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Drake is the newest member of the Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann fan club. Ahead of Saturday’s UFC London event, the promotion shared a screenshot of the music superstar’s massive wager that required both Pimblett and McCann to win their respective bouts against Jordan Leavitt and Hannah Goldy. Drake put over $2 million on a

Jonathan Pearce took Makwan Amirkhani past the point of no return. On the preliminary portion of UFC London on Saturday, Pearce scored the first finish of the night with an overwhelming performance against featherweight veteran Amirkhani. “JSP” stifled Amirkhani’s attempt at a fast start early on, then took over in Round 2 to record a

Jason Jackson played the smart game plan to smother Douglas Lima over five rounds in the headliner of Bellator 283. Jackson picked up his sixth straight win by playing it safe, taking away Lima’s standup weapons with a wrestling attack that led to a unanimous decision by scores of 50-45 across the board. A good

Sean O’Malley sees a fight with Petr Yan as his ticket to the top of the division. O’Malley and Yan are set to fight at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 22, a bout that pits the popular “Sugar” against a former UFC bantamweight champion. At a press conference in London on Friday for

UFC President Dana White was among several MMA industry professionals to back Cain Velasquez after the former heavyweight champ was charged with attempted murder. White’s full letter to the judge in Velasquez’s ongoing murder case, dated March 4, was revealed as an exhibit in a writ of habeas corpus filed this week by the ex-champ’s

One of the biggest UFC cards of the year continues to get bigger. A pivotal strawweight matchup between top contenders Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos is being targeted as the latest addition for Oct. 22 at UFC 280. Contracts have not yet been signed at the time of this writing, but the fight has been

Watch the ONE Championship press conference announcing the promotion’s new partnership with Prime Video featuring several ONE stars. The press conference takes place Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. ET and features ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong and Amazon Prime executives as they discuss their new broadcast partnership. Several ONE stars will also be in attendance including Demetrious

Bellator MMA will be heading back to Italy this fall. The promotion officially announced on Wednesday that the event will take place Oct. 29 at the Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan, and will serve as Bellator’s first fan-attended event in Italy since October 2019’s Bellator 230 event. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bellator hosted three empty

Juliana Miller booked her ticket to The Ultimate Fighter 30 finals with a dominant performance. Team Julianna Peña’s No. 2 flyweight pick scored a slick kimura submission win over Kaytlin Neil (5-4) to advance to the finals of the TUF 30 tournament, setting up a meeting with Team Amanda Nunes fighter Brogan Walker. The bout

Oddsmakers are leaning toward Islam Makhachev ahead of his first UFC title fight. Makhachev faces Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the main event of UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. The event takes place Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena in the promotion’s return to the Middle East for the first time in one

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Frankie Edgar can see the end of the road. As first reported by TSN via Edgar’s manager Ali Abdelaziz, the former UFC lightweight champion and three-division contender confirmed in an interview with ESPN that he is aiming to compete for the last time at UFC 281, which is expected to take place at Madison Square

Mason Jones is getting his wish — albeit on short notice — to compete at UFC London. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Jones will face Ludovit Klein in a lightweight bout at next Saturday’s event at the O2 Arena. Eurosport NL was first to report the new

Miesha Tate is taking her flyweight debut loss to Lauren Murphy in stride. Tate and Murphy opened up the main card of Saturday’s UFC Long Island event, and the recent flyweight title challenger dominated the fight, bloodying the former bantamweight champion en route to a unanimous decision victory. Hours after the loss, “Cupcake” reacted to

Watch Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna full fight video highlights from their showdown, courtesy of multiple outlets. Garcia vs. Fortuna took place July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. Ryan Garcia (23-0) and Javier Fortuna (37-4-1, 2 no-contests) collided in the main event. The fight aired live on DAZN. Catch more video

This is the live blog for the UFC Long Island main card opener between Lauren Murphy and Miesha Tate, Saturday at the UBS Arena in New York. The first fight of the main card is a big one this weekend as Tate, the former bantamweight champion, makes her flyweight debut after dropping a unanimous decision

MMA Fighting has UFC Long Island results for the Ortega vs. Rodriguez fight card, a live blog of the main event as well as the featured Tate vs. Murphy bout, and live UFC Long Island Twitter updates. In the main event, Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez will collide in a key featherweight battle. Two-time title

Soon it will cost more to be a full-time UFC fan. MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed with sources with knowledge of the news that the cost of a subscription to ESPN+ — the home of UFC programming — will soon go up by 43 percent beginning Aug. 23, which means a jump from $6.99 a