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A pair of title fights top the marquee for UFC's return to Las Vegas for International Fight Week.

Hard fight to judge— The Prince (@AmirAlbazi) #Ufc276 July 3, 2022 Gabriel Green is up next in a very intriguing battle of welterweights. [ #UFC276 [ #UFC276 Garry landed a solid combination that buzzed Green and opened a cut under his eye and he followed it up with more good strikes and movement to avoid any return fire from Green. Garry closed the round with a very impressive and extended combination, though many of the shots did not hit the mark. The two quickly found themselves in a clinch as Green tried to take the fight to the floor. [ #UFC276 Gabriel Green -- Round 3: Green came out with a very high pace but was dropped by a big Garry right hand. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV following preliminary bouts at 8 p.m. ET. [ #UFC276 Both men have won two fights since that meeting, setting up a third showdown between two of the best featherweights in UFC history. [ #UFC276

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A new challenger has emerged for UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, while UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will face a familiar foe.

In the U.S., the UFC 276 main card is available via pay-per-view on ESPN+, which also requires a subscription. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $99.98 for the UFC 276 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription, which offers savings of more than 30 percent. du Plessis had Tavares out by the cage and starting tagging him with shots to end the fight. Miller is now the all-time wins leader in UFC history. 8:25 p.m. ET - du Plessis and Tavares start swinging to open the third. 9 p.m. ET - Garry with a low kick to start the second round. After that, he went 14-1, beating Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight title in 2016. In 2019 at UFC 245, Volkanovski beat Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title. Joining the UFC in 2018, Adesanya is 11-1 with the promotion. He would beat Holloway in a controversial rematch at UFC 251 in 2020. He's 11-0 in the UFC since joining the organization in 2016. At UFC 276 on Saturday, Adesanya defends his title against Jared Cannonier. Volkaovski will look to go 3-0 against Max Holloway. The event takes place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS — One of the most remarkable careers in UFC history ended on Saturday when Donald Cerrone announced his retirement after he was submitted by Jim ...

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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, one of the most beloved fighters of the past decade, announced his retirement from mixed martial arts following a submission loss ...

Cerrone finishes his career with 48 appearances between the WEC and UFC combined, more than any other fighter history. However, Cerrone came up short in some of the biggest fights of his career, including three WEC title fights, one UFC title fight and a blockbuster event against Conor McGregor in 2020. Cerrone, 39, who has dabbled in acting in recent years, is one of the most beloved fighters of the past decade.

Miller jumped into a guillotine choke to become the all-time wins leader in UFC history.

In the second round, Miller and Cerrone threw kicks at the same time, with Cerrone's landing to Miller's face. Miller, who made his debut at UFC 89 in October 2008, looked sharp from the early moments of the fight. LAS VEGAS -- On Saturday night, Jim Miller and Donald Cerrone met on the UFC 276 prelims in a welterweight clash that would determine the UFC's all-time wins leader.

Two title bouts will be decided Saturday night, including Israel Adesanya's defense of his middleweight belt against Jared Cannonier.

Strickland has been inching closer and closer to a title shot, but Pereira—who already owns two wins against Adesanya from their kickboxing matchups—would make for a better story line if Adesanya retains his title. In the main event, Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Jared Cannonier. Eleven years into his career, this marks Cannonier’s first UFC title fight. Cerrone was built to deliver Fight of the Night performances. 24—the most in UFC history—for Miller, and it was immediately followed by Cerrone announcing his retirement. Jalin Turner looked outstanding in his victory against Brad Riddell, who entered the bout ranked No. 14 in the lightweight division. The eye poke occurred just over three minutes into the second round, and Munhoz (19–7, 2 NC) was unable to continue.

The retirement marks the end of a legendary 16-year career for Cerrone (36–17 MMA, 23–14 UFC), whose 38 UFC fights are second-most all time.

He then moved to the UFC in 2011 when the WEC's roster was folded into the sport's biggest promotion. The 39-year-old Cerrone brought his two sons, Danger and Riot, inside the octagon with him to mark the occasion. I'm going to be a movie star, baby, so it's time to bow out."

