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UFC Oklahoma City: 'Du Plessis vs. Usman' Live Results and Highlights

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UFC Oklahoma City: 'Du Plessis vs. Usman' Live Results and Highlights

The Octagon invades Paycom Center for tonight's UFC Oklahoma City event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Dricus du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman.

Du Plessis (23-3 MMA) will be competing for the first time since losing the promotion‘s middleweight title to Khamzat Chimaev 11 months ago at UFC 319. Prior to that lopsided decision defeat, ‘DDP' had strung together 10 straights wins, which included victories over Sean Strickland (x2), Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker and Darren Till.

Meanwhile, Kamaru Usman (21-4 MMA) most previously competed in June of 2025, where he scored an impressive unanimous decision victory over Joaquin Buckley. That win snapped a three-fight losing skid for ‘The Nigerian Nightmare', who had previously suffered losses at the hands of Leon Edwards (x2) and Khamzat Chimaev respectively.

UC Oklahoma City is co-headlined by a highly anticipated middleweight contest featuring Jared Cannonier taking on Christian Leroy Duncan.

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Cannonier (18-9 MMA) will be competing for the first time since dropping a decision to Michael Page eleven months ago at UFC 319. Prior to that setback, ‘Tha Killa Gorilla' was coming off a fourth-round TKO victory over Gregory Rodrigues. The 42-year-old has gone 3-3 over his past six Octagon appearances overall.

Meanwhile, Christian Leroy Duncan (14-2 MMA) will enter this evening's co-main event on a four-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming over Roman Dolidze this past March in London. Prior to that, ‘CLD' was coming off back-to-back knockout victories over Eryk Anders and Marco Tulio respectively.

Also featured on tonight's main card lineup is a lightweight bout between Chase Hooper and Mitch Ramirez.

Hooper (16-5-1 MMA) will enter the contest with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid. ‘The Dream' has suffered first-round TKO losses to Alexander Hernandez and Lance Gibson Jr. in his two most recent Octagon appearances. Prior to those setbacks, the 26-year-old had strung together five straights wins, which included victories over Clay Guida and Jim Miller.

Meanwhile, Mitch Ramirez (8-3 MMA) will also be looking to snap a two-fight losing skid this evening. The 33-year-old most previously competed 12 months ago, where he suffered a second-round TKO loss at the hands of Mike Davis.

UFC Oklahoma City Main Card (8pm EST on Paramount+)

185 lbs: Dricus du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman –

185 lbs: Jared Cannonier vs. Christian Leroy Duncan – Duncan def. Cannonier by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

155 lbs: Chase Hooper vs. Mitch Ramirez – Hooper def. Ramirez via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:15 of Round 1

115 lbs: Tabatha Ricci vs. Fatima Kline – Kline def. Ricci by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

145 lbs: Tommy McMillen vs. Alberto Montes – McMillen def. Montes via TKO (punches) at 3:29 of Round 3

UFC Oklahoma City Prelims (5pm EST on Paramount+)

145 lbs: Austin Bashi vs. Jose Delgado – Delgado def. Bashi by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)

170 lbs: Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani vs. Seok Heyon Ko – Lebosnoyani def. Ko by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

205 lbs: Levi Rodrigues Jr. vs. Felipe Franco – Franco def. Rodrigues Jr via TKO (punches and elbows) at 1:39 of Round 2

145 lbs: Ezra Elliott vs. Damien Anderson – Elliott def. Anderson by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)

125 lbs: Alden Coria vs. Stewart Nicoll – Coria def. Nicoll by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

265 lbs: RJ Harris vs. Alvin Hines – Harris def. Hines via TKO (punches) at 1:40 of Round 1

125 bs: Anna Melisano vs. Dione Barbosa – Barbosa def. Melisano via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:04 of Round 1

Who are you picking to win this evening's main event between Dricus du Plessis and Kamaru Usman? Share your predictions in the comment section PENN Nation!

