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PWG’s first show of 2019 took place at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Friday night.

Overall, it was a fun show. It wasn’t a total blowaway like the classic PWG shows, but it was a fun night and there were a few very strong matches. I saw empty seats in the back, but it was still packed. If they never got to a true sellout, they definitely got close.

The promotion did not announce their next date, but Excalibur said that they would be back soon.

– Brody King defeated Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy was making his PWG debut and got a great reception. The match had a decent enough big guy vs. little guy dynamic. This was my second time seeing Jungle Boy live. i see the potential, but he’s still pretty green. A few of his arm drags were a little rough, and he and King had some awkward transitions. Most people are better by the time they debut in PWG, but the crowd seemed into the match.

King chopped the hell out of Jungle Boy throughout, leaving him with a very marked up chest. There were strong “please come back” chants for Jungle Boy after the loss.

– Puma King defeated DJZ

This result surprised me and made me wonder how long DJZ will be a free agent. The fan appreciation of this match is determined by how much one responds to the Puma King gimmick. I really like it, so I enjoyed the match. But I have friends who don’t like it and didn’t think much of it.

They did a bunch of cool reversals, arm drags, and pinning predicaments. It was a perfectly fine second match on a wrestling card.

– LAX (Santana & Ortiz) defeated Laredo Kid & Rey Horus

They had a great, all-action tag match. The crowd loves LAX, and rightly so. Horus looked great, but he always does. Laredo Kid received a warm welcome and had some cool spots during the match.

Horus did his insane running dive from the ring over the corner post to the outside, cheating it slightly by going a little diagonal. There was a healthy “please come back” for Laredo Kid afterwards.

– Robbie Eagles defeated Jonathan Gresham

Great response for Gresham here. It was a really strong debut for him as all of his stuff looked great and he was over with the crowd. Eagles is just a guy. The crowd liked him more than me, but not a lot more.

Gresham worked the right arm the whole match, including chopping it, rather than the chest, during striking exchanges. Eagles won with his 450 onto the leg followed by his figure four variant. He didn’t even set up the leg submission throughout the match.

There was a very strong post-match “please come back” for Gresham, noticeably stronger than Jungle Boy or Laredo Kid.

– PWG Tag Team Champions The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) defeated Best Friends (Beretta & Chuck Taylor) to retain their titles

I really enjoyed the build up during this match. It had plenty of offense, but it was less of a spot fest and had a better story than other Rascalz PWG matches (though I love the Rascalz firefight and a million high spots matches as well)

The story of the match was Best Friends working their heavyweight advantages on the smaller Rascalz. The Rascalz outran Best Friends right away, but the match turned early when Taylor told Beretta to stop acting like a junior and do heavyweight stuff. Beretta got Xavier to do the running shoulder tackle spot, and then floored him.

There was another good story moment with a fun payoff later: Xavier was demolished in a chopping exchange with Beretta. Xavier switched tactics to quicker-paced offense and gained the upper hand. But after a series of tags in and out with Wentz, Beretta made a comeback by flooring Xavier with a hard chop.

The match built to some high flying and dives to the outside by the Rascalz, but the dives felt like they meant more. The Rascalz won with the Hot Fire Flame (assisted standing Shooting Star Press), with Xavier pushing Wentz mid-Shooting Star over a bent over Taylor and onto a recently laid out Beretta. The crowd loved the match and all four guys

– Bandido defeated ACH

This was my favorite match. Bandido is great and ACH is one of the most underrated guys in the business — he can really do everything. He worked heel here and did a great job as a cocky bastard. He worked the fans when he was in the crowd. He was smarmy and cocky, and he found moments to build chants for Bandido without making it obvious that he was doing it.

Here’s my favorite part: ACH did the chopping the outside ring post by mistake spot (after really working some vocal Bandido fans into a rage) and then sold the hand for the rest of the match. No one does that. Not even WALTER, who is good about that kind of thing. And ACH didn’t overdo it or make the entire match about his hand. He just made sure to sell that it was hard to grip when attempting a German suplex — or he became reluctant to have another chopping exchange.

There were a bunch of other great heel touches, and Bandido was great as always. He won with his handspring German suplex.

– PWG World Champion Jeff Cobb defeated Trevor Lee to retain his title

This match had a lot of trouble getting off the ground, but eventually built to a great peak and finish. The energy was very weird early.

