At the White House. In front of the world. UFC Freedom 250 gave us the kind of night they'll talk about for decades.
🏆 JUSTIN "THE HIGHLIGHT" GAETHJE — New Undisputed UFC Lightweight Champion
TKO (Corner Stoppage) · Round 4, 5:00 · vs. Ilia Topuria
Record: 28-5-0 | Up 39-37 on all judges at stoppage
↳ Handed Topuria his first-ever professional loss. El Matador walked in as a two-division champion. He didn't walk out with a belt.
🏆 CIRYL "BON GAMIN" GANE — New Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion
TKO · Round 2, 1:27 · vs. Alex Pereira
Record: 14-2-0 | 2x Interim Heavyweight Champion
↳ Stopped Pereira's bid to become the first-ever 3-division UFC champion. Next up: a rematch with Tom Aspinall for the undisputed title.
The Highlight finally has his gold. Bon Gamin is back on top of the division. What a night for the sport. 🔥
💬 Who are you more excited to see next — Gaethje defending the lightweight title, or Gane vs. Aspinall II?
A lot happened across UFC Vegas 118, OKTAGON 89, and Ares FC 41. Here are the 5 performances that stood above everything else 👇
🥊 KO OF THE WEEK — Ketlen Souza (UFC Vegas 118)
Power. Explosiveness. Instinct. Punches and a head kick finish in R1, 1:34. Six fights on the card ended in the first round — this was one of the cleanest.
⚔️ FIGHT OF THE WEEK — Allen vs. Shahbazyan (UFC Vegas 118)
Drama. Momentum. Heart. The UFC awarded them Fight of the Night for a reason — three rounds of back-and-forth at middleweight that genuinely could have gone either way early.
🔒 SUBMISSION OF THE WEEK — Jack Grant (OKTAGON 89)
Rarity. Technique. Brutality. A Scottish Twister in 1:44 of Round 1. On his OKTAGON debut. Against a 23-fight veteran. Sub of the Year contender, no debate.
😱 UPSET OF THE WEEK — Walid Masmoudi (Ares FC 41)
Belief. Audacity. History. 2025 pro debut, 5 total fights, world title in Paris by split decision. The fast-track story of the year in European MMA.
🌟 PROSPECT OF THE WEEK — Veronika Smolková (OKTAGON 89)
Versatility. Trajectory. Awareness. 7-fight OKTAGON win streak extended with an armbar — she finishes by KO, TKO, and submission. The next big thing in European women's MMA.
Agree with the picks? Drop your awards in the comments 👇
Two title fights at the Adidas Arena. Here's what we're locked in on 👇
🏆 MAIN EVENT — Interim Welterweight Championship
Ali Dasuyev (8-0, 8 finishes) vs. Mohamed Soumah (3-2, 3 KOs)
Dasuyev is the definition of a perfect record: 8 fights, 8 finishes. 100% finish rate. AEC champion. IMMAF-tested. This is his Ares debut.
Soumah brings a completely different weapon: Glory kickboxing background, 100% KO rate in his wins, and a two-fight streak. He only needs one clean shot.
The question: can Dasuyev's grappling and ground game contain a striker with that kind of KO power?
🏆 CO-MAIN — Vacant Lightweight Championship
Magomed Umarkhadzhiev (7-0, 6 finishes) vs. Walid Masmoudi (4-0, 3 KOs)
Umarkhadzhiev is 7-0 with one of the tightest RNC submissions in European MMA and 4 Ares fights already — this is his home.
Masmoudi made his professional debut in 2025. He has four pro fights. And tonight he's challenging for a world title with a nasty ground and pound game that has already stopped three opponents.
This is the fast-track story of the year in European MMA.
European MMA's biggest show of the weekend is happening RIGHT NOW and here's what we're locked in on 👇
🏆 MAIN EVENT — OKTAGON Bantamweight Championship
Igor Severino (10-1, 9 finishes) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (19-9, 10 finishes)
Severino is the reigning bantamweight champion with UFC experience and a near-perfect finish rate.
