9:33 AM ET The UFC has announced it will stage its first event in France on Sept. 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris after a decade-long battle with French authorities. President Dana White said on Tuesday: “I’m so excited to hold our first event in Paris this September. It will be an unbelievable night
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Russian bantamweight Vyacheslav Svischev flashed some deadly striking accuracy over the weekend at Open FC 19 in Samara, Russia. Scheduled as the fourth fight of a six-fight main card, Svischev entered the cage opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Belek Aliev. After the two bantamweights exchanged on the feet early, the southpaw Svischev backed Aliev up with a jab
Kamaru Usman’s health is moving in the right direction. It’s just taking a little while. Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC), the reigning UFC welterweight champion, is still healing from a hand injury that has kept him out of action since a unanimous decision win over rival Colby Covington at UFC 268 in November. He’s frequently
Sara McMann and Aspen Ladd will square off in a battle of old school vs. new at the upcoming UFC “Fight Night” event on Aug. 13, according to All Access MMA, a booking that comes nearly two years after the promotion first tried to pair them off in Las Vegas. Ladd suffered a late injury
9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of
Eagle FC 47: Dos Santos vs. De Castro takes place live tonight (May 20, 2022) from the FLX Arena in Miami, Florida, and MMA News will have the results and highlights for you right here! The main event of tonight’s card will feature former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos taking on another ex-UFC veteran
8:17 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez is taking a swing at mixed martial arts as an investor and board member for the Professional Fighters League. The PFL announced the addition of the former New York Yankees superstar to its board of directors Thursday. Rodriguez’s investment is part of
By Matthew Wells and Ken Hathaway | May 19, 2022 10:00 pm ET Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Jailton Almeida turned a lot of heads in his UFC debut in February, and hopes to keep the train rolling in a different weight class this Saturday. Entering his second fight under the UFC banner, Almeida (15-2
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Did you know that UFC fighters have to keep United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) aware of their location at all times? Since they’re subject to random drug tests, athletes are supposed to constantly update the testing organization, and there’s strict punishments for failing to meet their criteria. A trio of whereabouts
Dominance MMA Management CEO Ali Abdelaziz believes that former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar should say farewell to the sport after one more fight. Edgar, who has entered the Octagon 29 times across a 15-year stint in the promotion, has gone 1-4 in his last five appearances. After back-to-back losses to Max Holloway and “The
4:43 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov says he recently texted Dana White to argue in favor of a lightweight title shot for his longtime friend and teammate Islam Makhachev — and apparently White left the retired legend on read. “Honestly, this is first time since we started talking to each other that he don’t respond to
Eagle FC 47 early weigh ins are already in the books but the promotion will trot the fighters back out for the ceremonial festivities at 4 p.m. ET in the embedded video above. The “Dos Santos vs. De Castro” MMA event takes place tomorrow night (Fri., May 20, 2022) on the FLX digital network in
By Nolan King | May 19, 2022 4:20 pm ET Again and again, Khabib Nurmagomedov shuts down any notion that he will return for a 30th professional MMA fight. Even with Charles Oliveira as (unofficial) champion, that still remains true. Nurmagomedov has embraced the coaching life since his UFC retirement, mentoring the likes of Islam
Tony Ferguson thinks Belal Muhammad has “jocked” his swag. Ferguson recently spoke to Ariel Helwani of “The MMA Hour” coming off of his knockout loss to Michael Chandler at UFC 274. During the interview, Ferguson talked about working with young fighters and how much he enjoys it. Even if they do “jock” his style. “El
By Danny Segura | May 18, 2022 11:36 pm ET MIAMI – Junior Dos Santos is starting fresh. A former UFC heavyweight champion, Dos Santos (21-9) returns to MMA competition in the Eagle FC 47 main event Friday. It’s his first fight since his departure from the UFC, the promotion where he built a legendary
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Officially, Lightweight is without a champion at the minute due to Charles Oliveira’s half-pound weight miss, which may or may not be BS depending upon who you ask. Despite the technicality, a wide portion of the fan base still considers “Do Bronx” the Lightweight king given his recent finishes of Justin
4:04 PM ET Glover Teixeira’s days competing in the Octagon seem numbered. The UFC light heavyweight champion told Globo’s Mundo de Luta podcast Wednesday that he would like to wrap up his illustrious career in the next few months and this would “probably” be his final year fighting. Teixeira, 42, will defend his light heavyweight
Marvin Vettori and Robert Whittaker have apparently agreed to fight on September 3 in Paris, France. The pair were officially booked against each other for UFC 275, set for Singapore on June 11. However, Whittaker was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury. Now, the two have taken to social media to