweeted the video of Luque talking about him in a post-fight presser a few months ago.

Luque believes Diaz could be the perfect matchup for him as the welterweight division being all booked up at the top.

“It’s the perfect matchup for me right now, considering I don’t have many different names I can face,” Luque said. “Edwards doesn’t want to fight anybody or he might fight [Jorge] Masvidal, we don’t know what’s going to go on with that. I would love to have a rematch against him but it doesn’t seem likely. I’m not going to fight Burns everybody knows that. We’re brothers and that’s not going to happen. Colby [Covington] is lined up with Kamaru [Usman] so Nate is a guy, he has a big name, he has been doing a lot in my division and in the history of the UFC.

“It’s a big fight for me. I would love that. I think that the fans would love it. It makes sense for me. I think it would make sense for the UFC as well.”

Luque went as far as to say that he feels he and Diaz could be more than the five-round 25-minute limit. He believes they could go as many as 10 rounds in their fight, which would be quite the show for fans.

“I want to fight five rounds to see how it is, especially possibly fighting for the title after another fight,” Luque said. “I would love to have a five rounder. I know Nate likes to have five rounds so let’s do that.

“I even threw out there we could do 10 rounds and I’m serious about that. Maybe six, seven, eight rounds, something different if they want to throw it in just to make it special, I would be down for that as well.”

While there have been no offers put on the table quite yet for either fighter, Luque feels the time to make it is now and seems adamant about making it happen for the fans.

“It’s something that we both want, me and Nate want,” Luque said. “It’s likely to happen. I mean we’ve got to wait for the UFC. At the end of the day, they’re the ones that are going to make the fight happen. I don’t know.

“I think that it’s kind of like a no brainer for the UFC. Two tough guys that want to face each other and it’s going to be a banger of a fight. The fans will enjoy it. It only makes sense for it to happen so we’ll see.”

It’s hard to deny, this would be a big-time fight and one that would not disappoint the fans. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out and if these contracts eventually get offered.

Do you think we see Vicente Luque vs Nate Diaz?

Giga Chikadze vs Calvin Kattar In The Works For Jan. 15 Main Event

The UFC is looking to pair two of the finest strikers in the promotion to kick off the new year with a featherweight scrap between Giga Chikadze and Calvin Kattar. The January 15 Fight Night card will be the first event of the year, and MMA Junkie reports the main event is looking to be […]

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The UFC is looking to pair two of the finest strikers in the promotion to kick off the new year with a featherweight scrap between Giga Chikadze and Calvin Kattar.

The January 15 Fight Night card will be the first event of the year, and MMA Junkie reports the main event is looking to be Calvin Kattar (#5) facing Giga Chikadze (#8). Ironically, Calvin Kattar also main-evented the first UFC event of this year when he lost to Max Holloway via unanimous decision. Despite the loss, Kattar’s toughness was put on full display as he absorbed a record number of strikes from Holloway. With a full year to recover, Kattar will hope to use more offense and less toughness in his bout against another accomplished striker in Giga Chikadze.

Giga Chikadze has been calling for a fight against several individuals, with Calvin Kattar’s name being among them. Chikadze accused Kattar of “disappearing” after having agreed to a fight, but it now looks a though Kattar has every intention of showing up on January 15 and handing Chikadze his first UFC loss. Chikdadze currently has a UFC record of 7-0, most recently defeating Edson Barboza via second-round TKO.

Once finalized, the updated January 15 lineup will look like this:

Calvin Kattar vs. Giga Chikadze

Brian Kelleher vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov

Rogerio Bontorin vs. Kleydson Rodrigues

Bill Algeo vs. Joanderson Brito

Court McGee vs. Ramiz Brahimaj

Kleydson Rodrigues vs. Zarrukh Adashev

Kay Hansen vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

What is your prediction for this high-level banger to kick off 2022?

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UFC Vegas 39 Weigh-In Results

UFC Vegas 39Check out the official weigh-in result ahead of UFC Vegas 39 which is set to be headlined by a strawweight fight between Mackenize Dern and Marina Rodriguez. MAIN CARD Mackenzie Dern (114.5) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115) Randy Brown (170.5) vs. Jared Gooden (174)* – Gooden missed weight by 3lbs. Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Matheus Nicolau (125.5) Sabina Mazo (125) […]

UFC Vegas 39

Check out the official weigh-in result ahead of UFC Vegas 39 which is set to be headlined by a strawweight fight between Mackenize Dern and Marina Rodriguez.

MAIN CARD

Mackenzie Dern (114.5) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115)

Randy Brown (170.5) vs. Jared Gooden (174)* – Gooden missed weight by 3lbs.

Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Matheus Nicolau (125.5)

Sabina Mazo (125) vs. Mariya Agapova (125)

Phil Hawes vs. Chris Curtis (184.5)* – Hawes refused to fight Curtis on short notice.

