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Five fights to watch in August

After a wild month of mixed martial arts action in July, things slow down some in August. And that leave plenty of room for that boxing match you might have heard about to fill the void. So yes, we’ll talk Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, but also a slate of sneaky good fights.

Kevin Aguilar (12-1) vs. Justin Rader (6-2), LFA 18, Shawnee, Okla., Aug. 4, AXS-TV

LFA returns to action with a card headlined by a featherweight title fight. Aguilar, who was the final LFC 145-pound champ before the company’s merger with RFA, has won four consecutive fights, most recently a third-round TKO of Damon Jackson in the main event of LFA 4 in February.