Our weekend awards slate is up. UFC Paris gave out zero Fight of the Nights, so the FOTW award went outside the Octagon. Full breakdown:
๐ฅ KO โ AXEL SOLA (KO R1 1:40 over Farรจs Ziam, UFC Paris co-main). Overhand left, one-shot. Ziam was -155. Sola was +130. Top-15 lightweight scalp. POTN. Highlight of 2026 so far in the LW division.
๐ฅ FIGHT โ MIELNICKI JR vs WILLIAMS (UD 98-91 x3, Newark). Ten rounds of legitimate two-way boxing on a weekend where every headline finish came inside three rounds. Only real war on offer.
๐ฅ SUB โ KURTIS CAMPBELL (RNC R3 3:07 over Trevor Peek). Featherweight-record takedown volume set up the finish. Wrestler-with-a-finish archetype.
๐ฑ UPSET โ MODESTAS BUKAUSKAS (TKO R2 3:57 over Oumar Sy). The redemption-arc storyline the entire prelim card was built around โ flipped. Bukauskas absorbed early, turned it around, finished with knees and hands.
๐ PROSPECT โ DELPHINE BENOUAICH (RNC R2 4:22, UFC debut, finish bonus). Real grappling toolkit for a thin W-Fly division. Newest name to know coming out of Paris.
Runners-up + full recap on the channel this week. Comment with your slate โ who did we snub?
๐ซ๐ท UFC PARIS โ LA NUIT PARISIENNE (Sept 5 ยท Accor Arena)
14 fights. 9 French fighters on the card. The most anticipated debut of the year in the main event. Here's my slide-by-slide Watch Guide.
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๐ MAIN EVENT โ HOOKER vs PARNASSE (155 lbs ยท 5 rounds) Salahdine Parnasse: 23-2, former two-division KSW champ (FW + LW), 5 straight finishes, southpaw prodigy. -400 favorite for his UFC debut. 28 years old. At home. Dan Hooker: 24-14, #10 LW, on a 2-fight skid (Tsarukyan, Saint-Denis). 36 years old. A third loss = end of the ranked run. Storyline: the KSW king finally lands in the Octagon โ and he starts with a 5-round main event on his own soil.
โก CO-MAIN โ ZIAM vs SOLA (LW) Farรจs Ziam #15, undefeated in the UFC 23-24-25. Sola 12-1-1. All-French, top-15 on the line.
๐ฏ PAGE vs RUZIBOEV (MW) โ The showman vs the finisher (22 KOs in 37 wins). ๐ SORIANO vs DONCHENKO (WW) โ Two bangers. FOTN candidate. ๐ซ๐ท CHARRIรRE vs LIMA (FW) โ Morgan back in Paris. Lima dangerous at 14-2. ๐ง๐ช KEITA vs NAIMOV (FW) โ Losene 16-2, 90% finish rate. Naimov 13-4.
๐ซ๐ท OUMAR SY vs BUKAUSKAS (LHW) โ Sy was 11-0 in the UFC. Redemption fight. ๐ซ๐ท CORNOLLE vs SYGUลA (WBW) โ Nora #13 defends her top-15 spot at home. ๐จ KURTIS CAMPBELL vs PEEK (FW) โ 8-1, 5 KO/TKO. "Paname" adopted him. ๐ต๐น PINTO vs SPANN (HW) โ 12-0, 7 KOs. Rare European HW prospect. ๐ซ๐ท DUCLOS vs DIAS (MW) โ 10-3, 8 KOs. UFC debut in Paris. ๐ซ๐ท BENOUAICH vs MONTENEGRO (SW) โ 7-2, TUF 34 alumna. UFC debut.
