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• The 10 | Most Memorable UFC Moments in Canada

  17-04-2025 23:21 via ufc.com
  
  Identifying The Unforgettable Fights And Moments That Took Place When The UFC Ventured To The Great White North
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• Brad Tavares removed from UFC roster after 15 years with promotion

  04-05-2025 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC For the first time in 15 years, Brad Tavares isn’t part of the UFC’s immediate plans.
  The veteran middleweight, who made his octagon debut all the way back in 2010, has been removed from the UFC roster following the completion of his most recent contract.
  UFC officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Saturday.
  While it’s entirely possible that Tavares could still eventually re-sign with the UFC, for now he’s been removed from the rost
  
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• Dominick Cruz replaces Joe Rogan on broadcast team for UFC 315

  04-05-2025 19:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Joe Rogan vowed he wasn’t going to Canada for UFC 315 and he’s followed through on that promise with the full broadcast team for the upcoming event in Montreal revealed.
  Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is set to serve as the third man in the booth when the promotion returns to Canada for the upcoming pay-per-view. Cruz is joined by play-by-play man Jon Anik and UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier for the broadcast.
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• Joel Alvarez out of UFC 315 fight with Benoit Saint Denis

  04-05-2025 18:30 via mmafighting.com
  
  Joel Alvarez | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Joel Alvarez won’t be fighting at UFC 315.
  “El Fenomeno” announced Sunday via Instagram that a hand injury has forced him out of his lightweight fight with Benoit Saint Denis, which was scheduled to take place at this Saturday’s pay-per-view event at Bell Center in Montreal. News of Alvarez’s withdrawal was first reported by MagicM.
  See Alvarez’s Instagram post below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Joel
  
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• Israel Adesanya explains how psychedelics, therapy aided fighting career

  04-05-2025 18:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Israel Adesanya | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Israel Adesanya had it all figured out inside the cage. It’s outside that he needed to find new ways to deal with the day-to-day struggle.
  During his rise up the UFC ranks that culminated in a pair of middleweight title wins, Adesanya made sure he was equipped to deal with the mounting pressures and the inevitable hangovers that comes with competing at the highest level of MMA. During a recent appearance on the Pound 4 Pound podcast, Adesany
  
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• Reinier de Ridder never feared Bo Nickal: ‘My jiu-jitsu, my judo, my wrestling is so good, I can hang with anybody’

  04-05-2025 17:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder heard all about Bo Nickal’s wrestling credentials in the weeks leading up to their fight at UFC Des Moines but that wasn’t going to stop him from challenging the three-time NCAA champion in every facet of the game when they met in the co-main event.
  From the start of the fight, de Ridder actually initiated the clinch several times and even scored a slick reversal in the first round where he ended up on top of Nickal looking for submiss
  
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• Arman Tsarukyan insulted by Mateusz Gamrot fight offer: ‘The UFC has angered me’

  04-05-2025 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Arman Tsarukyan | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Arman Tsarukyan’s current relationship with the UFC sounds frosty, to put it lightly.
  It was just four months ago in January that Tsarukyan was set to headline UFC 311 opposite lightweight champion and No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Islam Makhachev. Disaster struck as a back injury forced Tsarukyan out of that contest the day before the event and according to UFC CEO Dana White, that contender spot no longer belongs to Tsarukyan.
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• Ryan Bader announces RIZIN signing

  04-05-2025 15:30 via mmafighting.com
  
  Ryan Bader | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Ryan Bader is coming to RIZIN.
  The former two-division Bellator champion and PFL and UFC competitor jumped in the ring Sunday at RIZIN’s Otoko Matsuri event at Tokyo Dome to announce he has signed with the Japanese promotion.
  Watch video of Bader’s announcement below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by RIZIN.tv (@rizin.tv)Bader is expected to fight at RIZIN’s annual New Year’s Eve show on Dec. 31. He awaits the winne
  
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• Cory Sandhagen describes how he popped Deiveson Figueiredo’s knee in UFC Des Moines win

  04-05-2025 15:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Cory Sandhagen knew exactly what he was doing grappling with Deiveson Figueiredo.
  Saturday’s UFC Des Moines bantamweight main event ended in ugly fashion when a Sandhagen attack resulted in Figueiredo having to tap out to a leg injury in the second round (the official decision was a TKO win for Sandhagen). Prior to that sequence, Sandhagen dominated the majority of the contest, showing he was unafraid to trade strikes
  
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• Can you guess this all-time great in today’s in-5 trivia game?