Check out who the experts at CBS Sports are taking in the pair of title fights set to go down in Las Vegas.

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Earlier, Australian Alexander Volkanovski will look to defend his featherweight belt in his third meeting with fierce rival and crowd favourite Max Holloway.

Everyone wants to see the trilogy. So if that’s going to move me forward, let’s do it.” Watch this level change and look at the beautiful use of the hips and amazing flexibility in her core to get over there, passes that arm and gets that far-side armbar.” You all want to see it, right? “My thoughts are only on what he’s going to attempt to do Saturday night and what I’m going to do Saturday night. “But I feel good, I feel great. “It’s the same old song. I’m just glad I have new blood to fight in this fight.” So why do I even pay attention to what people say?” So there’s a lot of people saying a lot of different things. “I’ve been a pro since 2009. I’ve spent my entire 20s and 30s doing this.

Alexander Volkanovski bloodied Max Holloway early and dominated throughout, winning for the third time in this matchup of featherweight greats at UFC 276 in ...

I want to move up." "I want to be busy. "I want to be in this Octagon as much as possible," Volkanovski said. I needed to remind myself." According to UFC Stats, Volkanovski outlanded Holloway in total strikes 204 to 161 -- and the difference felt more pronounced than that for those watching the fight. I really needed it.

Israel Adesanya defended his UFC middleweight crown for the fifth time, scoring a clinical albeit unspectacular decision win over Jared Cannonier at UFC ...

His lone pro MMA loss was up in weight, for the UFC light heavyweight title against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 in March 2021. Adesanya kept Cannonier at bay and Cannonier had little to no luck getting inside Adesanya's length for strikes or takedowns. The Nigerian-born New Zealand resident was coming off a unanimous decision win over rival Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 in February. Coming in, ESPN had Adesanya ranked No. 3 in the world on its pound-for-pound list. The crowd grew restless with the lack of thrilling action, especially in the fourth round, which was marked by boos and fans holding up lit-up smartphones. Adesanya's superiority in striking was evident throughout the bout.

Adesanya was making the fifth defence of his middleweight title as he welcomed the challenge of the hard-hitting Cannonier.

Adesanya snapped back Cannonier's head with another unerring jab at the start of the fourth session as he continued to dominate. The champion increased the pace at the start of the second round as he effortlessly switched stances to land his ram-rod jab. The champion was barely out of second gear over the five-round main event as he cruised to a fourth title defence.

Alexander Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway for the third time Saturday night, defending his featherweight title by unanimous decision with a dominant ...

Cerrone beat Miller in their first meeting in 2014, but Cerrone is now 4-10 since 2016 with a seven-fight winless streak. Bryan Barbarena also stopped Robbie Lawler on strikes late in the second round of a brutal fight in which both veterans absorbed tremendous punishment. Before the title fights, Alex Pereira demolished Sean Strickland with strikes midway through the first round of a victory that burnished the Brazilian kickboxing champion's status as an immediate title contender at middleweight. Holloway's answers dwindled as his cuts grew larger, and Volkanovski patiently racked up scoring shots to leave no doubt in the decision. Cannonier, getting his first UFC title shot at 38 years old, struggled to find a consistent striking range, and he didn't show enough desperation to figure it out. Volkanovski executed a sharp boxing game plan against one of the UFC's best punchers, bloodying Holloway's face early on and steadily increasing the punishment into the final minutes.

Adesanya fought against middleweight contender Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 at the T-mobile Arena, Las Vegas Sunday morning. Since making his debut in 2018, 'The ...

Adesanya landed a few hard leg kicks and then a left hand to Cannonier’s face. Adesanya started mixing his angles and strikes, but Cannonier did find a home for a few more leg kicks. Both men were very hesitant early, but Adesanya landed a few left hands and more leg kicks as Cannonier stalked forward. Cannonier missed with a sweeping hook. Another right hand landed for Adesanya. Since making his debut in 2018, ‘The Last Stylebender’ has looked better each time he’s stepped into the Octagon and is still undefeated in the middleweight.

Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski scored dominant unanimous decision victories and retained their UFC titles at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday on a ...

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Volkanovski made it a clean sweep over the former champion in the co-main event from Las Vegas.

Holloway began to fight more desperate in Round 4 and traded strikes on largely even terms as the action slowed. Volkanovski began to openly taunt Holloway in the opening round and briefly buckled him with a big right cross. But he turned in a largely lifeless performance as Volkanovski's speed and accuracy began to piece the Hawaiian fan favorite up from the start.

The featherweight champion retained his belt at UFC 276 with a comprehensive points victory in the third defence of the belt he won from Holloway in their first ...

The challenger was enjoying his best spell to date but a combination of Volkanowski's timing and his own cut eye continued to cause him trouble. The challenger answered back with the same shot but continued to play second fiddle as his cut reopened. The challenger struggled with Volkanowski's speed from the opening round and was unable to stamp his authority on the co-main event.

Ahead of the UFC 276 main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya made quite a stir with an entrance inspired by WWE legend The Undertaker.

Israel Adesanya (c) vs. - Israel Adesanya (c) def. Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Adesanya (50-45) Israel Adesanya (c) vs. - Alexander Volkanovski (c) def. B2YB @OnePlus_USA] pic.twitter.com/vtmHICqZPv July 3, 2022 Unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Adesanya (40-36) B2YB @OnePlus_USA] pic.twitter.com/AMbjxK9tGB July 3, 2022 Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/f2ejdXxGz3 Unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Adesanya (20-18) Cannonier attempted to make a mid-fight adjustment to work from the clinch against the cage.

Follow round-by-round updates from the main card and prelims, including Max Holloway vs Alexander Volkanovski in the co-main event.

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LAS VEGAS (REUTERS) - Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski scored dominant unanimous decision victories and retained their UFC titles at the T-Mobile ...

It's time to bow out, one hell of a career." Earlier in the evening, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone called time on his career after losing to Jim Miller via second-round submission in his 55th professional fight. Texas native Cannonier did what he could in the later stages to trap Adesanya against the cage, but Adesanya was rarely in any danger en route to his fifth successful title defence.

While Alexander Volkanovski put on an incredible show of dominance in retaining his featherweight championship against Max Holloway in their trilogy fight, ...

But McGregor also has not won a lightweight fight since 2016 and is 1-3 at the weight in his UFC career. A win for either man is massive and another accomplishment in a truly great career. While Pereira is an elite enough talent to warrant being signed on his own, his two kickboxing wins over Adesanya, one by brutal knockout, have been the underlying story every time he has fought in the Octagon. What Pereira needed to be "deserving" of a shot at Adesanya in the Octagon was an elite win. A reputation for safe gameplans and fights that lack in entertainment value has begun to creep into conversations about Adesanya's place in the sport. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including instant analysis of UFC 276 at the conclusion of the PPV event. While Alexander Volkanovski put on an incredible show of dominance in retaining his featherweight championship against Max Holloway in their trilogy fight, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya left the fans somewhat disappointed after a safe and uninspired victory over Jared Cannonier.

The featherweight champion retained his belt at UFC 276 with a comprehensive points victory in the third defence of the belt he won from Holloway in their first ...

The challenger was enjoying his best spell to date but a combination of Volkanovski's timing and his own cut eye continued to cause him trouble. The challenger answered back with the same shot but continued to play second fiddle as his cut reopened. The challenger struggled with Volkanovski's speed from the opening round and was unable to stamp his authority on the co-main event.

The UFC handed out five post-fight bonuses after Saturday's card, including one to perhaps the next middleweight title challenger.

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Former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier, ranked No. 2 in the UFC's champion-less lightweight rankings, and Michael Chandler, ranked fifth, were seen ...

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32-year old Israel Adesanya used the elaborate entrance in his middleweight title bout at UFC 276.

And with the WWE execs in attendance, there could never have been a more appropriate time to walk out on the ‘dead man’s’ theme. The urn, the champion walked in with, had Cannonier’s name written on it. In UFC 243, as he took on Robert Whittaker, in the Australian’s own backyard, and he danced his way into the arena.

