Chris Presnell

It seems like most of us are tilting this towards Kavanagh, and Moreno is showing a ton of wear and tear. This is a quite unforeseen turn of events.

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This is such a weird fight and emblematic of the UFC's recent matchmaking pitting ranked contenders against fighters way down the totem pole. For Kavanagh's sake, I hope he can at least have a good account of himself.

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COME ON BUGGY

Miracle takedown from Imanol Rodriguez after Borjas was eating him alive

I think we should give Medina one more shot. You can never be sure.

My big question here is how Chiasson's conditioning will hold up. Perez is quietly climbing up a wide-open division and could be close to a title fight after Harrison-Nunes resolves.

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Great debut for Tarin. She's physical but scrappy, and got a big frame for flyweight. I could see her going up to 135 in the future.
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A lot to like out of Regina Tarin, even on real short notice. Imagine the pace she'll drive on a full training camp.
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Nice combinations from Regina Tarin so far

Excited to see a new young prospect like Regina Tarin. We need all the fresh blood we can get in the women's divisions.

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We're off to a good start with this card, keep those finishes coming.

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YouTube video by MMA Ecosystem ONE Fight Nights and the Failure to Win American MMA fans

I recorded some thoughts on where ONE stands with Amazon Prime and how incredibly mismatched their product is for the streaming service. And because I want to be positive sometimes, I gave suggestions on how ONE could have built their American presence better.
youtu.be/hTppWi52ljw

The JCK tournament finals dates are announced:
3.21
BW- Jimuwusha vs. Wang Shaoxiang
WW- Tuul Namnanbayar vs. Amanhali Gemingbayi
3.28
FW- Naertai Kezibayi vs. Nulikuwati Bahatuoli
WW- Kuerbanjiang Tuluosibake vs. Aleksandr Zyrianov
FLW- Nigedan vs. Zayundin Suleymanov

Aaron Tau issues statement after #UFC325 weight cut debacle

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Zhang Weili is getting into the promoting business.
She's launching Born to Fight, with the first event on 2.8 in her hometown of Handan. The main event is Feng Xiaocan vs. Marina Shutova with Daermisi Zhawupasi vs. Tamerlan Megidov for the co-main.

YouTube video by MMA Ecosystem Does nationalism restrain growth in regional MMA?

Is nationalism preventing Chinese MMA from growing? While national pride in itself is a benefit to growing MMA's fanbase, I argue that when it's baked into the matchmaking to a fault, it doesn't benefit anyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-1...

🇨🇳Banma Duoji returns from suspension to fight Gilbert Nakatani at ONE FN 40 on 2/13

WLF is having an MMA/boxing event in Urumqi, Xinjiang on 1/17.

MMA fights:
Yilizhati Maimaitijiang vs. Denis Chernikov
Danier Nuerboli vs. Kevin Church
Aizezi Damolamu vs. Lee Jun Hyung
Wubukasimu Kuerban vs. Khasazhon Anvarov
Nueraimaiti Nasier vs. Kang Tianci
Yumiti Yibulayimu vs. Yu Baolong

Nasty right hook KO from 🇨🇳Ayiboli Zhuman wilts Nuerali Balati at JCK this morning

🇨🇳Li Kaiwen rebounded yesterday with a first-round TKO of Tatsuya Tomozone at KM Fighting Championship. After sitting him down with the left hook, the connections just kept coming.

Super interesting! 🇯🇵Arisa Matsuda (7-0) is fighting former Octagon champion 🇰🇿 Ayan Tursyn (8-1) at CFFC 150 on 2/6 for the strawweight championship

🇨🇳Sumudaerji vs. 🇲🇽Jesus Aguilar added to #UFC326 on March 7th! Per the UFC Chinese social media

K more of this kind of matchmaking 😅- 🇨🇳Xiao Long fighting 🇺🇸Cody Garbrandt at UFC 326 on March 7th.

First rep by Chen Zong on Chinese social media last week. #UFC326 #UFC

🇨🇳Xie Bin (14-6) gets the Anaconda choke in :52 over late replacement 🇺🇿Omonullo Yuldashev (5-2) at YFU 90 today

🇲🇳Nyamjargal Tumendemberel vs. Cody Durden at UFC 326! Per Khurelbadarch Ganbold on IG.

JCK Fight Night 114 on December 27th adds four fights:

🇨🇳Apingshila vs. Myktybek Oskonbaev
🇰🇷Choi Jeong Yoon vs. 🇳🇿Brooke Pritchard
🇷🇺Abdulkasim Magomedshapiev vs. 🇷🇺Ramiz Gasanov
🇬🇪Sofiia Bagishvili vs. 🇷🇺Elona Daurova

This follows the exact pattern from ONE in 2025. Everything is at Lumpinee except for numbered events. We got four numbered events in 2025, with the first taking place in Bangkok/Impact Arena. There's currently three on the schedule for 2026 (2x in April, Denver in June).

ONE has posted the dates for their Fight Night cards in '26. All of them scheduled for 9pm EST at Bangkok's Lumpinee Stadium:
1.23- ONE FN 39
2.13- ONE FN 40
3.14- ONE FN 41
4.10- ONE FN 42
5.15- ONE FN 43
7.10- ONE FN 44
8.7- ONE FN 45
9.4- ONE FN 46
10.2- ONE FN 47
11.6- ONE FN 48
12.11- ONE FN 49

UFC 325 on 1/31 has Rongzhu vs. Quillan Salkilld, Yizha vs. Kaan Ofli, and the RTU season 4 finals. 💪 Makes a lot of sense to do them there with the surge of Australian/New Zealand talent this season.

Even taking into account roster additions, I've counted that the ONE main MMA roster has reduced by 19 fighters in the past eight months. This mass exodus stings a little more with Loman leaving, one of few contenders left in the bantamweight division.