Craig Jones Invitational: Day 2 (2024)

Black Samurai

In Tanzania there is a growing clandestine market for albino skin, bones and hair as ingredients in potions that promise to make people rich. As a result people with albinism live in fear of being abducted or maimed. Jerome, a young karate master, has made teaching kids with albinism to defend themselves his life's mission. Now he’s determined to take one of them to a world championship in Japan.

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 24, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Lightweight Championship unification bout between current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Justin Gaethje (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) served as the event headliner.

ONE Friday Fights 48: Kongthoranee vs. Mazoriev

ONE Friday Fights 48: Kongthoranee vs. Mazoriev was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on January 19, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A flyweight muay thai bout between former two-division Rajadamnern Stadium world champion Kongthoranee Sor.Sommai and Sharif Mazoriev served as the event headliner.

UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2

A UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between current champion Alex Pereira (also former Glory Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion) and former champion Israel Adesanya is expected to headline the event. The pairing previously met at UFC 281 in which Pereira captured the title by fifth round knockout. The two also previously met twice in kickboxing matchups. The first in April 2016 which Pereira won by unanimous decision. Their second meeting took place at Glory of Heroes 7 in March 2017 which Pereira won by third round knockout.

UFC Fight Night 199: Lewis vs. Daukaus

Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukaus (Heavyweight) Stephen Thompson vs. Belal Muhammad (Welterweight) Amanda Lemos vs. Angela Hill (Strawweight) Raphael Assunção vs. Ricky Simón (Bantamweight) Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot ( Lightweight) Cub Swanson vs. Darren Elkins (Featherweight)

LFA 175: Lopes vs. Brigagao

LFA 175 took place Saturday, January 27, 2024 with 14 fights at Ginasio Do Polvilho in Cajamar, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Karate Combat: Kickback 1

Karate Combat Kickback 1 took place Friday, January 26, 2024 with 8 fights at Asim's Mom's House in Miami, Florida.

ARES 13

ARES 13 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at the Dôme de Paris in Paris, France.

UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane

Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane (Heavyweight) Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso (Flyweight) Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (Welterweight) Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jalin Turner (Lightweight) Bo Nickal vs. Jamie Pickett (Middleweight)

LFA 151: Delano vs. Santos

LFA 151: Delano vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil.

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 22, 2022 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. A UFC Heavyweight Championship title unification bout between current champion Francis Ngannou and interim champion Ciryl Gane served as the event headliner.

UFC on ESPN 31: Font vs. Aldo

UFC on ESPN 31: Font vs. Vera was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 30, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Marlon Vera headlined the event. At the weigh-ins, Font weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two and half pounds over the division non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at a catch-weight with Font forfeiting 20% of his purse to Vera.

Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi

Sergio Pettis vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (Bantamweight) Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight) Josh Hill vs. Jared Scoggins (Bantamweight) Johnny Eblen vs. Collin Huckbody (Middleweight)

LFA 152: Valente vs. Bekoev

LFA 152: Valente vs. Bekoev was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday, February 10, 2023 at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

LFA 154: Fernando vs. Silva

LFA 154: Fernando vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday, March 10, 2023 at the Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil.

UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2

UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 12, 2022 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. A UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between then champion Israel Adesanya and former champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) served as the event's headliner. The pairing met previously in October 2019 at UFC 243, when then interim champion Adesanya knocked out Whittaker in the second round to unify the middleweight title.

UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland

UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 5, 2022 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland served as the event headliner.

Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky

Ryan Bader vs. Valentin Moldavsky (Heavyweight) Benson Henderson vs. Islam Mamedov (Lightweight) Henry Corrales vs. Aiden Lee (Featherweight) Sabah Homasi vs. Jaleel Willis (Welterweight)

UFC Fight Night 220: Allen vs. Muniz

Andre Muniz vs. Brendan Allen (Middleweight) Augusto Sakai vs. Don'Tale Mayes (Heavyweight) Tatiana Suarez vs. Montana De La Rosa (Flyweight) Mike Malott vs. Yohan Lainesse (Welterweight)

UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze

UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 15, 2022 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze headlined the event.

UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili (also known as UFC Fight Night 221, UFC on ESPN+ 79 and UFC Vegas 71) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 11, 2023, at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Paradise, Nevada part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Combat FC 6

Combat FC 6 took place Friday, February 9, 2024 with 18 fights at The Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

UFC Fight Night 179: Moraes vs. Sandhagen

UFC Fight Night 179: Moraes vs. Sandhagen was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 11, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A bantamweight bout between former WSOF Bantamweight Champion and UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 180: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie

UFC Fight Night 180: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 18, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challengers Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung served as the event headliner.

UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana

UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 4, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Irene Aldana served as the event headliner.

ONE Friday Fights 52: Kulabdam vs. Lobo

ONE Friday Fights 52: Kulabdam vs. Lobo was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on February 16, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A 144-pound catchweight muay thai bout between former two-division Lumpinee Stadium world champion Kulabdam Sor.Jor.Piek-U-Thai and former Welterweight (147 lbs) Omnoi Stadium champion Julio Lobo served as the event headliner.

UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3

UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 18, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England. A UFC Welterweight Championship trilogy bout between current champion Leon Edwards and former champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians welterweight winner) Kamaru Usman headlined the event. The pairing first met at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 in December 2015, where Usman won by unanimous decision. Their second meeting took place at UFC 278 in August 2022, where Edwards won the title by knockout in the fifth round.

Bellator 291: Amosov vs. Storley 2

Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley (Welterweight) Pedro Carvalho vs. Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight) Peter Queally vs. Bryce Logan (Lightweight) Sinead Kavanagh vs. Janay Harding (Featherweight) Ciarán Clarke vs. Leonardos Sinis (Catchweight 149 lbs)

UFC Fight Night 181: Hall vs. Silva

UFC Fight Night 181: Hall vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 31, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall served as the headliner.

BKFC 36: Adams vs. Belcher

BKFC 36: Adams vs. Belcher was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 24, 2023, at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, Louisiana, USA.

Bellator 292: Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson

Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Benson Henderson (Lightweight) Tofiq Musayev vs. Alexander Shabliy (Lightweight) Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell (Heavyweight) Michael Page vs. Goiti Yamauchi (Welterweight)

UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura

UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 16, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Las Vegas, NV, United States. A heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura was scheduled for UFC 298 but the bout was moved in order to headline this event.

UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen

UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 25, 2023, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, United States. A bantamweight bout between Marlon Vera and former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen headlined the event.

LFA 158: Jones vs. Lebosnoyani

LFA 158: Jones vs. Lebosnoyani was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Gila Rivera Resorts & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.

BKFC 39: Barnett vs. Alvarez

BKFC 39 took place Friday, March 24, 2023 with 11 fights at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

The friendship is long over, and now all that's left is for welterweight stars Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington to settle their score in the main event of UFC 272 on Saturday, March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It's been a grudge match years in the making, and finally, the BMF champ will get his opportunity to end his feud with "Chaos" Covington once and for all in the Octagon. UFC 272: Covington vs Masvidal - Saturday, March 5th live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV 170 lbs.: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal 160 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Renato Moicano (not Rafael Fiziev) 145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell 170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira 265 lbs.: Greg Hardy vs. Serghei Spivac

UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie

With wins over Max Holloway, Jose Aldo and Brian Ortega, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is carving out his legacy as one of the best ever. But to keep his belt and his place atop the division, he must hold off the charge of "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC 273 on April 9. Fresh from a big victory over Dan Ige, Jung is determined that his second crack at the crown will see him bring a world title to South Korea for the first time as attempts to use his dynamic style to defeat Australia's finest. Plus, a heated rivalry gets its second chapter in the co-main event, as Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan meet for the undisputed bantamweight title. UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie - Saturday, April 9 live from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 6, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Aljamain Sterling and former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo (also 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) headlined the event.

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 10, 2023, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current two-time champion (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) Amanda Nunes and Irene Aldana headlined the event.

UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes

UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 22, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada. A heavyweight bout between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes headlined the event.

Bellator 294: Carmouche vs. Bennett 2

Bellator 294: Carmouche vs. Bennett 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on April 21, 2023, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The opening bout of a two-night doubleheader saw flyweight champion Liz Carmouche defending her title against DeAnna Bennett on April 21 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. Bennett and Carmouche previously squared off in September 2020, with Carmouche submitting Bennett in both fighters' Bellator debuts.

UFC Fight Night 223: Dern vs. Hill

UFC Fight Night 223: Dern vs. Hill was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took take place on May 20, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada.

Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2

Mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that will take place on April 15, 2022, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States. A. J. McKee vs. Patrício Pitbull (Featherweight) Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson (Light Heavyweight) Aaron Pico vs. Adli Edwards (Catchweight 150 lb) Timothy Johnson vs. Linton Vassell (Heavyweight)

UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2

UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 16, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A welterweight rematch between Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad headlined the event. The pair previously met at UFC 205, where Luque won the bout via first-round knockout.

UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje

After a stirring 2021 campaign in which he won and defended the UFC lightweight title by finishing Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira begins his second year as champion on May 7 as he defends his crown against former interim titlist Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 274. Living up to his nickname "The Highlight" every time he steps into the Octagon, Gaethje will attempt to follow up his Fight of the Year win over Michael Chandler by taking Oliveira's title in a bout that is expected to set the bar high as 2022's best. Plus, UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas gets a change to avenge a bitter defeat when she faces top contender Carla Esparza in a long-awaited rematch of the top 115-pound fighters in the the world.

UFC on ESPN 55: Nicolau vs. Perez

UFC on ESPN 55: Nicolau vs. Perez was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 27, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, United States. A flyweight match between Matheus Nicolau and UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez served as the headliner.

Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards

Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on May 12, 2023, at Accor Arena in Paris, France. A middleweight title eliminator bout between former Bellator Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi and Fabian Edwards headlined the event.