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PFL Tampa results: Cris Cyborg defends title in hard-fought battle, sends message to Claressa Shields, Kayla Harrison

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PFL Tampa results: Cris Cyborg defends title in hard-fought battle, sends message to Claressa Shields, Kayla Harrison

Cris Cyborg defended her PFL featherweight title against Ketlen Vieira—who was ineligible to win the title due to missing weight by seven pounds—in the main event of PFL Tampa, which went down Saturday night in Florida, and appears to be far from done in combat sports.

Early on, Cyborg attacked Vieira with jabs to the body, but had a hard time finding the distance to even secure a takedown against her heavier opponent. Cyborg hurt Vieira with a calf kick in Round 2, but the Nova União fighter fired back to rock her late in the round.

Cyborg entered Round 3 focused on takedowns, scoring points with heavy ground-and-pound while Vieira tried to close guard and threaten with armbars. Vieira's success on the feet made Cyborg once again clinch and go for takedowns, but Vieira countered a takedown with a judo throw to leave Cyborg bloodied with ground-and-pound of her own.

The final stanza began and Cyborg scored a takedown early, but Vieira quickly got back to her feet and then took the champion down. Cyborg only managed to get back up with 90 seconds left on the clock, and from that point on they traded blows until the final horn sounded.

Cyborg and Vieira combined for 308 strikes over five rounds of action at Benchmark International Arena, and all three judges scored it for Cyborg (49-46, 48-47, 49-46). The longtime veteran now enters free agency with a 30-2 record and a 10-fight win streak, and is now undefeated for nearly eight years.

Post-fight, Cyborg called Vieira “a big test†and said she's “ready for anybody, anytime, any weight.†The former UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, and Invicta FC featherweight queen called out boxing great Claressa Shields and sent a message to UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison after getting her hand raised in Tampa.

First, Cyborg told Shields to “eat less†and make 160 pounds for a boxing clash, and then took a shot at Harrison, a former PFL champion who attended the event Saturday to cheer for her American Top Team teammates.

“Kayla Harrison is here? Come here,†Cyborg said. “Kayla, you've been running for so long. You ran from PFL from me, now you're coming to watch my fight? I'm ready for you. I hope you heal your neck and you go challenge Amanda Nunes. I'm here.â€

In the co-main event, PFL newcomer Tracy Reeder stepped in as a short-notice replacement against top lightweight contender Gadzhi Rabadanov, but he was no match for the former PFL tournament winner.

Rabadanov kept the PFL debutant away with jabs on the feet until Reeder shot for a takedown from a mile away. Rabadanov easily ended up on top position, and from there he patiently used his ground-and-pound to hurt Reeder and secure the TKO late in the opening round.

Also on the main card, multiple-time amateur MMA champion Sabrinna de Sousa scored the biggest win of her pro MMA career by topping one-time UFC flyweight title challenger Taila Santos via unanimous decision. Luke Trainer opened the main card with a nasty front kick knockout over Roland Dunlap.

Watch Trainer's finish below, and click here for full PFL Tampa results.

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LIVE! Noche UFC Results: Silva vs. Degaldo

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LIVE! Noche UFC Results: Silva vs. Degaldo

MMA Fighting has Noche UFC results for the Silva vs. Delgado fight card, live blog of the main event, and more from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday afternoon.

In the main event, Jean Silva squares off against Jose Miguel Delgado in a pivotal featherweight contest. Silva and Delgado have both won four out of their past five fights.

Two-time UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno tries to get back on track after a two-fight skid when he fights Joseph Morales in the co-main event.

Check out Noche UFC results below.

Noche UFC Main Card (Paramount+ LIVE now)

Jean Silva vs. Jose Miguel Delgado

Brandon Moreno vs. Joseph Morales

Tommy McMillen vs. Marwan Rahiki

Manon Fiorot vs. Alexa Grasso

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Curtis Blaydes

David Martinez vs. Dan Ige

Tim Elliott def. Edgar Chairez via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Ignacio Bahamondes def. Muslim Salikhov via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

Yousri Belgaroui def. Djorden Santos via first-round TKO (4:25)

Tommy Gantt def. Drakkar Klose via submission (reverse triangle) (R3, 2:46)

Rongzhu def. Rafa Garcia via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Sean King def. Jessie Rosas via first-round KO (0:36) | Watch finish

Regina Tarin def. JJ Aldrich via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

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Video: Sean King slams Raul Rosas’ brother unconscious at Noche UFC

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Video: Sean King slams Raul Rosas’ brother unconscious at Noche UFC

Sean King III just made a statement in his UFC debut.

On Saturday, King stepped up on nine days' notice to take on Jessie Rosas — the elder brother of Raul Rosas — in a preliminary bout at Noche UFC, and things couldn't have gone much better for the undefeated “King of New Orleans.â€

Just 30 seconds into the fight, King ducked under a left hand from Rosas right into a takedown attempt, and as Rosas tried to defend, King hoisted him in the air and slammed him viciously down to the mat, knocking Rosas out cold. King pounced with some brutal ground-and-pound on the unconscious Rosas before the referee intervened, calling the bout off just 36 seconds into the first round.

The win moves the 22-year-old King to 7-0 in his professional career with five finishes. For a young man who turned professional last year, King's future looks bright.

Check out King's savage highlight below.

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Video: Gordon Ryan involved in huge brawl at ADCC: ‘Thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap’

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Video: Gordon Ryan involved in huge brawl at ADCC: ‘Thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap’

“Here's my perspective of what just transpired, when it was transpiring.

“So, obviously, I'm coaching Dominick — I have no idea what's going on, I'm just coaching Dominick, and Dorian and the Kazakh kid are competing. They get into whatever scuffle or argument, whatever the case is, I don't know. I don't know what's going on, but I do know that it's just John, Mike, and Dorian. John and Mike are in their 50s, 60s. So it's just the three of them and like 15 Kazakh guys.

“So this is all happening, and I'm like, for sure when this match is over there's going to be a fight. 100 percent. So I angle my chair toward their mat while I'm still coaching Dominick. The match ends, the fight starts, so I'm like, OK, we're going to have a fight. Like 15 Kazakh dudes jump John, Mike, and Dorian. So I jump in, I crack the first guy, the second that one of them sees me, a couple of them start yelling, ‘Gordon, Gordon, Gordon!' So they all turn towards me because they realized I was there.

“They immediately tackled me, two guys grabbed my legs and pushed me over so I just fell over. Then like five or six of them started hitting me in the head. A couple guys are soccer kicking me, a couple guys are punching me, but I still managed to heist back up to me knees. Even though there were between four and six of them … on top of me, I still heisted up and started coming up to a single-leg. Then the fight got broken up. I stood up, I was like, ‘Cool, fight's done. Everybody's cool.' So I just ran back, sat down, started coaching Dominick.

“So, thanks to the Kazakh guys for the scrap. That was fun. And always remember, I'm fight of the night, every night.â€

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