Date: Saturday 31 October 2026, 3:00 AM ET (3:00 PM AWST/6:00 PM AEDT)
Venue: Perth HPC
U.S. Broadcast: UFC Fight Pass
Total Bouts: 15
Eternal MMA returns to Perth HPC on Saturday 31 October with Eternal 111, streaming on UFC Fight Pass in the U.S. Fifteen bouts are headlined by the EMMA featherweight championship over five rounds. Here is what to watch.
Seven pro bouts lead the way. Kevin Kophamel and Tasar Malone meet for the featherweight title, two unbeaten welterweights collide in Laurence Whitesmith v Duval Pierre, and Jesse Swain faces Rehaan Lulla in a short-notice replacement bout. The card also features the pro debut of Zane Martin, as he takes on exciting MSCA product Jesse Ukichm, and the return of Ayden Todoroff as he looks to make it 2-0 against Bas Demirel. Eight amateur bouts also round out the card.
Kevin Kophamel (4-1) v Tasar Malone (6-2), EMMA Featherweight Championship
Kevin Kophamel (4-1) has been a familiar name to Australian regional fans since a strong amateur run that included the GAMMA lightweight championship in 2024. Born in South Africa, raised in Ireland and refined in Perth at Wolves Den, he is a lifelong striker with a taekwondo base that gives him a refined sense of distance, timing and balance. He cuts off the cage, applies constant forward pressure and overwhelms opponents with long, high-output combinations of punches, elbows, knees and kicks. His grappling is rarely the focus, but it is fundamentally sound, with a variety of takedowns, opportunistic submissions and excellent timing on his entries.
His lone pro loss came against top world prospect Harry Webb at Eternal MMA 87. Kophamel took the Eternal lightweight title fight on about 24 hours’ notice, up a weight class, and the two went the full five rounds. Webb had stopped all four of his previous opponents, and this was the first time he had gone to a decision. Two judges scored it 48-47 for Webb, and the third scored it for Kophamel. In the fifth round, Kophamel took Webb’s back, landed heavy shots, and hunted a rear-naked choke, and the bell saved Webb. Many regarded it as one of the fights of the year. His earlier losses came to Abdalla Biayda and Murtazali Magomedov, both as an amateur, and he earned his place at the top of the featherweight division by beating Justin Van Heerden.
Tasar “The Machine” Malone (6-2) has fought almost exclusively under the Eternal banner. After three years as an amateur, he turned pro in early 2023 and won his first four fights. His two pro losses came by decision to Road to UFC finalist Seb Szalay and veteran Justin van Heerden. His game is built on a seemingly endless gas tank and relentless pressure. He grinds opponents against the cage with elbows and knees until his takedowns land. From there, he hunts submissions and ground and pound. His kicking is the strongest part of his striking, led by a powerful rear leg kick and a fast lead head kick. His defense and boxing are the questions.
Laurence Whitesmith (2-0) v Duval Pierre (2-0), Welterweight
Whitesmith (2-0) is one of the most exciting young welterweight prospects in Australian MMA. He announced himself in his pro debut with a big knockout win over Kaan Husmek, a former amateur champion and IMMAF competitor. He arrived on a three-fight winning streak after amateur losses to Tom Ackerly and Diellon Lihari. Those defeats became the springboard for his run. He’s young and improving at a strong camp in Scrappy MMA, with genuine knockout power, and Eternal is actively building him toward bigger things.
The Englishman Duval Pierre (2-0) burst onto the scene with his pro debut in May this year, then backed it up with an upset win over Kelly Tate at Eternal 106. Whitesmith is his toughest test yet, and it will be interesting to see how he fares against stronger competition.
Jesse Swain (3-1) v Rehaan Lulla (4-3-1), Featherweight
Swain arrived as a professional with a statement, finishing his first two fights in the first round in a combined two minutes. His lone loss came to veteran Justin van Heerden by decision, a lesson in what a seasoned grappler does to a young, powerful striker. As an amateur, he became an Urban Fight Night double champion at bantamweight and featherweight, with wins over Perci Mwambi, Brad Fulmer and Zac O’Brien. A product of the late Suman Moktarian, he has a technically grounded base, genuine grappling and a striking game that does serious damage when it lands. He now trains at Sydney West MMA under Luke Martin.
Lulla, an Indian fighter with 4 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, steps in on short notice to replace Luke Jones. He has won his fights by submission or ground-and-pound, and his game is built around taking the fight to the ground. He lost by first-round guillotine earlier this month to Zanghaaer Batebolati (5-3-1) at Born to Fight 2.
Jesse Ukich (1-0) v Zane Martin (0-0), Featherweight
Ukich (1-0) is an opportunistic submission artist who can wrap up finishes from almost nowhere. He uses trips and body locks to take the fight to the mat, and some of his best work comes along the cage. His takedown defense is sharp, and he can sprawl or clinch to land damaging knees. On the feet, he has a nice teep up the middle and stays defensively sound with constant head movement and distance management. He started MMA at 22 and has improved quickly, though his amateur career lacked top-level competition.
Martin, a Freestyle MMA product, makes his pro debut. He’s a talented wrestler with strong natural timing and a deep submission game from any position. He flows from position to position, scrambles well and rarely settles for the bottom, finding top control and unleashing ground and pound. His striking is the weaker side of his game, but he strings combinations together well and turns defense into offense with effective head movement. He arrives off an unbeaten amateur run, with more experience than the record suggests, and in my opinion is one of the most exciting, high-upside prospects in Australia.
Ayden Todoroff (1-0) v Bas Demirel (2-0), Featherweight
Todoroff (1-0) is a skillful, aggressive featherweight out of Base MMA, and one of the most exciting young fighters in the region. He pressures with a deep bag of tricks, cutting off the cage and using feints and diversified targeting, including nasty body shots in a style similar to Jack Della Maddalena. Despite his aggression, he shows impressive patience when hunting the finish. He needs to improve his head movement, use the jab more, and develop his ground game. He has been a name to watch since his amateur debut in March 2024, and he put together a five-fight winning streak in 2025.
Demirel (2-0) is a touted former amateur champion with two finishes as a pro, one by submission and one by knockout. His losses have all come against strong competition, and he is a tough regional test that could propel him towards big things in the sport. Training under Renato Subotic at MMAFFT, Demirel is well placed to keep developing his game fight-to-fight.
There are big things in store for the winner of this one.
Paddy Cameron (6-2), Amateur Featherweight
Cameron, out of Scrappy MMA, has been a standout since debuting as an amateur in mid 2023. His losses have come to Nima Behrouz by split decision, in a fight many felt he deserved to win, and, most recently, to Kage Fisher, another high-level amateur. He also has a third-round knockout win over Dion Arvan.
Reif Delpino (3-1), Amateur Lightweight
Delpino (3-1) burst onto the scene with a first-round knockout in his Eternal debut, showing a well-rounded skillset for someone so early in his career. All three of his amateur wins came by stoppage, and he now comes off the first loss of his career. Another product out of Scrappy MMA, I am very intrigued to see how he bounces back from his first loss.
Honourable Mentions
- Steven Wong (2-0), Lightweight
- Kye Bicknell (0-0) v Feroz Amiri (0-0), pro debuts
- Monte McLean (2-2), Amateur Bantamweight
- Finn O’Keeffe (5-2), Amateur Flyweight