PRELIMS

Chris Gutierrez (135) vs. Felipe Colares (136)

Alexander Romanov (260) vs. Jared Vanderaa (265.5)

Charles Rosa (145.5) vs. Damon Jackson (145.5)

Lupita Godinez (115.5) vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez (114)

Steve Garcia (155) vs. Charlie Ontiveros (155.5)

Which UFC Vegas 39 fight are you most looking forward to watching?

Sonnen: Rockhold Could Earn Title Shot With Win Over Strickland

Former two-division UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes the returning Luke Rockhold could earn a middleweight title shot with a victory over Sean Strickland at UFC 268. Rockhold hasn’t been in action since a 2019 light heavyweight loss to current 205-pound king Jan Blachowicz. At UFC 239, the Polish champ brutally knocked out the Californian. […]

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Former two-division UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes the returning Luke Rockhold could earn a middleweight title shot with a victory over Sean Strickland at UFC 268.

Rockhold hasn’t been in action since a 2019 light heavyweight loss to current 205-pound king Jan Blachowicz. At UFC 239, the Polish champ brutally knocked out the Californian. Having previously fallen to a KO at the hands of Bellator MMA’s Yoel Romero, Rockhold will be returning to the promotion next month looking to snap a two-fight losing skid.

The former UFC Middleweight Champion is set to face Sean Strickland on November 6. At the pay-per-view, Rockhold will need to put a stop to surging Strickland’s win streak, which has seen him record five straight wins. Given the 30-year-old’s comments about the veteran, their main card clash is likely to be a fiery affair.

Returning to face the #7-ranked middleweight, Rockhold will have his work cut out to beat a man whose only losses in 27 fights came against Santiago Ponzinibbio, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, and current UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman. Because of that, Chael Sonnen believes an impressive performance on the first November card could earn the 36-year-old a place opposite the champion.

Speaking on an episode of his YouTube series Beyond the Fight, “The American Gangster” suggested the challenge of Rockhold would be much more appealing for Israel Adesanya than a rematch with Derek Brunson, especially if he defeats “Tarzan” at UFC 268.

“With a little bit of help, if Dana just flirted with this idea one time and put it out there, Luke Rockhold [versus] Strickland could come in and steal the show. Shining Rockhold up on his first one back and the return to the division, I get that that needs some work and is unlikely. But if Rockhold does everything just right, has just the right showing, grabs just the right words in the post-fight interview and gets the attention of Adesanya, it is definitely within the realm of possibility. It is far more reasonable than Vettori getting a win and going into it. It’s far more interesting to Adesanya than having to go in there with Brunson a second time.” (h/t Sportskeeda)

While Rockhold looks to try and secure a date with the champ through a successful comeback next month, Adesanya will need to get past Robert Whittaker before considering his next challenger. “The Reaper,” who lost the belt to “The Last Stylebender” at UFC 243, has looked unstoppable in his three wins since being dethroned, which came against Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, and Kelvin Gastelum.

Meanwhile, Brunson and Cannonier will also hope to secure the status of #1 contender. The two top-five middleweights are reportedly also scheduled to clash at the January pay-per-view. Should Rockhold emerge victorious over Strickland, the pair may be joined by another veteran contender in the battle to secure the next championship opportunity.

Do you think an impressive victory over Sean Strickland at UFC 268 would be enough to earn Luke Rockhold a title shot?

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Face Off! Dern Stares Down Rodriguez In Vegas!

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will look to separate contender from pretender when submission specialist Mackenzie Dern locks horns with once-beaten strawweight bruiser Marina Rodrig…


UFC Fight Night: Dern v Rodriguez: Weigh-in
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will look to separate contender from pretender when submission specialist Mackenzie Dern locks horns with once-beaten strawweight bruiser Marina Rodriguez in the UFC Vegas 39 main event on Sat., Oct. 9 inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Check out their pre-fight face-off embedded above.

Dern (11-1) overcame some early weight-cutting issues — as well as a loss to 115-pound standout Amanda Ribas — to put together a torrid four-fight win streak, with three of those victories ending by way of first-round submission.

As for Rodriguez (14-1-2), she cut her teeth on the Brazilian version of Dana White’s “Contender Series” back in summer 2018, then followed up that win with a 4-1 record inside the Octagon, along with a pair of majority draws.

For complete UFC Vegas 39 weigh-in results click here.

Check out the co-main event staredown between welterweight rivals Randy “Rude Boy” Brown and Jared “Nite Train” Gooden, embedded below.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 39 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN+ preliminary card bouts at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN+ main card start time at 4 p.m. ET.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC Vegas 39 news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive here. For the updated and finalized “Dern vs. Rodriguez” fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.