Zhumagulov holds the OKTAGON flyweight belt — and is moving UP a weight class to try to become the promotion's FIRST-EVER double champion.
This is history in the making. Or a Brazilian champion proving his throne isn't shared.
⚔️ CO-MAIN — Welterweight
Ronald Paradeiser (23-10, 17 finishes) vs. Jack Grant (20-9, 19 finishes)
23 OKTAGON fights for Paradeiser. 9 KOs. Former LW champion. OKTAGON royalty.
Jack Grant has 19 finishes from BAMMA, Cage Warriors, Bellator and PFL.
Combined: 36 finishes. This does NOT go the distance.
🌟 WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT — One to Watch
Veronika Smolková (9-3, 5 KOs) vs. Lisa Kyriacou (9-3, 1 Sub)
Smolková is on a 6-fight OKTAGON winning streak with 4 KOs. A genuine superstar in the making.
Kyriacou is a former NEX champion with Road to UFC experience — durable and dangerous.
Drop your predictions below ⬇️ Who leaves Bratislava as double champion?
🚨 UFC FIGHT NIGHT 278 — FIGHTS TO WATCH THIS SATURDAY
Our full breakdown is dropping soon, but here's what we're watching at the Apex on June 6 👇
🥊 MAIN EVENT — Belal Muhammad (24-5) vs. Gabriel Bonfim (19-1)
Former UFC welterweight champion. First losing streak of his career. Bonfim says Garry showed him the blueprint — and the numbers agree. FightMatrix gives Bonfim a 58% win probability.
⚔️ CO-MAIN — Brendan Allen (26-7) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (16-5)
Allen has 14 career submission wins. Shahbazyan was once the most hyped middleweight on the roster. This is a redemption fight for both.
🌟 LIGHTWEIGHT — Farès Ziam (18-4) vs. Tom Nolan (10-1)
Ziam is one of the best European lightweights not yet in the title conversation. Nolan is unproven at this level. This fight has finish written all over it.
🚀 PROSPECT ALERT — Bryce Mitchell (18-3) vs. Santiago Luna (8-0)
Short notice. 21 years old. Undefeated. Luna stepped up to face a genuine UFC grappling threat without blinking. If he wins? The name explodes overnight.
🚨 #FightIQSpotlight — Darren Till makes his bare-knuckle debut TONIGHT at BKFC 90 in Birmingham! 🥊
18-5-1 in MMA. 3-0 in boxing with a 66% KO rate. A TKO over Luke Rockhold in his last fight. Now — no gloves, no padding, just raw knuckles against Aaron Chalmers.
The Gorilla called bare-knuckle "the bottom of what real fighting is." Tonight we find out if he can conquer it.
Full breakdown in this carousel — swipe through the career stats, the boxing record, and what to expect. Then drop your prediction below! 👇
🚨 #FightIQSpotlight — UFC Fight Night 277 is LIVE today from Macau! 🇨🇳
Song Yadong fights at home with his entire contention run on the line — win or lose, the BW picture shifts tonight. RIZIN champion Kai Asakura steps UP to bantamweight against a dangerous Smotherman. Pavlovich and Teixeira are about to tear the heavyweight division apart. And Hill vs. Xiong — former ONE champ on Chinese soil — is the prelim gem you cannot miss.
Four disciplines. Four main events. Four reasons to block your weekend calendar and not move from the couch.
Here's what Fight IQ is watching this weekend 👇
1️⃣ MUAY THAI — Panpadej NF Looksuan vs. Ubaid Hussain
📍 ONE Friday Fights 151 | Lumpinee Stadium, Bangkok | TONIGHT (Fri Apr 24)
Thai veteran with a 58-5 record on a 7-fight win streak vs. the unbeaten British-Pakistani challenger Ubaid Hussain. This is the purest Lumpinee Friday Fights formula: decorated local hero vs. undefeated foreign contender with everything to prove. The title race in ONE flyweight Muay Thai runs through this fight.
