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Merab Dvalishvili doesn’t believe Umar Nurmagomedov’s injury talk one bit ahead of their bantamweight title fight. Dvalishvili puts his title on the line for the first time against the undefeated Nurmagomedov in the co-main event of UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. In a recent interview with ESPN, Nurmagomedov was

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz It’s officially UFC 311 fight week as the UFC brings two big title fights to the octagon. In the main event, Islam Makhachev is set to defend his title against Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch, while Merab Dvalishvili puts his newly won bantamweight championship on the line against the

Nate Diaz doesn’t understand how he got all mixed up in some kind of heated rivalry with UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. This past December at the UFC 311 pre-fight press conference, Diaz and Makhachev were involved in a brief backstage altercation where members from their respective teams threw water bottles at each other before

Las Vegas Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby is getting into the bare-knuckle fighting business. He’s not throwing punches but instead he’s making a financial investment in BKFC to become a part-owner in the promotion in similar fashion to UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Crosby is a well-known fan of combat sports and now he’s putting

The first UFC event of 2025 took place this past weekend when UFC Vegas 101 went down in the world’s most famous APEX. Though the card was a wee bit maligned heading into the weekend, UFC Vegas 101 ended up being a pretty fun time, and a few notable things occurred, including Mackenzie Dern getting

UFC 312 has lost an intriguing flyweight contest. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that a scheduled 125-pound bout between Rei Tsuruya (10-0) and Stewart Nicoll (8-1) is off the Feb. 8 pay-per-view in Sydney after Nicoll was forced to withdraw due to injury. The news was first reported

Patricio Pitbull is officially a free agent. Shortly after the longtime Bellator star went on a public tirade against PFL, who acquired Bellator in 2023, PFL chairman Donn Davis announced Tuesday via Twitter that Pitbull has been granted his release. See Davis’ statement below. We are releasing @PatricioPitbull @PFLMMA is all about opportunity I founded

UFC Vegas 102 is just over a month away and the full lineup is officially set. UFC Vegas 102 goes down on Feb. 15, headlined by a middleweight matchup between former title challenger Jared Cannonier and rising contender Gregory Rodrigues, and on Monday, the UFC released the full fight card for the second APEX event

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game. We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience

In a class of impressive prospects, Carlos Prates shined the brightest. The award for Rookie of the Year in 2024 was a tough contest to judge with several fighters vying for the crown, but the Fighting Nerds stole the show with three names this past year: Prates, Mauricio Ruffy, and Jean Silva. In the end,

Pillow Fight Championship, make way for your future star Alex Pereira. The UFC light heavyweight champion celebrated Christmas with his sons and friends in Danbury, Conn., this week and had some fun “competing” against his sons in pillow fights. As expected, the Brazilian knockout artist — who nearly punched his sons during a prank back

When Corey Anderson asked for his release from the UFC and ultimately signed with Bellator, he hoped for the best for his future but even he couldn’t have predicted how things would play out. Just a day after signing with his new promotion, the former Ultimate Fighter winner got the chance to sit down with

Drake and Conor McGregor have had a relationship over the years, but the former two-division champ isn’t the rap superstar’s favorite fighter. The four-time Grammy winner recently did a holiday-themed live stream on his Kick channel and was asked who his favorite UFC fighter was, and eventually revealed that his all-time favorite fighter is none

Robert Whittaker has shared the octagon with former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya twice, and current champ Dricus du Plessis once, so his experience has led him to a hypothesis in regards to Adesanya’s next fight. Adesanya competes in his first non-title fight in five years when he faces surging contender Nassourdine Imavov in the

Donald Cerrone is serious about returning to the UFC for two more fights. Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), the UFC’s anti-doping agency, confirmed that Cerrone is back in the testing pool in hopes of an octagon return. “Cowboy” also revealed the news on The Pacman Jones Show. “I just re-entered the testing pool so I have

One of the greatest Japanese fighters to ever compete in mixed martial arts, Kazushi Sakuraba will see his son Taisei Sakuraba enter the ring for the first time on Dec. 31, when he makes his MMA debut against 41-fight veteran Yusuke Yachi in a lightweight bout at RIZIN DECADE in Saitama, Japan. Excited to represent

MMA Fighting has Polaris 30 results live for the Condit vs. MVP fight card, a live blog of the highly anticipated main event, and more from Fairfield Halls in London, England. In the main event, UFC veteran Carlos Condit and UFC welterweight star MVP, otherwise known as Michael “Venom” Page will clash in a middleweight

Youssef Zalal is on one heck of a hot streak. “The Moroccan Devil” made it three straight wins at UFC Edmonton since returning to the octagon this year, defeating Jack Shore with an arm-triangle choke submission that came moments after he cracked Shore with a devastating knee. Watch the telling blow and finishing technique below.