  04-05-2025 13:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.
  Today’s UFC in-5 gameIf you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.
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• UFC Des Moines post-fight show: Reaction to Cory Sandhagen, Reinier de Ridder’s stoppage wins

  04-05-2025 08:45 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Cory Sandhagen ended the night with a lopsided performance, and then a finish of Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC Des Moines. Despite the TKO victory coming via injury, Sandhagen’s showing was outstanding, and believes he’s done enough to earn a title shot. Is he correct?
  Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to the event, along with The Ring’s doubleheader that left a lot
  
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• ‘Embarrassing’: Jake Paul, pros rip Canelo Alvarez’s dreadful win over William Scull

  04-05-2025 08:30 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Canelo Alvarez didn’t make any new fans this weekend.
  On Saturday, Alvarez faced off with William Scull for undisputed super middleweight status at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. What followed was a historically bad fight, with Canelo attempting just 152 punches over 12 rounds and still winning a clear decision, in large part because Scull spend much of the fight circling endlessly and throwing ineffective jabs that Canelo blocked.It was the latest
  
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• UFC Des Moines bonuses: Reinier de Ridder scores $50K after knocking off Bo Nickal

  04-05-2025 08:19 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder may have been in the co-main event at UFC Des Moines, but he arguably scored the biggest win on Saturday after he knocked off highly touted prospect Bo Nickal, and now he’ll go home with an extra $50,000 as a result.
  Following the first UFC event in Iowa in 25 years, the promotion ultimately handed down four Performance of the Night bonuses with an extra $50,000 going to de Ridder following his stunning upset over Nickal — a three-time
  
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• Canelo Alvarez wins undisputed title in listless performance, gets superfight with Bud Crawford at inaugural TKO boxing event

  04-05-2025 08:06 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images It wasn’t pretty, but Canelo Alvarez did what he needed to do.
  On Saturday, Alvarez put his WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles on the line in a unification bout with IBF champion William Scull for the undisputed super middleweight title at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The bout was the last step in the path of setting up a superfight between Alvarez and Terence Crawford for the undisputed title, and though it was far from
  
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• Bonus Coverage | UFC Des Moines

  04-05-2025 07:46 via ufc.com
  
  The Fights & Performances That Warranted An Extra $50,000 In 2025
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• ‘Give Cory the next title shot’: Pros react to Cory Sandhagen’s dominant UFC Des Moines performance

  04-05-2025 07:45 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Cory Sandhagen wasn’t leaving Iowa without making a championship statement.
  In the UFC Des Moines main event, “The Sandman” put a one-sided beatdown on Deiveson Figueiredo, showing off his striking, wrestling, and grappling to take out the two-time flyweight champion. Figueiredo was eventually forced to tap to a knee injury in Round 2, but by then Sandhagen had shown more than enough to legitimize himself as arguably the No. 1 contender in the ban
  
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• Cory Sandhagen calls for title shot after shredding Deiveson Figueredo’s knee to win UFC Des Moines main event

  04-05-2025 07:22 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Cory Sandhagen is best known as a knockout artist but he showed off his grappling skills on Saturday after scoring a reversal on the ground that resulted in Deiveson Figueiredo suffering a gruesome knee injury to end the UFC Des Moines main event.
  There was nothing accidental about the move that stopped the fight as the bantamweights were constantly battling for position but it was Sandhagen who rolled from a seated position and as he moved forward, Figueiredo&rsqu
  
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• ‘Needed this humble pie’: Pros react to Bo Nickal’s lopsided loss at UFC Des Moines

  04-05-2025 06:54 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Bo Nickal’s first loss came in brutal fashion.
  Matched up with the far more experienced Reinier de Ridder in the UFC Des Moines co-main event, Nickal looked completely outmatched as the former two-division ONE Champion titleholder outworked him in every phase of the game en-route to a second-round TKO victory.
  De Ridder was grounded early on by the three-time NCAA wrestling champion, but utilized his slick grappling to turn the tables and end up in top positi
  
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• Canelo Alvarez wins undisputed title in listless performance, gets superfight with Bud Crawford

  04-05-2025 06:53 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images It wasn’t pretty, but Canelo Alvarez did what he needed to do.
  On Saturday, Alvarez put his WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles on the line in a unification bout with IBF champion William Scull for the undisputed super middleweight title at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The bout was the last step in the path of setting up a superfight between Alvarez and Terence Crawford for the undisputed title, and though it was far from
  
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• UFC Des Moines video: Reinier de Ridder flattens Bo Nickal with brutal body shot knockout, calls out Sean Strickland

  04-05-2025 06:45 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder brought the hype around Bo Nickal to a staggering halt on Saturday after scoring a brutal body shot knockout to end the UFC Des Moines co-main event in dramatic fashion.
  In a fight that was billed as wrestling against grappling, de Ridder showed off his superior striking as he continuously battered Nickal with knees every time they engaged in the clinch. The constant barrage paid off with de Ridder lining up a devastating knee that crushed Nickal
  
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• UFC Des Moines live blog: Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

