Fight Roundup: Andre Fialho vs. Muslim Salikhov added to Nov. 19 UFC card, Invicta hosts one-night championship tournament

Fights come collectively quick nowadays, and should you blink, you’ll be able to simply miss them. In Battle Roundup, we deliver you the newest reported matchups to maintain you updated with what’s on the horizon.

All bouts featured have been formally introduced or confirmed with MMA Combating’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin through sources with data of the matchups.

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Placing specialists Andre Fialho and Muslim Salikhov will share the cage this November.

The UFC announced that the welterweights are set to battle on its Nov. 19 card, which takes place at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Each fighters are coming off of latest knockout losses.

Fialho (16-5, 1 NC) has been busy since making his UFC debut this previous January, already competing 4 occasions for the promotion. He has gone 2-2 to start out his UFC profession, with first-round knockouts of Cameron VanCamp and Miguel Baeza sandwiched by losses to Jake Matthews and Michel Pereira.

Salikhov (18-3) makes his eighth UFC look and presently sports activities a 5-2 document contained in the octagon. In his most up-to-date outing this previous July, “King of Kung Fu” noticed a five-fight win streak snapped by Li Jingliang.

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William Knight is again at gentle heavyweight.

After a one-fight stint at heavyweight that resulted in a third-round knockout loss to Devin Clark this previous April, Knight (11-4) returns to the 205-pound division to battle Marcin Prachnio (15-6) on Nov. 19. The matchup was first introduced by Knight through Instagram.

Knight seeks his first win of 2022 after shedding to Clark and Maxim Grishin earlier this 12 months. “Knightmare” is 3-3 within the UFC since being signed off of the Contender Sequence in 2020.

Prachnio, a former ONE Championship standout, is 2-4 within the UFC. He went 2-0 in 2021 earlier than dropping a unanimous resolution to Philipe Lins this previous April.

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Stated Nurmagomedov or Saidyokub Kakhramonov put their win streaks on the road this December.

The fast-rising bantamweight contenders meet at an upcoming UFC APEX occasion in Las Vegas on Dec. 17. Red Fury Fight Team was first to report the matchup.

Nurmagomedov (16-2) has gained three straight fights since shedding a unanimous resolution to Rogerio Bontorin in December 2019. His UFC document stands at 5-1 and he holds notable wins over Douglas Silva de Andrade, Cody Stamann, and Ricardo Ramos, ending the latter two names within the first spherical.

Kakhramonov (10-2) seems to be to enhance to 3-0 within the UFC and choose up his fifth straight win general. He debuted in August 2021 with a third-round submission of Trevin Jones, then defeated Ronnie Lawrence by unanimous resolution this previous July.

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Invicta FC Strawweight Championship Event

A brand new Invicta FC strawweight champion might be topped.

The all-women promotion introduced Wednesday through press launch that it’ll maintain a one-night, four-woman match at Invicta FC 50 on Nov. 16 at Reelworks Denver in Colorado to find out a brand new 115-pound queen. Emily Ducote lately vacated the title when she signed with the UFC this previous June.

Former UFC fighter Gloria de Paula (6-5), Valesca Machado (10-3, 1 NC), Ediana Silva (12-2), and the debuting Karolina Wojcik (9-2) comprise the match area, with matchups to be drawn on the Nov. 15 weigh-ins. The winner turns into Invicta’s ninth strawweight champion, becoming a member of a listing that features present UFC champion Carla Esparza, Angela Hill, and Virna Jandiroba.

Strawweight reserve spots might be contested in a pair of bouts as Sharon Jacobson fights Melissa Oddessa and Fatima Kline fights Danni McCormack.

Additionally set for Nov. 16, one-time bantamweight title challenger Katharina Lehner fights Talita Bernardo and Claire Guthrie meets Marilia Morais in a 135-pound contest.