Returning to Las Vegas for its 10th annual International Fight Week, the UFC put together a stacked...

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Download logoYouth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare has congratulated Nigerian born UFC champion Isreal Adesanya on yet another successful.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. They are our global icons. The Minister said Nigeria is proud of the achievements of Israel Adesanya and another UFC champion Kamaru Usman who have continued to identify with the country everytime they compete.

UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya reveals why he used pro wrestling legend The Undertaker's iconic theme music and outfit for Las Vegas ring walk.

The middleweight entered the main event dressed as the famous WWE star and with his opponent's name written on an urn.

“This is MMA, it’s a whole new world,” Adesanya said. “That Pereira win was beautiful,” Adesanya said. “I was looking forward to the battle of the minds, a battle of the gameplans. I’ve called him the dark horse of the division for a long time, and he proved that again in this fight.” “That came to me last Tuesday,” Adesanya said. He dictated the pace and held the advantage in significant strikes, 116–90, in a fight that was ruled in his favor by the judges (49–46, 49–46, and 50–45). This was a high-level fight, with Adesanya constantly one step ahead of Cannonier (15–6).

Donald Cerrone announced his retirement after a loss at UFC 276 on Saturday, ending his career with the second-most wins (23) in UFC history.

Cerrone ends his career having never held a UFC title. He finishes his career 36-17 with two no-contests. He ends his career on a seven-fight winless streak with six losses and a no-contest.

Alexander Volkanovski put on a clinic in his unanimous decision victory over Max Holloway at UFC 276.

With the win, Volkanovski added to his lengthy streak. Holloway kept moving forward, looking to get offense going, but Volkanovski’s defense was too much for the Hawaiian. Volkanovski picked his shots and battered Holloway over the next 15 minutes. In the final seconds, Holloway connected with a couple of good right hands, but it was clear Volkanovski had done the more significant work.

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Israel Adesanya, right, kicks Jared Cannonier in a middleweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed ...

“I like to put on a show,” Adesanya said of the pageantry. Adesanya wants it all, and he has one of the biggest personalities in the sport. I hope when we fight, he does a better fight than that. I don’t melt.” “I thrive. Adesanya has earned one stoppage victory in his five title defenses while doing nothing that would put him in front of everyone on a social network for days. “The greats all get to this point," Adesanya added. Instead, he grinded out a comfortable win, picking apart Cannonier from a distance in another point-fighting performance. He fought Cannonier with a French tip manicure and sparkly polish on his toenails. That style can win belts, but it rarely wins legions of fans outside of hard-core fight circles. With his gravity-defying athleticism, he is among the few MMA fighters who can create them solely from his own talent. "Anderson Silva, GSP (Georges St. Pierre), I’d see them and say, ‘That was a fantastic fight,’ and people would boo them.

Alexander Volkanovski left no doubt about his supremacy in the UFC featherweight division while wrapping up his trilogy against Max Holloway with style.

Six-time champion and top seed Djokovic saw off South Korea’s Kwon Soo-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, but the 20-time Grand Slam winner was made to work after falling a break down in the opening two sets against his 81st-ranked opponent. It is, to be sure, the stuff of movies: An oft-injured guy ranked outside the top 100, making his Grand Slam debut thanks to a wild card, knocks out two seeded players on his way to a fourth-round matchup at Wimbledon against none other than No. 1 Novak Djokovic, the three-time defending champion. Despite two previous victories for second-seeded Tai against Chen this season — including her win in the final of the Thailand Open — fourth-seeded Chen dispatched the world No. 2 in 1 hour, 8 minutes at Kuala Lumpur’s Axiata Arena, securing a spot in the Super 750 tournament’s final. Volkanovski executed a sharp boxing game plan against one of the UFC’s best punchers, bloodying Holloway’s face early on and steadily increasing the punishment into the final minutes. Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying was knocked out of the Malaysia Open yesterday, losing her women’s singles semi-final against Chen Yufei of China 19-21, 21-13, 21-15. There was a lot of ups and downs in there, but it was good to finally put an end to it and silence a lot of people.

