Malott's knee flattens Buckley in Edmonton, Dubois and Fundora keep their titles in London and Las Vegas, and the Oct. 19–25 fight schedule
Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley with a knee in Edmonton, Daniel Dubois needed two rounds to stop Fabio Wardley again in London, and Sebastian Fundora won with one second left in Las Vegas, while UFC 333 and the Navarrete-Foster unification head the Oct. 19–25 watch list.
This issue covers October 12–18, 2026.
Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley with a knee in the second round of the UFC Edmonton main event, the last of 12 finishes on a 13-fight card 12.
Daniel Dubois needed two rounds to stop Fabio Wardley again in London, and Sebastian Fundora knocked out Ermal Hadribeaj with one second left in Las Vegas 34.
The Oct. 19–25 watch list is built on UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi and a three-belt unification between Emanuel Navarrete and O'Shaquie Foster in San Antonio 56.
UFC: Malott's knee ends Buckley's night in Edmonton
Mike Malott (15-2-1) knocked out Joaquin Buckley (21-9) with a right knee at 2:32 of round two in the UFC Edmonton main event on Saturday, October 17 at Rogers Place 17.
Buckley's mouthpiece flew across the cage, he fell face first, and Malott landed one more punch before the referee arrived 2.
Buckley came in on a two-fight skid. Malott had won his previous four 1.
The card produced 12 finishes in 13 fights, and the first 11 bouts all ended early 2.
Jasmine Jasudavicius (16-4) beat Erin Blanchfield (14-3) on a unanimous decision, 29-28 on all three cards, in the only fight of the night that reached the judges 17.
The rest of the card:
- Lightweight: Cristian Pérez (16-2) knocked out Kyle Nelson (17-8-1) with punches at 0:27 of round one in his UFC debut 17.
- Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault (18-11) stopped Kyle Daukaus (17-6) at 4:28 of round one 12.
- Bantamweight: Timmy Cuamba (11-4) submitted Louis Jourdain (9-4) with a neck crank at 2:48 of round two 17.
- Lightweight: Mandel Nallo (15-4) stopped Nate Landwehr (18-9) with punches at 0:47 of round two 17.
- Heavyweight: Tanner Boser (23-11-1) stopped Jhonata Diniz (9-3) with punches at 4:26 of round three 17.
- Middleweight: Nick Galanti (9-1) submitted Julien LeBlanc (10-4) with a neck crank at 1:26 of round one 17.
- Heavyweight: Joel Faglier (7-0) stopped Javad Mahjoub (5-1) with punches at 2:11 of round two 12.
- Women's flyweight: Katlyn Cerminara (19-6) stopped Mackenzie Stiller (6-2) with punches at 4:46 of round one 17.
- Bantamweight: Steven Koslow (7-1) submitted Chad Anheliger (13-9) with a rear-naked choke at 4:31 of round three 17.
- Women's bantamweight: Chelsea Chandler (8-4) submitted Melissa Croden (8-4) with a kimura at 4:52 of round one 12.
- Bantamweight: SuYoung You (17-4) submitted Cody Chovancek (9-1) with a kimura at 4:19 of round three 17.
The UFC paid four $100,000 Performance of the Night bonuses, to Malott, Barriault, Nallo and Faglier 2.
Eight more fighters took $25,000 finish bonuses: Pérez, Cuamba, Boser, Galanti, Cerminara, Koslow, Chandler and You 2.
Boxing: Dubois finishes Wardley in two in the London rematch
Daniel Dubois stopped Fabio Wardley at 2:21 of round two to retain the WBO heavyweight title at The O2 in London on Saturday, October 17 38.
Dubois dropped Wardley with a right hand seconds into the first round, and Wardley survived the round before the follow-up ended it 3.
The result was recorded as a corner surrender, with referee Steve Gray stepping in as a towel came from Wardley's corner 3.
It was the second meeting in 161 days. Dubois stopped Wardley in their first fight in May 3.
Filip Hrgovic, the IBF champion, entered the ring afterwards to ask for a rematch of their 2024 fight, which Dubois won on cuts 3.
Promoter Frank Warren said Hrgovic must first make a planned defense in Croatia early next year, and named WBC champion Agit Kabayel among the other options 3.
On the undercard:
- Heavyweight: Bakhodir Jalolov beat Solomon Dacres on a unanimous decision, 99-91 and 99-90 twice 8.
- Lightweight: Louie O'Doherty and Michael Gomez Jr. fought to a majority draw, with one card 115-114 for Gomez and the other two 114-114 8.
- Adam Olaniyan stopped Dan Garber at 1:15 of round two, and Nelson Birchall stopped Levi Giles at 0:51 of round seven 8.
Boxing: Fundora wins with one second left in Las Vegas
Sebastian Fundora (25-1-1, 17 KOs) knocked out Ermal Hadribeaj (23-1-1, 8 KOs) at 2:59 of round 12 to retain the WBC super welterweight title on Saturday, October 17 4.
It was Fundora's fourth defense, in the main event at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan, shown on TNT and DAZN 49.
