Geoff Neal vs. Neil Magny re-booked for UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
Neal fights Neil on May 8th.
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A welterweight fight previously booked for last August is on deck for next month.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that #9 ranked Neil Magny and #11 Geoff Neal will square off on the UFC’s May 8th Fight Night show. No location or venue has been announced yet.
Neal (13-3) saw his undefeated run in the UFC come to an end against Stephen Thompson to cap off the 2020 schedule. His unanimous decision loss marked his biggest step up in competition after previously defeating the likes of Mike Perry, Niko Price, and Belal Muhammad.
Initially scheduled to meet at UFC Vegas 8 last August, the welterweight matchup of division mainstay, Neil ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Magny, and kickboxing talent, Geoff ‘Handz of Steel’ Neal has been reworked to land at UFC Fight Night 189 on May 8. with a location or venue for the event yet to be determined by the organization.
Seeing his three-fight winning spree halted at UFC Fight Island 8 in January, Mangy headlined the Abu Dhabi, UAE event on short notice against Michael Chiesa after the cancellation of a pairing between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev dropping a unanimous decision defeat.
Headlining for the first time in his most recent walk, Neal returned in December at UFC Vegas 17 dropping a unanimous judging loss to two-time division title challenger, Stephen Thompson. News of the rescheduling of Magny and Neal was first reported by ESPN MMA reporter, Brett Okamoto.
Report: UFC vet Johnny Case arrested after suspected domestic assault on fellow MMA fighter
Former UFC fighter Johnny Case was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday.
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TMZ, PFL lightweight tournament entrant Johnny Case was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday on suspicion of domestic battery. According to court records Case, who previously fought in RIZIN and the UFC has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery and has been released on bail.
TMZ is reporting that the suspected victim in this case is a female MMA fighter.
After a long career in and around the Iowa and Minnesota regional scenes, where he went 18-4, Case was signed by the UFC in 2014. His debut came in Saitama, Japan opposite Kzauki Tokudome, whom Case defeated by technical submission.
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