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And I think the lightweight guys still feel that. To think I don’t deserve to just move straight up [and compete for the title] would be pretty silly.” And I always wanted to challenge you.” It’s a different division but I’m here, I’m the champ.” “If I’m going to choose, I’m choosing Conor. The UFC hasn’t told me anything yet. So, that’s the difficulty.” Look, I got middleweights and light heavyweights that feel it.” I want to move up and go for double champ and I’ll keep two divisions busy. Who has really looked like that against someone like Max Holloway? “I just proved to you that I want to be in this octagon as much as possible. I want to fight by the end of the year, but if it’s at the end of the year, really, I would prefer to fight in January in Brazil, if that event happens.” I’m a dominant champ taking out guys like Max Holloway three times.

Does Israel Adesanya deserve criticism? Is Alexander Volkanovski No. 1 pound-for-pound? Did Pedro Munhoz quit vs. Sean O'Malley? Read our UFC 276 takeaways.

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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone is hanging up the gloves. After his second-round submission loss to Jim Miller at UFC 276 on Saturday, Cerrone announced his ...

However, he fell to the Irishman via knockout in just 40 seconds. Although he has career wins against Charles Oliveira, Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza, among others, he never won a world title in the UFC. Cerrone retires with a 36-17 record and two no-contests. "This is the longest camp I had for a long time. This is the perfect event, man. "It's hard to follow that.

LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Israel Adesanya has the otherworldly fighting ability and the personal charisma necessary to become mixed martial arts' next crossover ...

“I like to put on a show,” Adesanya said of the pageantry. Adesanya wants it all, and he has one of the biggest personalities in the sport. I hope when we fight, he does a better fight than that. I don’t melt.” “I thrive. Adesanya has earned one stoppage victory in his five title defenses while doing nothing that would put him in front of everyone on a social network for days. “The greats all get to this point," Adesanya added. Instead, he grinded out a comfortable win, picking apart Cannonier from a distance in another point-fighting performance. He fought Cannonier with a French tip manicure and sparkly polish on his toenails. That style can win belts, but it rarely wins legions of fans outside of hard-core fight circles. With his gravity-defying athleticism, he is among the few MMA fighters who can create them solely from his own talent. "Anderson Silva, GSP (Georges St. Pierre), I’d see them and say, ‘That was a fantastic fight,’ and people would boo them.

Every all-time great has been booed and criticized, Israel Adesanya pointed out.

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Backstage at UFC 276, Nate Diaz slapped Full Send interviewer Shawny Mack after telling him to watch what he tweets.

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UFC middleweight champion Adesanya also defended his performance against Jared Cannonier.

Pereira boasts two wins over Adesanya in the kickboxing world and is the only man to ever knockout "The Last Stylebender." Jon Jones -- the former UFC light heavyweight champion and one of Adesanya's detractors -- expects Pereira to mop the floor with Adesanya. "Bro I can't stop thinking about this ----. - The aftermath of UFC 276 has set in motion a heated rematch between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. The longtime foes have never met in mixed martial arts. LAS VEGAS -- Nate Diaz is still without a contracted UFC fight, but he did manage to do a little damage in Sin City over the weekend. Diaz (20-13) has not competed since losing a unanimous decision to UFC welterweight title challenger Leon Edwards last year. The source of Diaz's frustration is reportedly disparaging remarks that Mack made about Diaz's training partner Nick Maximov, according to Jason Hartley. The interviewer, Shawny Mack of internet collective Full Send, approached Diaz for a short interview.

Sitting cage-side was Chandler and the former UFC interim lightweight champion Poirier. Top welterweight contender Gilbert Burns filmed the altercation between ...

“He’s never beaten anybody coming off a win in the UFC, Ariel! He’s been dropped in his last three fights. Responding to the comments, Poirier said: “You think the guy [Chandler] forgot about me? As for Poirier, he has not fought since his defeat to Oliveira back in December at UFC 269.