Allegedly, the losing fighter, Marcin Szoltysik felt his team was setting him up for a fall. Whatever his reason, his opponent Jacek Kujtkowski at least still got his show and win money, while Szoltysik won’t be back in the Babilon cage again anytime soon, according to Matysek.

Alex Pereira said he was probably only “40 per cent” of his normal self the last time he fought Magomed Ankalaev, telling ESPN he was battling through a fractured tibia and then an illness as he was placed on antiobiotics.

The 35-year-old was on an eight-fight win streak in smaller promotions prior to a Contender Series loss in 2021, then won three in a row in another lesser company prior to reaching the MMA's largest entity in 2024 and subsequently dropping two of three fights.

There was plenty of controversy during the welterweight bout that went down on the main card of Saturday's UFC event in Perth, Australia. Many criticized the officiating from referee Jim Perdios when he appeared to wave off the fight at the end of Round 1 with Magny's right arm appearing to go limb while he was caught in a mounted guillotine.

UFC 320 featured a rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira. USA TODAY Sports provided updates and analysis of the fights.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from September 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie's Fight of the Month award for September.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s WBC title fight victory over Victor Ortiz in September 2011 will be told in 'Re-Match', a doc from director Dexton Deboree.