Fighters of the Week

  1. Henry Cejudo: Yes, we all saw Dillashaw’s horrific weight-cut that left him looking like something you’d kill in Fallout, yes, it was a champion coming down a weight class, and yes, maybe, perhaps, it was a little early. Still, what it boiled down to was the flyweight champ bullying the bantamweight champ all over the cage, sending him flying on his ass multiple times, and doing enough damage in 32 seconds to have a ref wave it off.

  2. Amanda Serrano: That’s SEVEN weight classes that Serrano has won a world title in, a feat not even accomplished by any male boxers, and did it with style in a one-round drubbing of Eva Voraberger.

  3. Nordine Oubaali: The Frenchman made his debut stateside on the Pac-Broner card, and promptly took home the vacant WBC Bantamweight championship after claiming the vacant belt against Rau’shee Warren, with whom the two go way back.

  4. Pablo Cesar Cano: Jorge Linares, the man who put Loma on his ass eight months ago and had a fight of the year with him got absolutely waxed by a Pablo Cesar Cano who hasn’t fought for a world title in over six years.

  5. Manny Pacquiao: Didn’t shut Adrien Broner up, I don’t think that miraculous invention has been bestowed upon us that can achieve that yet, but thoroughly outclassed him in a lackluster bout and a worse effort from Broner, keeping his WBA “regular” belt and adding another PPV win to his Hall of Fame resume.

6. Marcus Browne: Did a number on former champion Badou Jack on the Pacquiao-Broner card, winning a decision, advancing to 23-0 and taking the interim WBA belt at light heavyweight.

7. Demetrius Andrade: Boo Boo headline his DAZN card on Friday night, making his first defense of his WBO Middleweight championship against Artur Akavov and delivering a TKO with twenty-four seconds left on the clock in the fight.

8. Donald Cerrone: Cowboy 2.0 is here, armed with a tiny Cowboy and a MacGregor call-out to his last charge to the UFC Lightweight championship.

9. Rodnei Barbosa/Joao Miyao/Paulo Miyao/Levi Jones-Leary/Isaque Bahiense/Rudson Mateus/Kaynan Duarte/Felipe Andrew/Victor Honorio/Gustavo Batista/Mayssa Bastos/Amal Amjahid/Ffion Davies/Charlotte von Baumgarten/Samantha Cook/Luiza Monteiro/Nathiely de Jesus/Carina Santi: Your gold medalists at this year’s IBJJF European Championships. Extra kudos to Nathiely de Jesus and Gustavo Batista for winning their Absolute divisions.

10. Oscar Rivas: Friday was a night of A-sides taking the L, and Rivas did just that to Bryant Jennings. He stopped Jennings, something only Luis Ortiz did, and something Wladimir Klitschko couldn’t even do. Now Rivas has a mess of secondary titles and is a name on the rise.

11. Jake Shields: Is the new Fight To Win Black Belt Masters Middleweight No-Gi champion after a decision win over fellow grappling ace Ron Keslar in the main event of Fight To Win Pro 98.

12. Yosuke Saruta: The Shooto veteran and defending champion Joshua Pacio pout on a hell of a performance in the main event of OneFC: Eternal Glory, with Saruta becoming your new OneFC strawweight champ by a five-round split-decision.

13. Joseph Benavidez: Joe B has been the longtime bridesmaid of the flyweight division, and with a solid win over Dustin Ortiz and a win already in the bank against the now dominant champion. Makes perfect sense that he’s the next challenger.

14. Jose Mariscal: The journeyman stopped the momentum of the undefeated finishing monster, earning 29-28s across the board in the main event of Legacy Fighting Alliance 57 Friday night on AXS.

15. Nate Andrews/Tony Gravely: Both walked out of CES MMA 54 on Fight Pass with title belts. Gravely defended his bantamweight title with a knockout of Kris Moutinho, and Andrews slapped a guillotine on Bryce Logan in the main event for the vacant lightweight title.