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Teofimo Lopez edges Rolly Romero with majority decision to become 3-weight world champion

Published

3 weeks ago

August 23, 2026

Teofimo Lopez edges Rolly Romero with majority decision to become 3-weight world champion

Teofimo Lopez is a three-weight world champion.

On Saturday night, Lopez moved up to the welterweight division to challenge his friend, Rolly Romero, for the WBA welterweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After 12 rounds, Lopez edged out a majority decision to take the title after 12 rounds of tepid action.

Longtime friends, the relationship between Lopez and Romero appeared to be on rocky ground heading into the bout, leading many to wonder what sort of fight fans might be in store for, and in the end, it looked more like a sparring session between friends rather than a world title fight.

For most of the 12 rounds, Lopez leaned on a high-volume style, relying on his hand speed and craft to consistently out-work Romero with jabs and body shots. Romero, meanwhile, spent much of the fight waiting on Lopez, looking for an opportunity to land a big counter shot to turn the tide.

In the fifth round, Romero finally got just that, landing a check left hook when Lopez came in that put â€œThe Takeoverâ€ on skates. Lopez was able to survive the scary moment and make it to the end of the round. That could have been a tide shift for Romero, but instead he returned to his low-output style in the next round and was comfortably outworked for the remainder of the fight.

In the end, Lopez won a decision; though, boxing being boxing, one judge scored the fight a draw, resulting in a majority decision win for Lopez.

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LIVE! Noche UFC Results: Silva vs. Degaldo

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5 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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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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7 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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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 â€” the elder brother of Raul Rosas â€” in a preliminary bout at Noche UFC, and things couldn't have gone much better for the undefeated â€œKing 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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7 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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

â€œHere's my perspective of what just transpired, when it was transpiring.

â€œSo, obviously, I'm coaching Dominick â€” 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.

â€œSo 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, â€˜Gordon, Gordon, Gordon!' So they all turn towards me because they realized I was there.

â€œThey 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 â€¦ 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, â€˜Cool, fight's done. Everybody's cool.' So I just ran back, sat down, started coaching Dominick.

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