Henry Cejudo is back. UFC 288 on May 6 in Newark, N.J. will mark the first appearance for Cejudo inside the octagon in nearly three full years. “Triple C” retired directly after an impressive title defense against his fellow all-time Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, scoring a nasty — and somewhat controversial — second-round TKO
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Slim Trabelsi is now a Bellator MMA fighter after a dispute between managers that led to his UFC release. Bellator officials confirmed to MMA Fighting Trabelsi’s move to the Paramount-owned promotion after an initial report from TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter. According to a press release from Dominance MMA, the contract is a “six-figure,” multi-fight, multi-year deal.
The UFC heavyweight division has seen some dramatic changes over the past year. Francis Ngannou is no longer a part of the UFC knocking opponents out left and right en route to the world title. As a consolation, Sergei Pavlovich has done so in half the time “The Predator” did in their first six octagon
Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia was billed as one of the biggest boxing matches of the year — and that’s exactly how the fight will be remembered when 2023 is over. The pay-per-view card headlined by Davis vs. Garcia sold more than 1.2 million buys, with final numbers for the card still being tallied at
It’s just about time for the return of “Super” Sage Northcutt. ONE Championship will hold the first event in its 11-year history on U.S. soil next weekend in Denver, Colo. on May 5. ONE Fight Night 10 is a stacked line-up with notable names that have been with the promotion for years as well as
Elizeu Zaleski returns to the cage for the first time in 20 months when he meets Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC Vegas 74, Zaleski’s coach Cristiano Marcello confirmed to MMA Fighting following a report by Canal Encarada. UFC Vegas 74 takes place June 3 at the UFC APEX and is headlined by middleweights Jack Hermansson vs.
Frankie Edgar spent almost eight total hours inside the UFC octagon during his illustrious career, but that doesn’t mean he’s not prone to mistakes every now and again. The former UFC lightweight champion, who announced his retirement from active competition this past November, posted a video on his Instagram account on Monday showing a recent
Stephan Bonnar died of an accidental drug overdose. The Clark County (Nev.) coroner’s office ruled Bonnar’s death accidental from “Fentanyl, Parafluorofentanyl and Mitragynine intoxication” in an email sent to MMA Fighting following a public records request following the UFC Hall of Famer’s death on Dec. 22 in Las Vegas. He was 45. The coroner’s office
It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for UFC 288, but the pay-per-view main card is now set with the addition of Gilbert Burns vs. Belal Muhammad as the co-main event. The welterweights agreed to meet in a five-round fight on May 6 after the original co-headliner between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush was moved
Don’t expect Olympic gold medalist Rafaela Silva to follow the footsteps of fellow judokas Ronda Rousey and Kayla Harrison to MMA. A two-time judo world champion (2013 and 2022) and one-time Olympic champion (2016), Silva flirted with mixed martial arts during her two-year suspension for fenoterol, a substance used to treat asthma. Silva claimed innocence
Patchy Mix destroyed interim Bellator bantamweight champion Raufeon Stots to capture the belt and win the bantamweight grand prix in the headliner of Bellator 295. Mix caught Stots with a standing knee at the 1:20 mark of the opening frame to set up a title unifier with the winner of a June meeting between champ
MMA Fighting has Davis vs. Garcia results live for the Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on Saturday night. When the main event begins around 10:30 p.m. ET, check out our Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main
MMA Fighting has Bellator 295 results for the Stots vs. Mix event and more from Saturday’s action at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the main event, Bellator interim bantamweight champion Raufeon Stots takes on Patchy Mix in the five-round, $1 million finale of the Bellator bantamweight grand prix. Former Bellator flyweight
With so much action scheduled for this weekend in the combat sports world, Bellator may be bringing the weekend’s best fight to the table as they crown a grand prix winner in the bantamweight division. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, Alexander K. Lee, and E. Casey Leydon discuss Saturday’s Bellator 295 main event between
MMA Fighting has Bellator 294 results for the Carmouche vs. Bennett event and more from Friday’s action at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the main event, Bellator flyweight champion Liz Carmouche defends her belt in a five-round battle against DeAnna Bennett. Carmouche scored the first defense of her title in December
Ray Borg was very excited to get the call to join the Bellator MMA roster, but he was admittedly confused when he received his first official fight offer. The name on his bout agreement was ex-Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi, which was exactly the kind of opponent Borg wanted. Then, he saw that the fight was
The UFC keeps right on rolling this Saturday with a return to the APEX, headlined by a probable heavyweight title eliminator between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes, so the No Bets Barred boys are back to break down their best bets. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew begin the show by recapping UFC Kansas City
Demetrious Johnson knows he doesn’t have much time left in MMA. As he prepares for an upcoming trilogy against Adriano Moraes in the first-ever U.S. ONE Championship event, the former UFC flyweight king admits he knows the end of his career is near. It’s not a matter of his health or feeling like he can’t
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