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Flyweight vets Miranda Maverick and Jasmine Jasudavicius are expected to square off this summer at UFC 289. Maverick announced the matchup on her Instagram page, noting a city and venue have yet to be determined for the June 10 pay-per-view event. A person with knowledge of the booking confirmed to MMA Fighting that the matchup

Merab Dvalishvili could easily argue that he’s the true No. 1 contender in the bantamweight division yet he won’t be fighting for a UFC title any time soon … at least not as long as Aljamain Sterling is champion. Currently riding a nine-fight win streak including his lopsided win over Petr Yan at UFC Las

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The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Recapping the weekend. 1:35 p.m.: Dan Hardy returns to the show to break down UFC 286 and all the latest

The UFC 286 main card looks a little bit different than it did a week ago with one women’s 125-pound matchup replacing another on the pay-per-view lineup. During Saturday’s UFC Las Vegas broadcast, the updated main card was revealed for the event, which takes place at the The O2 in London. The pay-per-view is headlined

Henry Cejudo has his sights set on beating Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 but if the reigning bantamweight champion can’t make it, he’ll gladly take on his teammate instead. That’s the word from the Olympic gold medalist wrestler after he watched Merab Dvalishvili dominate Petr Yan over five rounds to win a lopsided unanimous decision

Alexander Volkov needed less than three minutes to dispatch Alexandr Romanov in an impressive performance as the UFC Las Vegas co-main event on Saturday. Stuffing an early takedown from Romanov set the tone for the fight as Volkov just came after his opponent with guns blazing. After hurting Romanov to the body, Volkov stopped another

Goiti Yamauchi is likely going to be out for a while after his loss at Bellator 292. Yamauchi suffered a brutal 26-second loss to Michael Page after sustaining just a single strike on Friday in the main card opener of Bellator 292. In a grisly sequence, Page appeared to badly injure Yamauchi’s right knee with

The UFC’s first event following UFC 285 takes place in their home city, but not at the APEX, as UFC Las Vegas features a pivotal main event matchup in the bantamweight division between former champion Petr Yan and surging contender Merab Dvalishvili. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee preview the 135-pound

Jon Jones is no stranger to history-making moments. Already a surefire UFC Hall of Famer, “Bones” is widely considered the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Since becoming the youngest UFC champion in history at the age of 23, Jones has racked up big win after big win, all while becoming the first fighter to

Fights come together fast these days, and if you blink, you can easily miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the latest reported matchups to keep you up to date with what’s on the horizon. Kyoji HoriguchiRIZIN FF A pivotal Bellator bantamweight matchup is headed to Hawaii. Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5) is set to take

Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather were involved in an altercation outside the Miami-Dade Arena following the Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game on Wednesday. The incident was captured on video by someone in Mayweather’s entourage and later handed over to TMZ, who posted the clip showing the confrontation. Based on the video, Mayweather and his

UFC middleweight Jamie Pickett will not be appealing his UFC 285 loss to Bo Nickal after the Nevada Athletic Commission found “no conclusive video evidence” of a groin strike to overturn the official result. Pickett’s rep, LaMont Chappell, on Wednesday told MMA Fighting he decided against the appeal after speaking with the Nevada Athletic Commission,

Former UFC bantamweight champ Miesha Tate returns to action this summer against Mayra Bueno Silva. In an Instagram post, Tate targeted Silva for a May bout. Instead, the two are signed to meet at a June 3 UFC event, multiple people with knowledge of negotiations told MMA Fighting after an initial report from Dama de

Lee Murray only competed in the UFC one time in 2004 but his infamy for exploits outside the cage will live in infamy forever. A new four-part documentary headed to Showtime on April 7 titled Catching Lightning will detail Murray’s wild story how he transformed from a highly touted MMA fighter to pulling off the

Islam Makhachev ventured into enemy territory and came out victorious. UFC 284 played host to not only the promotion’s return to Australia, but an epic champion vs. champion collision as Makhachev defended his lightweight crown against reigning featherweight kingpin Alexander Volkanovski. The battle of the Top 2 pound-for-pound fighters in the official UFC rankings was

RIZIN lightweight champion Roberto Satoshi will return to the ring at the RIZIN 42 card on May 5, the company announced Monday. The line-up will also include John Dodson, Juan Archuleta and Kai Asakura. Satoshi, who lost a decision in a non-title clash with Bellator star A.J. McKee this past December, is slated to face

Mikuru Asakura returns to the RIZIN ring for his first fight since squaring off with Floyd Mayweather. At a press conference Friday in Tokyo, RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced the full lineup for RIZIN LANDMARK 5, which has been moved from April 30 to April 29. The event takes place at Yoyogi National Stadium and