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Not many MMA fighters can claim to have better front kick knockouts than Lyoto Machida. Michael Chandler might be an exception, according to “The Dragon. Machida was impressed with what he saw from Chandler against Tony Ferguson at UFC 274, grading the former Bellator champ’s fight-stopping front kick a 10 out of 10. “I’m the

Junior dos Santos is moving on from the disappointment of his Eagle FC debut. The former UFC heavyweight champion lost to Yorgan De Castro on Friday night at Eagle FC 47 in a fight he was likely winning before a third-round shoulder injury rendered him unable to continue. It was another unlucky break for dos

Ketlen Vieira picked up the biggest UFC wins of her career, but it certainly will go down as a controversial one. Following Vieira’s split decision win over Holly Holm in the main event of UFC Vegas 55, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee react to the five-round contest, figure out if Holm was

MMA Fighting has Mayweather vs. Moore results live for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Bruno Machado fight card at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon. This is the live blog for the exhibition co-main event featuring UFC legend Anderson Silva and Bruno Machado. It is expected to begin around 3 p.m. ET on FITE

MMA Fighting has Mayweather vs. Moore results live for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Don Moore fight card at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon. This is the live blog for the exhibition main event featuring boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and Don Moore. It is expected to begin around 4 p.m. ET on FITE

Anderson Silva’s next boxing match is officially good to go. The former UFC middleweight champion tipped the scales at 193.5 pounds on Friday in Abu Dhabi ahead of his return against Bruno Machado, who weighed 189.8 pounds. The faceoff between the two Brazilian fighters can be seen above. Silva and Machado were originally slated to

Alex Rodriguez is adding the Professional Fighters League to his investment portfolio. The PFL revealed in a press release that they have completed a $30 million Series E equity round to fund global expansion, and launch their new PPV Super Fight division. Among the group of investors is former Major League Baseball great Alex Rodriguez

Davey Grant will celebrate his 10-year anniversary as a UFC fighter next year. It’s a significant milestone for the 36-year-old old bantamweight, even if Grant wishes he had more to show for it than a 5-5 record over just 10 octagon appearances, because it’s a milestone that at one point in his career felt improbable

UFC fights come together fast these days, and if you blink, you can easily miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the latest reported matchups to keep you up to date with what’s on the horizon. All bouts featured have been confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin via sources

Junior Dos Santos will make his Eagle FC debut on Friday, but it turns out the promotion already has big plans for his future. If the former UFC heavyweight champion is able to get through Yorgan De Castro in the Eagle FC 47 main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov announced plans to pursue a fight that would

Dana White might have a new favorite fighter, even if they didn’t win on The Ultimate Fighter 30. This week’s episode of saw Mohammed Usman fight rival Mitchell Sipe in the second heavyweight bout of the season. While it was Usman who won a unanimous decision, the brash attitude of Sipe definitely caught the UFC

Tom Aspinall is planning to put on a show when the UFC returns to London this summer. In March, Aspinall headlined the UFC’s first event in London in three years, and he did so in style, submitting Alexander Volkov in the first round, and sending the fans into a frenzy. The event was such a

Aleksandar Rakic suffered a torn ACL in his right knee as a result of a freak injury that occurred in his main event fight with Jan Blachowicz at UFC Vegas 54. Rakic underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed the damage done to his knee, which will require surgery. Typical recovery time from an torn

Gregor Gillespie is still very much part of the UFC roster, but he’s no longer eligible for the promotion’s rankings with his last fight coming more than 12 months ago. The confusion over his status came on Sunday after the automated UFC Roster Watch account on Twitter noted that Gillespie had been removed, which led

Few things spark more heated debates in the MMA sphere than MMA Math. Take Alex Pereira’s case as an example. Sure, Pereira was a decorated two-division champion in GLORY, and his definitive move to MMA was inevitably going to draw eyeballs. But the fact he held two wins over UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in

Joe Lauzon believes that Charles Oliveira’s struggles with the scale should serve as a warning to all fighters. At UFC 274, an unprecedented event occurred when lightweight champion Charles Oliveira failed to make the 155-pound limit for his title defense against Justin Gaethje. Oliveira initially weighed in at 155.5 pounds and was given an additional

Jan Blachowicz is back in the win column, even though his UFC Vegas 54 victory over Aleksandar Rakic ended in an unfortunate way. Was it enough to put in him the position to try and regain the UFC light heavyweight title against the winner of the UFC 275 main event between Glover Teixeira and Jiri

Former UFC heavyweight champ and Karate Combat commentator Bas Rutten arrived a little too early to mix his martial arts as thoroughly as he desired. In his heyday, stopping the wrestler was a very good start. These days, Rutten looks at the myriad of techniques from his primary art of Kyokushin karate and can’t help