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UFC 275
''UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 12, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Glover Teixeira and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka was originally expected to take place at UFC 274, but it was eventually moved to headline this event due to undisclosed reasons. A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos took place at the event. A women's strawweight rematch between former UFC Women's Strawweight Champions Zhang Weili and Joanna Jędrzejczyk took place at the event. The pair previously met at UFC 248 where Zhang successfully defended the championship against Jędrzejczyk by split decision. A welterweight bout between Orion Cosce and Mike Mathetha was expected to take place at UFC 271, bu ...
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over List of current UFC fighters, 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 Weight class, weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held List of UFC events, over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the UFC 1, first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early compet ...
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UFC 248
''UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 7, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. Background A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Israel Adesanya and former interim title challenger (as well as 2000 Olympic silver medalist and former world champion in freestyle wrestling) Yoel Romero headlined the event. A UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between the current champion Zhang Weili and former champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk took place as the co-main event. A middleweight bout between former champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and Jared Cannonier was expected to take place at this event. However, it was announced on January 15 that Whittaker pulled out of the bout. Subsequently, promotion officials announced that Cannonier would be o ...
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Jake Matthews (fighter)
Jake Matthews (born 19 August 1994) is an Australian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Welterweight division. Background Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Matthews played Australian football for nine years in his youth, representing Northern Knights for a season. To keep fit in the offseason, began training in mixed martial arts out of a shed in the backyard of his parents' house, sparring with his younger brother and being coached by his father. Mixed martial arts career Early career Matthews made his professional mixed martial arts debut at the age of 18 in September 2012 competing for regional promotions in the Greater Melbourne area where he compiled a record of 7–0 prior to joining the UFC. The Ultimate Fighter: Nations In December 2013, it was announced that Matthews would be a cast member on '' The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia'', representing Australia at welterweight. Matthews went on to lose h ...
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Road To UFC Season 1
Road to UFC Season 1 is the 2022 cycle of Road to UFC, a mixed martial arts event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format. The tournament winner for each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event in the series features five bouts including one non-tournament bout. The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament was held across two days, June 9–10, 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day, ahead of the pay-per-view event UFC 275 on June 11. The contestants for the tournament came from China (through the UFC Academy), India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. The semifinals took place on October 23, 2022 – a day after UFC 281 – in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The fi ...
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Rogério Bontorin
Rogério Bontorin (born 25 April 1992) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional since 2013, he most notably fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the formal 57 kg Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Northeast Brazil champion. Background Bontorin, a resident of Colombo, Paraná, Brazil in a family farm where he works. He started his MMA career at the age of 18. Mixed martial arts career Early career Bontorin made his professional debut in 2013 and fought primarily in his native country Brazil as well as Japanese promotion Pancrase. Bontorin faced Takeshi Kasugai at Pancrase 283 on 18 December 2016. He missed the contracted weight and went on to win the fight via first-round submission. However, the win was overturned to no contest due to the weight miss. He amassed a record of 13–1 (1) prior to participate in Dana White's Contender Series. Dana White Contender Series Bontorin ...
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Manel Kape
Manuel Pedro Gomes (born November 14, 1993), known as Manel Kape, is an Angolan-born Portuguese professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2012, he has formerly competed for Cage Fighters, Knock Out Championship, and Rizin Fighting Federation. He is the former Rizin Bantamweight Champion and the former Knock Out Championship Bantamweight champion. As of December 17, 2024, he is #6 in the UFC flyweight rankings. Mixed martial arts career Early career Kape had several boxing matches prior to beginning his mixed martial arts career, all of which occurred before his first MMA fight at the age of 14. He made his professional debut at 17, fighting with Cage Fighters, at Cage Fighters 2, when he faced Artur Gomes. Kape won the bout in the first round by way of TKO. Fighting at Cage Fighters - Challengers Norte 1 he was scheduled to face Renato Ferreira. He made quick work of his ...
