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Why did A.J. McKee ultimately agree to stay with Bellator? For the former featherweight champion, that answer is simple. “There’s another million dollars at stake,” McKee said Wednesday on The MMA Hour. “There’s another million dollars [in] the 155-pound division and I’ve been kind of getting my feet wet in it a little bit. So

Gregory Rodrigues has a new opponent for his upcoming fight at UFC 283 in Brazil. With Brad Tavares out of the Jan. 21 card in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brunno Ferreira has agreed to step in on 10 days’ notice to face “Robocop,” multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting. Contracts have

Zion Clark, who was born without legs due to a rare birth defect known as Caudal Regression Syndrome, has served as an inspiration throughout his life after overcoming odds on his way to becoming a wrestling champion, a Guinness Book of World Records holder, and now a 1-0 mixed martial artist. The 25-year-old Ohio native

Brad Tavares has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 283 matchup with Gregory Rodrigues, and “Robocop” now needs a new opponent. MMA Fighting confirmed the news with a person close to Tavares after an initial report from SuperBook Sports. UFC 283 takes place Jan. 21 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The Tavares

Conor McGregor continues to reign as the biggest superstar in mixed martial arts, but how he’ll fare against the best fighters in the world when he finally returns to the UFC remains to be seen. Right now it’s tough to predict when the former two-division UFC champion will compete again considering he’s still not enrolled

Kelvin Gastelum had a good reason for pulling out of UFC Vegas 67. Gastelum was forced to withdraw from the UFC’s first main event of 2023 on Monday after a mouth injury left him unable to compete against Nassourdine Imavov on Jan. 14. UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland stepped in on short notice to fight

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: We look back at the weekend in combat sports. 1:40 p.m.: UFC lightweight Terrance McKinney previews his upcoming fight against

Daniel Cormier appears to have made amends with Jake Paul. Back in 2021, Cormier and Paul found themselves on opposite ends of a heated feud. At the time, Paul was coming off a brutal knockout of Ben Askren and was hyping up a fight with Tyron Woodley, and doing so in a way that Cormier

ONE Championship has now revealed the full card set to take place on Feb. 24, which features a bantamweight title fight rematch in the main event as John Lineker takes on Fabricio Andrade. The card titled ONE Fight Night 7 will air on Amazon Prime Video with the main card kicking off at 8 p.m.

Jailton Almeida is hoping the third time is the charm for a fight with Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 283, which is scheduled for Jan. 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The heavyweight duo was paired up to compete twice before in 2022, however Abdurakhimov withdrew both times. Abdurakhimov was reportedly pulled from a September card

Henry Cejudo still hasn’t officially been booked for his next fight, but all signs are pointing toward him facing UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in his return to action from retirement. Since the day he announced his retirement in 2020, it seemed that the former two-division UFC champion was teasing a comeback, which is one

With UFC 283 almost two weeks away, the UFC has released a promo for the year’s first pay-per-view card. In the main event, former UFC champion Glover Teixeira will square off against Jamahal Hill for the vacant light heavyweight title. UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will defend his title against Brandon Moreno when they clash

It appears Dana White’s Power Slap League will still air on TBS, although the series premiere will launch a week later than previously announced. The new organization started by White and the UFC will have its first “Road To the Title” episode on Jan. 18 — after the initial scheduled date of Jan. 11 —

Casey O’Neill will attempt to continue her climb in the flyweight division when she faces Jennifer Maia at UFC 286 in London on March 18, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The fight was first reported by Dama De Ferro MMA. Both Maia and O’Neill have agreed to compete but contracts

We’re only five days into 2023, and the year in MMA is already off to a very dark start — including UFC president Dana White being shown on video slapping his wife during a New Year’s Eve party in Cabo San Lucas. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel will discuss their

MMA veteran Phil Baroni has been arrested in Mexico in relation to the alleged killing of his girlfriend. The prosecutors’ office of the Mexican state of Nayarit confirmed Baroni’s arrest Wednesday to the Associated Press following an initial report by Tribuna de la Bahia. Baroni, 46, was arrested Sunday after the woman was found dead

The MMA Hour is back in your life on Wednesday, and it will feature our annual awards show! Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. Below is the list of categories: 1. Knockout of the year 2. Submission of the year 3. Breakout fighter

Mike Perry has made no secret of his desire to box Jake Paul. But not until 2023 did he claim that desire materialized into a contract. Perry posted what he claimed to be a bout agreement to box Paul up to eight three-minute rounds at an event on Feb. 18, 2023 (or another date Paul’s