2️⃣ MMA — Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal
📍 UFC Fight Night 274 | Meta APEX, Las Vegas | Sat Apr 25 | Paramount+
A former UFC Bantamweight Champion reinventing himself at featherweight. A surging contender targeting Oliveira's all-time featherweight submission record. Five rounds. No margin for error. The winner enters the UFC featherweight title picture immediately.
3️⃣ BOXING — Jarrell Miller vs. Lenier Pero
📍 WBA Heavyweight Eliminator | Fontainebleau Las Vegas | Sat Apr 25 | DAZN
The fight heavyweight boxing needed. "Big Baby" Miller — the loudest man in the division — vs. Lenier Pero, undefeated Cuban-born contender ranked WBA #2. One WBA mandatory title shot. One night. The heavyweight landscape shifts Saturday.
4️⃣ KICKBOXING — Donovan Wisse vs. Chico Kwasi
📍 GLORY Kickboxing | Sat Apr 25
Two Dutch kickboxers who simply do not produce dull fights. Wisse, draped in the Surinamese flag, brings champion-level experience. Kwasi brings the kind of explosive finishing power that makes crowds jump out of their seats. This is the GLORY fight of the night and one of the most watchable bouts of the entire weekend.
Which card is at the top of YOUR list? Drop your number below 👇🔥
🇳🇱⚡ FIGHT IQ SPOTLIGHT: TESSA DE KOM — ONE Championship debut TOMORROW.
Here's why you need to watch.
Tessa de Kom is 25 years old. She is the reigning Enfusion Women's Strawweight Champion and RISE Women's Flyweight Champion at -52 kg. She is ranked #6 female pound-for-pound in the world by Combat Press and Beyond Kickboxing. She is a 4x World Champion. And she has built her entire career without losing a single world title.
On Friday April 24th, she walks into Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok — the most iconic Muay Thai and kickboxing arena on the planet — to make her ONE Championship debut.
Her opponent? Italy's Giorgia Pieropan. The WBC Muay Thai World Champion. This is not a stepping-stone fight. This is a statement fight. Two world champions in a -52 kg atomweight kickboxing bout, in front of the ONE Friday Fights 151 audience across 190+ countries.
She also becomes the first Dutch female fighter in ONE Championship since Jorina Baars competed for the organization back in 2019 — a detail that adds genuine historical weight to this moment.
Fight IQ has had the chance to work closely with Tessa ahead of this debut, and we can tell you: the ambition, the technical refinement, and the mentality are all there. This isn't someone stepping up — this is someone arriving.
📍 ONE Friday Fights 151 | Lumpinee Stadium, Bangkok
🗓️ Friday, April 24th
📺 ONE Championship
Are you watching? Drop a comment 👇 and let's talk about this! 🔥
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⚡ ONE NIGHT. TWO BELTS. HISTORY MADE. ⚡
At the White House. In front of the world. UFC Freedom 250 gave us the kind of night they'll talk about for decades.
🏆 JUSTIN "THE HIGHLIGHT" GAETHJE — New Undisputed UFC Lightweight Champion
TKO (Corner Stoppage) · Round 4, 5:00 · vs. Ilia Topuria
Record: 28-5-0 | Up 39-37 on all judges at stoppage
↳ Handed Topuria his first-ever professional loss. El Matador walked in as a two-division champion. He didn't walk out with a belt.
🏆 CIRYL "BON GAMIN" GANE — New Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion
TKO · Round 2, 1:27 · vs. Alex Pereira
Record: 14-2-0 | 2x Interim Heavyweight Champion
↳ Stopped Pereira's bid to become the first-ever 3-division UFC champion. Next up: a rematch with Tom Aspinall for the undisputed title.
