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USA Today
03-07-2025
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- USA Today
MMA Junkie's Submission of the Month for June: Merab Dvalishvili chokes Sean O'Malley
MMA Junkie's Submission of the Month for June: Dvalishvili taps O'Malley in rematch With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from June 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie's Submission of the Month award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. Nominee: Kevin Holland def. Vicente Luque at UFC 316 Kevin Holland (28-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) flipped the script when he tapped Vicente Luque (23-11-1 MMA, 16-7 UFC) with a choke similar to the Brazilian's signature maneuver in their welterweight bout. Holland defeated Vicente Luque with an anaconda choke (officially announced as a D'Arce choke) just 63 seconds into the second round,. The submission came after a strong first-round effort put forth by Holland, as he stunned Luque with a big standing elbow that wobbled him. Holland swarmed, but Luque was able to evade and make it long enough to get submitted. Nominee: Kayla Harrison def. Julianna Peña at UFC 316 First, an Olympic gold medalist. Then, a PFL champion. Now, a UFC champion. Kayla Harrison (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) added a new trophy for the case in emphatic fashion when she put away Julianna Peña (13-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) to claim women's bantamweight gold. The first round was all Harrison, as she dragged Peña to the canvas with relative ease. Though the moment proved not to matter in the end, referee Vitor Ribeiro deducted a point from Peña for multiple illegal upkicks to the grounded Harrison. Early in Round 2, Harrison dragged the fight back to the canvas, where she grabbed hold of Peña's arm in a kimura and torqued until the submission came. Nominee: Ronnie Gibbs def. Biaggio Ali Walsh at 2025 PFL World Tournament 7 One of the biggest upsets in PFL history – and the sport – was registered courtesy of Ronnie Gibbs (2-0) against Biaggio Ali Walsh (2-1) Ali Walsh, grandson of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali and one of PFL's most promoted names, was submitted by promotional newcomerGibbs in a shocking result. Ali Walsh entered the bout on some sports books as high as a -2000 favorite. Gibbs was also fighting at lightweight, a weight class above his usual fighting weight of 145 pounds. Nominee: Alexandre Pantoja def. Kai Kara-France at UFC 317 Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) is still on top of the UFC's flyweight division after turning in another dominant title defense against Kai Kara-France (25-12 MMA, 8-5 UFC) . The fight was one-way traffic throughout for the champion. Pantoja kept the pressure high by getting Kara-France to the ground early in Round 3. He once again found the back with plenty of time to work. This time, Pantoja went harder for the submission. He found the rear-naked choke opening and clamped down until the tap came. The winner: Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O'Malley at UFC 316 Merab Dvalishvili is a "Machine." In the UFC 316 main event, Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA, 13-2 UFC) defeated Sean O'Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) even more emphatically than he did the first time the two fought, as he retained his title via North-South neck crank. The stoppage came at 4:42 of Round 3. Dvalishvili found success in the opening round, as he relied on his signature relentless pace and aggression. O'Malley tried his best to fend off takedown attempts, but they came repeatedly at him. Dvalishvili mixed in his striking in the clinch and on the ground. In Round 2, O'Malley found increasing success. In one particular sequence he cracked Dvalishvili with a hard left hand on the break. But Dvalishvili kept moving forward. The round ended with a crazy spinning sequence from both fighters, who somehow ended up tied up with one another when the bell sounded. The crowd let them know their appreciation. Round 3 saw Dvalishvili drag O'Malley down. Just as the crowd became restless, Dvalishvili shifted into North-South position, grabbed hold, and cranked. Then came the tap. Cast Your Vote!
