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Conor McGregor's "sad" UFC 329 comeback not watched live by fellow 2 division Irish MMA titleholder

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Conor McGregor's return at 2026's International Fight Week ended in an inauspicious fashion with a fellow two-division MMA champion from Ireland weighing in on the UFC 329 fallout. Will Fleury is the combatant in question, and Oktagon's heavyweight champion will be embarking on his first OKMMA light heavyweight title defense. This will transpire at Oktagon 92 on August 1st when Fleury clashes with ex-UFC vet Makhmud Muradov.

Fleury has previously spoken about how the perception of MMA in Ireland has been at a low point for years, with McGregor's presence in the game casting this massive shadow over how people on the Emerald Isle see mixed martial arts as a whole. Offering up his thoughts on his combative compatriot's short-lived return bout from earlier in the month as McGregor had his rematch with Max Holloway, Fleury said [via Bowks Talking Bouts],

“Yeah, look, it's kind of sad the way the whole thing went for everybody involved. I think; look like to most Irish people, Conor is MMA. Most Irish people aren't very supportive of that at the moment and I can understand why. So it's a weird place to be, being an Irish fighter right now. You obviously want to support other Irish fighters, but when you're aware of some of the things that are going on around it, it's just like this isn't martial arts.â€

Conor McGregor's performance was “just sadâ€, per Fleury: “This isn't what martial arts should be aboutâ€

Further expounding upon how he thinks Conor McGregor has strayed from those core tenets of martial arts representation, Fleury continued [via Bowks Talking Bouts],

“This isn't what martial arts should be about. So, I'm in a position where I don't want to see anyone fail, but like it was; I didn't stay up to watch the fight. I got up the next morning and just saw the result online. It was just like, oh, okay, that's a bit sad. You know, I would still like to have seen a good fight. I still would have liked to have seen a decent performance from everybody involved, but whatever. It's just the whole thing is just sad to me, to be honest.â€

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UFC Belgrade ‘Medic vs. Rodriguez’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

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Sherdog’s live
UFC Belgrade coverage will begin Saturday at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m.
PT. The event is also known as
UFC Fight Night 283.

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Ludovit
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Usman Nurmagomedov retains, Dakota Ditcheva returns at PFL New York

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Usman Nurmagomedov retains, Dakota Ditcheva returns at PFL New York

Professional Fighters League's return to UBS Arena in Long
Island, New York, was punctuated by a majestic performance in the
main event.

The
PFL New York headliner saw current 155-pound titleholder
Usman
Nurmagomedov (22-0, 1 NC; 4-0 PFL) defend his championship
against Archie
Colgan (13-1, 2-1 PFL). After a feeling-out couple of minutes
in the center of the cage, Nurmagomedov connected with a head kick
on his opponent's temple before following up with a big left hand
that dropped Colgan. Shortly after the American managed to
recompose himself and get back to his feet, Nurmagomedov followed
up with more uppercuts that sent “King†to his knees. Smelling
blood, the Dagestani landed more punches before referee Keith
Peterson waved it off at the 3:42 mark of Round 1. In his
post-fight interview, Nurmagomedov was noncommittal about his
future in the promotion, since Friday's fight was the last on his
current contract.

In the co-main event, Dakota
Ditcheva (16-0, 11-0 PFL) made a successful return from a
year-long injury hiatus, taking on former Bellator
MMA title challenger Denise
Kielholtz (9-6, 1-1 PFL). “Dangerous†showed no cage rust,
combining clean, sharp striking with effective takedowns, putting
any concerns about the injured hand to rest. Ditcheva made the most
of her reach, attacking from range with front kicks to the head and
midsection, while Kielholtz answered with a few spinning attacks
but overall posed little threat. The pace slowed in the third
frame, drawing scattered boos as Ditcheva went the distance for the
third time in her otherwise finish-heavy career. When the dust
settled, all three judges scored it 30-27 for Ditcheva.

In a 157-pound catchweight tilt, Amru
Magomedov (10-0, 2-0 PFL) kept his record unblemished by
overcoming Angel
Alvarez (11-3, 1-1 PFL). Magomedov attacked with a variety of
strikes out of the gate, but his kicks proved to be his most lethal
weapon. After “Salsa King,†who failed to make the contracted
155-pound weight limit the day before, crumpled from the damage,
Magomedov
poured it on until referee Dan Miragliotta stepped in at 4:28 of
Round 2.

An elite
middleweight clash headlines PFL Charlotte: Tune on Friday, Aug. 7
at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The main card opener saw former Ares Fighting Championship
205-pound kingpin Moustapha
Diakhate (6-0-1, 1-0 PFL) make a statement in his promotional
debut, crushing last-minute replacement Darryl
King Walker (2-1, 0-1 PFL). “Black Black” hunted his opponent
down with strikes from the opening bell before
taking the fight to the canvas and finishing “The Sacred Beastâ€
from mount at 2:35 into the opening stanza.

In the featured fight on the preliminary card, Lazaro
Dayron (11-0-1, 3-0-1 PFL) relied on his crisp striking and
well-timed takedowns to outpoint former interim Bellator MMA
135-pound titleholder Raufeon
Stots (21-5, 1-3 PFL) at the end of a close contest, with two
judges scoring 29-28 in favor of “El Cazador†and one 29-28 for
“Supaâ€; earlier, Sean Gauci
(12-1, 2-0 PFL) dominated Allan
Begosso (10-5-1, 0-2 PFL) to secure a unanimous decision
(30-27, 30-27, 30-27) at the end of a bantamweight bout; in their
175-pound catchweight Omar El
Dafrawy (16-6, 6-1 PFL) outstruck Jonathan
Piersma (12-4, 1 NC; 0-1 PFL) en route to a unanimous decision
(30-27, 29-28, 30-27); Tatiana
Postarnakova (6-0, 2-0 PFL) eked out a narrow split decision
(29-28, 29-28, 28-29) as she spoiled the promotional debut of
Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Montana
De La Rosa (13-10-1, 0-1 PFL) in their women's flyweight tilt;
in the 155-pound opener, Levan
Khabalaev (6-0, 1-0 PFL) folded Chamy Delva
(7-2, 0-1 PFL) with
a couple of knees to the body followed by a series of punches at
1:44 of Round 1.

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Dakota Ditcheva outpoints Denise Kielholtz in underwhelming performance at PFL New York

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Dakota Ditcheva remains undefeated, but some of the luster may have fallen off her.

On Saturday night, Ditcheva returned to the cage for the first time in over a year, taking on Denise Kielholtz in the co-main event of PFL New York at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York. Considered one of the faces of the PFL, Ditcheva was a massive betting favorite over Kielholtz and expected to put on a statement performance. But while Ditcheva was dominant, “Dangerous†didn't dazzle in her return to the cage.

Things got off to a slow start between the two strikers, as Ditcheva struggled to generate big offense against the defensively sound Kielholtz. Business picked up in the second round as Ditcheva was able to hurt Kielholtz a few times and really start opening up her offense on the much smaller woman. Things dropped off in the third round, though, as Kielholtz was simply too durable and too defensively sound to get stopped by Ditcheva's one-shot offense.

In the end, Ditcheva took a dominant decision, sweeping the scorecards, but it wasn't the finish she was hoping for, and, in a shocking turn of events, the PFL even denied her a post-fight speech, moving straight to the main event matchup between Usman Nurmagomedov and Archie Colgan.

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