The Highlight finally has his gold. Bon Gamin is back on top of the division. What a night for the sport. 🔥
💬 Who are you more excited to see next — Gaethje defending the lightweight title, or Gane vs. Aspinall II?
#FightIQ #UFCFreedom250 #Gaethje #CirylGane #MMA #UFC #FightIQSpotlight
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🏆 THE #FightIQBonuses ARE IN — June 5–7 Edition
A lot happened across UFC Vegas 118, OKTAGON 89, and Ares FC 41. Here are the 5 performances that stood above everything else 👇
🥊 KO OF THE WEEK — Ketlen Souza (UFC Vegas 118)
Power. Explosiveness. Instinct. Punches and a head kick finish in R1, 1:34. Six fights on the card ended in the first round — this was one of the cleanest.
⚔️ FIGHT OF THE WEEK — Allen vs. Shahbazyan (UFC Vegas 118)
Drama. Momentum. Heart. The UFC awarded them Fight of the Night for a reason — three rounds of back-and-forth at middleweight that genuinely could have gone either way early.
🔒 SUBMISSION OF THE WEEK — Jack Grant (OKTAGON 89)
Rarity. Technique. Brutality. A Scottish Twister in 1:44 of Round 1. On his OKTAGON debut. Against a 23-fight veteran. Sub of the Year contender, no debate.
😱 UPSET OF THE WEEK — Walid Masmoudi (Ares FC 41)
Belief. Audacity. History. 2025 pro debut, 5 total fights, world title in Paris by split decision. The fast-track story of the year in European MMA.
🌟 PROSPECT OF THE WEEK — Veronika Smolková (OKTAGON 89)
Versatility. Trajectory. Awareness. 7-fight OKTAGON win streak extended with an armbar — she finishes by KO, TKO, and submission. The next big thing in European women's MMA.
Agree with the picks? Drop your awards in the comments 👇
#FightIQBonus #MMA #UFCVegas118 #OKTAGON89 #AresFC41
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🚨 #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT — ARES FC 41 | TONIGHT IN PARIS 🇫🇷
Two title fights at the Adidas Arena. Here's what we're locked in on 👇
🏆 MAIN EVENT — Interim Welterweight Championship
Ali Dasuyev (8-0, 8 finishes) vs. Mohamed Soumah (3-2, 3 KOs)
Dasuyev is the definition of a perfect record: 8 fights, 8 finishes. 100% finish rate. AEC champion. IMMAF-tested. This is his Ares debut.
Soumah brings a completely different weapon: Glory kickboxing background, 100% KO rate in his wins, and a two-fight streak. He only needs one clean shot.
The question: can Dasuyev's grappling and ground game contain a striker with that kind of KO power?
🏆 CO-MAIN — Vacant Lightweight Championship
Magomed Umarkhadzhiev (7-0, 6 finishes) vs. Walid Masmoudi (4-0, 3 KOs)
Umarkhadzhiev is 7-0 with one of the tightest RNC submissions in European MMA and 4 Ares fights already — this is his home.
Masmoudi made his professional debut in 2025. He has four pro fights. And tonight he's challenging for a world title with a nasty ground and pound game that has already stopped three opponents.
This is the fast-track story of the year in European MMA.
Drop your picks below ⬇️
#AresFC41 #AresFightingChampionship #FightIQ #EuropeanMMA #Paris
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🚨 #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT — OKTAGON 89: BRATISLAVA | TODAY
European MMA's biggest show of the weekend is happening RIGHT NOW and here's what we're locked in on 👇
🏆 MAIN EVENT — OKTAGON Bantamweight Championship
Igor Severino (10-1, 9 finishes) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (19-9, 10 finishes)
Severino is the reigning bantamweight champion with UFC experience and a near-perfect finish rate.
Zhumagulov holds the OKTAGON flyweight belt — and is moving UP a weight class to try to become the promotion's FIRST-EVER double champion.
