On October 24th, UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida will be defending his title for the first time against top contender Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Machida's undefeated record (15-0) will also be on the line when he faces a guy who was once considered as the best Light Heavyweight fighter in all of MMA.
The fifth installment of Total Nonstop Wrestling's Bound for Glory chronology, featuring TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles defending his title against Sting, will take place on October 18, 2009 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.
This coming Saturday, October 10, boxing returns to Madison Square Garden in New York with a card headlined by three exciting undefeated fighters. This show will be telecast on PPV in the U.S.
WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs) of Puerto Rico fights Rogers Mtagwa (26-12-2, 18 KOs) of Tanzania and Philadelphia, who won a 2008 Fight of the Year candidate against Tomas Villas with a 10th-round TKO.
WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (15-0, 13 KOs), originally from Cuba and now fighting out of Miami, and a 2004 Olympic gold medalist, takes on veteran Whyber Garcia (22-6, 15 KOs) from Panama.
Heavyweight prospect Odlanier Solis (14-0, 10 KOs), also originally from Cuba and now fighting out of Miami, and also a 2004 Olympic gold medalist, takes on former title challenger Fres Oquendo (31-5, 20 KOs).