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Movsar Evloev stays unbeaten with majority decision over Lerone Murphy
Mar 21, 2026; London,UNITED KINGDOM; Movsar Evloev (red gloves) fights Lerone Murphy (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at O2 Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter van den Berg-Imagn Images Movsar Evloev didn’t let Lerone Murphy’s home advantage amid a hostile crowd prevent him from scoring a majority decision and improving his chances for a title shot at UFC London on Saturday.
The undefeated Russian (20-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) also didn’t let losing a point for low blows in the fourth round keep him from victory by 48-46, 48-46, 47-47 on the judges’ scorecards at The 02 Arena. English featherweight Murphy (17-1-1, 9-1-1), in suffering his first loss, also saw the end of his nine-bout winning streak.
“With my head coach, we prepare level change, takedowns and then punches,” Evloev, 32, said afterward. “I think my punches are hard, I hurt him even if I didn’t finish him. Look at his face, he’s damaged.
“I showed that I don’t necessarily need to use my wrestling,” he said.
The No. 1 contender in the official UFC rankings should be in line for a shot against champion Alexander Volkanovski.
“Alex (Volkanovski) mentioned my name a lot of times. I accept this challenge, let’s fight,” Evloev said. “UFC, there is no excuse to not let me fight for the title.”
In the UFC Fight Night co-main event, Liverpool’s Luke Riley defeated American featherweight Michael Aswell Jr. by unanimous decision (30-27 on all cards) to improve to 13-0, 2-0. Aswell dropped to 11-4, 1-2.
English middleweight Christian Leroy Duncan also won by unanimous decision (29-28 on all cards) over Roman Dolidze of Georgia. Duncan (14-2, 7-2) has six wins in his past seven fights after a 1-1 UFC start. Dolidze (15-5, 9-5) was coming off a loss to “Fluffy” Hernandez that snapped a three-fight win streak.
American featherweight Danny Silva didn’t let it go the distance against previously unbeaten Kurtis Campbell of England, winning by second-round TKO. Campbell (8-1, 0-1) made his Octagon debut. Silva improved to 11-2, 3-1.
Fireworks erupted early between lightweights Mason Jones and previously unbeaten Axel Sola in perhaps the fight of the night.
Jones, a winner by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), improved to 18-2 and both fighters left the octagon bloodied.
Jones of Wales was knocked down with a spinning elbow in the first round and absorbed multiple direct blows. He had a cut above his right eye and under his nose when his hand was raised, but Frenchman Sola (11-1-1) had at least three cuts and was covered in blood at the final bell.
“I just like fighting people. Axel wanted to fight. I took it to him,” Jones said. “I opened him up. There was fear in his eyes at the end of the first round. There was fear in his eyes in the end.”
In a featherweight match, England’s Nathaniel Wood (11-3) got his fourth consecutive win and dealt Belgium’s Losene Keita his first loss in a split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28). Keita was 5-0 in the past three years and now has a 16-2 record overall in mixed martial arts.
Michael Page (25-3), who questioned whether he’d upset UFC officials because of the low-level spot on the card and his relatively anonymous opponent, defeated fellow Englishman Sam Patterson (14-3-1) via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) in a welterweight match. “MVP” had more to say post-fight about a bout that drew plenty of pro fighting critics on social media for a lack of action.
“It’s getting more and more difficult when nobody really wants to engage. Everyone’s on the back foot,” Page said. “He knew how to frustrate me by not wanting to engage. It’s more difficult to fight somebody that doesn’t want to fight than fight someone difficult that wants to fight.”
Light heavyweight Iwo Baraniewski (8-0) struck American Austen Lane, a former NFL defensive lineman, with a quick left hook and then landed repeated right hands to win in just 28 seconds. Lane (13-8) was dazed and rocked back before ever throwing a punch or kick as the referee stopped the fight with Lane planted on his back taking cover.
Poland’s Baraniewski, a graduate from the Contender Series, could be in line for a marquee opponent in his next bout. He’s been buzzworthy since the December action-packed duel with Ibo Aslan at UFC 323.
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady (16-4) of Palestine scored his first UFC win with a 30-27 unanimous decision over English lightweight Shem Rock (12-3-1). Al-Selwady dropped Rock with an overhand right in the first round, but he rebounded off the mat quickly with an attempt to lock up Al-Selwady. Rock kept moving toward Al-Selwady and made contact after the ball, narrowly ducking a haymaker in retaliation before being led to his corner.
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FC Dallas outlast Houston with late winner in Texas tussle
Mar 21, 2026; Frisco, Texas, USA; Houston Dynamo forward Ezequiel Ponce (10) attempts a bicycle kick as FC Dallas midfielder Ramiro (17) defends during the first half at Toyota Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Logan Farrington scored twice in the opening 14 minutes, Petar Musa scored a late winner in the 86th minute in a rare appearance off the bench, and FC Dallas earned a 4-3 victory over the 10-man Houston Dynamo on Saturday night in Frisco, Texas.
Musa also helped create the second-half equalizer — an own goal off Houston’s Duane Holmes — after his halftime entrance for Dallas (2-1-2, 8 points), which earned its first win since its season opener on Feb. 21.
Guilherme scored his fourth goal and assisted tallies from Erik Sviatchenko and Lawrence Ennali for Houston (2-2-0, 6 points) in its first road match of the season.