Yahoo
26-06-2025
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- Yahoo
UFC 318 adding Kevin Holland
UFC 318 goes down on July 19th in New Orleans and today we learned about a really fun matchup in the welterweight division that's been added to the card. Kevin K was the first to report that 14th ranked welterweight Kevin Holland (28-13, 1 NC) will be defending his spot in the rankings against 'D-Rod' Daniel Rodriguez (19-5). This is a fight that was actually supposed to take place at UFC 279 in September 2022. Of course, Khamzat Chimaev massively missed weight for his fight with Nate Diaz which caused the entire fight card to shift. Holland ended up fighting and losing to Chimaev while Rodriguez fought Li Jingliang and won a split decision. Advertisement After that win over Li, Rodriguez hit tough times losing three fights in a row. However, he's bounced back well since the end of last year with a decision win over Alex Morono then a big time knockout win over Santiago Ponzinibbio in May. Kevin Holland will be making the walk for the fourth time already in 2025 on July 19th. Holland said that he wanted to fight up to six times this year and it looks like he's going to. Holland started the year with a loss to Reinier De Ridder at middleweight prompting him to drop back down to 170. Holland said that he's really dedicated to this welterweight run and that's shown in his last two fights. He defeated Gunnar Nelson back in May and then just a few weeks ago at UFC 316, he submitted Vicente Luque in the second round of their fight. Holland called out some bigger names, but the desire to fight again soon won out and now he's facing D-Rod. Related Headlines
USA Today
08-06-2025
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- USA Today
UFC 316 bonuses: Title fight winners pad bank accounts with extra $50K
UFC 316 bonuses: Title fight winners pad bank accounts with extra $50K Show Caption Hide Caption UFC 316: Kevin Holland post-fight interview UFC 316 winner Kevin Holland spoke to MMA Junkie and reporters post-fight after his second-round submission of Vicente Luque. The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card in New Jersey, including to each title fight winnerAfter UFC 316, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Newark. Check out the winners below. Performance of the Night: Joo Sang Yoo Joo Sang Yoo def. Jeka Saragih via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:28 Joo Sang Yoo (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) had one of the best UFC debuts in a long while when he took out Jeka Saragih (14-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) with a short left hook to the chin. Yoo barely had any windup and drilled Saragih on the button to send him with a faceplant to the canvas just 28 seconds into their lightweight fight on the prelims. Performance of the Night: Kevin Holland Kevin Holland def. Vicente Luque via submission (D'Arce choke) – Round 2, 1:03 Kevin Holland (28-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) put together one of the best performances of his career when he submitted Brazil's Vicente Luque (23-11-1 MMA, 16-7 UFC) in the second round to open the main card. Luque had not been submitted in nearly 12 years. Performance of the Night: Kayla Harrison Kayla Harrison def. Julianna Peña via submission (kimura) – Round 2, 4:55 Kayla Harrison (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was the most heavily favored title challenger in UFC history at nearly 8-1, and she showed why when she took apart women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña (13-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) with ease for a second-round submission. The two-time Olympic champion brought Amanda Nunes out of retirement for a superfight. Performance of the Night: Merab Dvalishvili Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O'Malley via submission (neck crank) – Round 3, 4:42 Merab Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA, 13-2 UFC) thoroughly dominated Sean O'Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) to win the bantamweight title in their first meeting in 2024. In the rematch, it looked like a mismatch. Dvalishvili took O'Malley down with ease and eventually tapped him out in the third round to continue to assert himself as the best 135-pounder in UFC history.
USA Today
08-06-2025
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- USA Today
UFC 316 video: Kevin Holland wraps up, taps Vicente Luque with slick choke
UFC 316 video: Kevin Holland wraps up, taps Vicente Luque with slick choke NEWARK, N.J. – Kevin Holland flipped the script Saturday at UFC 316 when he tapped Vicente Luque with a choke similar to the Brazilian's signature maneuver. Opening up the UFC 316 main card, a very talkative Holland (28-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) defeated Vicente Luque with an anaconda choke (officially announced as a D'Arce choke) at 1:03 of Round 2. The submission came early in the second round after a strong first-round effort put forth by Holland, as he stunned Luque (23-11-1 MMA, 16-7 UFC) with a big standing elbow that wobbled him. Holland swarmed, but Luque was able to evade, at least for a moment. The fight was Holland's third in 2024. He lost to Reinier de Ridder in January, but defeated Gunnar Nelson by unanimous decision in March. With the loss, Luque moves to 1-2 in his most recent three. The defeat was only the third by submission in his career. Up-to-the-minute UFC 316 results:
The Hindu
08-06-2025
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- The Hindu
UFC 316 LIVE results: Preview, full fight card, Dvalishvili vs O‘Malley title fight streaming info
We caught up with Kevin Holland ahead of UFC 316 One of UFC's most active fighters will be back in action. Kevin Holland will take on Vicente Luque in a welterweight bout. Sportstar caught up with the American grappler and this is what he had to say: UFC 316: 'I just like beating people up,' says Kevin Holland ahead of Vicente Luque fight Holland, who equalled the record of most fights (5) in a year back in 2020, will be back in action for his third fight of 2025.
