Dana White's Contender Series (season 6)
Season 6 of Dana White's Contender Series commenced in July 2022 and in the US is exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package. Week 1 – July 26 Background A bantamweight bout between Farid Basharat and Willian Souza was booked as the fifth fight on this card. However, Souza missed weight by ten pounds and the Nevada Athletic Commission cancelled the bout. Contract awards The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *Joseph Pyfer Week 2 – August 2 Background It was announced on May 16, 2022 that Season 5 week 6 contender Shimon Smotritsky would be granted a second chance to win a UFC contract, having defeated former UFC fighter William Macário in his first bout following the Contender Series loss. The fight was against CES MMA CES MMA (Classic Entertainment & Sports) is a mixed martial arts promotional firm based out of Providence, Rhode Island founded by boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. It promoted the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Broadcasting Of Sports Events
The broadcasting of sports events (also known as a sportscast) is the live coverage of sports as a television program, on radio, and other broadcasting media. It usually involves one or more sports commentators describing events as they happen. Origin The broadcasting of sports events (also known as a sportscast) is the live coverage of sports as a television program, on radio, and other broadcasting media. It usually involves one or more sports commentators describing events as they happen. Sportscaster's environment is usually in booth, sets, and radio or television studios. Depending on the sportscasters specific job it is a time sensitive job, especially when depending on a play by play, they cannot miss any action, and due to their job they have to be flexible with schedule. Sports broadcasters have a variety of sections to deliver footage and their job can provide postgame coverage and interviews with athletes and coaches. Sports casting is a big industry throughout the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Macário
William Francisco da Silva Macário (born July 1, 1991) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing as a welterweight. A professional competitor since 2010, he has formerly competed for the UFC and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2. Background Macário is from Brazil and was first exposed to mixed martial arts growing up, watching PRIDE fights, and was a fan of Wanderlei Silva and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, who were both champions in their respective divisions. Macário began to train in Muay Thai, until he was 14 years old and met his future coach, who invited the young Macário to come to his gym and train. Mixed martial arts career Early career Macário made his MMA professional debut against Gilmar Souza Milhorance on August 15, 2010. He won the fight via TKO in the first round. Macario compiled an undefeated professional record of 6–0 before being invited to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2. The Ultimate Fighter In March 2013, it wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raul Rosas Jr
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may refer to the: * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) (d. 1152), also known as Saint Raul * Raúl Acosta (born 1962), Colombian road cyclist * Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009), former President of Argentina (1983–89) * Raúl Albiol (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Raul Amaya (born 1986), American mixed martial artist * Raúl Baena (born 1989), Spanish association football player * Raul Boesel (born 1957), Brazilian race car driver * Raúl Castañeda (born 1982), Mexican boxer * Raúl Castro (born 1931), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro * Raúl Correia (born 1993), Angolan footballer * Raúl Diago (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player * Raúl de Tomás (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Raul Di Blasio (born ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ikram Aliskerov
Ikram Aliskerov ( lez, Икрам Сабиран хва Алискеррин) (russian: Икрам Сабирович Алискеров; born December 7, 1992) is a Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo competitor who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Aliskerov is a Combat Sambo World Champion, who has won 4 world championship with two different organization ( FIAS & WCSF), and has won 2 European championship, again under two organizations ( ESF & ECSF). Background Aliskerov was born in the village of Kasumkent in Dagestan, Russia. During his time as a combat sambo competitor, he became a World Champion in 2016, under world renowned FIAS banner a two-time World Cup champion in 2014 and 2015, again both under FIAS banner and a European Champion in 2017. under prestigious European Sambo Federation banner. In September 2012, Aliskerov earlier won World Championship in Combat Sambo in 82 kg, under less known Eu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anvar Boynazarov
Anvar Boynazarov (born January 10, 1989) is an Uzbek Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He has previously competed in kickboxing for the Glory promotion, and holds notable victories over Giga Chikadze, Fabio Pinca and Abdellah Ezbiri. In mixed martial arts, Boynazarov has most recently competed for the Legacy Fighting Alliance. Kickboxing career Anvar Boynazarov was born in Samarqand, Uzbekistan on January 10, 1989. During his youth, Boynazarov began his fighting career by training in Muay Thai with his brother Firdavs. The most notable highlight of his career came when he upset Fabio Pinca during the tournament semi finals at Glory 47: Lyon. Despite being seen as a heavy underdog in the fight he managed to knock out Pinca with a heavy left hook during the second round which earned him the KO of the Night award and the comeback-of-the-year award by Combatpress.com. Following this upset, Boynazarov advanced to the finals where he met Abdellah Ezbiri. Ezbiri won ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bo Nickal