โฑ๏ธ Prelims 12PM ET ยท Main card 3PM ET ยท Main event ~5PM ET ๐บ Paramount+ (main) ยท UFC Fight Pass (prelims)
If you slept on this weekend, you missed the most consequential slate of 2026. Three Tier-1 title events, three upsets, a heavyweight legend born in London, and a Chinese superstar cracking open the UFC bantamweight throne. Every one of our five awards has a genuinely great story behind it. Swipe through โ and tell us which one hit hardest ๐
๐ฅ KO OF THE WEEKEND โ SONG YADONG A one-punch uppercut in Round 2 (1:48). A -470 favorite starched. The first man in MMA history to KO a core Nurmagomedov. $100K POTN. The bantamweight division just got rewritten on live television.
๐ฅ FIGHT OF THE WEEKEND โ HRGOVIฤ vs. ITAUMA Nine rounds. Eight in Itauma's favor. Then a Round 9 that flipped the sport upside down. Ben Davison threw the towel. Croatia has its first heavyweight world champion โ and boxing has a title-fight recap for the ages.
๐ฏ SUBMISSION OF THE WEEKEND โ REI TSURUYA Called it. Sleeper pick, R1, 4:14, rear-naked choke. The Blackbelt Japan product keeps his streak going with a finish that puts him in the flyweight top-15 conversation.
๐จ UPSET OF THE WEEKEND โ FILIP HRGOVIฤ +600. Down eight rounds. Won the IBF heavyweight title anyway. If you love boxing for the storylines, this was your Saturday.
๐ PROSPECT OF THE WEEKEND โ BILAL HASAN 18 days from a DWCS contract to a UFC $100K Performance of the Night. 10-0. Straight-right KO in Round 2. The fastest prospect ROI we've seen โ and this is only Chapter 1.
๐ DRAGON RISING โ Song just made history in Shanghai.
R2, 1:48. Short right hand behind the ear. Umar Nurmagomedov unconscious.
The first man to knock Umar out. First finish loss of his career. Song walked in a +440 underdog against a #2-ranked, -600 favorite โ and detonated the entire bantamweight division in front of his home crowd.
But the real story? Song signed with the UFC in 2017 at 19 years old. He's 28 today, on his 18th UFC fight, still climbing. Back-to-back finishes in 2026 (Figueiredo in May, Umar in August). Back-to-back Performance of the Night bonuses. The young veteran finally cracked the elite tier.
๐ Poll โ who fights Song next? ๐ ฐ๏ธ Winner of Yan / Merab ๐ ฑ๏ธ O'Malley rematch ๐ ฒ Loser of Yan / Merab ๐ ณ Something else โ tell us in the comments
For the second time in four months, the UFC goes to China. And this time, the stakes could not be higher.
Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) walks into Song Yadong's home crowd in a five-round bantamweight main event that has "title eliminator" written all over it โ even if the promotion won't say it out loud. The champ is watching. So is every contender queued up behind him.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ฅ MAIN EVENT โ BANTAMWEIGHT โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) ๐ท๐บ vs. Song Yadong (23-9-1) ๐จ๐ณ
Umar's only career loss came at UFC 311 โ and even that one, most of the MMA world scored closer than the judges did. Two decision wins since. Never finished. Never wobbled.
Song walked into Macau on May 30 and choked out a two-time flyweight champion in Round 2 for a Performance of the Night. Now he's back to headline a second consecutive Chinese card โ the only fighter in UFC history to do it back-to-back on home soil.
Odds: Umar -470 / Song +360.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ฏ CO-MAIN โ WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Yan Xiaonan (19-5) vs. Denise Gomes (12-3)
The former title challenger's first fight in 15 months. If "Fury" looks sharp, the strawweight rankings shift on Monday.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ฅ THE FLYWEIGHT CHESSMATCH โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Rei Tsuruya (11-1) vs. Kevin Borjas ๐ต๐ช
The Blackbelt Japan product with 4 KOs, 5 submissions, and one of the smoothest transitional grappling games in the division. Wants to reignite a winning streak. Borjas has a right hand that ends nights. Whoever survives Round 1 wins.
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Australian pressure vs. 6'2" length. Volume vs. range. The winner enters the featherweight top-20 conversation Monday morning.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT โ BILAL HASAN โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ 9-0. 7 KO/TKOs. Biggest favorite in Dana White's Contender Series history. Won his UFC contract with a 45-second knockout. Signed and booked within DAYS. Debuting tonight. This isn't a debut. This is a prophecy.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT โ KAI ASAKURA โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ 22-6. 14 KO/TKOs. Two-time RIZIN bantamweight champion. Owns wins over Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi. Debuted in the UFC in the loss column. 1-0 since back at Bantamweight. Tomorrow 2-0?
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The Dagestani or the Chinese hero? Drop your pick below ๐
Philly born. Sicklerville raised. Trained by his father since he was 9.
๐ Former No. 1 U.S. amateur (2013โ2016) ๐ฅ 2016 AIBA Youth World Championship bronze medalist โ๏ธ Signed by Mayweather Promotions at 18 ๐ 4ร regional/world titlist โ NBA World ยท WBO Global ยท WBC Intercontinental ยท NABF ๐ 21-1 ยท 14 KOs ยท once ranked IBF No. 8 at 118 ๐ฅ Riding a 2-fight win streak since his 2025 loss
One loss in 2025. Two straight wins since. Now he headlines his home city.
๐๏ธ Friday, August 28, 2026 ๐ The Unity Event โ One City ๐ Brotherly Love ๐๏ธ Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia ๐ Guevara
The kid who came up alongside Haney, Shakur, Teofimo and Ryan Garcia is still writing his chapter. Philly, come see it live.
๐ธ Visual: Fight IQ Channel ๐ค Shout to Team Price ยท LH2 Promotions ยท Hard Hitting Promotions
Three days, three continents, four combat sports promotions and one of the deepest weekends of the year. Here are FightIQ's 5 official bonuses โ one winner + 2-3 runners-up per category, based on narrative impact, shock value, technical merit, and content potential.
Swipe through the carousel โ here's the full breakdown.
๐ฅ KO OF THE WEEKEND โ Shamil Gaziev UFC Sacramento ยท Heavyweight ยท KO Round 1 (1:20) via punch Gaziev walked into the Golden 1 Center as a heavy underdog stylistically โ Kennedy Nzechukwu is a rangy, athletic 205er-turned-heavyweight with legit finishing power himself. 80 seconds into the fight, he was face-down. One shot. The cleanest one-punch heavyweight finish of the weekend across every promotion, and the visual clip you'll see recycled for months. In a weekend without a spinning-back-fist highlight, this is the KO with the most visual weight and the most content life. Runners-up: โข Reinier de Ridder TKO1 (4:01) Dolidze โ "dozens of unanswered punches" in his LHW debut. Called his shot on media day and cashed it. โข Eoin Sheridan KO1 (4:09) Vake โ knee KO, PFL prelim, Irish welterweight moves to 7-0.
โ๏ธ FIGHT OF THE WEEKEND โ Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues UFC Sacramento ยท Middleweight ยท UD (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) This is the fight the UFC itself co-signed with $100K FOTN bonuses on both sides. Rodrigues came in +140, chopped Fluffy's lead leg with a relentless calf-kick barrage from Round 1, and never let up. Hernandez mounted a Round 3 surge that nearly stole it โ this was a title-shot eliminator with real momentum swings, not just volume for volume's sake. Post-fight callout was Dricus du Plessis. Rodrigues now cracks the MW top-5. Hernandez leaves with his stock intact and a $100K check. Both men earned their bonuses. Runners-up: โข Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira (PFL) โ 5-round war, Cyborg's 30th win, retirement-question weight. โข Kongsuk vs. Dedduanglek 2 (ONE Friday Fights 167) โ 3-year rematch redemption, best Muay Thai fight of the weekend.
