{"id":373036,"date":"2025-12-26T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373036\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:14:10","slug":"ufc-veterans-in-mma-action-dec-26-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373036\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC veterans in MMA action Dec. 26-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the UFC enters its second idle week during a holiday break.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, veterans of the promotion are competing in various combat sports. Scroll below to see how last week&#8217;s UFC vets fared on the regional scene, and check out the names and details of the upcoming weekend&#8217;s competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming event information from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tapology;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tapology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s results<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Motonobu Tezuka: Unanimous decision loss vs. Kuya Ito at Grachan 79 x HELIOS II<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hu Yaozong: TKO loss vs. Mehdi Saremi at Longsan Fight<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gabriel Miranda: Dec. 20 vs. Valery Gritsutin at Yuzhniy Rubezh 8 \u00a0\u2013 official results pending<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pearl Gonzalez: Unanimous decision win vs. Tai Emery at Misfits Mania (boxing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tony Ferguson: Unanimous decision win vs. Warren Spencer at Misfits Mania (boxing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ivana Petrovic: Split decision loss vs. Sara Luzar Smajic at FNC 26<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alex Oliveira: TKO loss vs. Milos Janicic at FNC 26<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Augusto Sakai: Unanimous decision loss vs. Marcin Wojcik at KSW 113<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pawe\u0142 Pawlak: Submission win vs. Laid Zerhouni at KSW 113<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Peter Barrett: Split decision win vs. Trever Bradshaw at BKFC Fight Night (bareknuckle boxing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Parker Porter: TKO win vs. Anthony Garrett at BKFC Fight Night (bareknuckle boxing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Yusuke Kasuya: Submission win vs. Isao Kobayashi at Pancrase 360<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Nam (23-14-1 MMA, 3-5 UFC)<img alt=\".\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/365c231dcf96b1f04209ae853bfb198d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Next fight: Dec. 26 vs. Abdul Hussein at ICF 6<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Erik Vo at Destiny MMA on July 13, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last UFC fight: Split decision loss vs. Azat Maksum at UFC on ESPN 49 on July 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Record since UFC exit: 2-0 MMA, 1-0 karate, 1-0 custom rules<\/p>\n<p>David Dvorak (22-6 MMA, 3-3 UFC)<img alt=\".\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4a7a4d3b94a1774fbb296d8bbc2870fb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Next fight: Dec. 28 vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov at OKTAGON 81<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last MMA fight: Knockout win vs. Mohammed Walid at OKTAGON 75 on Sept. 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Steve Erceg at UFC 289 on June 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Record since UFC exit: 2-0 MMA, 1-0 boxing<\/p>\n<p>Zhalgas Zhumagulov (18-9 MMA, 1-6 UFC)<img alt=\"Zhalgas Zhumagulov\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2ac3cc787b92159f3f17b4bbf71fcd6c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zhalgas Zhumagulov<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Next fight: Dec. 28 vs. David Dvorak at OKTAGON 81<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Beno Adamia at OKTAGON 73 on June 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last UFC fight: Split decision loss vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/joshua-van\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Joshua Van;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Joshua Van<\/a> at UFC on ABC 5 on June 24, 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Record since UFC exit: 4-0 MMA, 1-0 boxing<\/p>\n<p>Martin Buday (16-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC)<img alt=\"Martin Buday - UFC 303 ceremonial weigh-ins\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7bdc07aa8fc9a8b281f1d861f985e2f7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Martin Buday &#8211; UFC 303 ceremonial weigh-ins<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Next fight: Dec. 28 vs. Will Fleury at OKTAGON 81<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Unanimous decision win vs. Marcus Buchecha at UFC on ABC 9 on July 26, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Record since UFC exit: 0-0<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/12\/26\/ufc-veterans-regional-mma-fights-dec-26-28\/87913500007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:These UFC veterans compete in regional MMA action Dec. 26-28;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">These UFC veterans compete in regional MMA action Dec. 26-28<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, the UFC enters its second idle week during a holiday break. 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