Lee came out and started to do his typical heel promo. Right away, he noted that Cobb wouldn’t get him like he got him last time (Cobb pinned Lee in about 10 seconds in round two of BOLA 2018 by grabbing Lee during his promo) — only to have Cobb grab him and suplex him. But Lee escaped and got a small package for a two count. A lot of people, myself included, thought the flash pin could happen. However, after this moment, the match went flat for awhile.

The crowd did not boo Lee at all, which they normally would. I think this was because everyone knew this was Lee’s last PWG match, so they didn’t want to boo. But Lee also didn’t work heel. He conveyed that he earnestly wanted the title and was working hard to win. So, the crowd didn’t really know how to react.

Lee worked his ass off, doing a tope to one side and later a tope suicida to the other. Even with the dives, the crowd would die down quickly. However, the match really took off for the final 5-10 minutes. They worked a spot where Lee accidentally punted Justin the referee (the biggest heel in PWG), and the crowd came to life for that.

Lee then worked heel by hitting a low blow, but now the crowd was mainly pulling for him. He hit a running flip dive from the ring over the corner post to the outside. He hit his big standing double stomp for a near fall. Cobb came back with deadlift gutwrench suplexes and a bridging
German for two.

Cobb hit a release airplane spin, flinging Lee high into the air for a near fall. Lee escaped a top rope superplex attempt by rolling over into a powerbomb set up, carrying Cobb a few feet from the corner, and hitting a sit-out power bomb. That was another two count.

Everyone was on their feet for the final few minutes. The finish came when Cobb hit the Tour of the Islands, but Lee kicked out at one. The crowd lost it. Cobb hit a huge German (landing Lee on his face) and then another Tour of the Islands for the three count.

After the match, Lee cut a great, heartfelt promo. He said that he never thought he would main event in PWG when he debuted in 2014, calling it a company that he had dreamed about working for. He thanked the fans for tweeting after that debut to get him booked again. He said he read every message they sent to PWG and made sure that he worked his ass off to deliver for them.

Lee said that PWG helped make it so he could quit his job “selling frozen yogurt to sh*tty kids” and wrestle full time. And he said that he never won BOLA or the PWG title as he said he would, but the fans made it so he could get hired by WWE. Lee finished by saying he’d probably just get fired by WWE and come back and win the PWG title

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house. At least not for me — I hope he makes a billion dollars.

1904

London, England:
– George Hackenschmidt defeated Ahmed Madrali to become the recognized undisputed World Heavyweight Champion

1947

Kansas City, Kansas:
– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Everette Marshall in 2 of 3 falls to retain title
– George Becker beat Ray Schwarz
– Tom Zaharias beat Frank Jares

1948

Houston, Texas:
– Yukon Eric defeated Sonny Myers for the Texas Heavyweight Title

1951

San Francisco, California:
– Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Primo Carnera and Sandor Szabo to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Bronko Nagurski beat Hans Hermann
– Al Mills beat Ivan Kalmerkoff
– Red Bastien drew Con Bruno (sub for Ole Olsen)

1959

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Maurice and Paul Vachon defeated George and Sandy Scott to win the Stampede International Tag Team Titles

1963

Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Eduardo Carpentier defeated Killer Kowalski to win Montreal’s World Heavyweight Title

1964

Los Angeles, California:
– Fred Blassie won the WWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating Edouard Carpentier

1967

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jackie Fargo and Herb Welch defeated Professor Ito (Umanosuke Ueda) and Tojo Yamamoto to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles

1968

Dallas, Texas:
– Billy Red Lyons and Fritz Von Erich defeated Spiler #1 (Don Jardine) and Gary Hart for the NWA American Tag Team Titles

1970

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Abdullah the Butcher defeated Dave Ruhl to win the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Nick Bockwinkel defeated Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) for the NWA Georgia Television Title

Tokyo, Japan:
– Danny Hodge won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Umanosuke Ueda

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
– Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza by DQ
– Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson

1972

Pensacola, Florida:
– Eddie Sullivan and Rip Tyler defeated Mike Boyette and Bob Kelly for the Gulf Coast NWA United States Tag Team Titles

1976

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Dusty Rhodes defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title

1977

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– non title match: Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum
– Pedro Morales no contest Super Destroyer
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke
– Bill Francis drew Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek)
– Peter Maivia beat Pierre Poisson

1978

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Norvell Austin beat Doug Gilbert
– Big Red beat The Medic
– Frankie Laine beat Robert Gibson
– The Interns beat Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey
– Bill Dundee beat Sonny King
– Southern Champ Jerry Lawler pinned Mr. Wrestling to win the North American Title