This is history in the making. Or a Brazilian champion proving his throne isn't shared.
⚔️ CO-MAIN — Welterweight
Ronald Paradeiser (23-10, 17 finishes) vs. Jack Grant (20-9, 19 finishes)
23 OKTAGON fights for Paradeiser. 9 KOs. Former LW champion. OKTAGON royalty.
Jack Grant has 19 finishes from BAMMA, Cage Warriors, Bellator and PFL.
Combined: 36 finishes. This does NOT go the distance.
🌟 WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT — One to Watch
Veronika Smolková (9-3, 5 KOs) vs. Lisa Kyriacou (9-3, 1 Sub)
Smolková is on a 6-fight OKTAGON winning streak with 4 KOs. A genuine superstar in the making.
Kyriacou is a former NEX champion with Road to UFC experience — durable and dangerous.
Drop your predictions below ⬇️ Who leaves Bratislava as double champion?
#OKTAGON89 #OktagonMMA #MMA #FightIQ #EuropeanMMA
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🚨 UFC FIGHT NIGHT 278 — FIGHTS TO WATCH THIS SATURDAY
Our full breakdown is dropping soon, but here's what we're watching at the Apex on June 6 👇
🥊 MAIN EVENT — Belal Muhammad (24-5) vs. Gabriel Bonfim (19-1)
Former UFC welterweight champion. First losing streak of his career. Bonfim says Garry showed him the blueprint — and the numbers agree. FightMatrix gives Bonfim a 58% win probability.
⚔️ CO-MAIN — Brendan Allen (26-7) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (16-5)
Allen has 14 career submission wins. Shahbazyan was once the most hyped middleweight on the roster. This is a redemption fight for both.
🌟 LIGHTWEIGHT — Farès Ziam (18-4) vs. Tom Nolan (10-1)
Ziam is one of the best European lightweights not yet in the title conversation. Nolan is unproven at this level. This fight has finish written all over it.
🚀 PROSPECT ALERT — Bryce Mitchell (18-3) vs. Santiago Luna (8-0)
Short notice. 21 years old. Undefeated. Luna stepped up to face a genuine UFC grappling threat without blinking. If he wins? The name explodes overnight.
📺 Paramount+ | Prelims 5PM ET / Main Card 8PM ET
Drop your predictions in the comments ⬇️
#UFCFightNight #UFC #UFCVegas118 #BelalMuhammad #GabrielBonfim #BryceMitchell #SantiagoLuna #MMA #FightIQ
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🚨 #FightIQSpotlight — Darren Till makes his bare-knuckle debut TONIGHT at BKFC 90 in Birmingham! 🥊
18-5-1 in MMA. 3-0 in boxing with a 66% KO rate. A TKO over Luke Rockhold in his last fight. Now — no gloves, no padding, just raw knuckles against Aaron Chalmers.
The Gorilla called bare-knuckle "the bottom of what real fighting is." Tonight we find out if he can conquer it.
Full breakdown in this carousel — swipe through the career stats, the boxing record, and what to expect. Then drop your prediction below! 👇
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🚨 #FightIQSpotlight — UFC Fight Night 277 is LIVE today from Macau! 🇨🇳
Song Yadong fights at home with his entire contention run on the line — win or lose, the BW picture shifts tonight. RIZIN champion Kai Asakura steps UP to bantamweight against a dangerous Smotherman. Pavlovich and Teixeira are about to tear the heavyweight division apart. And Hill vs. Xiong — former ONE champ on Chinese soil — is the prelim gem you cannot miss.
👆 The card is about to be live — get on it!
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🚨 #FightIQSpotlight — Hexagone MMA 44 is TONIGHT 🇫🇷
Bordeaux hosts a stacked French MMA card with €100K on the line, a vacant welterweight title fight, AND two undefeated records colliding.
