Canadian MMA Rumour Mill – July 11, 2019

Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion Julia Budd is set to defend her title this weekend against Olga Rubin. Should she get the win, Budd has expressed interest in a Rizin crossover fight against undefeated powerhouse Gabi Garcia… Do you think Budd could score the first victory over Garcia?

…and now for the rumours!

• The Octagon will return to Vancouver for the first time in over three years for UFC on ESPN+ 16 on September 14 and the first Canadian announced is Mischa Cirkunov who will face Jim Crute at Light-Heavyweight.

• Unified 38 goes down September 27th in Edmonton and will mark the 10th anniversary of the promotion and they’ll crown some new champs to celebrate the occasion. With Tanner Boser signing with the UFC, Christian Larsen faces Jared Kilkenny for the now vacant Heavyweight Title, Teddy Ash will be permanently staying at Middleweight and Graham Park will fight for the vacant Light-Heavyweight Title and Neal Anderson will also compete on the card!

• Jesse Ronson has joined the Professional Fighters League Season 2 Lightweight roster and will take on Carlao Silva, Jeremy Kennedy will look to score some points against Steven Siler in Featherweight action. Both fighst will take place at PFL 2019: #5 on July 25.

• Unfortunately for Sarah Kaufman her opponent Roberta Samad did not make weight for tonight’s PFL regular season bout and the fight has been cancelled. On the plus side Sarah Kaufman has been awarded 3 points, paid her show and win money and secured her spot in the playoffs.

• Arjan Bhullar has completed his UFC contract with a record of 3-1 inside the Octagon and has chose to move on and sign with ONE Championship. A fight agreement has also been inked but an opponent has not yet been announced.

• TKO will return this fall for TKO 49 on September 13 and will see Malcolm Gordon defend his Flyweight title against Japanese contender Takashi Matsuba, also on the card is a Welterweight bout between undefeated prospects Dany Malette and Yohan Lainesse.

• Rumble in the Cage goes down October 19 and will see Tim Tamaki take on Chris Day for the Featherweight Title.

• Rise FC 4 goes down July 27 in Victoria, BC. Tristan Connelly will take on D’Juan Owens for the Lightweight Title and Michael Hill will battle Nicolae Cury for the Welterweight Title. Also on the card Jamie Siraj takes on Blake Sigvaldason at Bantamweight.

• Fight Night 11 in Lethbridge has it’s main event set as Denis Puric will take on Bellator veteran Terrion Ware. Also on the card Lucas Neufeld meets Jo Petahtegoose and Melissa Croden makes her pro debut.

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• Fight League Atlantic will hold their debut event on Feb 8, 2020 in and are targeting Adam Hazelton vs. Tristan Connelly as the main event.

• Chris Kelades will challenge Aleksander Doskalchuk for the M-1 Global Flyweight Championship at M1 Challenge 104 on August 3.

• Louie Sanoudakis returns to the cage at Brave CF 24 on July 25 in London, England when he takes on James Brum in a Bantamweight bout.

• Anatasia Nikolakakos will make her second Invicta FC appearance against Alyse Anderson at Invicta FC 36 on August 9 in Kansas City.

• Bojan Kladnjakovic will take on Joel Ellis for the vacant Flyweight Title at Rough Fight League on July 20th in Kingston, Jamaica. We’ll also see Canadian amateurs Noah Crosswell and Sean McNabb on the card.

• Bill Mahood is resurrecting eXtreme Fighting Challenge for their first event in over 9 years. XFC 11: Unbanned will take place August 24 in Vernon, BC. The amateur card will feature a Welterweight Title fight between Kenny Pope and Dylan Schellenberg, Middleweight Title fight between Jordan Cabrejos and Will Grieves and a Featherweight Title fight between Usman Khattak and Solomon Courtoreille.

• ONE Championship’s 100th event will take place October 13 in Tokyo, Japan. Bibiano Fernandes will take on Kevin Belingon for the Bantamweight (145lb) Title for the fourth time. Fernandes leads the series 2-1 after Belingon was DQ’d due to illegal elbows in their last bout.

• Also on the card Angela Lee will defend her Atomweight (115lbs) title against the only women to defeat her in Xiong Jingnan who successfully defended her Strawweight (125lb) title against Lee in March. Lee is also still scheduled to face Michelle Nicolini at Strawweight later this month.

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Posted: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 at 10:05 am
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