Tom Llewellyn

It's been four months since Sean O'Malley lost his UFC bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili, with ‘Suga' keen to secure his rematch against the Georgian wrecking ball.

In the world of combat sports, pre-fight press conferences can often be rather dull and dreary affairs – but not in the Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship.

Tony Ferguson’s historic UFC win streak almost came to a screeching halt when he was rocked and dropped four times in 10 seconds.

Whilst Michael Chandler is still hopeful that he could be the one to welcome Conor McGregor back to the UFC, it sounds as if he's moving on from that ‘Notorious' payday.

The PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series: Nurmagomedov vs Hughes event kicked off with a brutal TKO – one that saw a front kick to the body breaking a fighter's arm.

With the UFC out of town, the eyes of the combat sports world are fixed on the UAE for the PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series – and the event has certainly lived up to the hype.

Last night, in the main event of BKFC: Knucklemania 5, Jeremy ‘Lil Heathen' Stephens finished former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in three rounds.

The Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship continues to go from strength to strength, with last night's ‘Knucklemania 5' event dominating this morning's combat sports headlines – with Conor McGregor front and center.

In the main event of last night's PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series, Usman Nurmagomedov barely squeaked past Paul Hughes to retain his lightweight title – and we mean ‘barely'.

After a brief recess, the UFC returns to our screens this weekend for a stacked Fight Night event out in Saudi Arabia, headlined by former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.