Varela vs. Gallon 🏆 | Tandia vs. Debienne ⚡ | Ulrich vs. Bivol 💎
Who are you picking? 👆
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🔥 FIGHT IQ WEEKEND PICKS — April 24–26, 2026
Four disciplines. Four main events. Four reasons to block your weekend calendar and not move from the couch.
Here's what Fight IQ is watching this weekend 👇
1️⃣ MUAY THAI — Panpadej NF Looksuan vs. Ubaid Hussain
📍 ONE Friday Fights 151 | Lumpinee Stadium, Bangkok | TONIGHT (Fri Apr 24)
Thai veteran with a 58-5 record on a 7-fight win streak vs. the unbeaten British-Pakistani challenger Ubaid Hussain. This is the purest Lumpinee Friday Fights formula: decorated local hero vs. undefeated foreign contender with everything to prove. The title race in ONE flyweight Muay Thai runs through this fight.
2️⃣ MMA — Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal
📍 UFC Fight Night 274 | Meta APEX, Las Vegas | Sat Apr 25 | Paramount+
A former UFC Bantamweight Champion reinventing himself at featherweight. A surging contender targeting Oliveira's all-time featherweight submission record. Five rounds. No margin for error. The winner enters the UFC featherweight title picture immediately.
3️⃣ BOXING — Jarrell Miller vs. Lenier Pero
📍 WBA Heavyweight Eliminator | Fontainebleau Las Vegas | Sat Apr 25 | DAZN
The fight heavyweight boxing needed. "Big Baby" Miller — the loudest man in the division — vs. Lenier Pero, undefeated Cuban-born contender ranked WBA #2. One WBA mandatory title shot. One night. The heavyweight landscape shifts Saturday.
4️⃣ KICKBOXING — Donovan Wisse vs. Chico Kwasi
📍 GLORY Kickboxing | Sat Apr 25
Two Dutch kickboxers who simply do not produce dull fights. Wisse, draped in the Surinamese flag, brings champion-level experience. Kwasi brings the kind of explosive finishing power that makes crowds jump out of their seats. This is the GLORY fight of the night and one of the most watchable bouts of the entire weekend.
Which card is at the top of YOUR list? Drop your number below 👇🔥
#FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT #FIGHTIQ #UFC #ONEChampionship #GLORY #Boxing #MuayThai #Kickboxing #MMA
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🇳🇱⚡ FIGHT IQ SPOTLIGHT: TESSA DE KOM — ONE Championship debut TOMORROW.
Here's why you need to watch.
Tessa de Kom is 25 years old. She is the reigning Enfusion Women's Strawweight Champion and RISE Women's Flyweight Champion at -52 kg. She is ranked #6 female pound-for-pound in the world by Combat Press and Beyond Kickboxing. She is a 4x World Champion. And she has built her entire career without losing a single world title.
On Friday April 24th, she walks into Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok — the most iconic Muay Thai and kickboxing arena on the planet — to make her ONE Championship debut.
Her opponent? Italy's Giorgia Pieropan. The WBC Muay Thai World Champion. This is not a stepping-stone fight. This is a statement fight. Two world champions in a -52 kg atomweight kickboxing bout, in front of the ONE Friday Fights 151 audience across 190+ countries.
She also becomes the first Dutch female fighter in ONE Championship since Jorina Baars competed for the organization back in 2019 — a detail that adds genuine historical weight to this moment.
Fight IQ has had the chance to work closely with Tessa ahead of this debut, and we can tell you: the ambition, the technical refinement, and the mentality are all there. This isn't someone stepping up — this is someone arriving.
📍 ONE Friday Fights 151 | Lumpinee Stadium, Bangkok
🗓️ Friday, April 24th
📺 ONE Championship
Are you watching? Drop a comment 👇 and let's talk about this! 🔥
#FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT #FIGHTIQ #TessadeKom #ONEChampionship #Kickboxing
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