PFL and Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions have officially merged, combining both promotions under one banner to create a new global combat sports platform.

Paul said in his first statement on the merger that he plans an MMA debut. He also extended an invitation to UFC fighters.

The merger was the largest piece of industry news reported this week.

Chimaev returns against Woodley

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Tyron Woodley is set to headline RAF Moscow.

Chimaev is returning to competition. The bout was reported this week as the card's main event.

Cyborg calls out Rousey

Cris Cyborg called out Ronda Rousey for a super-fight, following the MVP and PFL merger.

No bout has been announced.

Shanghai adds Jenkins vs. Woodson

UFC Shanghai has added Jack Jenkins vs. Sean Woodson.

The bout was announced this week as part of the promotion's build toward that card.

Walker puts his next fight to fans

Valter Walker gave fans the chance to pick his next UFC matchup, listing five names for them to choose from.

Walker won by first-round submission at UFC Abu Dhabi on July 25. Our model had the winner in that fight and missed the method.

On our desk

UFC Belgrade lands Saturday at Belgrade Arena with 14 fights. Uros Medic meets Daniel Rodriguez in the main event, and our model picks Medic at 66%.

Our only LOCK of the card is Mateusz Rebecki at 85% over Kyle Prepolec. We also have two HIGH picks, Navajo Stirling at 74% over Jan Blachowicz and Jovan Leka at 71% over Alexander Poppeck.

Ten of the 28 fighters on the card have no prior UFC fight in our dataset, which limits how much our model has to work with in those bouts. Our full preview sets out where the gaps are, including one inside our own flagged picks.

Nothing from Belgrade has been fought yet. We will grade the card after it happens.