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Eddie Hearn said he would like to promote a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi.

The pair infamously fell out when the boxer was brought in to help the Irishman prepare for Floyd Mayweather.

That collaboration was all too brief as Malignaggi left the camp soon after in a well publicised beef.

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SBG duo Will Fleury (4-1) and Frans Mlambo (5-4) will be heading down to South Africa to compete at Brave CF 19 on December 8th.

Fleury will be facing Portugal's Carlos Graca (1-0) in a middleweight contest. The Corkman will be returning to South Africa where he competed in the EFC promotion and their reality TV show. 

For Mlambo it will be a quick turnaround. The bantamweight lost his last fight at Brave 17 when he was choked unconscious less than two weeks ago. Now on a two-fight-skid, Mlambo will be aiming to get back into the win column and is not taking any easy fights as he will be taking on the experienced Arnold Quero (15-7).

Quero has fought all over Europe and as far as Japan and Irish MMA fans will remember his win over Joe McColgan in Cage Warriors last year.

Brave CF 19 takes place December 8 in Sun City, South Africa.

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SBG's James Gallagher is set to compete in a charity boxing match at Cage Legacy 10 in Dublin on December 1st.

The Bellator MMA star will be facing promising young amateur boxer Will Hamill.

"I’m training for this as I would a normal fight, if not, even harder, as a lot of people will be there to watch this fight as James is very well known in this game," said Hamill.

"My thoughts on James are all good. He’s an inspiration to me and to many young fighters like myself, as I’m only 15. I have followed his fights for the last few years and really look up to him."

It is a massive opportunity for Hamill, who has only just recently began his boxing career, to step into a ring with someone like Gallagher

"I have competed in the Dublin Leagues and Dublin Championships coming 2nd in both last year. I am aiming to win both and go onto the nationals this year. I only started to fight about a year ago but have always trained in some sort of fighting after I got the love of boxing from my dad and my older brother, who is also fighting on this Cage Legacy card."

This will be Gallagher's first time stepping into the ring following the first loss of his career coming at the hands of Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 204.

Féileacain.ie charity being supported by James Gallagher vs. Will Hamill and Cage Legacy 10 will happen at the Good Council GAA club in Dublin on December 1.

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TMZ Sports asked Mike Tyson about his recent get together with Conor McGregor in Dublin. In particular they asked him about smoking weed with McGregor after a photo was published by the Irishman.

Tyson didn't say too much but he did say that McGregor is a good guy.

(Skip to 1:30 below to see the McGregor talk)

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It was announced yesterday by the promotion that Next Gen NI's Gaven 'Heamy' Kelly (7-5) will be in action in just over a week at Cage Warriors 99 on November 17 and his opponent will be England's Cory Tait (8-4).

Both men enter this contest having both lost their past two fights respectively. Kelly rejoined Cage Warriors off the back of a 4-1 run outside the promotion but suffered back-to-back TKO losses in the promotion.

This will be Tait's first fight in over two years. He lost to Finnish veteran Toni Tauru at Cage Warriors 72 before trying his hand in America where he suffered a decision loss in the Titan FC promotion.

It should be a closely contested fight as Kelly and Tait have the ability to end the fight with submissions or a TKO and both men have decision wins on their resume also.

SBG's Blaine O'Driscoll will challenge for the flyweight title in the Cage Warriors 99 main event.

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It was announced today that Rhys McKee (7-2-1) will compete against Jefferson George (8-6) at the monumental Cage Warriors 100 on December 8 in Cardiff, Wales.

This will be McKee's debut fight for Cage Warriors after signed for the promotion recently following a nine-fight-tenure with the BAMMA promotion, a run which saw him capture the lightweight title.

Opponent George has fought some tough guys during his career so far, including KSW lightweight champ Mateusz Gamrot, UFC's Marc Diakiese, and UK vet Tim Wilde.

George comes into this fight on an impressive three-fight-win-streak over decent fighters and will be full of confidence in what will also be his Cage Warriors debut. 

The Cage Warriors 100 fight card will also see Joe McColgan vs. Jai Herbert and Philip Mulpeter vs. Nicolas Dalby.

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Here is a rundown of all the major happenings in Irish MMA during the month of October, 2018. Click on the headlines below to read more about that story/watch that video.

• Joseph Duffy will face Ross Pearson in Australia
• Conor McGregor visited with Katie Taylor after her win in Boston
• Philip Mulpeter will face a UFC vet at Cage Warriors 100
• A Dublin man jumped into the cage to check on McGregor

• Blaine O'Driscoll to challenge for the Cage Warriors Flyweight Title
• Sinead Kavanagh suffers a nasty cut at Bellator 207
• Clan Wars 33 receives a new main event
• Cian Cowley returns to action at Brave 18
• Cage Warriors Academy returns to Belfast in February
• Anderson Silva says he accepts Conor McGregor's challenge

• Kiefer Crosbie to make Bellator debut in Italy
• Joe McColgan will face Jai Herbert at Cage Warriors 100
• Darren Till wants to fight Conor McGregor at Anfield
• Artem Lobov loses to Michael Johnson at UFC Moncton
• Frans Mlambo choked out at Brave 17
• Tommy Quinn & Konrad Iwanowski for the MTK MW Title
• Ayo Daly to compete at Cage Warriors NW

It was announced yesterday that Irish welterweight Ayo Daly (1-1) will be in action at Cage Warriors Academy Northwest in Liverpool on December 1 against undefeated Welsh fighter Bobby 'The Body Snatcher' Pallett (3-0).

Daly, who is currently based in Malta, was last in action this past June at Centurian Fight Championship 3. The Team Ryano fighter took control of that fight against the debuting Krasimir Tolupov and while he reigned down elbows the referee made a very questionable call in saying they were illegal strikes and then Tolupov then laid on the canvas for a number of minutes. The fight was then ruled a no-contest.

It was Daly's first fight in over three years. Prior to that Daly was one of the top amateurs to come up through the ranks in Ireland and had wins over the likes of Kiefer Crosbie, Keith McCabe, and Paul Lawrence.

He won his pro debut in early 2015 and then in just his second fight he took on Martin van Staden, a fighter with over twenty professional fights at the time and someone who had experience against some of the top level fighters. The fight against van Staden did not go his way and afterwards Daly went on a sobatical from the sport.

His opponent on December 1, Bobby Pallett, is a talented fighter from Wales who has won all three of his fights since turning professional in 2017. He holds a win over Cork's Dillon Manning.

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Kiefer Crosbie (4-0) will make his much anticipated Bellator debut on December 1 in Genoa, Italy at Bellator 211 and he will face Orlando D'Ambrosio (7-3), as confirmed by MMAFighting.com.

The undefeated SBG fighter has impressed thus far in his pro career with four straight stoppage wins, three of which under the BAMMA banner. His last fight was back in May against Josh Plant at BAMMA 35 and was one of the fights of the night and result in another first round TKO win for Crosbie.

D'Ambrosio will be easily Crosbie's most experienced opponent to date. The Italian has competed in promotions around Europe, including two fights in Cage Warriors, and has some decent wins over reputable fighters. The 23-year-old is a very well rounded fighter and has wins by TKO, submission and decision.

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