Southampton, he has -After more than a year away from the “Nasty” cage, Nate Ghareeb (10-3) has a return on Saturday at the Co-Main event on Saturday CES MMA 81in the face of coarse and experienced Jefry “The Universal Soldier” Roy (7-5-1). The expected event takes place at the Great Cedar Showroom at the Resort Foxwoods casino in Connecticut.
Tickets on CES MMA 81 They are now available by Cesfights.com AND Ticketmaster. Doors open at 18:00 ET, with the first fight at 19.00 Swerc.tv.
Ghareeb’s journey back to the cage was not conventional. After gaining a arduous, divided decision with Mohammad Al Kinani in August 2023, the 32-year-old left his life in Florida-in this training in a well-known American team-the result of divorce, which was the beginning of a deeply personal passage.
In Southampton, Massachusetts, training in Springfield Submission Society, Ghareeb revived his passion for sport.
“Goes well, man,” said Ghareeb about his recent training camp. “This is a little different than usual. I was used to Florida for three years at the American Top Team, and now I have returned to Massachusetts with my ancient coaches and teammates and several recent team members. I feel that I am studying a lot, especially in the strike department.”
Adopted as a child and raised in Massachusetts, Ghareeb for the first time discovered his love for combat sport while attending the University of West Virginia, where he went from wrestling to jiu-jitsu and muay thai.
“I immediately fell in love with martial art,” said Ghareeb. “I fought two weeks before graduating and the weekend later. I knew it was something I wanted to do. I knew that if I didn’t do it, I would probably never do it. I am grateful that I decided to continue it because it led me to the whole world and allowed me to meet several of my heroes – Puna like Don Cerrone.”
While his time at the American Top Team gave him access to the best in this sport, Ghareeb says that returning to Massachusetts and re -merit with his many years And mchintyre He brought him a renovated sense of clarity and purpose.
“The only way I can explain to is that it is something special,” said Ghareeb about McIntyre. “The knowledge he gives me, I just understand it. It’s just more sensible for me. I always take lessons that I learned from anywhere, and add them to my arsenal, so he makes me a more complete warrior.”
Now grounded and focused, Ghareeb remains faithful to aggressive, satisfaction with the crowd, which brought him the nickname “Nasty”.
“I am a fun warrior,” he said. “I bring violence and medium. My style is around it. My goal has never been to be a world champion. I want to have comical fights and moments that people will remember for many years. The goal is to get to the UFC and put the fight against the main edges.”
To do this, he will have to bypass Jefry Roy – a powerful, physically impressive warrior, whose athletism can change the fight with one blow.
“He is a sports guy,” Ghareeb admitted. “He hits heavily. His struggle is very athletic – he just squeezes you or rejects you
Ghareeb believes that his high IQ fight and unpredictable style will reveal Roy’s flaws.
“I have a great feint game,” he explained. “Everyone who has ever paved me or fought me, knows that you never know what is coming. I will exert him pressure and spoil him. If he decides to perform, I have many things to counteract. He will enter really brutal things. He will throw blows with the beard in the air – so he will eat something real nasty.”
After surviving personal and professional failures – including injuries, losses and arduous divorce – this fight is much more than a potential victory for Ghareeb. This is a full and bold step towards a recent chapter.
“I was at the point where I was to retire,” Ghareeb admitted. “But a group of people said:” You can’t. You still have so many. ” We believe in me.
The return of Ghareeb begins this Saturday in Foxwoods.
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Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Darren Till
and Yoel
Romero are set to collide in bare-knuckle boxing.
Till (18-5-1) and Romero (17-7) are set to meet in a light
heavyweight matchup at BKFC 94 on Sept. 26 in Manchester,
England.
Darren Till and Yoel Romero will meet in a light heavyweight
bare-knuckle bout on Sept. 26 in Manchester
Till parted ways with the UFC in 2022 on a three-fight slump,
promising to return to the promotion someday. “The Gorilla†then
won three boxing bouts under the Misfits banner, even winning the
title against Luke
Rockhold last year. The Brit then parted ways with Misfits
earlier this year to sign with BKFC, where he knocked out Aaron
Chalmers in his debut this past May.