1980

Miami Stadium Show: Miami, Florida:
– Bunkhouse Match: Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez defeated Bugsy McGraw & Bad Leroy Brown
– Special Challenge Match: Mike Graham defeated The Super Destroyer by countout
– Jack Brisco defeated Nikolai Volkoff by DQ
– Don Diamond & Jim Garvin & Jerry Brisco defeated Frank Monte & Bryan St. John & Stan Lane
– Hector Guerrero beat Terry Taylor
– Twin Devils defeated Mike Miller & Gordon Nelson
– Don Serrano drew Luis Astea

Omaha, Nebraska:
– Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– The Crusher & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Bobby Heenan
– Adrian Adonis beat Greg Gagne
– Dino Bravo drew Jesse Ventura
– Steve Olsonoski beat Jerry Blackwell

1981

Orlando, Florida:
– Loser of fall must leave town for 30 days: Dusty Rhodes & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Assassin I & Assassin 3 (sub for Dick Murdoch)
– Florida Title: Barry Windham double count out with The Sheik
– RT Tyler & Bobby Jaggers defeated Bugsy McGraw & Gerald Finley
– Florida TV Title: Baron Von Raschke drew Mike Graham
– Jerry Brisco defeated Chris Markoff
– NWA Junior Title: Les Thornton defeated Mike Davis
– Superfly I beat Reggie Parks

1982

Chicago, Illinois:
– Andre The Giant beat Jerry Blackwell
– Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum beat Hulk Hogan & Tito Santana
– Sheik Adnan beat Baron Von Raschke
– Greg Gagne beat Sgt. Goulet
– Brad Rheingans beat Tom Stone
– Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe by DQ
– Andre won a battle royal

Fuchu, Japan:
– Stan Hansen & Kelly Kiniski & Nikolai Volkoff beat Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta & Rocky Hata
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ashura Hara
– Pat O’Connor beat Prince Tonga
– Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras beat Genichiro Tenryu & Mighty Inoue
– Gypsy Joe beat Sugawara
– Alfonso Dantes beat Mr. Hayashi

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
– King Cobra beat Masked Marauder #1
– The Angel beat Phillip Rougeau
– Apocalypse beat Bobby Fulton
– Big Red beat Marauder #2
– Dutch Mantel drew Jesse Barr
– Dutch Mantel, Bobby Fulton, King Cobra, & Big Red beat The Marauders, The Angel, & Jesse Barr
– Jerry Roberts pinned Terry Taylor to win the Southern Title
– The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) beat The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Title in a “loser leaves town vs. title” match
– Adrian Street beat Bill Dundee via DQ in a loser receives ten lashes match
– Jerry Lawler, Terry Funk, & Sweet Brown Sugar beat Bobby Eaton, Sabu, & Carl Fergie in a “Texas tornado death” match

1984

WCCW Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas:
– Junkyard Dog beat Kimala via DQ
– The Super Destroyers beat Iceman King Parsons & Brian Adias
– The Fabulous Freebirds beat David & Kerry Von Erich
– Ric Flair drew Mike Von Erich
– Chris Adams beat Jimmy Garvin to win the World Class American Title

1985

Miami Beach, Florida:
– Steel Cage Match (Loser of the fall leaves town): Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy defeated Boris Zhukov & The Saint & Krusher Khruschev
– Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated PYTs
– Southern Title: Pistol Pez Whatley defeated Rick Rude by DQ
– First Blood Match: Brian Blair defeated Jesse Barr
– Dutch Mantell beat King Cobra
– Missing Link defeated Jack Hart
– “Wild” Bill Irwin defeated Mike Golden

1989

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Frankie Lancaster beat Alan Reynolds
– PY Chu-Hi beat Cat Garrett
– The Shogun & The Samurai beat Ken Wayne & Todd Morton
– The Shogun & The Samurai beat Tracy Smothers & Brian Lee
– Jeff Jarrett beat Dutch Mantel via DQ
– Adrian Street & Bill Dundee beat Beauty & The Beast in a hair vs. hair match
– WCCW Texas Champ Iceman King Parsons beat Scott Steiner
– Kerry Von Erich & Jeff Jarrett beat CWA Tag Champs Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden via DQ
– Unified World Champ Jerry Lawler beat Ricky Morton via DQ

