MMA

Ashley Yoder welcomes the combat personality Syuri Kondo to America for UFC Fight Night 154 as she looks to bounce back from two losses and prove she can also be a hit in MMA.

Despite a lack of confirmation from Tom ‘Maverick’ Cruise’s camp up to now, the general consensus amongst experts is that this could be the highest-earning bout in history, eclipsing the $150m clash between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez back in 2013.

Two fan-favourites – one currently on the longest winning streak in lightweight history and the other with the most wins in UFC history – do battle in a fight worthy of headlining any card.

The queen of the flyweight division Valentina Shevchenko makes the first defence of her crown after outpointing Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant title with Jessica Eye emerging as the unlikely contender after rejuvenating her career in her rightful division.

Two slabs of heavyweight beef kick-off the main card for UFC 238 as fan-favourite Tai Tuivasa looks to bounce back from the first loss of his career as he takes on the Bulgarian Blagoy Ivanov.

The disgraced former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will be looking on from the sidelines as Henry Cejudo moves up and looks to snatch his belt fresh off knocking him out in their flyweight title fight.

As one bantamweight prospects title hopes fade, another prospect has emerged with a keen eye on the main event. Jimmie Rivera looks to bounce back from a loss as the new young contender Petr Yan hopes another good performance will put him in line to take on the new champion.

Another top light heavyweight scrap graces the Ericsson Globe with another representative of the Allstars Training Center Ilir Latifi taking on the fearsome knockout artist Volkan Oezdemir.

Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson makes the walk in front of his home fans in Stockholm to take on Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith who is also fresh off a humbling against the light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

Christos ‘The Spartan’ Giagos continues his habit of fighting on foreign soil and heads to Sweden for his next fight but Damir ‘The Bosnian Bomber’ Hadzovic is out to send the American home with a loss.

Daniel Teymur welcomes the South Korean prospect Sung Bin Jo to Stockholm for his UFC debut and arrives with an unbeaten record and a lot of hype.

Two bright European and charismatic prospects square-off in Stockholm with Makwan Amirkhani and Chris Fishgold eyeing up a win to catapult them towards the top 15.