With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie appears to be like at the very best fights from Could 2024: Listed below are the 5 nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Combat of the Month award for Could.

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Nominees

Nominee: Trey Waters def. Billy Ray Goff at UFC on ESPN 56

Trey Waters (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Billy Goff (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) seemed like a few zombies by the point they had been executed slugging it out for quarter-hour.

Once they had been via the gruelling welterweight bout, it was Waters who had a unanimous resolution in what was at that time simply probably the most entertaining struggle of the evening.

Nominee: Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki at UFC on ESPN 56

Diego Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) overcame early adversity to dish out a brutal beating on the face of surging light-weight Mateusz Rebecki (19-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC).

Referee Gary Copeland’s interjection to wave off the bout at 4:59 of Spherical 3 formally marked completion of Ferreira’s rally. He was dropped with a giant left hand in Spherical 1, however then Ferreira rounded with a drawn-out beating.

Nominee: Patchy Combine def. Magomed Magomedov at Bellator Champions Collection: Paris

Everybody who watched seemingly had their very own opinion of who ought to win or why, however the two of the three opinions that mattered leaned towards Patchy Combine (20-1).

Combine defeated Magomedov Magomedov (20-4) by cut up resolution to retain his bantamweight title in a rematch that was way more aggressive than the primary assembly between them.

Nominee: Lerone Murphy def. Edson Barboza at UFC Combat Evening 241

Lerone Murphy (14-0-1 MMA, 6-0-1 UFC) carried out at a tempo that was merely an excessive amount of for Edson Barboza (24-12 MMA, 18-12 UFC) to deal with in his first fundamental occasion alternative.

The featherweight headliner “The Miracle” from Manchester, England, not often give Barboza house to unleash his offense. Because of this, Murphy remained undefeated, profitable a unanimous resolution, and lengthening his unblemished report beneath the UFC banner.

The winner

The winner: Alexandre Pantoja def. Steve Erceg at UFC 301

Alexandre Pantoja retained the UFC flyweight title in his native Rio de Janeiro, nevertheless it wasn’t with out some pushback.

Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) crept by Steve Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) to earn a unanimous resolution (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) nod.

The battle was carefully contested with a number of rounds up for debate. Whereas Pantoja began robust, Erceg gained momentum within the second spherical as his boxing he got here to life.

In Spherical 3, Erceg sliced Pantoja open badly, a minimize that precipitated blood to squirt everywhere in the canvas because the champion managed the challenger on the mat. Pantoja confirmed off a well-rounded assault, as he combined his putting and robust grappling from bell to bell to bell.

Spherical 4 arguably was Erceg’s strongest as his putting additional got here to life and his robust cardio confirmed. Pantoja combatted the challenger’s efforts with wits, pacing, and adaptiveness as he eked out the ultimate spherical – and the choice.