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What's Next After UFC 322?

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 11/19/2025 Sportz Nation Matt's Fights Islam Makhachev vs Ilia Topuria Jack Della Maddelena vs Shavkat Rakhmonov I think there is only one fight to make for Islam Makhachev, which could be the biggest fight in modern UFC history. A fight with Ilia Topuria is the only move that makes sense for both parties, as they are both on different levels than the fighters below them. We will be able to see the best striker in the UFC face off against the be

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1 day ago

From Fall River to World Champion: Aidan Lambert's Life as a Kickboxer

by Zak Drapeau 11/15/2025 Sportz Nation WAKO Championships Just before Thanksgiving day of 2025, local kickboxer and growing legend Aidan Lambert will represent New England and America in Abu Dhabi in the WAKO Kickboxing World Championships. What is the WAKO World Championships? "WAKO" itself, (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations) is the world's governing body for the sport of Kickboxing. The WAKO World Championships are single elimination tournaments of one-on-on

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4 days ago

UFC Matchmaking: What's Next After UFC Vegas 111

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 11/12/2025 Sportz Nation Photo by Ron Chenoy/ Imagn Images 10 Gabriel Bonfim vs 7 Joaquin Buckley Randy Brown vs Uros Medic Gabriel Bonfim has now won 4 in a row in one of the best divisions in the sport. His next fight should be a PPV Main Card fight and with #7 Joaquin Buckley also looking for a fight, this one would be a perfect opportunity and a deserved fight for both fighters. Randy Brown may have claimed the TKO loss over Bonfim was e

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Nov 12

UFC Matchmaking: What's Next After UFC Vegas 110

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 11/5/2025 Sportz Nation (Zak Drapeau) Steve Garcia vs Brian Ortega David Onama vs Aaron Pico Steve Garcia soaking in the UFC Vegas 110 crowd after Main Event, TKO Win over David Onama Photo by Rich Storry/ Imagn Images Alright, first things first: Steve Garcia has earned a Top-10 ranking but still hasn't faced anybody in the Top-10, so let's give him Brian Ortega. This fight is perfect because Ortega is looking for a Top-10 guy to fight as we

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Nov 5

UFC Matchmaking: Heavyweight Edition

Credit to Getty/UFC Current Rankings: C Tom Aspinall 1 Ciryl Gane 2 Alexander Volkov 3 Sergei Pavlovich 4 Curtis Blaydes 5 Jailton Almeida 6 Waldo Cortes Acosta 7 Serghei Spivac 8 Derrick Lewis 9 Ante Delija 10 Marcin Tybura 11 Shamil Gaziev 12 Tai Tuivasa 13 Mick Parkin 14 Valter Walker 15 Tallison Teixeira _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Our Hypothetical Fights ___________________________________ C Tom Aspina

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Oct 29

UFC Match Making: Women's Bantamweight Division 10/22

Credit to ESPN via espn.com Current Rankings C Kayla Harrison 1 Julianna Peña 2 Raquel Pennington 3 Ketlen Vieira 4 Norma Dumont 5 Yana Santos 6 Irene Aldana 7 Macy Chiasson 8 Ailin Perez 9 Karol Rosa 10 Mayra Bueno Silva 11 Jaqueline Cavacanti 12 Nora Cornolle 13 Miesha Tate 14 Jaselyne Edwards 15 Luana Santos _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight My Hypothetical Fights ___________________________________ C Kayla H

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Oct 22

UFC Matchmaking: Flyweight Division 10/15

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation Current Rankings C Alexandre Pantoja 1 Joshua Van 2 Brandon Moreno 3 Brandon Royval 4 Amir Albazi 5 Tatsuro Taira 6 Kai Kara-France 7 Manel Kape 8 Alex Perez 9 Asu Almabayev 10 Tim Elliot 11 Steve Erceg 12 Tagir Ulanbekov 13 Charles Johnson 14 Bruno Silva 15 Rafael Estevam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Zak and Matt's Hypothetical Fight ___________________________________ Ph

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Oct 15