๐ SUBMISSION OF THE WEEKEND โ Chris Padilla UFC Sacramento ยท Lightweight ยท Submission (arm-triangle choke) Round 3, 4:59 This is the pick that reads better every time you watch the clip. Nasrat Haqparast was fighting to salvage his UFC standing and was likely up on the scorecards heading into the final round. Padilla found an arm-triangle with the fight literally slipping away, and locked it with ONE SECOND left on the clock. Technical merit meets narrative gut-punch. In a weekend where 3 arm-triangle chokes ended fights (Padilla, Anthony Wint at UFC, Chris Collins at LFA), Padilla's is the one that mattered most because of when it landed. Runners-up: โข Anthony Wint sub R1 (4:29) Chatman โ same technique, different tempo. Heavyweight arm-triangle in the first frame. โข Orlando Sanders armbar R3 (1:20) Garcia โ LFA 239 ยท cleanest technique of the regional finishes.
๐ฑ UPSET OF THE WEEKEND โ Sabrinna de Sousa PFL Tampa ยท Women's Flyweight ยท Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) over #3 Taila Santos The upset of the weekend isn't a scoreboard shock โ it's a rankings-shift. De Sousa moved to 7-0 with a full striking clinic against a fighter who was widely considered a title challenger by year-end. Superior stand-up, tempo control, star-making poise. The PFL women's flyweight picture just got completely redrawn. This is exactly the kind of "add her to your tracker now" moment that pays off in 12 months when she's fighting for a belt. Runners-up: โข Rodrigues +140 def. Hernandez โ market said no, Rodrigues said yes. โข Marco Romero TKO1 Mitchell โ was expected to win. Was NOT expected to finish it in Round 1 in his PBC debut. Expectation upset, not odds upset.
๐ PROSPECT OF THE WEEKEND โ Marco "El Tiburรณn" Romero Romero vs Lopez PPV ยท Middleweight ยท TKO Round 1 Record: 15-0, 13 KOs ยท 87% KO rate ยท 23-time national champion ยท 130-5 as an amateur ยท PBC debut delivered He walked onto a PPV carrying the same last name as the main-event fighter, on the biggest platform of his young career, against a real test in Kahlil Mitchell โ and finished it inside a round. The "next Romero" storyline writes itself and PBC's marketing team already knows it. Highest KO rate on the entire Romero vs Lopez card. Content-wise: he's the single most viable ongoing storyline out of this weekend. Runners-up: โข Sabrinna de Sousa (PFL, 7-0) โ cross-nominated with Upset of the Weekend, best rankings-shifter of the weekend. โข Eoin Sheridan (PFL, 7-0) โ knee KO Irish welterweight. โข Joseph "The Prodigy" Brown (Boxing, 8-0) โ shutout UD in his card-opener slot on the same PPV.
Which pick would you swap? Drop your alternatives in the comments โ best-argued swap gets pinned for next week's cycle.
Nobody gave Jamall Emmers a chance. +315 underdog. 37 years old. Facing a rising Brazilian prospect riding a 6-fight win streak.
3 minutes and 38 seconds later, the octagon was quiet.
One clean 1-2 down the pipe. The right hand landed flush. Lerryan Douglas hit the canvas and Emmers followed him down with hammerfists until Jason Herzog stepped in.
That's THREE STRAIGHT for the veteran โ a first in his UFC career.
Never count out experience. Never count out the pipe. ๐ฏ
๐ UFC Fight Night 285 โ Sacramento ๐ฅ TKO โข Round 1 โข 3:38 ๐ 23-8 (6-4 UFC)
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#FightIQBonuses โ September 4โ6 Edition
Our weekend awards slate is up. UFC Paris gave out zero Fight of the Nights, so the FOTW award went outside the Octagon. Full breakdown:
๐ฅ KO โ AXEL SOLA (KO R1 1:40 over Farรจs Ziam, UFC Paris co-main). Overhand left, one-shot. Ziam was -155. Sola was +130. Top-15 lightweight scalp. POTN. Highlight of 2026 so far in the LW division.
๐ฅ FIGHT โ MIELNICKI JR vs WILLIAMS (UD 98-91 x3, Newark). Ten rounds of legitimate two-way boxing on a weekend where every headline finish came inside three rounds. Only real war on offer.
๐ฅ SUB โ KURTIS CAMPBELL (RNC R3 3:07 over Trevor Peek). Featherweight-record takedown volume set up the finish. Wrestler-with-a-finish archetype.
