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WWE and UFC announce the main events at Delta Center in Salt Lake City by 2026 WWE and UFC, announce the main events at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City until 2026

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Salt Lake City, Utah – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), in cooperation with Sports Commission at Utah AND Smith Entertainment Groupofficially announced that three hits WWE and UFC events will take place in Delta Center in Salt Lake City in 2025–2026.

This movement is based on already forceful relations between TKO, the Sports Committee Utah and Smith Entertainment Group, which successfully hosted three more sold out UFC events at Delta Center:

  • UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 (2022)
  • UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 (2023)
  • UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. (2024)

Together these events generated combined $ 74.1 million of economic influence According to research used in Salt Lake City.

“We can’t say enough about how great partners and hosts of the sports committee Utah and Smith Entertainment Group were for our events,” he said Peter DropickExecutive Vice President for the Development of Events and Operations for TKO. “In recent years, Salt Lake City and Delta Center have become the best place to provide our fans in UFC thrilling, Actions full of UFC and WWE events, and we are excited to continue this relationship by 2026.”

“Our extended partnership with TKO and Smith Entertainment Group offers another opportunity to position Utah as the most critical place for key global sport and entertainment events,” he added Jeff RobbinsPresident and General Director of the Sports Committee in Utah. “Our ability to welcome the critical WWE event in 2025 and again UFC in 2026 is a tribute to our growing sports and entertainment ecosystem in Utah, the state of sport.”

“In each event, TKO hosted Delta Center, captivated fans and brought people from all over the country to Salt Lake City,” he said Chris BarneyPresident for revenues and commercial strategy at the Smith Entertainment Group. “We value our continuation of cooperation with TKO and the Utah sports committee and we are waiting for joint recruitment when these amazing experience take over the Delta Center.”

WWE returns this fall

WWE will take over Salt Lake City Nights at the back of this fall:

  • Friday evening Smackdown – October 31, 2025
  • Main event on Saturday evening – November 1, 2025 (Streaming Live on Peacock at 19:00 et / 16:00 Fri)

Salt Lake City has long been the basis of WWE, organizing events with the best stars such as Cody Rhodes, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch.

Combinational tickets To WWE Doubleheader go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10 am MST by Seatgeek.com. Fans can register in Wwe.com/wweslc2025 At the beginning of access to early access Wednesday, September 3 at 10 am MST.

UFC returns in 2026

After the autumn presentation of WWE, UFC will return to the Delta Center in 2026 with very anticipated numbered event. UFC currently has three best places for The best -paid events in the history of Delta Centerfrom UFC 291 in 2023, still standing as a record of the Arena’s all time.

Additional details, including Combat cards, ticket information and participating WWE starswill be revealed in the coming months.

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Mike Perry dislocates shoulder, Brandon Jenkins delivers upset victory at Brand Duel

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Mike Perry dislocates shoulder, Brandon Jenkins delivers upset victory at Brand Duel

Mike Perry's fight week went from bad to worse after he suffered a dislocated shoulder and a first-round TKO loss to late notice replacement Brandon Jenkins at Brand Duel in Orlando on Saturday night.

Following Dillon Danis' withdrawal just two days before the event was scheduled to take place, Perry accepted the short-notice fight against Jenkins. But early in the opening round, Perry's shoulder popped out of place and while the fight was allowed to continue, it didn't take long for Jenkins to deliver the finishing blow with a nasty body kick followed by some ground and pound to end it.

“What is it 15 hours' notice?†Jenkins said after the win. “It was a no-brainer, I was coming out here. They called me, I said yes. I asked for Nate Diaz but I got Mike Perry. Hopefully I can get a good fight with Nate Diaz next.â€

Perry was on the attack from the jump with Jenkins backing him off with a slick spinning back elbow. Jus as Jenkins was gaining some momentum, Perry unloaded a combination of punches followed by a hard left hand that landed clean.

During an exchange, Perry winced after it appeared his shoulder popped out of place and Jenkins attacked with a body kick that sent the “King of Violence†down to the canvas. Replays showed that Perry's injury really was a freak occurrence as he held onto Jenkins with his left hand while through right uppercuts but it was his left shoulder that popped out of place.

