Thiago Tavares gets knee operation; UFC fight with Nik Lentz still on

Thiago Tavares and Nik Lentz are set to rematch at UFC Fight Night 60 in February, yet, hours prior to the UFC declared the fight on Tuesday, Tavares experienced emergency knee operation in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

“Only woke up in the Baia Sul hospital after undergoing emergency surgery with Dr. Luis Fernando Funchal,” Tavares posted on his Instagram on Wednesday morning. “Thanks to him, I am going to be 100 percent to fight on Feb. 14, representing my city and my state in the UFC.”

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Thiago Tavares gets knee operation; UFC fight with Nik Lentz still on

ONE FC 22 Results: Conflict of Lions

MMA Fighting has ONE FC 22 results because of its Conflict of Lions event Friday morning in the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.In the main event, Leandro Ataides will square off against Igor Svirid to crown the initiative ONE FC middleweight champ. Check out entire ONE FC 22 results under. Chief CardLeandro Ataides vs. Igor Svirid Koji Ando vs. Zorobabel MoreiraBakhtiyar Abbasov vs. Luis SantosTatsuya Mizuno def. Brayan Rafiq via unanimous decisionChristophe Vandijck def. Dwayne Hinds via entry (punches) at 2:40 of R1Major Complete def. Cary Bullos via entry (rear-naked choke) at :29 of R1Martin Nguyen def. Rocky Batolbatol via entry (rear-naked choke) at 2:10 of R2

Preliminary CardAmir Khan def. Waqar Umar via KO (elbows) at 1:25 of R1Jeff Huang def. Zuli Silawanto via entry (rear-naked choke) at 3:10 of R1Kirstie Gannaway def. Adek Omar via submission (armbar) at 2:34 of R1

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ONE FC 22 Results: Conflict of Lions

One FC"s Luis Santos shows storyline behind his TUF: Brazil 2 fight

Leonardo Santos won the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2013, but things might have done another way it if was not for a contentious fight that few people know about.

Among The greatest and most seasoned welterweights in the Brazilian MMA circuit, Luis Santos earned a shot in the reality show among 28 combatants. He was set to confront Team Nogueira’s Paulo Goncalves Dias in the preliminary fight, and scored a crushing first-round knockout. Nevertheless, his triumph never aired on Globo.

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One FC"s Luis Santos shows storyline behind his TUF: Brazil 2 fight

WSOF 14 Results: Shields vs. Ford

MMA Fighting has WSOF 14 results for the Shields vs. Ford event at the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday night.

In the main event, former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields makes his WSOF debut against Ryan Ford. Smealinho Rama squares off against Derrick Mehmen for the inaugural WSOF heavyweight title in the co-main event.

Check out the WSOF 14 results below.

Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields
Smealinho Rama vs. Derrick Mehmen
Chris Horodecki vs. Luis Huete
Luke Harris vs. Jared Hamman

Undercard (MMA Fighting at 6 p.m. ET)
Tim Hague vs. Craig Hudson
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Malott
Michael Hill vs. Marcus Hicks
Cory Krahn vs. Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs. Daivd Swanson

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WSOF 14 Results: Shields vs. Ford

WSOF 14 weigh-in video

At the WSOF 14 weigh-ins, all 18 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s WSOF 14 fights will step on the scale Friday afternoon, and we’ll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, Jake shields and Ryan Ford will have to make the welterweight of 170 pounds.

The WSOF 14 weigh-in takes place at 4 p.m. ET, and the video is above.

Check out the WSOF 14 weigh-in results below.

Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields
Smealinho Rama vs. Derrick Mehmen
Chris Horodecki vs. Luis Huete
Luke Harris vs. Jared Hamman

Undercard (MMA Fighting at 6 p.m. ET)
Tim Hague vs. Craig Hudson
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Malott
Michael Hill vs. Marcus Hicks
Cory Krahn vs. Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs. Daivd Swanson

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WSOF 14 weigh-in video