But Sviatchenko was dismissed in the 68th minute for his second booking, becoming the fourth Dynamo player to receive his marching orders this season.
After scoring five times in Dallas’ first four matches, Musa was not listed on the league’s availability report for the weekend yet began the night unexpectedly outside the starting lineup.
And while it worked out well early, by halftime Dallas manager Eric Quill found his side trailing 3-2 and summoned his Croatian striker.
He immediately provided an impact, helping Dallas pull level in the 54th minute.
Herman Johansson took down a bouncing ball on the right flank, then played the ball up the side for Musa to run onto. Musa dribbled into the box and then tried to drag a cross toward the penalty spot, one that caromed off Holmes and over the line.
The goal was originally ruled offside, but was overturned following a video review.
Just under a half-hour later, Musa showed up again on the same right side, this time to finish off Joaquine Valiente’s tantalizing inswinging service at the back post with a one-touch volley after outmuscling his defender.
Guilherme helped turn Houston’s two-goal deficit into a one-goal advantage in the space of four minutes.
In the 29th minute, he intercepted Dallas goalkeeper Michael Collodi’s wayward pass and turned it into a simple finish before the goalkeeper could recover.
In the 31st, his outswinging corner found Sviatchenko at the back post for a clear header Collodi had little chance of saving.
He capped off the remarkable individual stretch in the 33rd when he found Ennali running in behind around the edge of the Dallas back line with a perfect throughball.
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LAFC continue unbeaten start with scoreless draw at Austin
Mar 21, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; LAFC forward Son Heung-Min (7) drives the ball against Austin FC defender Brendan Hines-Ike (4) during the first half at Q2 Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images Los Angeles FC continued its unbeaten and unscored-upon streak to begin the season as it played host Austin FC to a scoreless draw on Saturday.
Both goalkeepers earned clean sheets while saving a combined three shots. LAFC’s Hugo Lloris (two saves) earned his fifth shutout of the campaign and extended his stretch without allowing a goal to 450 minutes while Austin’s Brad Stuver (one save) posted his second clean sheet of the year and the 40th of his MLS career.
LAFC (4-0-1, 13 points) have outscored their opponents 8-0 while earning points in their first five matches of the season and continuing the best start to a season in team history.
Austin FC (1-2-2, 5 points) heads to the year’s first international break on a three-game winless streak.
Los Angeles had the best scoring chances of the game, two of which came in the final minutes. First, Mark Delgado ripped a shot from well outside the box past Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver in the 85th minute that clanged off the crossbar and then out of harm’s way.
A minute later, LAFC’s Son Heung-Min sprinted down the pitch and into the goal mouth before Austin defender Brendan Hines-Ike literally stole the ball off his right foot as Son attempted his shot.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Los Angeles forced Stuver into his only save when Denis Bouanga ripped a shot on net.
Myrto Uzuni had Austin’s final shot on goal four minutes into second-half stoppage time, testing Lloris with a high, twisting shot four minutes which he was forced to leap to bat away. Lloris has now stopped all 16 shots he’s faced this season
LAFC was playing their third game in eight days and was worse for wear, going the entire first half without producing a shot on target while being out-possessed 58%-42% and finishing the opening 45 minutes with a 200-pass discrepancy (368-168).
The Verde didn’t have weariness as an excuse but also did not place a shot on goal in a sluggish first half.
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Paxten Aaronson's brace leads Colorado to rout of Sporting KC
Mar 21, 2026; Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Colorado Rapids midfielder Paxten Aaronson (10) celebrates with team mates after scoring against Sporting Kansas City during the second half of the match at Children’s Mercy Park. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images Paxten Aaronson scored a brace and Rafael Navarro added a goal and an assist to spark the Colorado Rapids to a 4-1 win over Sporting Kansas City in Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday.
Wayne Frederick scored the go-ahead goal in first-half stoppage time and Darren Yapi had an assist for the Rapids (3-2-0, 9 points).
Shapi Suleymanov found the back of the net on a Calvin Harris assist for Sporting KC (1-3-1, 4 points).
Just before halftime, Dante Sealy’s left-footed curling corner kick was turned away by SKC goalkeeper John Pulskamp’s punch save. But the SKC goalie fell off balance into the net and Frederick tapped in the rebound and Colorado took a 2-1 lead.
In the 12th minute, Aaronson chipped a Yapi pass over a diving Pulskamp as the Rapids took a 1-0.
Rapids’ goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who missed the previous two matches with a shoulder injury, was tested early when he made a kick save off a Dejan Joveljic shot from point-blank range in the 15th minute. In the 19th minute, the Rapids pulled Pulskamp out from the box but Yapi and Navarro had shots turned away.
Suleymanov netted the equalizer when he snuck a left footed shot inside the near post off a lead pass from Harris in the 44th minute.
Early in the second half, Steffen met another test when Suleymanov blasted a shot from just outside the box on a restart that the Colorado keeper turned away. Navarro’s sliding goal in the 71st minute extended the Colorado lead to 3-1.
Colorado poured it on when Navarro slipped a pass back to Aaronson for the brace in the 75th minute as the Rapids took a 4-1 lead .
The match got off to a chippy start, as Manu Garcia was issued a yellow card in the fifth minute as he lingered in front of a Colorado freekick. Even though the teams settled into a rhythm, each team was issued three yellow cards. Colorado racked up 21 fouls and SKC had 17. The Rapids held a 9-3 advantage in shots on goal.
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