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UFC Fight Night 256
''UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 256'' and ''UFC Vegas 106'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 114'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 17, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. Background Initially, there were reports that the event would take place at the Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar. However, the event location was changed to the UFC Apex for unknown reasons. A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and undefeated prospect Michael Morales headlined this event. The pairing was originally scheduled to be part of UFC 314 and later UFC 315 prior to being moved to this event. A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Curtis Blaydes and promotional newcomer Rizvan Kuniev was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to UFC on ABC: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC 313
''UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev '' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 8, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. Background A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion (also former List of UFC champions#Middleweight Championship, UFC Middleweight Champion and former Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Middleweight Championship, Glory Middleweight and Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Light Heavyweight Championship, Light Heavyweight Champion) Alex Pereira and former title challenger Magomed Ankalaev headlined the event. A five-round lightweight bout between former interim UFC Lightweight Championship, UFC Lightweight Champion (also former WSOF Lightweight Championship, WSOF Lightweight Champion) Justin Gaethje and Dan Hooker was expected to serve as the co-headliner. However, Hooker had to withdraw from the bout due to a hand injury. He was replaced by Rafael F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legacy Fighting Alliance
The Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Houston, Texas. It was created as a result of the Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance merger in 2016. History Resurrection Fighting Alliance On October 11, 2012, officials for the Pompano Beach, Florida based MMA promotion Titan Fighting Championships (Titan FC) were acquired by the Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA), along with certain fighter contracts, as well as the organization's television deal with what is now AXS TV. The goal was to combine the talent of both organizations under one umbrella, the RFA. Titan FC owner and president Joe Kelly was brought in as the vice president of the newly merged company; and seasoned MMA manager and Black House (MMA), Black House gym owner, Ed Soares, acted as president. Original Titan founder Joe Kelly bought back the organization (Titan FC) in 2013 and produced two more shows on his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Craig
Paul Lindsey Craig (born 27 November 1987) is a Scottish mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2013, Craig formerly competed for BAMMA, where he was the BAMMA World Light Heavyweight Champion. Mixed martial arts career Early career Craig's head coach took him from no martial arts experience to 8–0 as an amateur, with each of his wins coming via first-round stoppage. As a professional, Craig went 8–0 over four years before being signed by the UFC. In November 2014, Craig won a K1-rules fight in Germany. Craig won the BAMMA World Light heavyweight Championship at BAMMA 23 when he defeated Marcin Lazarz by submission. He was set to defend his title against Chris Fields in Dublin, although the fight was postponed following the death of Portuguese fighter João Carvalho. The match up was rescheduled, but failed to take place due to Craig's damaging his ankle ligaments. Craig d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movsar Evloev
Movsar Magomedovich Evloev (born February 11, 1994) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2014, he has also competed at M-1 Global, where he is the former bantamweight champion. As of December 10, 2024, he is #4 in the UFC featherweight rankings. Early life Evloev, who has a degree in computer programming and law, belongs to the Ingush teip Youvloy. Before turning professional in mixed martial arts in 2014, Movsar earned the rank of a Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia, Master of Sports in Greco-Roman wrestling. He is the cousin of Olympic gold medalist, Musa Evloev. Mixed martial arts career M-1 Global Prior to competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Evloev spent all his time in M-1 Global. On April 22, 2017, Evloev faced Alexey Nevzorov for the M-1 Global#M-1 Global Bantamweight Championship, M-1 Global In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Pico