Meanwhile, Romero has competed in various boxing, bare-knuckle
boxing and wrestling promotions since retiring from MMA in 2024.
“Soldier of God†earned a knockout win in his BKFC debut last year,
but dropped a decision at IBA Bare Knuckle this past March. The
49-year-old has since rebounded with a knockout win at Gamebred
Bareknuckle MMA in May.
Professional Fighters League CEO John Martin saw several
fighters make a statement at
PFL Washington D.C.
The PFL put on a show at CareFirst Arena in the American capital,
where Thad Jean
(12-0) and Ernesto
Rodriguez (11-2) fought for the vacant welterweight title in
the main event. Rodriguez accepted the matchup on 48 hours' notice
after Jean's original opponent, Shamil
Musaev, pulled out due to weight cut issues.
The PFL CEO believes Shamil Musaev deserves the next title
shot
Jean survived a knockdown scare in the second round and pounded out
an exhausted Rodriguez to earn a stoppage win in the third period.
Martin appreciates Rodriguez for stepping up to save the main
event, although the Cuban was originally supposed to fight Aaron
McKenzie on the same card. Martin also praised Jean for
accepting a sudden change of opponent and would like to see him
defend his title against Musaev next.
“Let's start with Ernesto… 48 hours ago, he was preparing for a
different fight,†Martin said in an interview. “We approached him,
we gave him a huge opportunity and right on the spot he recognized
it and he wanted to do it. And he fought a pretty courageous fight.
He wasn't training to fight someone who is 6-foot-2 and he also
wasn't training to fight five rounds. Which is a different level of
preparation. You could also say the same about Thad Jean.
Obviously, he came out on top and fought a great fight. But he was
training for Shamil, who is a completely different fighter… I would
like to see him do that fight with Shamil.â€
Martin notes that the event was a great night for African talent as
Nkosi
Ndebele defeated Brandon
Davis via a dominant decision and Eliezer
Kubanza made Chris Mixan
tap to a Brabo choke. He was also impressed with Rasul
Magomedov’s hard-fought decision win over Sullivan
Cauley and Rafael
Xavier's first-round buzzer-beater knockout of Tyson
Pedro.
“Tonight was a good night for PFL Africa,†Martin added. “We had
two African fighters represent, and both of them came out with
really, really stellar victories… And then Magomedov — that was a
close fight, and Cauley fought very valiantly… And Xavier, that was
impressive — also can fight standing up, fight on the ground.
These weight classes are still evolving, but you see nights like
tonight, the winners are really putting themselves in positions for
title contention.â€
What a night in DC!
CEO John Martin
breaks it down 🙌#PFLDC
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Rizvan
Kuniev bagged his second win in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, getting his hand raised at
UFC Abu Dhabi, but he isn't entirely content with his
performance.
Kuniev secured a finish against Tyrell
Fortune at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The back-and-forth
heavyweight clash was later awarded Fight of the Night, with both
heavyweights having their moments before the third-round
stoppage.
Rizvan Kuniev reflects on mistakes after Tyrell Fortune
stoppage at UFC Abu Dhabi
Fortune (18-4) proved to be a solid test for the Russian, who
eventually landed two back-to-back knees to prompt the referee to
intervene. Despite finding a finish, Kuniev (14-3) later admitted
that he expects more from himself moving forward, especially
considering his championship aspirations.
“Of course I made some mistakes,†Kuniev said in a post-fight
interview. “Because I rushed sometimes too fast into the fight, but
we will work it out and as my coach said, I'm on top now. Top 15,
you know. And you cannot make mistakes at this level if you want to
be a champion.â€
Kuniev is now 2-1 in the UFC after earning a contract on
Dana White's Contender Series. He lost his Octagon debut to
former title challenger Curtis
Blaydes before returning to winning ways against Jailton
Almeida.
“I want to be a champion.”
Rizvan
Kuniev collects his second win of the year, stopping Tyrell
Fortune in the third round at
#UFCAbuDhabi.
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