๐ฑ UPSET โ MODESTAS BUKAUSKAS (TKO R2 3:57 over Oumar Sy). The redemption-arc storyline the entire prelim card was built around โ flipped. Bukauskas absorbed early, turned it around, finished with knees and hands.
๐ PROSPECT โ DELPHINE BENOUAICH (RNC R2 4:22, UFC debut, finish bonus). Real grappling toolkit for a thin W-Fly division. Newest name to know coming out of Paris.
Runners-up + full recap on the channel this week. Comment with your slate โ who did we snub?
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๐ซ๐ท UFC PARIS โ LA NUIT PARISIENNE (Sept 5 ยท Accor Arena)
14 fights. 9 French fighters on the card. The most anticipated debut of the year in the main event. Here's my slide-by-slide Watch Guide.
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๐ MAIN EVENT โ HOOKER vs PARNASSE (155 lbs ยท 5 rounds)
Salahdine Parnasse: 23-2, former two-division KSW champ (FW + LW), 5 straight finishes, southpaw prodigy. -400 favorite for his UFC debut. 28 years old. At home.
Dan Hooker: 24-14, #10 LW, on a 2-fight skid (Tsarukyan, Saint-Denis). 36 years old. A third loss = end of the ranked run.
Storyline: the KSW king finally lands in the Octagon โ and he starts with a 5-round main event on his own soil.
โก CO-MAIN โ ZIAM vs SOLA (LW)
Farรจs Ziam #15, undefeated in the UFC 23-24-25. Sola 12-1-1. All-French, top-15 on the line.
๐ฏ PAGE vs RUZIBOEV (MW) โ The showman vs the finisher (22 KOs in 37 wins).
๐ SORIANO vs DONCHENKO (WW) โ Two bangers. FOTN candidate.
๐ซ๐ท CHARRIรRE vs LIMA (FW) โ Morgan back in Paris. Lima dangerous at 14-2.
๐ง๐ช KEITA vs NAIMOV (FW) โ Losene 16-2, 90% finish rate. Naimov 13-4.
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๐ซ๐ท OUMAR SY vs BUKAUSKAS (LHW) โ Sy was 11-0 in the UFC. Redemption fight.
๐ซ๐ท CORNOLLE vs SYGUลA (WBW) โ Nora #13 defends her top-15 spot at home.
๐จ KURTIS CAMPBELL vs PEEK (FW) โ 8-1, 5 KO/TKO. "Paname" adopted him.
๐ต๐น PINTO vs SPANN (HW) โ 12-0, 7 KOs. Rare European HW prospect.
๐ซ๐ท DUCLOS vs DIAS (MW) โ 10-3, 8 KOs. UFC debut in Paris.
๐ซ๐ท BENOUAICH vs MONTENEGRO (SW) โ 7-2, TUF 34 alumna. UFC debut.
โฑ๏ธ Prelims 12PM ET ยท Main card 3PM ET ยท Main event ~5PM ET
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๐ THE #FightIQBonuses ARE IN โ August 28โ30 edition
If you slept on this weekend, you missed the most consequential slate of 2026. Three Tier-1 title events, three upsets, a heavyweight legend born in London, and a Chinese superstar cracking open the UFC bantamweight throne. Every one of our five awards has a genuinely great story behind it. Swipe through โ and tell us which one hit hardest ๐
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๐ฅ KO OF THE WEEKEND โ SONG YADONG
A one-punch uppercut in Round 2 (1:48). A -470 favorite starched. The first man in MMA history to KO a core Nurmagomedov. $100K POTN. The bantamweight division just got rewritten on live television.
๐ฅ FIGHT OF THE WEEKEND โ HRGOVIฤ vs. ITAUMA
Nine rounds. Eight in Itauma's favor. Then a Round 9 that flipped the sport upside down. Ben Davison threw the towel. Croatia has its first heavyweight world champion โ and boxing has a title-fight recap for the ages.
