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UFC’s Diego Lopes throws giant cakes at fans during Steve Aoki concert

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Steve Aoki fans in Mexico got a big surprise during his Guadalajara tour stop.

The famous DJ, who is also an avid MMA fan, invited Diego Lopes as a special guest Monday night. Apart from his sets, Aoki has made a tradition of throwing giant cakes at the crowd during his shows and, well, this time he had help from the UFC featherweight contender.

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Although he wasn’t needed, Lopes (26-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) recently served as the official backup for the UFC 308 title fight between Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway last month in Abu Dhabi. He’s currently ranked No. 3 in the official UFC rankings and has yet to be booked.

Lopes is on a five-fight wining streak, with the most recent victory a dominant unanimous decision over former title challenger Brian Ortega at UFC 306 in September.

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Neil Magny can move up wins list

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The final UFC Apex event of 2024 takes place Saturday in Las Vegas with UFC Fight Night 247, which streams entirely on ESPN+.

Headlining the card is the most experienced welterweight in UFC history. Neil Magny (29-12 MMA, 22-11 UFC) will attempt to build on his all-time divisional wins record when he clashes with yet another surging potential contender in Carlos Prates (20-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind the main event, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 247.

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Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates

Neil Magny

Neil Magny

Magny competes in his 34th UFC welterweight bout, the most appearances in divisional history.

Magny has alternated losses and wins over his past eight fights. He was defeated in his most recent bout at UFC on ESPN 62 in August.

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Magny’s 22 victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in company history behind Jim Miller (26), Andrei Arlovski (23) and Donald Cerrone (23).

Magny’s 22 victories in UFC welterweight competition are most in divisional history.

Magny’s total fight time of 6:51:58 in UFC welterweight competition is most in divisional history.

Magny’s 14 decision victories in UFC competition are most in company history.

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Magny has landed 1,418 significant strikes and 2,538 total strikes in UFC welterweight competition, the most in divisional history.

Magny is the only fighter in modern UFC history to make five or more octagon appearances in consecutive years. He went 4-1 in 2015 after going 5-0 in 2014.

Magny is one of three fighters in UFC history to earn five victories in a calendar year, as he did in 2014. Kevin Holland (2020) and Roger Huerta (2007) also accomplished the feat.

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Carlos Prates

Carlos Prates

Prates becomes the second fighter to make four UFC appearances in 2024. Charles Johnson also accomplished the feat and went 4-0.

Prates has earned 18 of his 20 career victories by stoppage. That includes all three of his UFC wins.

Prates’ three-fight UFC knockout streak is tied with Tom Aspinall and Jean Silva for third-longest among active fighters in the company behind Steve Garcia (five) and Alex Pereira (four).

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Cody Garbrandt vs. Miles Johns

Cody Garbrandt

Cody Garbrandt (14-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) enters the event on the final fight of his current UFC contract.

Garbrandt is one of nine fighters to hold the UFC bantamweight title. He is one of three who failed to make a successful title defense.

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Garbrandt is 3-6 in his past nine fights dating back to November 2017.

Garbrandt is 2-1 since returning to the bantamweight division in March 2023.

Garbrandt’s 10 knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competition are tied with Marlon Vera, Petr Yan for second-most in divisional history behind Montel Jackson (11).

Miles Johns (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) defends 71.3 percent of all opponent significant strike attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the second-best rate in divisional history behind Vaughan Lee (71.5 percent).

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Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Karolina Kowalkiewicz (16-8 MMA, 9-8 UFC) competes in her 18th UFC strawweight bout, tied with Randa Marcos for the second-most appearances in divisional history behind Angela Hill (25).

Kowalkiewicz is 6-8 in her past 14 fights dating back to when she fought for the UFC strawweight title in November 2016.

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Kowalkiewicz’s nine victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for sixth-most in divisional history behind Hill (11), Jessica Andrade (10), Joanna Jedrzejczyk (10), Tecia Pennington (10) and Carla Esparza (10).

Kowalkiewicz’s eight decision victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for most in divisional history.

Kowalkiewicz has eight of her nine UFC victories by decision.

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Reinier de Ridder vs. Gerald Meerschaert

Gerald Meerschaert

Reinier de Ridder (17-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a former two-division ONE Championship titleholder at light heavyweight and middleweight, makes his octagon debut.

Gerald Meerschaert (37-17 MMA, 12-9 UFC) has earned 35 of his 37 carer victories by stoppage. That includes all 12 of his UFC wins.

Meerschaert’s 12 stoppage victories in UFC middleweight competition are most in divisional history.

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Meerschaert’s 11 submission victories in UFC middleweight competition are most in divisional history.

Meerschaert’s 11 submission victories in UFC competition are tied with Demian Maia for the third-most in company history behind Charles Oliveira (16) and Miller (12).

Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson

Gillian Robertson

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Gillian Robertson (14-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is 3-1 since she dropped to the UFC strawweight division in April 2023.

Robertson’s seven submission victories in UFC competition are most by any female in company history.

Robertson’s seven stoppage victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are most in divisional history.

Robertson’s six submission victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are most in divisional history.

