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Cartoon of Julian Erosa taking his gloves off after knocking out JeongYeong Lee.

Result · UFC

Erosa retires on a first-round knockout

Lee dropped Erosa with a left hook in the first 15 seconds and hunted a guillotine. Erosa finished with punches, and the bout sends his family back to the farm in Washington.

Cartoon of Renato Moicano and Tom Nolan facing each other in the octagon in UFC gloves.

Fight night · UFC

Moicano meets Nolan to close October

Nolan is in his first UFC main event and his first five-round fight, and lightweight is 155 pounds (70 kg). Moicano submitted Chris Duncan with a rear-naked choke at 3:14 of the second round on April 4.

Cartoon of Waldo Cortes Acosta and Johnny Walker facing each other under the main-event spotlight.

Fight night · UFC

Cortes Acosta headlines against Walker

This is Cortes Acosta's first UFC main event, and Johnny Walker took the bout on short notice. Cortes Acosta is ranked sixth and has lost two in a row, and Johnny Walker is unbeaten at heavyweight.

Cartoon of Akram Hamidi landing a body punch on Numsurin Chor Ketwina.

Result · ONE

Hamidi stops Numsurin in the first

Hamidi came down from strawweight and finished with two left hooks to the liver. This was Hamidi's fourth win on ONE's weekly series, and Hamidi moves to 56-6 in striking.

Cartoon of Jacqueline Cavalcanti and Michelle Montague standing in the octagon.

Fight night · UFC

Cavalcanti meets Montague in Doha

All six of Montague's pre-UFC wins were rear-naked chokes. UFC lists Cavalcanti at No. 8 and Montague at No. 12. Cavalcanti is 10-2, and Montague is 8-0.

Cartoon of Bogdan Shumarov and Gasham Mammadov standing in the ring.

Fight night · ONE

Shumarov meets Mammadov in Bangkok

This is Mammadov's first fight in ONE, and Shumarov is 3-1 in ONE, with all three wins by knockout. Lightweight kickboxing is 170 pounds (77 kg), and no belt is on the line.

Cartoon of Alexander Volkanovski landing a right hand on Movsar Evloev against the fence.

Result · UFC

Volkanovski stops Evloev in the second

Volkanovski made the second defense of the featherweight title, and Evloev was the No. 1 featherweight. Volkanovski moves to 29-4, and Evloev falls to 20-1.

Cartoon of three PFL championship belts hanging on the cage.

Fight night · PFL

Three titles on the line in Kigali

PFL Africa listed $100,000 for each final on Saturday, December 12, at BK Arena. The welterweight final pairs Shido Boris Esperança and David Samuel, the lightweight final pairs Patrick Ocheme and Demba Seck, and the bantamweight final pairs Dwight Joseph and Raphael Uchegbu.