๐ฏ SUBMISSION OF THE WEEKEND โ REI TSURUYA
Called it. Sleeper pick, R1, 4:14, rear-naked choke. The Blackbelt Japan product keeps his streak going with a finish that puts him in the flyweight top-15 conversation.
๐จ UPSET OF THE WEEKEND โ FILIP HRGOVIฤ
+600. Down eight rounds. Won the IBF heavyweight title anyway. If you love boxing for the storylines, this was your Saturday.
๐ PROSPECT OF THE WEEKEND โ BILAL HASAN
18 days from a DWCS contract to a UFC $100K Performance of the Night. 10-0. Straight-right KO in Round 2. The fastest prospect ROI we've seen โ and this is only Chapter 1.
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๐ DRAGON RISING โ Song just made history in Shanghai.
R2, 1:48. Short right hand behind the ear. Umar Nurmagomedov unconscious.
The first man to knock Umar out. First finish loss of his career. Song walked in a +440 underdog against a #2-ranked, -600 favorite โ and detonated the entire bantamweight division in front of his home crowd.
But the real story? Song signed with the UFC in 2017 at 19 years old. He's 28 today, on his 18th UFC fight, still climbing. Back-to-back finishes in 2026 (Figueiredo in May, Umar in August). Back-to-back Performance of the Night bonuses. The young veteran finally cracked the elite tier.
๐ Poll โ who fights Song next?
๐ ฐ๏ธ Winner of Yan / Merab
๐ ฑ๏ธ O'Malley rematch
๐ ฒ Loser of Yan / Merab
๐ ณ Something else โ tell us in the comments
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Bilal Hasan. Remember the name.
UFC debut, KO in round 2. Second KO in 18 days. Called out a ranked contender on the way out. This is what a division-shaker looks like on day one.
Really impressed by this young guy ๐ฅ
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๐ UFC SHANGHAI โ ไธๆตทไนๆ โ TOMORROW
For the second time in four months, the UFC goes to China. And this time, the stakes could not be higher.
Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) walks into Song Yadong's home crowd in a five-round bantamweight main event that has "title eliminator" written all over it โ even if the promotion won't say it out loud. The champ is watching. So is every contender queued up behind him.
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๐ฅ MAIN EVENT โ BANTAMWEIGHT
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Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) ๐ท๐บ vs. Song Yadong (23-9-1) ๐จ๐ณ
Umar's only career loss came at UFC 311 โ and even that one, most of the MMA world scored closer than the judges did. Two decision wins since. Never finished. Never wobbled.
Song walked into Macau on May 30 and choked out a two-time flyweight champion in Round 2 for a Performance of the Night. Now he's back to headline a second consecutive Chinese card โ the only fighter in UFC history to do it back-to-back on home soil.
Odds: Umar -470 / Song +360.
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๐ฏ CO-MAIN โ WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
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Yan Xiaonan (19-5) vs. Denise Gomes (12-3)
The former title challenger's first fight in 15 months. If "Fury" looks sharp, the strawweight rankings shift on Monday.
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๐ฅ THE FLYWEIGHT CHESSMATCH
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Rei Tsuruya (11-1) vs. Kevin Borjas ๐ต๐ช
The Blackbelt Japan product with 4 KOs, 5 submissions, and one of the smoothest transitional grappling games in the division. Wants to reignite a winning streak. Borjas has a right hand that ends nights. Whoever survives Round 1 wins.
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Jack Jenkins (14-4) vs. Sean Woodson (13-2-1)
Australian pressure vs. 6'2" length. Volume vs. range. The winner enters the featherweight top-20 conversation Monday morning.
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๐ #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT โ BILAL HASAN
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9-0. 7 KO/TKOs. Biggest favorite in Dana White's Contender Series history. Won his UFC contract with a 45-second knockout. Signed and booked within DAYS. Debuting tonight. This isn't a debut. This is a prophecy.
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๐ #FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT โ KAI ASAKURA
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22-6. 14 KO/TKOs. Two-time RIZIN bantamweight champion. Owns wins over Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi. Debuted in the UFC in the loss column. 1-0 since back at Bantamweight. Tomorrow 2-0?
