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A high-profile middleweight matchup between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland is in the works for the main event of the UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 15. The bout has yet to be officially signed. Ariel Helwani first reported news of the plans. Cannonier (15-6) and Strickland (25-4) are both top-ranked middleweights in the MMA

Two-time PFL champ Kayla Harrison interrupted Wednesday’s broadcast of The MMA Hour to plead for a fight with reigning Bellator featherweight champ Cris Cyborg. Informed by her teammates of Cyborg’s move into professional boxing, Harrison vented on Twitter before coming on the show to again push for a fight with the all-time women’s MMA great,

Like everyone else at the UFC APEX, former middleweight champion Michael Bisping was impressed by Bo Nickal’s second pro win in the DWCS headliner on Tuesday night. But the ex-champ and DWCS commentator included in his praise a healthy amount of skepticism in signing off on the three-time Division I champion as a future UFC

The Korean Zombie has been forced to shut down his gym amid the current flooding in South Korea. On Monday, record downpours hit Seoul, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate and killing at least eight people, per CNN. Since Monday, Seoul has recorded over 16 inches of rain, at a rate of 5.6 inches per

Kamaru Usman goes for title defense No. 6 at UFC 278. The main card for the UFC’s Aug. 20 pay-per-view has been announced with Usman defending his welterweight championship against Leon Edwards in the headliner. The bout is a rematch of a December 2015 bout that Usman won by unanimous decision. Usman is currently the

Fresh off a knockout win over Thiago Santos in the UFC Vegas 59 main event, Jamahal Hill isn’t giving up hope that his next fight could be a title shot. As much as that might seem like wishful thinking with UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka welcoming an immediate rematch against Glover Teixeira in his

After getting brutally knocked out by now-champion Jiri Prochazka in one of the most exciting fights of 2021, two-time UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes is looking to return this fall. For Reyes, he just needed to take some time away from the chaos of MMA and the UFC. “I had to do some soul searching

Juliana Miller picked up the biggest win of her young career Saturday and afterwards she was more than happy to break it down. Not only did Miller find a finish in the third round to defeat Brogan Walker and become The Ultimate Fighter 30 flyweight tournament champion, she put a personal stamp on it by

Jamahal Hill and Geoff Neal kept the perfect night of finishes in tact at the UFC APEX. Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 59 event, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee react to Hill’s fourth-round stoppage win over one-time title challenger Thiago Santos in the light heavyweight headliner. In addition, topics include Neal’s

Augusto Sakai has his back against the wall after three straight knockout defeats in the UFC. Yet, those losses — or “learning experiences,” as he prefers to call them — made him change several things in his life ahead of Saturday night’s UFC Vegas 59 event, which sees him faces Sergey Spivak. The Brazilian heavyweight

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 59 results for the Santos vs. Hill fight card, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 59 Twitter updates. In the main event, Thiago Santos and Jamahal Hill collide in a key light heavyweight battle. A one-time title challenger, Santos is in dire need of a

MMA Fighting has PFL Playoffs 1 results for the Pettis vs. Ray event Friday night at the Hulu theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. In the main event, former UFC champion Anthony Pettis will try to avenge a loss to Stevie Ray in a lightweight semifinal contest. Ray defeated Pettis via submission (modified

A bantamweight fight between Sara McMann and Aspen Ladd has been rescheduled for the upcoming UFC Vegas 60 card scheduled on Sept. 17 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with agreements in place from both athletes. The fight

A.J. McKee is making the move to 155 pounds, but he admits it wasn’t his first choice. On Wednesday, Bellator announced that McKee will not face Patricio Pitbull in a trilogy bout for the featherweight title at Bellator 286, but instead the ex-champ and grand prix winner will face UFC vet Spike Carlyle in his

This Saturday, the UFC returns with another Fight Night event at the UFC APEX, UFC Vegas 59. The card is headlined by a light heavyweight fight between two heavy hitters, Thiago Santos and Jamahal Hill, and the No Bets Barred boys have you covered with full breakdowns of all the main card fights, plus some

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: We kick off the show with a preview of this special in-studio edition of The MMA Hour and this weekend’s

The fighters of DWCS Season 6, Week 2 took UFC President Dana White’s note. After a trying season-opener that had the UFC boss walking off in a huff, White walked backstage with five contracts for a Tuesday event he called “one of the all-time best.” In the main event, Chris Duncan had White out of

Paddy Pimblett scored another one at UFC London and once again he found himself wanting more from his own performance. After submitting Jordan Leavitt in his most recent bout, Pimblett said in his post-fight interview that he wasn’t completely pleased with the win, a somewhat surprising stance given that he improved to 3-0 inside the