Check out these photos Cris Cyborg’s superfight title victory over Larissa Pacheco at PFL: Battle of the Giants, which took place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos courtesy of PFL MMA)
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Adam Azim stops Ohara Davies in eighth round in London
Light-welterweight contender Adam Azim passed his toughest test to date with an impressive eighth-round stoppage win over Ohara Davies at London’s Copper Box Arena.
The 22-year-old from Slough dropped Davies with a body shot in the fifth round.
Davies, 32, gallantly fought on but was floored again three rounds later as a left hook landed flush.
The contest was waved off by the referee before he noticed Davies’ corner frantically waving the towel.
“It was my best performance. I had to be very switched on for him,” Azim, now unbeaten in 12 pro fights, said.
Azim expects to face Harlem Eubank next and then settle a rivalry with Sheffield’s Dalton Smith in 2025.
The pair were ordered to fight for the European title but Azim vacated his belt, leading to a public spat between the two teams.
Davies, meanwhile, said it “might be the end” for his career, after a fourth defeat in 29 pro fights.
“I feel like you have to know when your time is done. You don’t want to stay in this sport for too long and take too much,” he added.
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Conor McGregor loses huge $500,000 bet in just three minutes of Francis Ngannou’s MMA return fight
CONOR McGREGOR lost $500,000 in just three minutes after backing Francis Ngannou to LOSE his MMA return.
Ngannou made his cage comeback after two years away against 6ft 8in Brazilian Renan Ferreira in Saudi Arabia.
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And it came just seven months after he was brutally knocked out in the boxing ring by Anthony Joshua in two rounds.
McGregor whacked a huge $500,000 (£380,000) on Ferreira and said: “Hello, folks, The Notorious Conor McGregor here.
“Fight night, fight night, fight night… the Mac is back with his winning bets.
“I have a 100 per cent winning ratio on these bet. Ngannou is losing by KO tonight.
“12/5 the Brazilian is to knock him out and I’m putting half a million on it and I’m going to win back $1.7million. That’s it.
“It’s a ruthless business and I’m a ruthless man.”
But despite McGregor’s hot-streak, it came to a crashing end in just a round.
Ngannou, 38, took Ferreira, 34, down before hammering him with vicious ground and pound till the referee had seen enough.
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It sealed a successful return to MMA for Ngannou and got him off to winning ways under the Professional Fighters League.
And it was also Ngannou’s first fight and victory since the tragic death of his 15-month-old son Kobe.
He tearfully dedicated the win to Kobe and said: “I can’t think about anything other than my son, Kobe.
“I only took this fight because of him, I took the fight for him. I hope they can remember his name because without Kobe, we wouldn’t be here tonight. I wouldn’t have fought.”
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‘The real f*cking heavyweight champ’: Pros react to Francis Ngannou’s triumphant return at PFL Battle of the Giants
Francis Ngannou is picking up right where he left off.
In his first fight under MMA rules since January 2022, “The Predator” added to his collection of memorable knockouts with a first-round finish of Renan Ferreira in the PFL Battle of the Giants main event on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou signed with the PFL in May 2023 after parting ways with the UFC—having never lost that promotion’s heavyweight title in the octagon—but booked a pair of high-profile boxing bouts with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua before finally competing for the league. He didn’t disappoint, needing less than a round to take Ferreira to the mat and finish with power punches on the ground that left the 2023 PFL tournament champion limp.
Praise for Ngannou came from all corners of the combat sports world, with fellow PFL signing Jake Paul calling him “The real f*cking heavyweight champ” and calling for a matchup between Ngannou and UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
See more of the best reactions from social media below.
Let’s fucking go Francis . The real fucking heavyweight champ!!!
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 19, 2024
Francis Ngannou vs Jon Jones. That’s what I want. That’s what you want. Repost this now
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 19, 2024
I love Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.
But don’t forget the last time Stipe fought he was KOd by Francis Ngannou.
So no matter who wins that fight, the top heavyweight is Francis
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 19, 2024
That’s some king shit. They tried to underpay pay him but he had the balls to find his way out. Respect Francis #Kobe
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 19, 2024
UFC has zero competition in MMA.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 19, 2024
So happy for Francis. After everything he been through. Massive love to him and his family. He did it for Kobe.
— Modestas Bukauskas (@balticgladiator) October 19, 2024
Pedro Acosta will miss Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix thanks to left shoulder trauma resulting from his crash in Saturday’s MotoGP sprint race.
The Tech3 KTM rookie dislocated his shoulder when he fell on lap 11 of 13 at Phillip Island. Although nothing was broken, the 20-year-old was declared unfit following further medical checks on Sunday morning.
Despite some flashes of pace for the rider who took pole position last time out in Japan, a poorly-timed qualifying run meant he only qualified 15th, his worst starting position of the year.
The Spaniard had only progressed as high as 11th place when his bike spat him into the air. In the violent impact with the ground, his shoulder popped out of place, although it was later repositioned.
After an initial medical examination he was released from the medical centre, with the plan to check how he spent the night and re-evaluate his condition before Sunday’s warm-up.
Despite getting up with the intention of trying to participate in the warm-up before the main race, the pain was intense and led the doctors to declare him unfit.
Pedro Acosta, Red Bull GASGAS Tech3
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
This will be the first time Acosta has missed a race in the top category. However, it does not seem that the injury will prevent him from competing in the next two rounds of the calendar, next week in Thailand and a week later in Malaysia.
Until then, the Spaniard will receive conservative, minimally invasive treatment, based on giving the joint time to heal so that he can get on the bike next Friday at Buriram.
“I’ve crashed many times in my career, but this is the first time in my life that the bike spat me into the air when entering the corner,” said Acosta, who has accumulated 24 crashes this season.
He leads that particular metric ahead of even Marc Marquez, who has 22 accidents, but none so far this weekend.
Acosta was unable to finish either the short or the long race in Japan two weeks ago. On Saturday he crashed from the lead of the sprint when he seemed on the verge of his breakthrough win.
He then fell in the Japanese Grand Prix on the following day, while disputing the lead with Francesco Bagnaia.
It was an emotionally charged evening for midfielder Marissa Callaghan as it marked just over a year since the death of her nephew, Ryan, in October 2023.
She was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet, hitting the crossbar and the post, but she was happy for Caitlin McGuinness to receive all the plaudits.
“My nephew Ryan passed away this time last year and my family is here tonight, and we are wearing our armbands and it’s dedicated to him tonight,” she explained.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t get myself a goal I hit the crossbar, the post – everything!
“It has not been easy, but the girls were outstanding tonight. Caitlin McGuinness – what a hat-trick! I’m so happy and proud of them.”
Callaghan believes the historic first treble is just reward for the effort put in by players and staff alike this season.
“We have worked so, so hard together. We put in the shifts with late hours and early mornings, and it means everything.”
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