Aaron Pico (born September 23, 1996) is an American mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He started out his career in Bellator MMA, where he fought his first 17 bouts. In freestyle wrestling, Pico competed at 65 kilograms, where he was notably an Olympic alternate in 2016, as well as a U17 World champion in 2013. Early life Pico was born September 23, 1996, in Whittier, California. He is a seventh-generation Californio and a member of the Pico family of California, as great-great-great-great-grandson of Pío Pico, the last governor of California under Mexico rule and the 10th Governor of Alta California. Pico started wrestling at the age of four, and competed in multiple other combat sports. At age ten, he began boxing and competing in Pankration tournaments. Wrestling career High school During his freshman year of high school, Pico capped off a perfect 42–0 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Peña Vs
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdy Abdelwahab
Hamdy El-Said Abdelwahab (; born 22 January 1993) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist currently competing in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu. Mixed martial arts career Gamebred Fighting Championship Abdelwahab made his mixed martial arts debut for Jorge Masvidal's bare-knuckle MMA promotion Gamebred Fighting Championship, defeating Matthew Strickland via first-round TKO at Gamebred FC 2 on 1 October 2021. He made his sophomore appearance on Gamebred FC by defeating Connor McKenna by first-round technical knockout at Gamebred FC 3. iKon Fighting Championship Abdelwahab next appeared on iKon FC, where he defeated Dustin Clements by third-round technical knockout on 21 January 2022. He then defeated Matthew Strickland via first-round knockout at iKon FC 3 on 3 June 2022. Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamil Gaziev
Shamil Hasbulatovich Gaziev (born February 10, 1990) is a Russian and Bahraini professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2020, Gaziev earned his UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series, winning by first round submission. As of June 24, 2025, he is #11 in the UFC Heavyweight rankings. Mixed martial arts career Early career Gaziev acquired a record of 7–0 competing exclusively on the Russian and Belarusian regional circuit, winning all seven fights by stoppage inside two rounds. Gaziev faced fellow undefeated prospect Kirill Kornilov at Ares FC 7 in Paris, France. He won the fight via split decision. BRAVE CF Gaziev then competed under the Brave Combat Federation banner, first competing at BRAVE CF 65 against Pavel Dailidko on October 28, 2022. He won the fight via second round knockout. Gaziev next competed against UFC veteran Darko Stošić in the co-main e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serghei Spivac
Serghei Spivac (born January 24, 1995) is a Moldovan professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2014, he has also formerly competed for World Warriors Fighting Championships, Eagles Fighting Championship, N1 Pro and Real Fight Promotion. As of June 10, 2025, he is #9 in the UFC heavyweight rankings. Mixed martial arts career Early career Serghei Spivac made his MMA debut in September 2014 with the Ukrainian promotion Real Fight Promotion, at 19 years old. He faced Andrey Serebrianikov as his first opponent. He won the fight in the last minute of the first round, by way of TKO. His second fight was with the Ukrainian-based World Warriors Fighting Championships, at WWFC Ukraine Selection 1, where he faced Evgeniy Bova in the main event. Spivac won the fight in the first round by way of a kimura. His second fight with World Warriors Fighting Championships was during WWFC: Ukraine Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC 316
''UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 7, 2025, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Background The event marked the promotion's 11th visit to Newark and first since UFC 302 in June 2024. A UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion Merab Dvalishvili and former champion Sean O'Malley (fighter), Sean O'Malley headlined this event. The pairing previously met in September 2024 at UFC 306 in which Dvalishvili captured the title by unanimous decision. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current two-time champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate bantamweight winner) Julianna Peña and the Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg, 2012 and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg, 2016 Olympic gold medalist in judo (also two-time Professional Fighters League, PFL women's lightweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azamat Murzakanov
Azamat Anzorovich Murzakanov (; born April 12, 1989) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of June 10, 2025, he is #11 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. Background Azamat Murzakanov was born on April 12, 1989, in the village of Kyzburun III (now Dygulybgey), Kabardino-Balkaria. After graduating from high school in 2006, he served in the internal troops, and after demobilization, he worked in the SOBR of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, where he met his future coach, Khachim Mamkhegov (honored trainer of Russia in hand-to-hand combat). With his experienced mentor, Azamat has achieved resounding success in national and international tournaments (multiple champion of Russia, 3-time world champion, gold medalist of the European and Asian championships, honored master of sports in hand-to-hand combat). Mixed martial arts caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