  04-05-2025 06:37 via mmafighting.com
  
  Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC This is the live blog for Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo, the bantamweight main event of Saturday’s UFC Des Moines event at Wells Fargo Arena.
  Sandhagen looks to get back to his winning ways after having his three-fight win streak snapped by Umar Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi this past August. Prior to that, the one-time interim title challenger earned a pair of decision wins against Rob Font a
  
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• Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull full fight video highlights

  04-05-2025 06:27 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Watch Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull full fight video highlights from their main event showdown Saturday night, courtesy of multiple outlets.
  Canelo vs. Scull took place May 3 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Canelo Alvarez (63-2-2) and William Scull (23-1) squared off in the the main event clash. The fight aired live on pay-per-view on DAZN.
  Official result: Canelo Alvarez def. William Scull via UD (115-113, 116-112, 119-109)
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• UFC Des Moines live blog: Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal

  04-05-2025 06:08 via mmafighting.com
  
  Reinier de Ridder and Bo Nickal | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC This is the live blog for Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal, the middleweight co-main event for UFC Des Moines at the Wells Fargo Arena.De Ridder, a former two-division ONE Championship titleholder, makes his third walk to the octagon since November. “RDR” submitted Gerald Meerschaert in the third round of his UFC debut at UFC Vegas 100, and followed that up with a quick submission win against Kevin Holland at UFC 311 in J
  
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• UFC Des Moines results: Mason Jones spoils Jeremy Stephens’ homecoming with shutout decision win 

  04-05-2025 04:50 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Mason Jones knew he wasn’t going to make many fans going up against a local favorite like Jeremy Stephens but he still put on a show before turning to his grappling for the final five minutes to secure the win at UFC Des Moines.
  The British born fighter was more than ready to trade bombs with Stephens as the lightweights both left the octagon with a few new scars. Still, Jones’ relentless pressure and volume strikes combined with well-timed grappling do
  
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• UFC Des Moines results: Yana Santos survives late comeback attempt to beat Miesha Tate by decision

  04-05-2025 04:06 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Yana Santos picked up one of the biggest wins of her career after beating a former champion and likely Hall of Famer in Miesha Tate at UFC Des Moines on Saturday.
  Using a superior striking attack, Santos cracked Tate with several stinging combinations through the first two rounds that gave her a lead on the scorecards. While Tate made a valiant effort with a late takedown, she wasn’t able to get the finish and Santos survived to secure the victory.
  In the end
  
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• UFC Des Moines live blog: Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones

  04-05-2025 04:01 via mmafighting.com
  
  Jeremy Stephens and Mason Jones | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC This is the live blog for Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones, the main card lightweight opener of UFC Des Moines at Wells Fargo Arena.
  Stephens makes his surprising return to the octagon for the first time since a 65-second submission loss to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 in July 2021. Since then, Stephens has competed for PFL, Gamebred Boxing, and has found a career resurgence in the bare-knuckle world, going 3-0 in BKFC, including a
  
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• UFC Des Moines Bonuses: Reinier de Ridder Earns $50K For Shocking Upset

  04-05-2025 03:52 via sherdog.com
  
  The headliner and co-headliner stole the show at UFC Des Moines.
  
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• UFC Des Moines live blog: Miesha Tate vs. Yana Santos

  04-05-2025 03:17 via mmafighting.com
  
  Yana Santos and Miesha Tate | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC This is the UFC Des Moines live blog for Miesha Tate vs. Yana Santos, the featured bantamweight bout for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event at Wells Fargo Arena.
  Tate returns to action for the first time in 17 months. In her most recent outing, the former bantamweight champion stopped Julia Avila at UFC Austin in December 2023. The win was the first for “Cupcake” since winning her first fight following a five-year retire
  
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• Marina Rodriguez announces retirement following knockout loss to Gillian Robertson at UFC Des Moines

  04-05-2025 03:14 via mmafighting.com
  
  Marina Rodriguez | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Marina Rodriguez is hanging up the gloves after her latest loss.
  Gillian Robertson will go down as Rodriguez’s final opponent after handing the Brazilian veteran a second-round TKO loss at UFC Des Moines on Saturday.
  Watch Robertson’s ruthless ground-and-pound finish below.
  Gillian Robertson stops Marina Rodriguez in Round 2 at #UFCDesMoines! pic.twitter.com/RCYDUF6hH6— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) May 4, 2025
  Both women were giv
  
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• Watch Quang Le put Gaston Bolanos to sleep at UFC Des Moines

  04-05-2025 02:42 via mmafighting.com
  
  Quang Le and Gaston Bolanos | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Quang Le didn’t let anything stop him from securing his first UFC win.
  The first finish of UFC Des Moines saw Le lock in a rear-naked choke on Gaston Bolanos and he held on until Bolanos went to sleep and referee Tyrone Roberts stepped in for the stoppage.
  Check out the submission finish below.
  Quang Le chokes Gastón Bolaños unconscious at #UFCDesMoines!pic.twitter.com/8XLvPZWyWx— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) M
  
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