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UFC 308 adds Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos

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September 20, 2024

UFC 308 adds Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos

UFC 308 continues to deepen.

The most recent addition is a three-round bantamweight bout. Said Nurmagomedov will take on Daniel Santos at the Oct. 26 pay-per-view event at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, the promotion recently announced.

Nurmagomedov (18-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) will return almost exactly one year to the date from his previous fight. His most recent appearance was a 73-second submission win over Muin Gafurov on Oct. 21, 2023. The victory moved him to 4-1 in his most recent five.

Santos (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) aims to extend his winning streak to three after consecutive victories against John Castaneda and Johnny Munoz.

It just keeps getting better! 👊
Said Nurmagomedov vs Daniel Santos & @FaridBOfficial vs @VictorStriker0 have been added to #UFC308 #InAbuDhabi | @InAbuDhabi | @VisitAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/KLpVYpgQGy
— UFC (@ufc) September 18, 2024

With the addition, the UFC 308 fight card includes:

Champion Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Geoff Neal
Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
Brunno Ferreira vs. Abus Magomedov
Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Justin Tafa
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 306.

Be sure to visit the MMA Junkie Instagram page and YouTube channel to discuss this and more content with fans of mixed martial arts.

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FPL tips and team of the week: Erling Haaland not essential this week

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September 20, 2024

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FPL tips and team of the week: Erling Haaland not essential this week

Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m – home to Wolves

Clean sheets have been so hard to predict this season.

Gameweek four saw six of them from the 10 games, which means we’ve had 18 in 40 games – or clean sheets for 18 teams from a potential 80!

There’s no standout keeper this week but Martinez has been a big-game performer in the past and derby games can be tight affairs.

Yukinari Sugawara, Southampton, defender, £4.5m – home to Ipswich

The Japanese full-back has been flying down the right flank in manager Russell Martin’s progressive style of play where he likes to overload areas of the pitch.

Sugawara has put in 16 crosses, double any of his defensive team-mates and second on the team to Will Smallbone.

He’s created three of Southampton’s five big chances and also scored at Brentford.

Ipswich have been goal shy so far, with just two in their four games and, should Saints turn some impressive periods of play into a 90-minute performance, Sugawara has chances of a return at both ends of the pitch.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool, defender, £7m – home to Bournemouth

I may sound like a broken record by now but the attacking returns are on the horizon for the most expensive defender in the game.

Alexander-Arnold was close to another clean sheet last week before Nottingham Forest’s smash-and-grab success at Anfield and it’s amazing he has not got an assist yet.

The right-back’s expected assists (xA) stat is an incredible 1.87 from four games. For context, that is an assist higher than any other defender in the game except Villa left-back Digne (0.94). Tottenham’s Pedro Porro and Sugawara are next with just 0.67.

Josko Gvardiol, Manchester City, defender, £6m – home to Arsenal

Defences are likely to be on top when City host Arsenal on Sunday and you’d expect the Gunners to set up like they did last season, to absorb City pressure and hit on the break.

Rodri should return to City’s line-up which should mean Gvardiol playing a more progressive position down the left like he did at the back-end of last season.

He’ll see plenty of the ball, we know he has a goal or assist in him and, if City do keep a clean sheet, the Croatian will be a strong contender for bonus points.

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UFC: Where does Conor McGregor's win over Nate Diaz place him in the top 20 list of fighters?

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September 20, 2024

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UFC: Where does Conor McGregor's win over Nate Diaz place him in the top 20 list of fighters?

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Salvatore Schillaci: Italy striker announces himself during 1990 World Cup

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September 20, 2024

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Salvatore Schillaci: Italy striker announces himself during 1990 World Cup

Watch the moment substitute Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci announced himself on the global stage at Italia ’90 with his side’s first goal during Italy’s opening match against Austria.

Schillaci was the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot on home soil.

It was announced on Wednesday that Schillaci has died aged 59.

Available to UK users only.

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UFC 213: What time is Nunes vs Shevchenko 2, what TV channel is it on and who else is fighting?

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September 20, 2024

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UFC 213: What time is Nunes vs Shevchenko 2, what TV channel is it on and who else is fighting?

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The best 20 UFC knockouts

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September 20, 2024

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Mixed Martial Arts is not for the faint-hearted, irrespective of whether you are fighting or watching.

Any UFC fighter worth their salt has been on the receiving end of a hefty blow or two – even Conor McGregor.

But what are the best-known knockouts? And who delivered them?

Here’s the top 20 in UFC history – decided by UFC itself.

Warning: the following video contains scenes viewers may find disturbing:

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What is UFC, what is MMA and what are the rules?

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September 20, 2024

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What is UFC, what is MMA and what are the rules?

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, also known as UFC, has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the US and in the last few years increasingly caught the attention of fight fans in the UK, too.

But what is it, how was it formed and what are the rules?

Here’s our guide on what you need to know.

What is UFC?

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a mixed-martial arts promotion in which a series of fights take place around the world, also known as fight nights. It calls itself the “premier organisation in MMA”.

Mixed martial arts, of course, is nothing new dating back more than 5,000 years.

But UFC brings together some of the world’s best mixed martial artists, fighting each other at different weights with a main event taking place once a month. There are more than 40 events each year.

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