Rather than stop the fight due to Perry's injury, the referee allowed the action to continue and Jenkins stayed on the attack. He unleashed another vicious body kicks that sent Perry crashing to the canvas.

Jenkins followed him to the ground where he continued hammering away with punches until the referee saw enough and stopped the fight at 2:38 in the first round.

Perry was down on the canvas for several moments as medical personnel tended to him and attempted to put the shoulder back in place as he was writhing in pain.

It's an unfortunate ending for Perry after he signed up to fight Danis but ultimately suffered a serious injury and fell to a new opponent on just 48 hours' notice. It's unclear at this time how long Perry might be out of action with the shoulder injury but his night ends on a loss while Jenkins gets the biggest win of his career.

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Joe Lauzon wins bare-knuckle debut after scoring 5 brutal knockdowns

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Joe Lauzon wins bare-knuckle debut after scoring 5 brutal knockdowns

Joe Lauzon made the most of his bare-knuckle debut while fighting at home in Fenway Park in Boston.

The longtime UFC veteran decided to end his hiatus from combat sports and return for a fight in BKFC after the promotion announced plans to hold an event in the historic baseball stadium. The 42-year-old veteran didn't look like he skipped a beat as he came out guns blazing against Stash Kuykendall on Saturday night.

Right away, Lauzon pushed Kuykendall back towards the ropes and he immediately started digging to the body with hard shot before unloading a right hand that ended in a knockdown. With Kuykendall obviously still hurt, Lauzon just kept coming forward and blasting away with huge punches including another right hand that scored a second knockdown.

Lauzon earned one more knockdown but ran out of time in the first round to potentially end the fight.

On the restart, Lauzon wasted no time putting Kuykendall down again and it was clear the writing was on the wall that this fight wasn't going to last much longer.

In the next exchange, Lauzon uncorked a hellacious left hand that twisted Kuykendall's head around and he went face first down to the canvas. To his credit, Kuykendall did manage to get back to his feet but he was so badly damaged the referee Dan Miragliotta had no choice but to stop the fight with the end coming at 49 seconds into the second round.

Afterwards, Lauzon seemed to make it clear this was a one-and-done for him in bare-knuckle fighting unless BKFC decides to make a return trip to Boston in the future.

“We always fight like it's a car crash,†Lauzon said after the win. “I felt like I hit him pretty good. I've got a swollen eye but that's the way it goes. If you come back to Fenway, we'll talk about it.â€

Lauzon has always been a fan-favorite and he definitely had the home crowd on his side on Saturday for his bare-knuckle debut. It seems unlikely that he'll be back again but Lauzon lived out a dream fighting at Fenway Park and he leaves with a 1-0 record in BKFC.

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LIVE! Spaten Fight Night 3 Results: Shogun vs. Teixeira

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LIVE! Spaten Fight Night 3 Results: Shogun vs. Teixeira

MMA Fighting has Spaten Fight Night 3 results for the Shogun vs. Teixeira fight card and more from Estádio do Pacaembu in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday night.

In the main event, former UFC champions Shogun Rua and Glover Teixeira square off in a boxing contest. Both Rua and Teixeira ended their decorated MMA careers at UFC 283 on Jan. 21, 2023. Rua ended his career with a 27-14-1 record, and Teixeira, the current coach of former UFC champion Alex Pereira, closed at 33-9.

Luan Medeiros and Juan Cruz face off in the co-main event in a boxing match as well.

Olympic gold medalist Bia Souza competes against Raz Hershko in a judo contest on the main card.

Check out Spaten Fight Night 3 results below.

Mauricio Rua vs. Glover Teixeira — boxing

Luan Medeiros vs. Juan Cruz — boxing

Raz Hershko def. Bia Souza via golden score — judo

Rafaela Silva def. Prisca Awiti on points — judo

Felipe Preguiça def. Nicholas Meregali via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)— jiu-jitsu

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