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Khamzat Chimaev reveals details about injuries requiring time off, plans to challenge for UFC middleweight title again

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Khamzat Chimaev reveals details about injuries requiring time off, plans to challenge for UFC middleweight title again

Khamzat Chimaev wants nothing more than to become UFC middleweight champion again, but he understands it's unlikely he'll get that next shot at the belt.

So while he's waiting, Chimaev is preparing to stay busy working with RAF, which includes his showdown against old foe Gilbert Burns on Saturday in Miami, and healing up some nagging injuries. While Chimaev's health has been a huge cause for concern in the past, the Chechen mauler promises that if he needs time off now to deal with those injuries, he won't be gone very long.

“I want to fight,†Chimaev told MMA Fighting on Thursday. “That's why I want to fight. It's not crazy big injuries where you need to be off from sparring. It's just my hands. I punch hard so I always have problems with my hands and I have to fix it.

“It's not going to take a long time but people think Khamzat is not going to fight. If I do break off, it's going to be one or two months. Still going to be doing recovery, training.â€

Chimaev has been very vocal, especially on social media, about booking another fight sooner than later. The UFC has made no announcements but the current rumor is that middleweight champion Sean Strickland is expected to defend his title against Nassourdine Imavov before 2026 concludes.

With the champion tied up, Chimaev turned his attention towards Caio Borralho, who he says accepted his challenge when he was looking for a fight.

“Only Caio [Borralho] wanted to fight, but he had an injury when I asked about October,†Chimaev said. “He said November or December, he will be ready.â€

As far as the title goes, Chimaev obviously wants the belt back after losing a very close decision to Strickland back in May. Chimaev isn't all that concerned about revenge on Strickland as getting the UFC title back again — and he expects to face a new champion when that comes time.

“I would be happy who is the winner if they come back faster Nassourdine or Sean, who is the winner, I want to fight this guy,†Chimaev said. “It's a tough fight. But I go for Nassourdine.â€

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Arnold Allen scratched from UFC 333 fight with Aaron Pico

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Arnold Allen scratched from UFC 333 fight with Aaron Pico

Arnold Allen will not compete in Abu Dhabi.

Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion's plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Allen has been scratched from his scheduled matchup with Aaron Pico at UFC 333, which takes place Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena.

The reason for Allen's withdrawal wasn't due to a new injury, but the U.K. fighter has been rehabbing from some past treatments, a source told MMA Fighting. While Allen is on the right track, there wasn't enough time between now and the event for Allen to be ready to compete, but this was made known as a possibility when the matchup was initially discussed. The hope is for Allen to return before the end of the year.

The 32-year-old is coming off of a decision win against Melquizael Costa in the main event of May's UFC Vegas 117.

As for Pico, he'll remain on the card to face Losene Keita. Pico earned his first UFC victory in his most recent contest with a decision win over Patricio Pitbull at UFC 327 in April.

Keita (17-2) is coming off a first-round knockout of Muhammad Naimov at UFC Paris earlier this month that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus. It was his first UFC win in two tries.

MMA Fighting's Damon Martin contributed to this report.

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Morning Report | Henry Cejudo likes Mauricio Ruffy’s title fight chances after UFC 331: ‘Who wouldn’t want to see Mauricio Ruffy vs. Justin Gaethje?’

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Morning Report | Henry Cejudo likes Mauricio Ruffy’s title fight chances after UFC 331: ‘Who wouldn’t want to see Mauricio Ruffy vs. Justin Gaethje?’

UFC 331 might not be the most loaded card, but I’m all in on the main event. I doubt the way Van won the belt from Pantoja sat well with anyone, but Van has successfully defended the title once to strengthen his position and now he gets to close this loop for good… or Pantoja beats him and sets up a future trilogy.

Either way, I’m super jazzed to see these two have a proper fight (fingers crossed), and am still torn on making my pick.

So what say you, will it be #AndStill or #AndAgain?

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