{"id":547390,"date":"2026-03-18T01:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547390\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:50:13","slug":"jason-jackson-vs-lorenz-larkin-set-for-mvp-mma-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547390\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Jackson vs. Lorenz Larkin set for MVP MMA 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is putting together a pretty loaded card (see it here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

MMAmania.com<\/a> confirmed with multiple sources today that former Bellator Welterweight champion, Jason Jackson, will take on long-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bellator MMA veteran, Lorenz Larkin, at MVP MMA 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NASHVILLE,<\/a><\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 12: Jason Jackson walks to the cage before fighting Thad Jean during the semifinals of the PFL 2025 World Tournament at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on June 12, 2025 in Nashville, Florida. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jackson (19-6) is coming off a razor-close split decision loss<\/a> to Thad Jean in the semifinals of the 2025 Professional Fighters League (PFL) World Tournament. Prior to that setback, \u201cThe Ass-Kicking Machine\u201d submitted former Bellator champion, Andrey Koreshkov, in the opening round (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jackson made headlines in 2023 when he shocked the MMA world, knocking out the previously undefeated Yaroslav Amosov to capture Bellator\u2019s Welterweight title at Bellator 301 (watch highlights<\/a>). He followed that up with a dominant win over former PFL champion, Ray Cooper III, before eventually losing the belt to Ramazan Kuramagomedov.<\/p>\n

\"SAN<\/a><\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO, CA – SEPTEMBER 07: Lorenz Larkin looks on before fighting against Levan Chokheli during Bellator Champions Series: San Diego at the Pechanga Arena on September 7, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

As for Larkin (27-8), the veteran finisher hasn\u2019t competed in MMA since 2024. He stayed active last year with two bouts in Karate Combat \u2014 though he was knocked out in his most recent appearance.<\/p>\n

Before that hiatus, however, \u201cMonsoon\u201d was on a tear. From 2022 to 2024, Larkin went on a violent run across Bellator<\/a> (and one appearance in PFL), earning four first round knockout victories \u2014 including a devastating finish of Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 290 that landed on multiple \u201cKnockout of the Year<\/a>\u201d lists (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

With Jackson\u2019s well-rounded skill set and Larkin\u2019s explosive striking, this 170-pound showdown adds another fun layer to an already intriguing card.<\/p>\n

More fight announcements are expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

For much more on \u201cRousey vs. Carano\u201d checkout our comprehensive archive right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is putting together a pretty loaded card (see it here). MMAmania.com confirmed with multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,250320,85,61604],"class_list":["post-547390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-netflix-news-hub","tag-sports","tag-ufc-fight-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}