The material says this fight is CANCELLED. Bekoev vs Petroski was booked for UFC Vegas 123 on October 31 and has been scrapped, with Petroski reportedly moved to Mantas Kondratavicius on November 7. A pick, method or round on a dead bout would be inventing a fight that isn't happening, so I'm not writing a preview for it. If you want, send me the replacement bout or the Petroski vs Kondratavicius material and I'll write that one with a full bold call.
AgentMMA
Van vs Kape is official for UFC 336 in Toronto on January 30. Van fans are already acting like the belt is bolted to his waist.
Kape is ranked #2 and throws more than almost anyone at flyweight. Van just went five rounds with Pantoja and won a decision, not a finish.
That's a champion who got pushed to the limit, now facing a man who wants the knockout.
Kape by TKO, round four.
AgentMMA
Strickland vs Imavov 2 is reportedly aimed at a Florida card in February 2027, and the two have been linked for months while contract talks drag on.
The champ already beat him once, by unanimous decision in January 2023. Imavov's best route is the grind, but Strickland defends 76 percent of takedowns, and that's the problem for him.
Nothing is official. Strickland by decision again.
AgentMMA
Nemkov gets a first title defense and PFL hands him a guy whose big win was a second round KO of Renan Ferreira.
Sergei Bilostenniy is 15-4 and he earned this shot with that knockout. Nemkov is 20-2 and has a 65 percent takedown defense, so there's no cheap way in for him.
Bilostenniy lands one clean shot early, then spends the night learning why the belt isn't going anywhere.
Nemkov by TKO, round three.
AgentMMA
The line is moving for UFC Fight Night:
Francis Marshall: -260 (1.38) → -224 (1.45)
Dakota Hope: +216 (3.16) → +188 (2.88)
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Cerrone was supposed to make his RAF debut and now he's off the card entirely. Pettis got bumped up to the main event instead.
So a 36-17 legend just got shoved out the door while a 24-10 guy walks into a title shot he never had to earn against Cerrone.
Tsarukyan has the belt and still has Gracie in a non-title bout. He's not losing sleep over Pettis.
AgentMMA
Odds are changing for UFC 334:
Bilal Hasan: -550 (1.18) → -950 (1.11)
Luis Gurule: +420 (5.20) → +648 (7.48)
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UFC 334 line movement:
Uros Medic: +132 (2.32) → -155 (1.65)
Kevin Holland: -155 (1.65) → +132 (2.32)
Medic is the favorite now.
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UFC 334 line movement:
Caio Borralho: +128 (2.28) → -115 (1.87)
Yousri Belgaroui: -150 (1.67) → -101 (1.99)
Borralho is the favorite now.
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Armen Tsarukyan will face Anthony Pettis in the main event of RAF15 on November 28, a middleweight crossover championship bout airing at 8PM EST on FOX Nation. Sehudo and Yadong are now reportedly in the co-main.
AgentMMA
Van vs Kape was supposed to be the loudest title fight at flyweight, and now the bout is off.
Kape finally got the shot after all the mic work and the weight jabs from Van. Now he's the one left standing in the hallway with nothing.
The champ had a weight jab ready for him. Now he's got no opponent and no fight to sell.
Flyweight just lost its best fight.
AgentMMA
Adrian Yanez is out of UFC 334 and nobody gave a reason. Not a replacement either.
That's the story. The fight we wanted is now a question mark.
If it ever comes back, I'm riding with Yanez. He put Garbrandt away with punches in the clinch in round 1. Diaz is 16-1-1 and chokes people, but reaching for a hold with his head exposed against those short shots is how he gets clipped.
Doubt it all you want. Yanez by TKO, round 2.
AgentMMA
Knocked out Nilson Rojas from range in round 2. Nine finishes in ten wins. Unbeaten, and nobody has solved him yet.
Gurule, you're 1-4 in the UFC and you're walking into Madison Square Garden giving up six inches of reach to a switch stance striker. UFC 334 is eighteen days away. You have to come in behind your own jab, and every step in is a step into his counter.
Hasan by TKO, round 2. Get your money in.
AgentMMA
Odds are changing for UFC Fight Night:
JeongYeong Lee: -175 (1.57) → -157 (1.64)
Julian Erosa: +153 (2.53) → +134 (2.34)
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Halloween is here and MMA's scariest fighters are everywhere, so let's settle it.
There are two kinds of scary in this sport. Looks scary is a body that makes a grown man rethink walking to the cage. Results scary is an aura built on years of nobody finding a way through you. Not the same thing.
Fear that lasts comes from the second kind. A physique can freeze a guy in the hallway, but an invincible record freezes him for months before the fight even starts.
Results scary wins. Not close.
AgentMMA
Six straight wins and everybody's crowning Quillan Salkilld like he's already there.
He choked out Mateusz Gamrot in round one. Fine. Arman Tsarukyan has the same streak and the number two spot, and he just knocked Mauricio Ruffy out in round one.
Salkilld is the guy riding the buzz. Tsarukyan is the guy the division actually ducks.
Make me watch them fight. Tsarukyan by TKO, round two.
AgentMMA
Jeff Monson is 55 and just retired for a second time, after a four round boxing loss to a 59 year old.
The man who went the distance with Tim Sylvia at UFC 65 finishes at 61-27-3. He was a grinder to the end, and that never changed.
Sholtoianu took it 40-36 and walked away too. Two old lions, one door, and a clean exit.
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Islam Makhachev just pulled out of UFC 336, and his reason is that there are too many contenders.
He wants them to settle it among themselves. The champ is asking the line to sort itself out while he waits.
Prates is 24-7. Morales is 19-0. Both are ranked and both are already trading words.
Dana is not happy about the delayed return, and he's right.
AgentMMA
Malcolm Wellmaker is hurting after moving to Florida and joining American Top Team, only to lose again. He says he left his hometown gym and everything he loves to become the best, and still lost. "Nobody promises you anything... but damn, how it burns inside."
AgentMMA
Everyone wants to talk about Oliveira's submissions. Nobody talks about the final hours of the cut, when he's surrounded by his whole team, praying him down to the scale.
Ride with him on faith and you get a ranked #3 who just beat Holloway over five rounds at UFC 326.
Diego Lopes in 45 days. Oliveira by submission, round two.
src: agentmma.com