Hadribeaj, trying to become Albania's first boxing world champion, lost two points for holding, in rounds three and 11 4.
CompuBox had Fundora landing 202 punches to 144, 56 of them to the body 4.
Fundora said afterwards that he wants the undisputed fight at 154 pounds against the winner of a Jaron Ennis vs. Josh Kelly unification 49.
Three more results from the card:
- Super middleweight: Armando Reséndiz (17-3, 11 KOs) beat Koen Mazoudier (16-5-1, 6 KOs) on a unanimous decision, 98-92 and 97-93 twice 4.
- Super middleweight: Marco Romero (16-0, 14 KOs) knocked out Matias Ferreira (8-4, 3 KOs) at 1:54 of round one, his third straight first-round stoppage 4.
- Middleweight: Jaime Osuna (12-0, 5 KOs) beat Cristian Cangelosi (13-1-1, 5 KOs) on a majority decision, 77-75 twice with one 76-76 card 4.
The card lost its WBA featherweight title bout before the bell. Brandon Figueroa came in more than a pound over the 126-pound limit on Friday and was stripped of the title, leaving it vacant 10.
Figueroa said he had hurt a hamstring in training. His fight with Tomoki Kameda was then called off after Figueroa fell ill overnight 1011.
Boxing: title nights from Amsterdam to Romania
Mon, Oct. 12 — Amsterdam: Angelo Morejon (12-0) stopped Willy Kyakonye (14-1) in the third round to win the vacant WBC Silver bridgerweight title at the Ben Bril Memorial at the Theatre Carré 12.
Kyakonye was dropped late in the first round and again in the third, and the finish was muddled: a towel came in, then someone rang the bell, before the referee stopped it 12.
Thu, Oct. 15 — Enghien, France: Milan Prat (31-1) beat Brandon Thysse (20-5-1) on a unanimous decision, 113-111 twice and 114-110, for the IBO super welterweight title 13.
Prat was knocked down in the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds, then won the last four 13.
Fri, Oct. 16 — Phoenix: Kevin Anton (15-0, 12 KOs) defended the WBC Continental Americas junior welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Freudis Rojas (15-2, 11 KOs), 98-91, 98-91 and 97-92, on ProBox TV 14.
Rojas took the fight as a late replacement 14.
Sat, Oct. 17 — Pembroke, Malta: Christian Schembri (29-13-1) beat Martin Gruy (10-3) on a unanimous decision, 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91, for the vacant UBO Continental super middleweight title 15.
Sat, Oct. 17 — Târgoviște, Romania: Ion Daniel Ciuma (10-0) won the vacant UBF world super middleweight title on a unanimous decision over Enmanuel Rodriguez, 118-106, 117-107 and 118-106 16.
Two more cards were reported without full accounts:
- Buenos Aires: Karim Crucce (10-0, 10 KOs) stopped Ariel Bracamonte in the first round to retain the Argentine heavyweight title. At 21 he became the youngest Argentine heavyweight champion, passing the mark Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena set in 1965 17.
- Ringside Zone card: Ukrainian heavyweight Bohdan Myronets (11-1) knocked out Tomas Salek at 2:30 of round one, and Emanuel Odiase (12-0) stopped Luis Jose Marin Garcia at 0:45 of round two 18.
Upcoming cards: Oct. 19–25 watch list
Two UFC titles are on the line in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, and boxing's weekend is a three-belt unification in San Antonio 56.
| Event and date | Venue and start time (ET) | Distribution | Matchup and records | Stakes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Sat, Oct. 24 5 | Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE Main card 2:00 p.m. Prelims 12:00 p.m. Early prelims 10:00 a.m. | Paramount+ | Alexander Volkanovski (28-4) vs. Movsar Evloev (20-0) 5 | UFC featherweight title |
| UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Sat, Oct. 24 | Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE Main card 2:00 p.m. | Paramount+ | Petr Yan (20-5) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (21-5) 5 | UFC bantamweight title; third meeting |
| UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Sat, Oct. 24 | Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE Main card 2:00 p.m. | Paramount+ | Lone'er Kavanagh (10-2) vs. Ramazan Temirov (20-3) 5 | Flyweight |
| UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Sat, Oct. 24 | Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE Main card 2:00 p.m. | Paramount+ | Alexander Volkov (40-11) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (14-3-1) 5 | Heavyweight |
| UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Sat, Oct. 24 | Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE Main card 2:00 p.m. | Paramount+ | Aaron Pico (14-5) vs. Losene Keita (17-2) 5 | Featherweight |
| Smith vs. Puello Sat, Oct. 24 19 | Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield, England Main card 2:00 p.m. Prelims 12:00 p.m. | DAZN | Dalton Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) vs. Alberto Puello (24-1, 10 KOs) 19 | WBC super lightweight title |
| Smith vs. Puello Sat, Oct. 24 | Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield, England Main card 2:00 p.m. | DAZN | Shannon Ryan (11-1, 2 KOs) vs. Emma Dolan (9-1, 1 KO) 19 | Super flyweight; Ryan's Commonwealth and IBF Intercontinental titles, Dolan's British title |
