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Brett OkamotoSep 20, 2025, 10:16 AM ET
- Brett Okamoto has reported connected mixed martial arts and boxing astatine ESPN since 2010. He has covered each of the biggest events successful combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names specified arsenic Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was besides a shaper connected the 30 for 30 film: "Chuck and Tito," which looked backmost astatine the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives successful Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer successful his spare time.
The UFC has mislaid a lightweight main lawsuit betwixt Charles Oliveira and Rafael Fiziev connected Oct. 11.
The 155-pound contention was expected to header UFC Fight Night successful Rio de Janeiro, but Fiziev (13-4) has been forced to retreat owed to injury, sources confirmed to ESPN
Octagon Update was archetypal to study the quality of Fiziev's injury. The UFC has not commented connected Fiziev's wounded oregon a imaginable replacement opponent.
Oliveira (35-11) is acceptable to vie successful his location state of Brazil for the archetypal clip since March 2020. The 35-year-old is looking to bounce backmost from a knockout loss to Ilia Topuria successful their June showdown for the division's vacant title.
Fiziev, 32, would person been looking to physique disconnected an upset determination triumph against Ignacio Bahamondes successful June. Prior to that, helium dropped a decision to Justin Gaethje successful a short-notice combat successful March.
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