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Holly Holm calls for Miesha Tate rematch, wants to ‘make it right’

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Holly Holm is ready for a return to the octagon and has her eyes set on one opponent in particular. A rematch with the woman who dethroned her back in 2016, Miesha Tate.

During their original contest, Holm put on a show for fans and was dominating the scorecards going into the fifth and final round. It was in the final round however that Tate would manage to take the champions back and force her to submit with a tight rear-naked choke.

This loss was the first in Holly Holm’s career and spelled the start of a three fight losing streak. Tate would retire from the sport a mere 8 months later after losing the title to Amanda Nunes and dropping a decision to Raquel Pennington.

A rematch between the two was long called for by fans, but with Tate’s retirement all hopes were seemingly crushed. That was until last week, where Tate defeated Marion Reneau via TKO at UFC Vegas 31.

With ”Cupcake” now back on the UFC roster, Holm thinks now is the perfect time to run the fight back.

”For me, I think the Miesha fight makes the most sense because that’s a loss that I want to avenge. Even in the fight, it wasn’t one of those fights I was getting dominated in. I was winning and doing very well up until the end of the fight, and it leaves kind of a sour taste in your mouth and I want to make it right. I know Miesha is always down for a challenge, so I’m not sure why we shouldn’t make the fight happen.”

The fight would definitely make sense in theory but whether the UFC matchmakers agree is yet to be seen. Despite calling for the fight, Holly Holm has ruled out sitting around and waiting for it to materialise and knows the women’s 135lb division is heating up and anything could happen.

”After Julianna got booked with Nunes we were just kind of thinking, ‘Who else is there?’ From what I understand they were waiting to see how a few fights were going to go. There’s the Miesha fight with Reneau, there was Aldana, who I just fought, and Yana, and this weekend there’s Aspen Ladd. Within like three weeks there’s six girls in my weight class. I think they’re waiting to see what happens there.”

”October is going to be a year (between fights). I don’t want to sit on the shelf just waiting. I want to make something happen.”

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CW 171: Final Card & Broadcast Details

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It’s fight week for Glasgow! Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – heads to Scotland for the first time since 2013 with the stacked CW 171 card pitting the nation’s finest against elite opposition from the UK, Europe and beyond!

With the home nation represented in all six of the main card bouts, the atmosphere is set to be electric in the Braehead Arena as CW presents one of its biggest fight nights of all time.

In the main event, blistering KO artist Dumitru Girlean returns to face home favourite Chris ‘The Bad Guy’ Bungard in what is sure to be an electrifying lightweight contest.

Also featuring in high-stakes bouts are title hopefuls Reece McEwan and Aidan Stephen, who face UFC veteran Cameron Else and Italy’s Gianluca Scottoli respectively.

Elsewhere on the card, former title challenger Scott Malone is back in the famous yellow gloves, as he takes on surging contender Nicolas Leblond, while hot prospect Sean Clancy Jr looks to keep his unbeaten run alive against Lucas Rodriguez.

The final CW 171 card is as follows…

Cage Warriors 171: Glasgow | LIVE on UFC Fight Pass

Main Card – 12:30 (PT) | 15:30 (ET) | 20:30 (BST) | 21:30 (CEST)

Lightweight: Dumitru Girlean vs Chris Bungard
Bantamweight: Cameron Else vs Reece McEwan
Welterweight: Lucas Rodrigues vs Sean Clancy Jr
Bantamweight: Gianluca Scottoli vs Aidan Stephen
Flyweight: Nicolas Leblond vs Scott Malone
Bantamweight: Kaique Modesto vs Keir Harvie

Prelims – 08:30 (PT) | 11:30 (ET) | 16:30 (BST) | 17:30 (CEST)

Lightweight: Konstantinos Ntelis vs Jan Quaeyhaegens
Featherweight: Alberth Dias vs Paul McBain
Bantamweight: Jack Eglin vs Daan Duijs
Lightweight: Jordan Little vs Jordan Stronge
Welterweight: Wallison Henrique vs Carlo Pedersoli Jr
Light Heavyweight: Nell Ariano vs Jamie Macdonald
Catchweight (167lbs): Diego Dikson vs Ieuan Davies
Lightweight: Dec Dean vs Michael Blair
Flyweight: Ronal Siahaan vs Igor Wojtas
Featherweight: TBC vs Damon Donald
Bantamweight: Pav Sahota vs Iain Postlethwaite
Welterweight: Mush Aslani vs Khadim Dia
Featherweight: Cornellius Aritonang vs Thomas Hepburn

Cage Warriors 171: Glasgow will air live on UFC Fight Pass and international broadcast partners.

