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JP Buys will make his octagon debut alongside his wife next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Buys will take on Bruno Silva in a flyweight matchup on March 20. MMA DNA was first to report the booking. The event is expected to take place at the

UFC 259 is just around the corner, and the poster is now here. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will jump up a division to challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz. Amanda Nunes defends her UFC featherweight title against Megan Anderson in the co-main event, while Petr Yan tries to retain

MMA Fighting has UFC 258 results for the Usman vs. Burns fight card Saturday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs of the main card, and live UFC 258 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman squares off against former teammate Gilbert Burns. Usman has won 12 straight

The UFC 258 start time and TV schedule for the Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns fight card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night is below. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airs on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where

Khamzat Chimaev’s struggles with COVID-19 have carried over into 2021. Earlier this week, it was announced that Chimaev’s bout with Leon Edwards on March 13 has officially been canceled. This marks the third time that Chimaev and Edwards have seen a scheduled meeting fall through. Edwards withdrew from the initial booking on Dec. 19 due

UFC 258 has lost a main card fight. Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that the lightweight matchup between Jim Miller and Bobby Green has been scratched from Saturday night’s lineup. Following the event’s official weigh-ins, Miller and Green did not face off, which led to questions amongst the MMA community. UFC president Dana White

The third time was not the charm for the welterweight showdown between Khamzat Chimaev and Leon Edwards. On Thursday, UFC President Dana White confirmed to ESPN that Chimaev has been forced to drop out of his scheduled fight against Edwards at the upcoming event on March 13. According to White, Chimaev is still dealing with

If you’re waiting for the UFC to put its lightweight title up for grabs, keep waiting. Four months after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from competition following a successful title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, “The Eagle” is still officially listed as the UFC’s champion at 155 pounds. Nurmagomedov called it a career

Former Strikeforce and Elite XC star Gina Carano is out of a job after a series of controversial posts made on her social media account. The 38-year-old former fighter has been dropped from her role as Rebel trooper Cara Dune on the Star Wars spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” which currently airs on Disney+. Lucasfilm representatives

Glover Teixeira will make weight for UFC 259, serving as a backup fighter for the main event clash between champion Jan Blachowicz and challenger Israel Adesanya in Las Vegas. Teixeira does not have a fight booked for the March 6 pay-per-view event, which takes place at UFC APEX, but will be ready in case Blachowicz

This is The A-Side Live Chat. For this episode, José Youngs, Alex Savas, and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the biggest news in MMA​. Some POSSIBLE topics include fallout from UFC Vegas 18, including Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen’s violent KO wins, the recent Bellator​ announcement, the upcoming Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix,

Bellator is holding a tournament for its light heavyweight division, and it is starting off with a bang. At a press conference Tuesday, Bellator President Scott Coker announced an eight-man Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix scheduled to begin in April, and one of the opening round bouts features recent marquee signings Yoel Romero (13-5) and

Former Bellator featherweight champion Daniel Straus was arrested this past Friday and charged with a single felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly beating and stabbing his on-again, off-again partner. Straus was booked into the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 6, according to online arrest records, and his bond

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Chris Leben couldn’t have written a better ending to his career. The 40-year-old veteran, who spent years competing in the UFC after he was part of the original cast of The Ultimate Fighter, officially retired on Friday night after earning a devastating first-round knockout over Quentin Henry at BKFC KnuckleMania. Leben had already been out

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With UFC Vegas 18 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday night’s event at the APEX, including Alexander Volkov’s second-round KO win over Alistair Overeem in the main event, as well as Cory Sandhagen’s knockout of the

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 18 results for the Overeem vs. Volkov event at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 18 Twitter updates. In the main event, Alistair Overeem will try to continue his UFC title quest with a win over