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๐ Shanghai Indoor Stadium
๐บ Paramount+
๐ Prelims 3AM ET / 9AM CEST
๐ Main Card 6AM ET / 12PM CEST
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The Dagestani or the Chinese hero? Drop your pick below ๐
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#FIGHTIQSPOTLIGHT ๐ฅ DYLAN "THE REAL DYL" PRICE
Philly born. Sicklerville raised. Trained by his father since he was 9.
๐ Former No. 1 U.S. amateur (2013โ2016)
๐ฅ 2016 AIBA Youth World Championship bronze medalist
โ๏ธ Signed by Mayweather Promotions at 18
๐ 4ร regional/world titlist โ NBA World ยท WBO Global ยท WBC Intercontinental ยท NABF
๐ 21-1 ยท 14 KOs ยท once ranked IBF No. 8 at 118
๐ฅ Riding a 2-fight win streak since his 2025 loss
One loss in 2025. Two straight wins since. Now he headlines his home city.
๐๏ธ Friday, August 28, 2026
๐ The Unity Event โ One City ๐ Brotherly Love
๐๏ธ Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia
๐ Guevara
The kid who came up alongside Haney, Shakur, Teofimo and Ryan Garcia is still writing his chapter. Philly, come see it live.
๐ธ Visual: Fight IQ Channel
๐ค Shout to Team Price ยท LH2 Promotions ยท Hard Hitting Promotions
#FightIQ #TheRealDyl #DylanPrice #PhillyBoxing #Bantamweight #Boxing #BoxingNews #UnityEvent #LiveCasinoPhilly #HardHittingPromotions #YahuahOverEverything #FightNight
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๐ #FightIQBonuses โ August 22-24, 2026 Edition ๐
Three days, three continents, four combat sports promotions and one of the deepest weekends of the year. Here are FightIQ's 5 official bonuses โ one winner + 2-3 runners-up per category, based on narrative impact, shock value, technical merit, and content potential.
Swipe through the carousel โ here's the full breakdown.
๐ฅ KO OF THE WEEKEND โ Shamil Gaziev
UFC Sacramento ยท Heavyweight ยท KO Round 1 (1:20) via punch
Gaziev walked into the Golden 1 Center as a heavy underdog stylistically โ Kennedy Nzechukwu is a rangy, athletic 205er-turned-heavyweight with legit finishing power himself. 80 seconds into the fight, he was face-down. One shot. The cleanest one-punch heavyweight finish of the weekend across every promotion, and the visual clip you'll see recycled for months. In a weekend without a spinning-back-fist highlight, this is the KO with the most visual weight and the most content life.
Runners-up:
โข Reinier de Ridder TKO1 (4:01) Dolidze โ "dozens of unanswered punches" in his LHW debut. Called his shot on media day and cashed it.
โข Eoin Sheridan KO1 (4:09) Vake โ knee KO, PFL prelim, Irish welterweight moves to 7-0.
โ๏ธ FIGHT OF THE WEEKEND โ Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues
UFC Sacramento ยท Middleweight ยท UD (48-47, 49-46, 48-47)
This is the fight the UFC itself co-signed with $100K FOTN bonuses on both sides. Rodrigues came in +140, chopped Fluffy's lead leg with a relentless calf-kick barrage from Round 1, and never let up. Hernandez mounted a Round 3 surge that nearly stole it โ this was a title-shot eliminator with real momentum swings, not just volume for volume's sake. Post-fight callout was Dricus du Plessis. Rodrigues now cracks the MW top-5. Hernandez leaves with his stock intact and a $100K check. Both men earned their bonuses.
Runners-up:
โข Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira (PFL) โ 5-round war, Cyborg's 30th win, retirement-question weight.
โข Kongsuk vs. Dedduanglek 2 (ONE Friday Fights 167) โ 3-year rematch redemption, best Muay Thai fight of the weekend.