| Smith vs. Puello Sat, Oct. 24 | Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield, England Main card 2:00 p.m. | DAZN | Giorgio Visioli (11-0, 6 KOs) vs. Maxi Hughes (29-9-2, 6 KOs) 19 | Vacant WBC International Silver lightweight title |
| Navarrete vs. Foster Sat, Oct. 24 6 | Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas 9:00 p.m. | DAZN | Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) vs. O'Shaquie Foster (25-3, 12 KOs) 6 | Navarrete's IBF and WBO and Foster's WBC super featherweight titles |
| Navarrete vs. Foster Sat, Oct. 24 | Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas 9:00 p.m. | DAZN | Albert Gonzalez (18-0, 11 KOs) vs. Edward Vazquez (20-3, 6 KOs) 6 | Featherweight, co-main event |
| Navarrete vs. Foster Sat, Oct. 24 | Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas 9:00 p.m. | DAZN | Steven Navarro (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. Emanuel Moreno (13-0, 3 KOs) 6 | Vacant WBO NABO bantamweight title |
| Barrière vs. Surmacz Wed, Oct. 21 20 | Cabaret du Casino de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec 7:00 p.m. | Not announced | Alexis Barrière (12-1, 10 KOs) vs. Stan Surmacz (14-1, 9 KOs) 20 | IBF North American and WBO NABO heavyweight titles |
| Barrière vs. Surmacz Wed, Oct. 21 | Cabaret du Casino de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec 7:00 p.m. | Not announced | Derek Pomerleau (15-1, 11 KOs) vs. John Michael Bianco (9-1, 4 KOs) 20 | Canadian super middleweight title |
| Hart vs. King Sat, Oct. 24 20 | Ace Mission Studios, Los Angeles, California 9:00 p.m. | Not announced | Jesse Hart (30-3, 24 KOs) vs. Lawrence King (20-1) 20 | USBA light heavyweight title |
| Molina vs. Sahnoun Sat, Oct. 24 20 | Auditorio Municipal Cortijo de Torres, Málaga, Spain 11:00 a.m. | Not announced | Samuel Molina (32-4-1, 15 KOs) vs. Mohamed Sahnoun (record not listed) 20 | WBC Silver interim welterweight title |
Also confirmed for the week:
- Fri, Oct. 23 — Houston: BiYu Promotions' Ascension III at the BiYu Arena starts at 7:00 p.m. ET and streams free on Combat Vision TV, with super middleweight Jahyden Britton (10-0, 6 KOs) in the main event 20.
- Sat, Oct. 24 — WBA regional titles in four countries: Siro Choi (12-0, 9 KOs) vs. Keisham Luckysun Singh for the WBA Asia lightweight title in Namyangju, South Korea; Bo-Mi-Re Shin vs. Mandeep Kaur for the WBA Asia female lightweight title in Yongin; Jose Guillermo Alvarado Rivera vs. Leobardo Quintana Sanchez in Tijuana; Killian Fenu vs. Mohd Azahar in Istanbul 20.
- Sun, Oct. 25 — London: Top Tier Boxing's card at the Harrow Leisure Centre starts at 1:00 p.m. ET on DAZN, with Shauna Browne (8-1, 5 KOs) vs. Jade Burden (5-0, 2 KOs) on top and Archie Sharp (27-2) vs. Ross Driscoll (5-0) for the vacant IBO Continental lightweight title 2021.
- Sat, Oct. 24 — Mashantucket, Connecticut: the Mike Tyson Invitational III at Foxwoods, an amateur card of 21 bouts for fighters aged 9 to 24 22.
Storylines to watch
- Evloev is 20-0 as a pro and 10-0 in the UFC with no finish in the promotion. He says the first one could come in his first title fight 23.
- Volkanovski has said Evloev's wrestling will not be enough, and that the challenger will have to trade with him eventually 23.
- Yan and Dvalishvili have split two fights. Dvalishvili won the first in March 2023, and Yan took the bantamweight title from him at UFC 323 in December 2025 24.
- Navarrete puts his WBO and IBF belts against Foster's WBC in one fight. His only loss in 14 years came at lightweight, a split decision to Denys Berinchyk 21.
- Smith defends the WBC super lightweight title he took by knocking out Subriel Matias in January. Matias had won it from Puello on a majority decision in July 2025, and nobody has defended it since Regis Prograis in 2023 21.
References
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- 2UFC Edmonton bonuses: Record competition for $100K with 12 finishes
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- 3Dubois Repeats, Crushes Wardley In Two
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- 4Fundora Stops Hadribeaj In 12th
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- 5UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev date, time, tickets, stream
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- 6Emanuel Navarrete vs O'Shaquie Foster date, time, tickets, stream
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- 11Figueroa Vs. Kameda OFF
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- 13Milan Prat Wins IBO Super Welter Title
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- 17Results From Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 18Myronets Crushes Salek In One
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- 19Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello date, time, tickets, stream
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- 20Boxing Schedule
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- 22Mike Tyson Invitational III At Foxwoods Oct. 24
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