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Glover Teixeira’s road to his first UFC title win got further solidified with a big time finish of a past title challenger. As the UFC was getting back to work during the COVID-19 pandemic, they headed to Jacksonville, Fla., where they hosted a slew of events — including the UFC Jacksonville fight night card headlined

Muhammad Mokaev was anticipating a busy 2023, but his new year will start off with surgery rather than a fight. The 22-year-old flyweight prospect revealed on social media that he suffered a dislocated shoulder in training that will require him to go under the knife before he can compete again. Mokaev wasn’t booked for a

Sho Patrick Usami wasn’t getting paid by the hour for his fight at Rizin 40 from Japan. It took Usami less than one minute to deliver an absolutely brutal one-punch knockout that twisted his opponent BeyNoah around and sent him crashing face first to the canvas. The punch that ended the fight was actually just

Donald Cerrone has seen enough to believe in Jake Paul’s abilities as a boxer. Cerrone, a UFC legend and likely future Hall of Famer, has been around the block enough to watch the rise of countless prospects who were at one point considered to be all hype. He even fought one of the biggest hype

MMA Fighting has Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN weigh-in video for Saturday’s event at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The cross-promotional event pairs some of the companies’ champions and top contenders against one another will be headlined by former Bellator featherweight champion A.J. McKee and RIZIN lightweight champ Roberto de Souza. Patricio Pitbull and Kleber Koike

A.J. McKee has big plans for the New Year. The former Bellator featherweight champion, who faces RIZIN lightweight king Roberto Satoshi in the main event of the Bellator-RIZIN card on Dec. 31, isn’t looking past his next opponent but he has a lot of ambition when it comes to his future in 2023. With Bellator

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. All bouts featured have been officially announced or confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin

Marcus “Lelo” Aurelio knows his way around a moat fight. The Ganryujima veteran represented the promotion in fine fashion as he scored the most impressive win of Wednesday’s Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima event in Tokyo. Aurelio — not to be confused with former PRIDE and UFC fighter Marcus “Maximus” Aurelio — scooped up opponent Hidenori

One-time UFC title challenger Sara McMann is the latest addition to the Bellator roster. McMann has signed a multi-fight deal with the Paramount-owned promotion, MMA Fighting confirmed with Bellator officials, to compete in the featherweight division. The move was initially reported by Ariel Helwani. McMann, 42, completed her UFC contract in September with the cancellation

Tracy Cortez is putting herself first before resuming her UFC career. On Monday, the fast-rising flyweight (currently 4-0 in the UFC) provided an update on her health after she was forced to withdraw from a fight with Amanda Ribas at UFC Orlando on Dec. 3. The withdrawal was officially announced as being due to a

UFC welterweights Sean Brady and Michel Pereira are expected to meet in a high-stakes bout at the UFC Fight Night event on March 25. MMA Fighting confirmed the news Monday following an announcement by Pereira with Brazilian outlet PVT. Official contracts for the matchup have yet to be signed. Brady (15-1) is currently MMA Fighting’s

Stephen Thompson believes Kevin Holland and his team made the right decision by throwing in the towel. At UFC Orlando, Thompson delivered one of his best performances in years, battering Holland over four rounds until Holland’s corner decided to stop the bout before the fifth round. Corner stoppages are a rarity in MMA, but in

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Vitor Belfort was wearing a t-shirt that read “Come back, Priscila” when he won the UFC light heavyweight championship in 2004, three weeks after his sister disappeared in Rio de Janeiro. Almost 19 years later, there is still no body found or definite answer on the case, but Belfort’s mother has found a way to

Edmen Shahbazyan was at a crossroads in his young career after losing three straight UFC fights. Once hailed as the future of the middleweight division, the 25-year-old Contender Series veteran was in a scenario where one more setback could potentially bounce him from the promotion. Realizing he needed to change his training and preparation, Shahbazyan

Chael Sonnen is excited to see what’s next for Nate Diaz, even if Diaz simply decides to return to the UFC. Since Diaz fought out his contract with a win over Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279 this past September, there has been plenty of speculation as to what Diaz will do

The UFC releases an in-depth look into the rematch between UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec. 28, 2013. Tate was the first fighter in the UFC to get out of the first round against Rousey, but she still came up short when she was submitted via armbar in

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. We don’t talk enough about the importance of having proper equipment before stepping into the cage.