🥊 Namajunas vs Cortez and more!

July 13, 2024

. THE FIGHTS .

UFC Fight Night

UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez

Event Details:

  • Date: July 13, 2024

  • Venue: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado

  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship

Main Card:

  • Women's Flyweight: Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez

  • Welterweight: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov

  • Lightweight: Drew Dober vs. Jean Silva

  • Featherweight: Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez

Big Boxing Showdowns

Friday, July 12, 2024:

  • Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez vs. Robert Barrera

    • Location: Managua, Nicaragua

    • Broadcast: ESPN+

    • Overview: Boxing legend Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez faces off against Robert Barrera.

Saturday, July 13, 2024:

  • Jaron 'Boots' Ennis vs. David Avanesyan

    • Location: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

    • Broadcast: DAZN

    • Overview: Ennis, known for his knockouts, faces Avanesyan.

    • Undercard: Henry Lebron vs. Christopher Diaz, Jalil Major Hackett vs. Peter Dobson, Skye Nicolson vs. Dyana Vargas, Khalil Coe vs. Manuel Gallegos.

ONE Championship

Muay Thai Magic at Lumpinee Stadium

ONE Friday Fights 70: Focus vs. Irvine

Event Details:

  • Date: July 12, 2024

  • Venue: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

  • Promotion: ONE Championship

Main Event:

  • Catchweight (130 lbs) Muay Thai: Focus P.K.Wor.Apinya vs. Stephen Irvine

Broadcast:

  • Watch: Available on YouTube and Watch ONE

Bare Knuckle Fight Club

BKFC Fight Night: Pechanga

Event Details:

  • Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

  • Venue: Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, California

Main Event:

  • Lightweight: Robbie "Problems" Peralta vs. Ruben "Badboy" Warr

Co-Main Event:

  • Light Heavyweight: Fernando "The Menifee Maniac" Gonzalez vs. Rodney Thomas

How to Watch:

For more details, visit the BKFC website.

Power Slap

Power Slap 3

Event Details:

  • Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

  • Venue: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Event:

  • Light Heavyweight Title Match: Ayjay "Static" Hintz vs. Wolverine

Fight Card Highlights:

  • Light Heavyweight: Russel "Kainoa" Rivero vs. Bear Bennett

  • Welterweight: Andrew "Casper" Fields vs. Jewel "Kidd Diamond" Scott

  • Middleweight: Azael "El Perro" Rodriguez vs. Amir "The Comeback Kidd" Nuriddeen

  • Welterweight: Emanuel "No Love" Muniz vs. Cole "Full Send" Young

  • Heavyweight: Dorian "Disturbing the Peace" Perez vs. Duane "Iron Giant" Crespo

  • Light Heavyweight: Alan "The Kryptonian" Klingbeil vs. Austin "Turp Daddy Slim" Turpin

  • Super Heavyweight: "Da Crazy Hawaiian" vs. Micah "Unko" Seiuli

How to Watch:

  • Live Stream: The event will be streamed live and free on Rumble.

  • Broadcast Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT

For more details, visit the Power Slap official website.

. THE HIGHLIGHTS .

Andrew Tate Talks Comeback Plans

Love him or hate him, there's one thing we can all agree on: Andrew Tate knows how to get people talking. In a message recorded for the Social Knockout 3 show, the "most Googled man in the world" said that he's "not too old yet" and "still has a few moves left," teasing plans for a comeback once he's no longer a prisoner of the system.

Conor McGregor Gets Serious in Comeback Camp

The details of McGregor's UFC comeback might be up in the air, but the Irishman's training's back in full swing. He posted a video of himself at his Swiss hotel, chatting with fans before starting his second training session that day. "What they don't see...." he notes, "they party, I pull power."

Arman Tsarukyan May Return to the Octagon This Year

UFC lightweight contender was fined and given a nine-month suspension after punching a fan during his UFC 300 walkout, with a three-month reduction to the suspension if he makes an anti-bullying PSA.

Tsarukyan seems confident he'll be able to get back in the octagon to face reigning champion Makhachev, taking to X to silence other hopefuls with a clear statement of intent: "I'm the one fighting for the title next. The rest of you can take a seat #AndNew"

Darren Till Ends Boxing Debut With a Brawl

Darren Till's boxing debut made headlines after Till landed an illegal strike on Mohammad Mutie, causing the bout to be stopped early. The scene in the ring quickly devolved into a brawl. Till wasted no time calling out big names, including Jake Paul and Tommy Fury, as his next opponents.

. THE HEAT .

Artem Vakhitov Calls for UFC Fight vs Alex Pereira

Kickboxing veteran Artem Vakhitov believes UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira isn't as unbeatable as others think. Vakhitov says, "his biggest weakness is that he's all attack, he has no defense." He adds, "These other guys haven't done well against Alex because their striking isn't high enough level. They aren't confident against him, and they think he's unbeatable, so in their heart, they are already defeated before the fight starts."

Tough words? Sure, but Vakhitov has already beaten Pereira once before in kickboxing and claims, "I'm sure I'll do it again if we can get our trilogy match in the UFC."

Kamaru Usman Says Nate Diaz is "Not a World-Class Fighter"

Speaking on the Pound 4 Pound Podcast, Kamaru Usman disputed Henry Cejudo's claim that Diaz could return to the highest levels of the UFC. Usman told Cejudo to "get serious," adding, "to say Nate Diaz is going to come back in and walk into fighting world-class Mixed Martial Arts fighters right now in the UFC, come on, that's absurd, that's crazy."

Usman does, however, think a Diaz/Paul match would go the way of the Stockton Slugger.

. THE BONUS .

Remember to not spit in a man’s face unless you are sure you can take him. This guy found out the hard way…

https://x.com/moment_mirthful/status/1812042351600111623?s=48

. THAT’S ALL .

That’s all for now.

See you on the next edition.

Stay ready,
Fight Fan Crew ðŸ‘Š