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Jorge Masvidal announces $500k Gamebred tournaments – including a surprise comeback
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA is back with a bang.
The promotion is planning two tournaments, each with a $500,000 prize pool, promotion president Jorge Masvidal has informed MMA Junkie. The tournaments will be 16-men each – one in heavyweight, one in lightweight. All four rounds of the tournament will take place in 2026 with a launch date of April 10 in Dominican Republic. A second event is being planned for May 1 in Miami.
Masvidal revealed four of the heavyweight matchups to MMA Junkie – including one surprising return to combat sports competition: former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith. He'll take on fellow UFC alum Chase Sherman. While he's frequented UFC broadcasts on the desk over the past few years, he retired from competition in April 2025. But now "Lionheart" is back.
Other revealed matchups include Guto Inocente vs. Mohammed Usman, Alexandr Romanov vs. Nikolay Kovalenko, and Todd Duffee vs. Bruno Cappelozza. The other four heavyweight matchups will be announced in the coming days, as will the eight lightweight matchups.
The upcoming events will be the first Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA has held since Nov. 15, 2024. Masvidal said the during the break, he's been fundraising and has finally secured the funds to kick the tires on a year's worth of events. Now that the promotion is "back," Masvidal thinks he's filling a big void in the MMA landscape.
"I don't mind taking the loss (from a smaller gate) for making a huge statement online," Masvidal told MMA Junkie Radio. "We're giving as much money as we can to the fighters. ... Really, who's doing anything right now? It's just worked out perfectly. As I wasn't able to pump so much GFC, the other shows were kind of dying off. And now, I don't know about these other shows. I haven't heard a date or anything. So we're coming in strong these next few years. People are going to have to move aside, brother."
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA uses the same Unified rules of mixed martial arts – minus the gloves. From mid-2023 to late 2024, the promotion held five events under that ruleset. Fighters included the likes of Junior Dos Santos, Roy Nelson, Alan Belcher, and Hector Lombard among others.
"I never wanted to leave," Masvidal said. "The whole time I was working, in the shadows in the back. It's what business owners do. I was just hustling, brother. Seeing what I could do, what networks I could get on, what sponsors I could bring on board. I did everything to keep the dream alive, just like fighting. I was able to secure some funds, so here we go."
The current Bareknuckle MMA lineup for April 10 includes:
- Anthony Smith vs. Chase Sherman
- Guto Inocente vs. Mohammed Usman
- Alexandr Romanov vs. Nikolay Kovalenko
- Bruno Cappelozza vs. Todd Duffee
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA returns with $500k tournaments, ex-UFC star comeback
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Ava Heiden Scores Career-High 27 as No. 13 Iowa Beat Nebraska 80-67
Ava Heiden had a career-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, Taylor Stremlow added a career-high 17 points, and No. 13 Iowa beat Nebraska 80-67 on Monday to sweep the season series. Iowa (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) secured its 10th straight 20-win season. Heiden helped Iowa build a 45-27 lead by halftime after scoring 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting. Nebraska went on a 10-1 run early in the third quarter to get within 52-41, but the Cornhuskers did not get any closer the rest of the way. Iowa responded with a run of its own, 13-2, over the next 2:31 to reverse that progress and put the Huskers down by 23. Iowa led by as many as 27 points, 76-49, with 7:54 left in the fourth. Chazadi Wright chipped in with 14 points and seven assists, and Journey Houston added 10 points off the bench for Iowa. Heiden was 12 of 15 from the field, and Stremlow made her first six shots. Britt Prince scored 13 points for Nebraska (16-10, 5-10), which has lost five straight games. Eliza Maupin added 11 points and Amiah Hargrove had 10. Prince had her consecutive free-throw streak end at 56 straight makes. [Women's College Basketball Top 25: Iowa Moves Up, Ohio State Falls] Nebraska has lost 13 of the last 15 meetings with Iowa, and is 12th in the Big Ten, out of bye territory in the conference tournament. Iowa, however, is now tied for third in the Big Ten at 11-3, alongside No. 10 Ohio State, and half-a-game up on No. 23 Minnesota, putting the Hawkeyes in position for one of the four double-byes for the conference tournament. While Iowa suffered three-straight losses following senior guard Taylor McCabe's season-ending ACL injury, the Hawkeyes have now defeated then-ranked Washington and Nebraska, and has just one ranked game left on the schedule, against No. 6 Michigan on Feb. 22. Up next Iowa: Stays on the road to play at Purdue on Thursday. Nebraska: Travels to Oregon to face the Ducks on Thursday. The Associated Press contributed to this report.