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Rizin Fighting Federation
Rizin Fighting Federation (stylised in all caps and also known as Rizin FF) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Founded to be the spiritual successor of Pride FC and Dream, Rizin carries much of the philosophy and ambition of its two predecessors: its events are promoted as larger-than-life events with elaborate opening ceremonies and fighter entrances, its matches are fought in a roped ring and it has a ruleset inherited from Pride and Dream. The organization also promotes "Grand Prix", single-elimination tournaments where fighters have to fight multiple opponents in the same night. Rizin is considered Japan's top MMA promotion. Rizin has also promoted kickboxing matches, with two "Grand Prix" tournaments in 2017 and 2021. The promotion's name is a combination of "Raijin", the Japanese god of lightning; the word "rising", meaning "to prosper and ...
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Danaa Batgerel
Danaa Batgerel (born July 4, 1989) is a Mongolian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. A professional since 2011, he is most notable for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Growing up in a rural region of Mongolia, Batgerel began training kickboxing in 2007, before picking up mixed martial arts in 2010. Mixed martial arts career Early career Batgerel has been competing professionally since 2011, compiling a 7–1 record before the UFC. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Legend Fighting Championship, Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation, Baikal Fighting Championship and Mongol Fighting Championship, among others. His most notable bout during this time was a win over fellow future UFC fighter, Kai Kara-France. Ultimate Fighting Championship Batgerel made his debut on August 31, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang against Alateng Heili. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. This fight earned him the '' Fight of the N ...
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Kang Kyung-ho
Kang Kyung-ho (, born September 9, 1987), often anglicized Kyung Ho Kang, is a South Korean mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC's bantamweight division. Background Kang started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2006, proceeding rapidly to mixed martial arts. He graduated from Dong-Eui University, majoring in physical education and physiology. Career Kang started his professional career in 2007. He fought mainly for international promotions, such as Spirit Martial Challenge, Art of War and DEEP. Road Fighting Championship Kang faced Shoko Sato in the quarterfinal match of ROAD FC bantamweight tournament on March 24, 2012, at ''Road FC 7''. He won via submission due to an armbar in the second round. In the semifinal on June 16, 2012, at ''Road FC 8'', Kang faced Jae Hoon Moon. He won via submission due to a rear-naked choke in the second round. On the same day, Kang faced Andrew Leone in the final. Once again Kang won via submission due to a rear-naked choke in round ...
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Gane Vs
Gane is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Alan Gane (born 1950), English former amateur footballer and manager *Chris Gane (born 1974), English professional golfer * Christopher P. Gane (1938–2019) is a British/American computer scientist *Constantin Gane (1885–1962), Romanian writer *Ciryl Gane (born 1990), French mixed martial artist *Ionel Gane (born 1971), retired Romanian football player *Jeremy Gane, the managing director of Gane and Marshall International Ltd *John Gane (1837–1895), British politician * Lucinda Gane (1949–2005), British actress, played Miss Terri Mooney in the UK TV serial ''Grange Hill'' *Nicolae Gane (1838–1916), Romanian writer and politician *Tim Gane (born 1964), British musician Given name: *Gane Todorovski (1929–2010), Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, historian, publicist See also * Ali Gane, small town in western-central Senegal *Gane language, spoken in Indonesia *Gane ...
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Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori (; born September 20, 1993) is an Italian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2012, Vettori is a former Venator FC Welterweight Champion. As of March 18, 2025, he is #10 in the UFC middleweight rankings. Background The eldest of three siblings, Vettori was born in Trento, Italy. He was interested in martial arts at a young age, and started practicing kickboxing as his first real martial art around the age of 13. He was inspired to train mixed martial arts after watching fighters such as Fedor Emelianenko in PRIDE on television when he was sixteen. When he started out training MMA in Italy, Vettori went to six different gyms to get all the skills and training he needed, as in Italy, at that time, the sport was still growing and a proper MMA gym was hard to find. He moved to London in 2012 for two years to train MMA and later moved to the United States ...
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The Smashes
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ...
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