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UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman has cited the history of former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor as evidence that there’s different rules for different fighters. While his recent form — 1-3 in his last four bouts, including back-to-back losses to Dustin Poirier in 2021 — may be a far cry from his peak years in the

Patricky Freire is now set to defend his recently acquired Bellator lightweight title in November. Sharing the cage with Freire will be an undefeated challenger in Usman Nurmagomedov, who has finished his three previous bouts in the first round. The matchup was first reported by <a href=” The lightweight title bout is expected to headline

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou isn’t the only fighter bulking up in the off-season. Alex Pereira is also packing on the pounds, but unlike “The Predator,” Pereira has a fight on the horizon! “Poatan” is scheduled to face UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 281 on Nov. 12. That’s

11:22 AM ET Bellator MMA has rebooked a featherweight matchup between Aaron Pico and Jeremy Kennedy in October, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. The 145-pound bout will take place at Bellator 286 on Oct. 1 in Long Beach, California. That event is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (33-5) and

UFC lightweight contender Terrance McKinney wants to test himself against a pair of UFC legends following his most recent win at UFC Vegas 59. McKinney earned another first-round finish against Erick Gonzalez this past weekend at UFC Vegas 59. He bounced back in a big way after losing to Drew Dober on short notice earlier

11:11 PM ET One of the best prospects in all of MMA is on the cusp of a UFC contract. Bo Nickal, a former three-time NCAA Division I wrestling national champion, finished Zack Borrego via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:02 of the first round Tuesday night on Dana White’s Contender Series at the UFC Apex

Surging bantamweights will face off in September. Javid Basharat (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) meets Tony Gravely (23-7 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event on Sept. 17, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to

Among China’s finest mixed martial artists, some of the absolute best reside within the 115 pound weight class where multiple have helped each other out at one point or another — at least in the case of ONE Championship’s Lin Heqin and a now historical figure. The 28-year-old Lin began her career in 2015, roughly

Former two-time UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas has provided an update on her future plans and return to action. While Namajunas entered 2022 with gold in her possession following back-to-back victories over Zhang Weili last year, the first of which saw her stop “Magnum” with a first-round head kick, she now finds herself relinquished

LAS VEGAS – UFC president Dana White believes in Bo Nickal’s abilities as a fighter, but still wasn’t ready to give him a UFC contract on Tuesday evening. In the feature bout of Dana White’s Contender Series 49, Nickal stepped into the cage for the second time as a professional fighter and made quick work

Some more fights have been added to the upcoming Bellator 286 event, which is slated to go down on Oct. 1, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif., which will feature a Featherweight title fight between division king, Patricio Pitbull, and Adam Borics. The promotion announced that Aaron Pico will face off against Jeremy Kennedy in one

12:28 AM ET Cris Cyborg‘s next fight won’t be inside an MMA cage — it’ll be in a boxing ring. Cyborg, one of the best women’s MMA fighters of all time, said on her “The Catchup” YouTube show Monday that she is in the process of finalizing a contract for her professional boxing debut. Cyborg

Demetrious Johnson will get his second shot at the ONE Championship bantamweight title against Adriano Moraes this August on ONE On Prime Video 1 but remains open to the prospect of super-fights. While Demetrious Johnson has almost every UFC record imaginable at flyweight under his belt, his short time in ONE Championship has been almost

1:24 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has broken bones in both hands and will require surgery, he wrote Monday on Instagram. The injuries were sustained in a unanimous decision loss to Stevie Ray in the PFL lightweight semifinals last Friday. Pettis wrote that his left hand and his right thumb are broken.

As expected, Tyson Fury’s retirement didn’t last very long. The heavyweight boxing champion has announced his return to fighting after retiring in April following his TKO victory over Dillian Whyte to defend his WBC title. In a video posted on his Twitter account on Tuesday, Fury revealed that he plans to fight again. “I’ve decided

Sam Alvey’s time inside the Octagon appears to have come to an end … for now. This past weekend (Aug. 6, 2022) at UFC Vegas 59, Alvey fell victim to yet another tough defeat. Tasked with Michal Oleksiejczuk, “Smilin’” put up his best efforts for as long as the action lasted, ultimately suffering a technical

Following the announcement of his next fight, rising UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley is expecting a certain narrative to flip. In a week that was full of exciting announcement regarding October 22’s UFC 280 pay-per-view, including the confirmation of Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev’s vacant-title fight, one explosive collision in the bantamweight division turned heads.

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look