๐ SUBMISSION OF THE WEEKEND โ Chris Padilla
UFC Sacramento ยท Lightweight ยท Submission (arm-triangle choke) Round 3, 4:59
This is the pick that reads better every time you watch the clip. Nasrat Haqparast was fighting to salvage his UFC standing and was likely up on the scorecards heading into the final round. Padilla found an arm-triangle with the fight literally slipping away, and locked it with ONE SECOND left on the clock. Technical merit meets narrative gut-punch. In a weekend where 3 arm-triangle chokes ended fights (Padilla, Anthony Wint at UFC, Chris Collins at LFA), Padilla's is the one that mattered most because of when it landed.
Runners-up:
โข Anthony Wint sub R1 (4:29) Chatman โ same technique, different tempo. Heavyweight arm-triangle in the first frame.
โข Orlando Sanders armbar R3 (1:20) Garcia โ LFA 239 ยท cleanest technique of the regional finishes.
๐ฑ UPSET OF THE WEEKEND โ Sabrinna de Sousa
PFL Tampa ยท Women's Flyweight ยท Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) over #3 Taila Santos
The upset of the weekend isn't a scoreboard shock โ it's a rankings-shift. De Sousa moved to 7-0 with a full striking clinic against a fighter who was widely considered a title challenger by year-end. Superior stand-up, tempo control, star-making poise. The PFL women's flyweight picture just got completely redrawn. This is exactly the kind of "add her to your tracker now" moment that pays off in 12 months when she's fighting for a belt.
Runners-up:
โข Rodrigues +140 def. Hernandez โ market said no, Rodrigues said yes.
โข Marco Romero TKO1 Mitchell โ was expected to win. Was NOT expected to finish it in Round 1 in his PBC debut. Expectation upset, not odds upset.
๐ PROSPECT OF THE WEEKEND โ Marco "El Tiburรณn" Romero
Romero vs Lopez PPV ยท Middleweight ยท TKO Round 1
Record: 15-0, 13 KOs ยท 87% KO rate ยท 23-time national champion ยท 130-5 as an amateur ยท PBC debut delivered
He walked onto a PPV carrying the same last name as the main-event fighter, on the biggest platform of his young career, against a real test in Kahlil Mitchell โ and finished it inside a round. The "next Romero" storyline writes itself and PBC's marketing team already knows it. Highest KO rate on the entire Romero vs Lopez card. Content-wise: he's the single most viable ongoing storyline out of this weekend.
Runners-up:
โข Sabrinna de Sousa (PFL, 7-0) โ cross-nominated with Upset of the Weekend, best rankings-shifter of the weekend.
โข Eoin Sheridan (PFL, 7-0) โ knee KO Irish welterweight.
โข Joseph "The Prodigy" Brown (Boxing, 8-0) โ shutout UD in his card-opener slot on the same PPV.
Which pick would you swap? Drop your alternatives in the comments โ best-argued swap gets pinned for next week's cycle.
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Shanelle "The Nightmare" Dyer just doubled up her UFC record โ 2-0, both by finish. TKO Round 3, 1:42 over Elise Reed at UFC Sacramento.
She pressed Reed into the cage and never let her out. +$25K Performance Bonus in the pocket. 8-1 career with 75% of wins by KO/TKO.
Full breakdown dropping this week on the channel โ is she a top-15 opponent away from a ranking?
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"PRETTY BOY" JUST CRASHED THE PARTY ๐ฅ
Nobody gave Jamall Emmers a chance.
+315 underdog. 37 years old. Facing a rising Brazilian prospect riding a 6-fight win streak.
3 minutes and 38 seconds later, the octagon was quiet.
One clean 1-2 down the pipe. The right hand landed flush. Lerryan Douglas hit the canvas and Emmers followed him down with hammerfists until Jason Herzog stepped in.
That's THREE STRAIGHT for the veteran โ a first in his UFC career.
Never count out experience. Never count out the pipe. ๐ฏ
๐ UFC Fight Night 285 โ Sacramento
๐ฅ TKO โข Round 1 โข 3:38
๐ 23-8 (6-4 UFC)
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