Michael Page returns to Bellator cage against Curtis Millender on Feb. 27

During his appearance in The MMA Hour on Monday, Bellator president Scott Coker broke several coming fights.

Coker declared to host Ariel Helwani that former collegiate wrestling champ Bubba Jenkins (8-1) will confront Russian featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan (23-4-1) on January 16. That fight will decrease as the co-main event for Bellator 132, which occurs in the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calfornia. Bellator 132 is going to be headlined by Patricio Pitbull and Daniel Strauss, who’ll fight for the featherweight title.

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Michael Page returns to Bellator cage against Curtis Millender on Feb. 27

Holly Holm being discussed to make UFC debut on Dec. 6

The much-anticipated UFC debut of accomplished women’s boxer-turned-mixed martial artist Holly Holm could happen at UFC 181.

UFC Tonight reported that the 32-year-old Holm is in talks to compete on the Dec. 6 card in Las Vegas, likely as part of the Fox Sports 1 prelims. According to sources with knowledge of her situation, Holm has zeroed in on the date, and the UFC is looking to pit her against Russian fighter Milana Dudieva, who made her own UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 48 in Macau against Elizabeth Phillips. Phillips (11-3) won that fight via split decision.

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Fedor Emelianenko discusses PRIDE glory days, career setbacks, Dana White and more

Comparatively quiet since his 2012 retirement, former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko allowed a rare, drawn-out interview with AXS TV’s Michael Schiavello.

The son of an amateur fighter as well as a gymnast, Emelianenko began training in Sambo at age 11, but says he just started realizing his potential after serving in the Russian Military from 1995 to 1997. When he arrived in PRIDE in 2002, no one could have forecast the kind of jog Emelianenko would put together.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov eyeing February return, calls Anthony Pettis "easy money"

One of the UFC’s most intriguing lightweight contenders, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is now targeting a February return to action after tearing the meniscus in his right knee this past summer — but the road to Nurmagomedov’s rehabilitation has been more unusual than most.

After discovering that Nurmagomedov has been working through and paying for his own rehabilitation in Russia, UFC officials recently flew the Dagestani sambo champion out to Los Angeles to visit the same orthopedic physician who treated Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor for similarly problematic knee injuries, MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov eyeing February return, calls Anthony Pettis "easy money"