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Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Zach Scroggin.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-8-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) is one of three fighters in history to earn UFC knockouts stemming from a flying knee and a spinning wheel kick. Cory Sandhagen and Edson Barboza also accomplished the feat.

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Matthew Semelsberger vs. Charlie Radtke

Matthew Semelsberger

Matthew Semelsberger’s (11-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since December 2022.

Semelsberger is 1-4 in his past five fights dating back to July 2022.

Semelsberger is one of three fighters in UFC history to earn multiple knockouts of 20 seconds or less. Anthony Johnson and Terrance McKinney also accomplished the feat.

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Semelsberger’s 10 knockdowns landed in UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Thiago Alves (13), Matt Brown (11) and Jake Ellenberger (11).

Cody Stamann vs. Da’Mon Blackshear

Da’Mon Blackshear’s twister

Da’Mon Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) is one of three fighters in UFC history to earn a submission victory by Twister. He accomplished the feat at UFC on ESPN 51. Bryce Mitchell and Chan Sung Jung have also won with the technique.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.

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UFC’s Shavkat Rakhmonov likes potential Ian Machado Garry fight

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Shavkat Rakhmonov is not worried about a future showdown with Ian Machado Garry.

When welterweight champion Belal Muhammad withdrew from his title defense against Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 due to a bone infection, Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) campaigned to fight Rakhmonov on the same card. However, shortly after, the promotion announced that Machado Garry will face Joaquin Buckley (20-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN 63 headliner on Dec. 14 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

If a fight between Rakhmonov and his former Kill Cliff FC teammate ever does materialize, their history makes “Nomad” confident.

“To be honest, I don’t care,” Rakhmonov said through an interpreter on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “I’m ready if it’s going to be him after he wins his next fight. If it is, it could be good for both of us. We can do it. If he wants to try and take my zero, he can try, but I know the same thing is going to happen that’s happened in the training.

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“I’m going to just keep it the same way, and I’m pretty confident that I’m going to beat him. … You know, it’s just training. I don’t want to praise myself too much. It’s just training, but I feel comfortable with how the training went. Whether it was striking or the ground, I felt comfortable and in control. So, I’m pretty confident in this matchup.”

Rakhmonov is currently lobbying for an interim title fight against Kamaru Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC), but the UFC is yet to announce a replacement fight.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.

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Tracy Cortez out of UFC Tampa fight against Miranda Maverick

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Tracy Cortez out of UFC Tampa fight against Miranda Maverick

Maybe the third time could be the charm for Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick.

Just over a month away from the upcoming UFC Tampa card on Dec. 14, Cortez has been forced out of her scheduled fight against Maverick. It’s the second time the fight was scheduled and then scrapped with Cortez being pulled from the previous matchup when she got a short notice opportunity to face Rose Namajunas at the UFC Denver card in July.

This time around Cortez pulled out of the fight with an undisclosed injury with multiple people close to the situation confirming the news to MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck on Tuesday. MMA Junkie initially reported the change to the fight.

With Cortez out, the search is underway to find an opponent for Maverick but a new fight hasn’t been determined yet.

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Maverick is looking to build on a three-fight win streak after scoring victories over Dione Barbosa, Andrea Lee and Priscila Cachoeira in consecutive appearances.

Unfortunately she’ll now have to shift her attention to a new opponent with Cortez unable to compete at the upcoming card in Tampa, which serves as the final UFC event for 2024.

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When Sporting star Gyokeres scored for Swansea in FA Cup

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Watch Viktor Gyokeres score the only goal of his loan spell at Swansea City in a 2-0 FA Cup win against Stevenage in January 2021.



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Guest Cody Stamann, UFC preview, more

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MMA Junkie Radio #3509: UFC 308 reaction on Ilia Topuria, Khamzat Chimaev, more


Monday’s episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here.

On Episode 3,511, the fellas preview UFC Fight Night 247 taking place in Las Vegas. They also welcome in UFC bantamweight Cody Stamann, who competes at the event against Da’Mon Blackshear. Tune in!

A new episode of MMA Junkie Radio with hosts “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is released every Monday and Thursday. You can stream or download all episodes over at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, OmnyStudio, and more.

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Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic hyped up in new UFC 309 promo

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Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic hyped up in new UFC 309 promo

The UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden, and the massively hyped heavyweight championship main event between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic is less than two weeks away.

Jones and Miocic are set to battle for the UFC heavyweight title to cap off UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York City. “Bones” puts his belt on the line for the first time since capturing his second divisional title at UFC 285 in March 2023, while Miocic competes for the first time in nearly four years.

During Saturday’s UFC Edmonton event, the UFC released a new promo video hyping up the Jones vs. Miocic championship encounter. Watch the video below.

Miocic seeks his first victory since defeating Daniel Cormier in their trilogy bout at UFC 252 in August 2020. The multi-time heavyweight champion lost the title in his next fight, suffering a brutal knockout at the hands of Francis Ngannou at UFC 260.

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Jones makes the walk to the octagon for the just the second time since retaining the light heavyweight title — which he vacated shortly after to move to heavyweight — in a controversial decision against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 in February 2020.

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