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Madrid overturned a two-goal deficit in the last-16 second leg, with Karim Benzema’s second-half hat-trick sealing a 3-2 aggregate victory for Madrid. It was the first of Benzema’s three goals which enraged PSG, who felt Benzema should have been called for a foul on goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the build-up. MORE: Result & analysis of Real Madrid’s incredible comeback vs. PSG Overall in the match, Real Madrid was called for 12 fouls in the match to PSG’s nine, and each side was given four yellow cards....

Silva returns to action suffering a horrific leg injury in his rematch with current middleweight champion Chris Weidman at UFC 168 in December of 2013. Diaz hasn’t been competed since his welterweight title loss to former 170 pound champion Georges St-Pierre at UFC 158 in March of 2013. The Stockton, California native had announced his retirement after the fight, but as a lot fighters do, they change their mind....

The featherweight champion came out Saturday night and did what many thought he couldn’t do: move up to welterweight and defeat Diaz by majority decision in the main event of UFC 202. “I’m not surprised, motherf—–,’ McGregor told Joe Rogan after the fight. “The king is back. He’s a hell of a competitor. He brought out the best in me.” MORE: Catch up on all the UFC 202 action with SN’s blog...

In the co-main event, lightweight David Teymur defeated Lando Vannata by unanimous decision. Other action included Daniel Kelly beating Rashad Evans by unanimous decision and Alistair Overeem notching a third-round knockout over Mark Hunt. MORE: Nurmagomedov pulls out after weight-cutting issues Prior to the second UFC pay-per-view of 2017, we posed four questions. The card gave us our answers. Who is the best welterweight in the world? Woodley won his rematch with Thompson by majority decision, but the bout was lackluster....

I had the chance to talk to Henry Cejudo before his fight against Marlon Moraes and ask him a few questions about Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw, cutting weight to Bantamweight instead of Flyweight and more. When, how, and where to see UFC 238 Live in India? Catch all the live action from UFC 238 in India by tuning in to Sony Ten 2 and Ten 2 HD at 7:30 AM on the 9th of June....

Dan Hooker, on the other hand, was competing in his first fight since July 2019, and did well to secure a vital win over Raging Al in Melbourne, Australia. Hangman Hooker’s run in the UFC Dan Hooker made his UFC debut in 2014 and since then has shared the octagon with some of the finest fighters in the form of Maximo Blanco, Ross Pearson, Jim Miller, and Edson Barboza....

One of the most interesting takeaways from the interaction was his viewpoint on ring rust. Whittaker’s last fight happened in June 2018 and the reigning Middleweight Champion has seen all of his planned title defenses scrapped since then due to injury. The New Zealand-born Australian isn’t too worried about ring rust as he’s kept himself in great shape in the offseason. The Reaper will take on The Stylebender for the undisputed Middleweight Championship in a few hours at UFC 243 at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia....

McGregor will enter the Octagon for the first time since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018 when he faces Cerrone in Las Vegas. The former champion and Cerrone were involved in a heated exchange during a news conference in 2015, but they were far more respectful Wednesday. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Still, McGregor (21-4) predicted a knockout victory, although he spoke of his respect for Cerrone....

Here’s a look at the odds and Sporting News’ picks for the night’s big fights. All odds courtesy of FanDuel. Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya odds Jan Blachowicz: +184 Israel Adesanya: -230 Although Adesanya is moving up in weight, oddsmakers don’t see Blachowicz providing much resistance to the Nigerian’s journey to become a two-division champion. And a closer look at Adesanya’s recent outings suggest exactly that. The 38-year-old Blachowicz has gone on an impressive run with four straight victories over Luke Rockhold, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Corey Anderson and Dominick Reyes, with three of those fights not going to the scorecards....

Alexander Volkanovski is the current UFC featherweight champion, having previously captured and then defended the belt against former champ Max Holloway. As it happens, Holloway is the last man to defeat Brian Ortega. Volkanovski appears supremely confident ahead of his fight with Ortega. In the episode he stated the following to the camera team: Whilst it may seem that Volkanovski believes he is miles ahead of his upcoming opponent, it is also clear that his team have been taking Ortega very seriously....

Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler blew the roof off Madison Square Garden Arena by delivering a thrilling back-and-forth contest that ended with a victory for ‘The Highlight’. The bout was awarded Fight of the Night honors, with both lightweights taking home $50,000 each. Marlon Vera, Chris Barnett, Alex Pereira and Bobby Green took home a bonus cheque of $50,000 for their spectacular finishes at UFC 268. UFC 268 ended with a unanimous decision victory for Kamaru Usman Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman squared off in the main event of UFC 268 for the welterweight title....

Here’s how the fight went down In the first round, Turman got the better of the early exchanges after he connected with some hard punches and after failing once, managed to land the takedown on his second attempt. Perez, however, did not stay on the ground for too long as the fighters moved to clinch. Desperate to make some distance, Perez attempted a spinning back fist that barely connected but gave him the separation he needed....

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Despite violently stopping the legendary Anderson Silva in the fourth round of their main event encounter, Uriah Hall found himself at the receiving end of some severe criticism from his employer and UFC president, Dana White. In a post-fight interview following the conclusion of UFC Vegas 12, White said Uriah Hall has “zero output” inside the Octagon and that he is one of the most “gun-shy” fighters in the UFC....

Apparently, Nurmagomedov has asserted that a clause in his contract confirms that Conor McGregor will indeed be stripped of his UFC Lightweight title. In case you didn’t know… Conor McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez in November of 2016 to win the UFC Lightweight Championship. However, McGregor hasn’t competed in the sport of MMA ever since, with his only pro-fight coming in the boxing ring—a 10th round TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr....

It took five rounds of bloody bare-knuckle fighting before BKFC crowned its first-ever women’s flyweight champion in Ferea. ‘Misfit’ obliterated Britain Hart-Beltran to win the promotion’s inaugural women’s flyweight title. In a post-fight interview with The Schmo, she stressed: Watch Christine Ferea discuss potential bouts with Amanda Nunes and Amanda Serrano below: The bout between Christine Ferea and Britain Beltran started slow as the flyweight duo guaged each other throughout the first round....

And the caption beside the image read: “Last hard sparring done. Russia get ready, Ireland is coming for you.” In case you didn’t know… Khabib Nurmagomedov had a confrontation with Artem Lobov, who is a longtime friend and training partner of the ‘Notorious’ Conor McGregor. Triggered by this act of Khabib, McGregor and his teammates trespassed into Barclays center before UFC 223 to retaliate Khabib and injured some fighters....

And the list has the biggest star in the industry, Conor McGregor’s name in it. An official line from the UFC report reads: ”Conor McGregor: Suspended until 6/11/18, no contact until 28/10/18." In case you didn’t know… Khabib Nurmagomedov completely dominated Conor McGregor on the ground, and on the feet, and submitted him with a super-tight RNC (rear naked choke) in their historic fight on Saturday Night. The Dagestani jumped the cage after his first successful title defense against the biggest star in the sport, McGregor, and attacked his teammate Dillon Danis....

However, UFC President Dana White has knocked back all talk that a fight between the two could be booked next, instead indicating that Masvidal is going to be matched with Leon Edwards, claiming that a fight between the pair would “definitely be a good fight to make.” In case you didn’t know… Masvidal and Edwards had an altercation backstage at UFC London in March. Ever since then they have seemed destined to meet each other in the octagon....

White recently made an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast. During the interaction, the 52-year-old revealed his plans to expand the UFC brand across the world. The UFC president expressed interest in opening UFC Institutes in places like Puerto Rico and Africa. Watch Dana White’s appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast below: Dana White watched Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant during UFC 268 As the co-main event fight between Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili was in progress at UFC 268, Dana White was seen watching the Canelo Alvarez vs....