1991

WCW Clash of the Champions: Gainesville, Georgia:
– Sting & WCW US Champion Lex Luger defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Doom (w/ Teddy Long) via disqualification
– WCW TV Champion Tom Zenk pinned Bobby Eaton
– Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Tommy Rich & Allen Iron Eagle
– Sid Vicious pinned Joey Maggs (sub. for the Junkyard Dog)
– Terry Taylor pinned Ricky Morton
– Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Chris & Mark Youngblood
– Brian Pillman pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
– Missy Hyatt defeated Paul E. Dangerously in an arm wrestling contest
– WCW US Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner (w/ WCW US Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner) fought WCW World Champion Ric Flair to a time-limit draw

1992

Cleveland, Tennessee:
– Richard Morton defeated Johnny B. Badd (w/ Brian Pillman)
– Big Josh pinned Tracy Smothers
– Diamond Dallas Page pinned Joey Maggs
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Cactus Jack & Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
– El Gigante fought Big Van Vader to a double count-out
– Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat defeated Larry Zbyszko & WCW Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Sting via reverse decision

1993

Roanoke, Virginia:
– Erik Watts defeated Chris Benoit
– The Wrecking Crew defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Joey Maggs
– 2 Cold Scorpio defeated the Barbarian
– WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Barry Windham
– Sting defeated Paul Orndorff
– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Ron Simmons

Chiba, Japan:
– Terry Gordy and Steve Williams won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title by defeating Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa

2005

WWE Royal Rumble: Fresno, California:
– Edge pinned Shawn Michaels
– The Undertaker defeated John Heidenreich in a casket match
– WWE Championship: JBL defeated Big Show and Kurt Angle to retain the title
– World Championship: Triple H defeated Randy Orton to retain the title
– Batista won the Royal Rumble

2011

WWE Royal Rumble: Boston, Massachusetts
– World Title: Edge defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the title
– WWE Title Match: The Miz defeated Randy Orton to retain the title
– Divas Title: Eve Torres defeated Natalya, Michelle McCool and Layla to win the title
– Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble

Ahead of tonight’s go-home edition of Raw, WWE has added two more matches to the card for Elimination Chamber.

WWE has announced that Finn Balor will challenge for Bobby Lashley’s Intercontinental Championship in a handicap match at the pay-per-view. Balor will face both Lashley & Lio Rush, with the stipulation being that Balor can win the title by pinning or submitting either of them.

Balor and Lashley’s feud began when Lashley interrupted Balor and laid him out on the post-Royal Rumble episode of Raw. Balor defeated Rush last week after Lashley cut a pre-match promo saying Balor doesn’t deserve to be in the ring with him.

Lashley said Balor needs to fight people his own size, that he’d think about giving Balor a title shot if he entertains him enough, and then attacked Balor before the bell.

Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin has also been announced for Elimination Chamber, which is taking place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Sunday.

Corbin & Drew McIntyre defeated Strowman & Kurt Angle by DQ in the main event of last week’s Raw, but Strowman & Angle stood tall to close the show. Strowman slammed Corbin and McIntyre on the steel steps after the match.

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It appears that WWE has officially taken the first steps towards Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair all being involved in the main event of WrestleMania 35.

An angle where Vince McMahon suspended Lynch for 60 days and announced that Charlotte would be taking her place at WrestleMania closed last Monday’s episode of Raw. Charlotte aligned with Vince and fully turned heel, with Vince calling her someone with charisma, someone with charm, and someone who knows their lane and stays in it.

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The show didn’t sell out, even in one of WWE’s best markets. The show had more good than bad, with the highlight being the main event, the men’s Chamber match where Daniel Bryan retained and the crowd got so strong behind Kofi Kingston in the Mustafa Ali slot that Vince McMahon changed plans for Fast Lane to put Bryan vs. Kingston on top.

The show was the brainchild of Motoko Baba, to run a big Baba celebration show in 2019, 20 years after his early 1999 death. With her passing away last year, it was her nieces and nephews who put the show together.

All but one count of Mark Hunt’s lawsuit against the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar on the grounds they conspired against him to allow a juiced up Lesnar to fight him at UFC 200 was thrown out of court.

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FOX this weekend started advertising 10/4 as the debut of the new Friday Night Smackdown show.

“Fighting with My Family,” the Dwayne Johnson Seven Bucks Entertainment movie about Growing Up as Paige, which has its big national release on 2/22, has gotten great word-of-mouth so far.

Chris Jericho noted that while he and Gedo are on the same page, that New Japan management hasn’t talked with him about a new deal.