Bo Dean Nickal (born January 14, 1996) is an American professional mixed martial artist, former Freestyle wrestler, freestyle and graduated Collegiate wrestling, folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Middleweight (MMA), middleweight division. In freestyle wrestling, he claimed the 2019 U23 World Wrestling Championships, 2019 U23 World Championship and the US Open National championship, and was a finalist at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (wrestling), 2020 US Olympic Team Trials and a Final X: Rutgers, Final X contestant in 2019. As a collegiate wrestler, Nickal was a NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships#1999–2020, three-time NCAA Division I National Champion (finalist in 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, 2016) and a three-time Big Ten Conference champion out of Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling, Pennsylvania State University. Considered one of the most accomplished Nittany Lions of all-time, Nickal earned the 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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One (website)
ONE (also known as ONE.co.il) is one of the major Israeli sports journalism outlet, website, and television company. It covers sport news from around the world, although primarily covers soccer in Israel. According to the IARB (Israel Audience Research Board), it is one of the two biggest sport websites in Israel along with Sport5.co.il, It categorized news into "Israeli Football", "World Football", "Israeli Basketball", "World Basketball" and "Other Sports". Haim Revivo, Eyal Berkovic, Alon Hazan, Alon Mizrahi and Zvi Sherf are among ONE's columnists. ONE was founded by Udi Milner and Gil Menkin in 1999, the website's headquarters are located in the BSR Towers The BSR Towers ( he, מגדלי ב.ס.ר.) are a complex of four towers, two built on opposite sides of Ben Gurion Road, dividing the cities of Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan in Tel Aviv District, Israel, and a third building completed in 2012 on Kinnere ... in Ramat Gan. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CES MMA
CES MMA (Classic Entertainment & Sports) is a mixed martial arts promotional firm based out of Providence, Rhode Island founded by boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. It promoted the first sanctioned professional mixed martial event in the state of Rhode Island on September 17, 2010, at Twin River Casino. Since its inception, CES MMA has promoted and developed the careers of several current and former Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) contenders, including Chuck O'Neil, Tateki Matsuda, Charles Rosa, Alex Karalexis, Thomas Egan (fighter), Thomas Egan, Dominique Steele, Rob Font and Ricardo Funch. Other UFC veterans to appear on CES MMA cards include David Loiseau and Drew Fickett. Several CES MMA alums have also made successful transitions to Bellator MMA, most notably Brennan Ward, who won his first three professional fights under the guidance of CES MMA before winning Bellator's middleweight tournament in 2013. In October 2012, CES MMA promoted its first pay-per-view even ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nevada Athletic Commission
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (also known as the Nevada Athletic Commission or NSAC) regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of Nevada, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, kickboxers, mixed martial arts fighters, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers. The commission is the final authority on licensing matters, having the ability to approve, deny, revoke, or suspend all licenses for unarmed combat. The commission was established in 1941. It has several times been criticized for its conduct and sentences, and has several times been labelled a "kangaroo court". Leadership The Nevada State Athletic Commission is an agency of the Nevada Department of Business & Industry and is made up of five part-time commissioners (known as the "Commission"), an executive director, and seven full-time employees. Each commissioner is appointed by the Governor for a three-year term. The Governor also selects one of the five ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dana White
Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who serves as president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organization. In August 2019, White's net worth was estimated at $500 million. Early life and education White was born in Manchester, Connecticut, to June and Dana White Sr., on July 28, 1969. He is an Irish American. White spent many of his early years residing in Ware, Massachusetts. White and his sister, Kelly, were raised by their mother and her family for the majority of their childhoods. White's mother was a nurse, and the family moved to Las Vegas when White was in third grade, as Vegas offered higher wages for nurses. White attended Bishop Gorman High School, where he first met Lorenzo Fertitta, although they did not become close friends until years later. White said he disliked school and "got kicked out of Gorman twice". Despite living in Nevada, the Whites returned to the East Coast in the summers, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the Southern Nevada, southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a Depression (geology), basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada, Henderson and North Las Vegas, Nevada, North Las Vegas. Eleven unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada. The names Las Vegas and Vegas are interchangeably used to indicate the Valley, Las Vegas Strip, the Strip, and the city, and as a brand by the Las Vegas Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UFC Apex
UFC Apex (stylised as UFC APEX) is a live events and production center in Enterprise, Nevada, operated and owned by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The facility was chosen in part due to its close proximity to the UFC Performance Institute, which serves as the company headquarters and is located across the street. The Apex was built to host live events as well as studio shows. History The facility was officially opened on June 18, 2019. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following three events in Jacksonville, all U.S.-based UFC events were held at the Apex behind closed doors. As of July 2022, the Apex continues to host select Fight Night events, and now allows for limited public spectators. The Apex features the 25-foot diameter Octagon variant typically used for smaller events and venues, as opposed to the standard 30-foot diameter version. As UFC began staging the majority of its events at the Apex, early fight data and fan speculation suggested that the use of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |