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Go inside the numbers of UFC Vegas 112, the final event of the year, where a couple of historic knockouts happened to close the show.
The first preliminary fight on the UFC 323 card ended in spectacular fashion. Featherweights Mairon Santos (17-1) and Muhammad Naimov (13-4) shared the Octagon inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Santos was getting the better of Naimov in the standup, and it led to a one-punch knockout in the third round.
Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier famously started his UFC career as a heavyweight, eventually losing over 100 pounds to compete in his current weight class. Others, such as rising heavyweight Martin Buday,
Manuel Torres feels like he's ready to take on the top of the lightweight rankings following his knockout win at UFC 323.
Undefeated UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria explained his absence from the UFC 324 title bout on Monday, alleging he's addressing an extortion attempt and will return to the cage at the appropriate time.
The phrase "puncher's chance" gets thrown around a lot in the boxing community. This is a way of saying that any professional boxer who has proven an ability to
UFC title holder IIia Topuria took a break from the sport in November to fight what he is calling "attempted extortion".