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Khamzat Chimaev has his sights set on the new UFC middleweight champion. In an interview with ESPN, the undefeated Chimaev stated that he has spoken to the UFC matchmaking team about heading to Brazil to fight 185-pound titleholder Alex Pereira. That potential fight would take place at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro on Jan.

MMA Fighting has Bellator 288 results for the Nemkov vs. Anderson 2 fight card Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the main event, Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov and Corey Anderson rematch in a fight for the belt and winner of the $1 million light heavyweight grand prix. Their first bout ended in

Jorge Masvidal has heard enough. The two-time UFC welterweight title challenger finally responded to callouts from Gilbert Burns after the Brazilian claimed Masvidal turned down a fight against him at UFC 283 in January. Burns has pushed for the matchup against Masvidal for several months, and now the UFC’s first and only “BMF” champion is

Check out live stream video for Wednesday’s Invicta FC 50 event, which will feature a one-night tournament to crown a new strawweight champion. The all women’s promotion heads to Denver, Colo. for the fight card, and will be overseen by the Colorado Combative Sports Commission, with open scoring to be utilized. The opening round matchups

This year’s World MMA Awards is set to go down next month. Fighters Only revealed on Wednesday that the 14th Annual World MMA Awards will take place on Dec. 8 at the SAHARA Las Vegas. Trophies will be awarded for Male and Female Fighter of the Year, Knockout and Submission of the Year, Fight of

Victoria Lee, the younger sister of ONE lightweight champion Christian Lee and ONE atomweight champion Angela Lee, has booked her first fight in over a year. The 18-year-old competitor will return to action against Zeba Bano at the upcoming ONE on Prime Video 6 card scheduled on Jan 13 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok,

Frankie Edgar is putting things in perspective after suffering a knockout loss to Chris Gutierrez at UFC 281 in what will serve as the final fight of his career. Addressing the loss for the first time since Saturday, the former UFC lightweight champion admitted that he absolutely didn’t want things to end that way but

Israel Adesanya doesn’t blame Marc Goddard for the stoppage against Alex Pereira, but he does think it wasn’t necessary. Adesanya lost his middleweight title to Pereira at UFC 281 after Pereira authored an epic comeback in the fifth round to earn a standing-TKO victory. In the immediate aftermath, Adesanya protested the stoppage as early, saying

Whoa, boy! Things just got interesting. In case you somehow missed it, Alex Pereira authored a tremendous fifth-round comeback stoppage of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, wresting the middleweight title from “The Last Stylebender” and throwing the division into chaos. Now, the 185-pound weight class is governed by a man with only eight career MMA

Anthony Johnson, who twice competed for the UFC light heavyweight title, died on Sunday at the age of 38 years old. The pros went on Twitter to remember the fighter’s career and life. Check out their reactions below. I am so sad to hear about this news. One of the most scary & tough opponents

MMA Fighting has Mayweather vs. Deji results live for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Deji fight card at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE, on Sunday afternoon. When the main event begins, around 4 p.m. ET, check out our Mayweather vs. Deji live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. It will be an

Watch Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira full fight video highlights from the main card of UFC 281, courtesy of the UFC and other outlets. UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira took place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-2) took on Alex Pereira (7-1) in the main

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MMA Fighting has UFC 281 results for the Adesanya vs. Pereira event from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live blogs for the entire main card, and live UFC 281 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will try to defend his title against rival Alex Pereira. Pereira has defeated Adesanya

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Dustin Poirier has spent his career chasing world titles, so he’s never been all that focused on a single opponent, though there’s at least one fight he wanted where it seems unlikely he’ll ever get it. After his matchup against Nate Diaz got scrapped back in 2018, Poirier continued to pursue that fight. But despite

UFC 281 is built with many fascinating matchups, storylines, and questions ahead of Saturday’s return to Madison Square Garden. While making fight predictions is one thing, predicting something outside of the box is something entirely different, and there are many avenues to take when it comes to the main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex

Michael Chandler wants to see Islam Makhachev defend the UFC lightweight title before taking any superfights. All signs are pointing to Makhachev fighting featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski next February at UFC 284, a mega matchup that would serve as a pairing between two of the best Pound-for-Pound fighters in the world and Makhachev’s first title