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24+ min ago (1250+ words) Kennedy Nzechukwu may have taken his first defeat as a UFC heavyweight last time out, but if you listened to him speak, you wouldn't know it. Nzechukwu arrived in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape fight week looking chilled, relaxed, and ready for his next assignment. And the 20-fight veteran said he's just excited to get back into the Octagon and showcase the latest version of himself as he continues his development in the heavyweight division. "I know I haven't fought as much as I wanted to this year, but I feel good, I feel great, and I can't wait to perform," he told'UFC.com this week.' "I just want to see the things I've worked on and see how it manifests in the cage. So I'm just happy to perform and do what I love doing....

32+ min ago (172+ words) The Official Weights Of The Athletes Competing December 13, 2025 At The UFC Apex In Las Vegas UFC hosts its final event of 2025 at UFC APEX with an all-action flyweight main event as No. 3 ranked contender'Brandon Royval goes toe-to-toe with No. 6'Manel Kape. Also on the card, No. 15 ranked featherweight contender'Giga Chikadze returns to the Octagon to take on rising prospect'Kevin Vallejos.' UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ROYVAL vs KAPE'takes place Saturday, December 13 in Las Vegas. The prelims will be available on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT and on ESPN2 which will join in progress at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT. The main card will be available on ESPN2, ESPN Desportes and ESPN+ beginning 10pm ET/7pm PT. Main event scheduled for five rounds. All other bouts scheduled for three rounds. MORE FIGHT NIGHT: Journey To Main Event | Megan Olivi Chats With Royval | Kape Interview | King Green: One…...

32+ min ago (893+ words) If there are two things Neil Magny is known for in his UFC career, they are serving as the human litmus test for the welterweight division'figuring out how far an emerging talent might go cannot be determined until after they share the Octagon with the 170-pound stalwart'and rallying to win fights. In each of his last two outings, the 38-year-old done the second of those two things, bouncing back from rough starts to earn stoppage wins over Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Jake Matthews. This weekend, he steps in with promotional newcomer Yaroslav Amosov, which makes it feel like we've reach peaked "Neil Magny doing Neil Magny things" heading into Saturday's 2025 finale. "Yeah, it feels good to be back to my old ways "getting back on the winning side of things," Magny said with a laugh on Wednesday. "Having two…...

49+ min ago (435+ words) Kape gives brief weigh-in scare for final UFC event of year Manel Kape made everyone sweat at Friday's official weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 112. The flyweight contender made his walk to the scale with less than two minutes remaining in the one-hour weigh-in window, successfully registering at 126 pounds for Saturday's main event bout with Brandon Royval. Royval also made use of the one-pound allowance for a non-title fight, coming in at 126 pounds. In January 2024, Kape again missed weight, that time by 3.5 pounds for a rematch with Matheus Nicolau. That bout was subsequently postponed, though it later failed to come to fruition a second time for undisclosed reasons. However, as of now, Kape is on weight and his matchup with Royval is official. Currently both in the flyweight top 10, Saturday's main event winner could find themselves in position to challenge for flyweight…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (891+ words) Melissa Croden is trying to make sure that she appreciates every moment of her UFC adventure to the fullest and takes advantage of every opportunity that comes her way, which is why the 34-year-old Alberta resident volunteered to step in against Luana Santos when the Brazilian was in need of an opponent on November 8. Though she had just fought three weeks earlier, collecting a third-round stoppage win over Thainara Lisboa in her promotional debut in Vancouver, Croden raised her hand and accepted the matchup, which was later shuffled to this weekend's year-end finale at the UFC APEX. "It was very validating in a lot of ways," she said of the win over Lisboa, which elevated her record to 7-2, pushed her overall winning streak to three, and maintained her 100-percent finishing rate. "There is always that fear that I had in…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (376+ words) France is a country that has a solid showing in the UFC. There are 10 fighters in the UFC at the moment across eight different weight classes. However, what recent fans might not realize it was that it was just under six years ago when MMA became legal in the country. UFC Vegas 112s Morgan Charriere looks back to the time prior to legalization. "The sport is growing so fast here in France. When I started, we were so not many people doing MMA. It was not called MMA in France," Charriere recalled. "It was called "free fight and then pancrase. We were not allowed to throw a ground strike. We were fighting in a ring and not an octagon, all that kind of stuff." Not only was it hard for him to compete in the sport that he wanted, but it…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (1077+ words) Giga Chikadze has fought at world level in two different combat sports, and he plans on leveraging that elite experience against hot prospect Kevin Vallejos at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape. Chikadze is a lifelong martial artist, with experience that stretches far beyond his 15-5 pro MMA record. A former kickboxer who parlayed his elite striking into a mixed martial arts career, the Georgian quickly established himself as one of the most dangerous strikers in the featherweight division. Preview Every Matchup At UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape Now, after taking back-to-back losses for the first time in his MMA career, 15th-ranked Chikadze is ready to bounce back and show Vallejos that there are levels to this game as he puts his ranking on the line on Saturday night. "He's up and coming, a good fighter who was on a…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago (1029+ words) Even 15-time world champions can get overwhelmed. And yet, as he made the walk to the Octagon for the first time in July, the 35-year-old heavyweight felt himself dealing with unexpected nerves deriving from the expectations he had heaped upon himself and the belief that he needed to deliver a certain type of performance in his debut in order to properly represent Brazilian jiu jitsu on the biggest stage in mixed martial arts. "I felt a lot of pressure," admitted Buchecha, who dropped a unanimous decision to Martin Buday in Abu Dhabi and faces Kennedy Nzechukwu this weekend in his second foray to the Octagon. "I think that distracted me a little bit because I didn't expect to feel the way I felt. It was hard to concentrate the way I expected. "For sure, the UFC is something different " the…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago (331+ words) Top flyweight contenders collide at UFC Vegas 112 At the UFC Vegas 112 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday's UFC fight card step on the scale Friday in Las Vegas. Watch a live stream of the weigh-ins above, courtesy of Ag. Fight. Brandon Royval and Manel Kape have to hit the flyweight limit for a non-title fight at 126 pounds. This is the third time Royval and Kape have been matched up, with two previous bookings this year falling through. Both fighters seek to stay in title contention, with Royval coming off of a thrilling decision loss to now-champion Joshua Van, and Kape looking to make it three straight wins over ranked opposition. See main event weigh-in highlights below. The UFC Vegas 112 official weigh-ins begin at 12 p.m. ET. Check out UFC Vegas 112 weigh-in results. Main Card (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET) Brandon Royval (126) vs. Manel Kape Giga…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago (1212+ words) With three UFC victories to her name and nicely settled in her new home of Las Vegas, Luana Santos says she's ready to take her game to a new level as she looks to climb the UFC's women's bantamweight ladder. Santos arrived on the world stage in August 2023 with a 5-1 record and immediately made her mark with a first-round TKO of Juliana Miller on her Octagon debut, and subsequent wins over Stephanie Egger and Mariya Agapova. A decision loss to Casey O'Neill saw the Brazilian take her first UFC defeat, but she bounced back with a second-round submission of Tainara Lisboa in May. Now she's set to take on Canada's Melissa Croden, whose Octagon debut saw her defeat Lisboa via third-round TKO in October. With a shared opponent in their most recent respective outings, it's a matchup that makes plenty…...