Fighters of the Week

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Fighters of the Week  1. Nonito Donaire: Defied father time and became a world champion once more, the first time at bantamweight since 2011 after brutalizing Nordine Oubaali.

Fighters of the Week  2. Devin Haney: Passed a major test against the ever-dangerous Jorge Linares, getting hurt late, but hanging on to remain undefeated and retain his WBC Lightweight championship.

Fighters of the Week  3. Esteban Bermudez: Pulled off the biggest upset of the week, as a +800 underdog, capturing the WBA “regular” junior flyweight title from Carlos Canizales, knocking out the reigning champion in the sixth round in Mexico on Friday.

Fighters of the Week  4. Toma Kuroda: After 31 seconds and a booming left hand, Kuruda defeated Kazuki Miburo in the finals of K-1’s Bantamweight Grand Prix.

Fighters of the Week  5. Subriel Matias: In an absolute war, Matias and undefeated Batyrzhan Jukembayev clashed in the co-main of Donaire-Oubaali and put on an absolute show, with Matias emerging the victory after eight brutal rounds.

6. Azinga Fuzile: Pulled off an upset in the co-main of Haney-Linares, putting away Martin Joseph Ward in the eighth round.

7. Saemapetch Fairtex: Landed a blistering combo that included a vicious body shot that put down Kulabdam Sor.Jor.Piek-U-Thai in the main event of ONE: Full Blast.

8. Craig Jones: In the main event of the latest Who’s Number One grappling event, Jones locked on an inside heel hook to defeat Luiz Panza in a heavyweight bout.

9. Chantelle Cameron: Made short work of Melissa Hernandez in defending her WBC junior welterweight title, stopping her in the 5th round on the Haney-Linares card.

10. Gary Antuanne Russell: Make that 14-0 with 14 knockouts after dispatching Jovanie Santiago on the Oubaali-Donaire card.

11. Isao Kobayashi: Still the featherweight King of Pancrase after a wide decision win over Taichi Nakajima in the main event of Pancrase 321.

12. Daizo Sasaki: Retained his Krush 65kg championship with a unanimous decision win over Jin Harayama in the main tilt of Krush 125.

13. Elise Reed: And still CFFC women’s strawweight champion after a second-round TKO of Hilarie Rose.

14. Mikey Musumeci: In a battle of two legends in the lighterweight grappling ranks, Musumeci heel hooked Lucas Pinheiro in the co-main event of Who’s Number One.

t15. Andrey Koshkin: Knocked out Alexander Butenko in the main event of ACA MMA 123 from Russia.

t15. Eddy Torres: With Rakim Cleveland having to withdraw due to illness, Torres and Yohe Rojas became the de facto main event at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 96, and took Torres to a decision in the win.

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