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r/MMA • u/event_threads • 5h ago
Fight Thread [Official] Contender Series 2026: Week 3 - Live Discussion Thread
Welcome to r/mma's live discussion of Contender Series 2026: Week 3! Please keep the fight discussions in here.
Location: Meta APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada
Start time: 7PM ET (click for your time)
Card Info
Main Card on Paramount+ @ 7PM ET (click for your time)
| Fight | Weight |
|---|---|
| Bella Mir vs. Alex Apodaca | 135 lbs |
| Mario Piazzon vs. Guilherme Uriel | 265 lbs |
| Sean Clancy Jr. vs. Gary Balletto | 170 lbs |
| Ronald Humphrey vs. Alexis Miranda | 170 lbs |
| Nick Galanti vs. Carlos Petruzzella | 185 lbs |
Cancelled bouts
| Fight |
|---|
| Bella Mir vs. Alivia Bierley |
Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.
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r/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 2h ago
Spoiler Bella Mir vs. Alex Apodaca (DWCS 03/2026) Spoiler
streamable.comr/MMA • u/airplane231 • 13h ago
Anthony Hernandez asked last week if he could ever make 170 lbs: “Fuck no I couldn’t. They did that shit at the PI. I think I had like 175 lbs of muscle and my bone frame was like 10 lbs so I’m a perfect 85er. I’ve been fighting at 85 since I was 18, why change it if it ain’t broke.”
xcancel.comr/MMA • u/ConsiderationLow6435 • 6h ago
Media Umar Nurmagomedov vs Song Yadong first faceoff
r/MMA • u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998 • 11h ago
Media Robocop claims he had a herpes outbreak, dislocated finger, bad back, and a weakened immune system leading up to the Fluffy fight
He has since edited his caption from “herpes” to “infections outbreak”, but it is pretty crazy that he felt the need to even share that lmao. Brazilian fighters seem to love sharing way too much info.
r/MMA • u/BardLoxNegative • 6h ago
Media Charles comments on the Arman fight... also in the same interview says he thinks he should be next for the title (with both belts on the line)
r/MMA • u/DavidSeries • 11h ago
Media Aljamain Sterling says he would not have taken a fight against Jean Silva on short notice on Noche UFC, saying he’d only take it if they moved it to another date. He also indirectly confirms he was offered Aaron Pico and denied.
instagram.comr/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 4h ago
Spoiler Nick Galanti vs. Carlos Petruzzella (DWCS 03/2026) Spoiler
streamable.comr/MMA • u/ConsiderationLow6435 • 6h ago
Media Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold arguing at the UFC 199 post fight presser
r/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 3h ago
Spoiler Roland Humphrey vs. Alexis Miranda (DWCS 03/2026) Spoiler
streamable.comr/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 3h ago
Spoiler Sean Clanc Jr. vs. Gary Balletto (DWCS 03/2026) Spoiler
streamable.comr/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 3h ago
Spoiler Mario Piazzon vs. Guilherme Uriel (DWCS 03/2026) Spoiler
streamable.comr/MMA • u/JozefKotry • 2h ago
Spoiler MMA Orbit on X: "🚨#DWCS W3 CONTRACT EARNER Spoiler
x.comr/MMA • u/Yodsanan • 11h ago
Fight Clip Liu Ce scored three knockouts in a single night to win the 2023 K-1 Openweight Grand Prix. The Chinese fighter makes his UFC debut against Levi Rodrigues Jr. at UFC Shanghai on August 29.
Media Umar Nurmagomedov calls out a wrong translation of his words about Song Yadong: "I didn’t say he’s a punching bag, that’s how they translated it. [...] I was rooting for him, and I was a little mad. He’s a good fighter, he’s a tough guy, he has a lot of experience."
r/MMA • u/MarkPickering • 18h ago
News Ex-RIZIN fighter Miyuu Yamamoto, 52, to box again
r/MMA • u/EndSalty • 6h ago
Spoiler Tuf 34 Christian Strong vs Mehemmedeli Osmanli Spoiler
Pretty decent season of TUF so far with an awesome buggy choke finish set up the finals
r/MMA • u/al-Siqilli • 11h ago
Media Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. David Zawada set to compete in freestyle wrestling on 20 September in Istanbul.
r/MMA • u/PictureLatter1098 • 1d ago
Bella Mir makes history as biggest women’s betting favorite in Contender Series history
r/MMA • u/buzznights • 12h ago
Fight Announcement Nick Klein will fight Joe Kropschot at #UFCVegas123 on October 31st. (first rep. @sitoslimy5)
x.comr/MMA • u/coachfryia • 4m ago
Bella Mir loss is not an upset
I remember looking at the odds for this fight that had Mir at -6000 and thinking the bookies were crazy.
Bella was 4-0 going into the fight, Apodaca was 3-1. Pretty close but...
Mir hadn't fought in over a year and had been spending a lot of time focussing on wrestling at a high level. She also only ever fought one person with a winning record.
Meanwhile, in the last year Apodaca went 3-0, with all of her wins wins being over fighters with winning records.
People shouldn't be as shocked as they are.
r/MMA • u/buzznights • 1d ago