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UFC 300 – Live Results | Pereira vs Hill

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It’s fight day! The milestone event UFC 300 is finally upon us, bringing with it one of the strongest cards ever put together. In the main event, Alex Pereira will defend his light heavyweight belt against former titleholder Jamahal Hill.

For the full results as they happen, look no further!

Note: any point deductions will be denoted with an asterisk and explained at the bottom of the page.

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Main card (3am GMT+1 – TNT Sports)

(c) Alex Pereira vs (#1) Jamahal Hill – UFC light heavyweight championship bout

(c) Zhang Weili vs (#1) Yan Xiaonan – UFC strawweight championship bout

(c) Justin Gaethje vs (#2 – FTW) Max Holloway – UFC BMF championship bout

(#1) Charles Oliveira vs (#4) Arman Tsarukyan – lightweight title eliminator

Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage – middleweight bout

Prelims (1am GMT+1 – TNT Sports/UFC Fight Pass)

(#2) Jiri Procházka vs (#5) Aleksandar Rakic – light heavyweight bout

(#7) Calvin Kattar vs (#1 – BW) Aljamain Sterling – featherweight bout

(#5) Holly Holm vs Kayla Harrison – bantamweight bout

(#13) Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes – featherweight bout

Early prelims (11pm GMT+1 – UFC Fight Pass)

(#10) Jalin Turner vs (#13) Renato Moicano – lightweight bout

(#4) Jessica Andrade vs (#6) Marina Rodriguez – strawweight bout

(#14) Bobby Green vs Jim Miller – lightweight bout

(#8) Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cody Garbrandt – bantamweight bout

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ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova Full Card Announced

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A plethora of combat sports action will take over Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium once again when ONE Championship returns to the fabled striking venue with ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova next month. 

The thrilling event will take place live in U.S. primetime on Saturday, 4th May, and feature four fighting disciplines across the star-studded card. 

ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Smilla Sundell will make the second defense of her crown when she takes on dangerous contender Natalia Diachkova in the headlining bout.

The Swedish teen has been unstoppable so far in her ONE tenure, piecing up every opponent to amass a perfect 4-0 run that includes winning the inaugural women’s strawweight Muay Thai strap against Jackie Buntan in April 2022.

Sundell was arguably at her best last time out when she put down the challenge of ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues at ONE Fight Night 14 last September. 

The 19-year-old used her sheer size and striking abilities to repeatedly hurt Rodrigues before she ended proceedings with a monumental finish in the third round. 

At ONE Fight Night 22, Sundell will face a foe with as much finishing threat as she has, meaning fans are in for a firefight. Diachkova has scored three knockouts in her first four promotional bouts, with her latest coming just last month at ONE Friday Fights 55.

The Russian wrecker has impressed again and again, and she’ll be coming for gold on 4th May.

The event will also see the return of former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Hiroki Akimoto, who is set to battle hot new arrival Wei Rui elsewhere on the card. 

The Japanese star will hope to get right back into the World Title conversation in his first appearance since parting with the gold in 2022. But Wei knows he’ll have a perfect opportunity to announce himself in style in ONE’s stacked bantamweight kickboxing ranks against Akimoto, and his astonishing 20-fight winning streak already identifies him as no slouch.

ONE Fight Night 22 Full Card:

  • (c) Smilla Sundell vs. Natalia Diachkova (ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship)
  • Akbar Abdullaev vs. Halil Amir (MMA – featherweight)
  • Sinsamut Klinmee vs. Dmitry Menshikov (Muay Thai – lightweight)
  • Hiroki Akimoto vs. Wei Rui (kickboxing – bantamweight)
  • Maurice Abevi vs. Zhang Lipeng (MMA – lightweight)
  • Reece McLaren vs. Hu Yong (MMA – flyweight)
  • Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong vs. Bogdan Shumarov (kickboxing – lightweight)
  • Chihiro Sawada vs. Noelle Grandjean (MMA – atomweight)
  • Thongpoon PK Saenchai vs. Zakaria El Jamari (Muay Thai – strawweight)
  • Nanami Ichikawa vs. Bianca Basilio (submission grappling – 132-pound catchweight)
  • Sean Climaco vs. Josue Cruz (Muay Thai – flyweight)
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