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THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE

by Joseph Currier and Bryan Rose

WWE
WWE uploaded a video that has interviews with new behind-the-scenes employees Jeff Jarrett, Chris Parks (Abyss), Sonjay Dutt, Shawn Daivari, and Shane Helms.
Triple H responded to the announcement that Roman Reigns will appear on Monday’s Raw to address the status of his battle with leukemia: “No one fights harder and is tougher than @WWERomanReigns. Can’t wait to see him back in his yard this Monday on #Raw and hear how his battle is going.”
Xavier Woods tweeted about New Day’s goal of Kofi Kingston becoming WWE Champion: “If you’re late to the party, #NewDay has been repping that @TrueKofi will become the WWE world champion since our inception. It will soon become a reality. There is no bandwagon. There is no alternate truth. We are here for him and always will be. #KofiVsBryan”
Pep Hamilton was officially introduced as the head coach/general manager of the XFL’s Washington DC team today. Hamilton was formerly the offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts and Stanford University.
Oliver Luck said the XFL is very close to announcing a “very strong broadcast package” for the league.
This week’s WWE Network Hidden Gems additions were:
Sputnik Monroe vs. Jack Pesek (Championship Wrestling from Florida, 1966)
Bobo Brazil & Dick the Bruiser vs. The Sheik & Bobby Heenan (AWA, 1974)
Rocky Johnson & Pedro Morales vs. Ivan Koloff & Mr. Saito (Championship Wrestling from Florida, 1978)
Junkyard Dog vs. Buzz Sawyer (Houston Wrestling, 1983)

The Charlotte Observer has a feature story on Charlotte Flair.
WWE posted full video of the sit-down interview Matt Riddle did with Jeremy Borash that aired on this week’s NXT TV.
People has an interview with Paige about “Fighting with My Family.”
Billy Gunn appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss D-Generation X being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Gunn said he thinks Chyna going into the Hall of Fame is the most exciting thing about it.
Pro Wrestling
The ROH World Championship will be defended in Israel for the first time when Jay Lethal faces David Starr at Israeli Pro Wrestling Association’s Passover Bash on April 21. ROH noted that if Lethal loses the title before the match, the new ROH Champion will take his place.
Sumie Sakai will be wrestling for Stardom in Osaka on February 24.
Impact Wrestling announced that Xplosion will air on Twitch every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Alex Hammerstone is set for MLW Intimidation Games in Cicero, Illinois on March 2.
Air Wolf will make his MLW debut at Intimidation Games.
Britt Baker vs. Charli Evans has been announced for Pro Wrestling: EVE’s She Fights on Fridays show on March 8.
Jimmy Lloyd is facing Masashi Takeda in a deathmatch at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 3, part one in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 5.
UFC/MMA
At his retirement press conference today, Georges St-Pierre spoke about why a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov didn’t happen: “My agent was talking to the UFC, we tried to organize the fight with Khabib. I know Khabib wants it and I want it, but the UFC had other plans. To the point where I am in my career, for me it’s more at this time taking one fight at a time instead of being there for several fights. The way the business works in UFC, if they promote someone they want to keep him there to have a guarantee that the guy is there. It’s like an investment.”
Nurmagomedov wrote on Instagram: “Now look at this video and you’ll understand why I wanted to fight with him, simply he’s one of the best оf all times. I just wanted to share cage with him while he’s active, that’s the history and people be watching it again and again, I want to fight with the best. Anyway, good luck to you Legend @georgesstpierre time is merciless, and your decision is right.”
ESPN2 will be airing three GSP fights starting tomorrow morning at 2:30 eastern. First will be the fight against Johny Hendricks, then the second fight against Matt Hughes followed by his fight against Carlos Condit.
With a message on their marquee, Madison Square Garden thanked GSP and congratulated him on his career.
Scott Coker also wished GSP the best in his retirement.
GSP was honored at tonight’s Canadiens/Flyers game.
Amanda Nunes doesn’t feel she will be ready to fight by May for UFC 237. Her goal is to fight in November or December against Holly Holm, then rematch against Cyborg next year before retiring.
ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong posted a picture with himself and Vitor Belfort, saying that he will be at ringside tomorrow as his guest, and to “stay tuned for some big news!”
The ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix tournament brackets have been revealed.
Jose Aldo is looking at fighting Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237.
Rose Namajunas announced a partnership deal between her and Reebok.
Bethe Correia vs. Irena Aldana has been booked for UFC 237.
Marcin Tybura will fight Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC St. Petersburg on 4/20.

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