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Chris Curtis was a little disappointed at UFC 282. This past Saturday, Curtis delivered another exceptional performance in the octagon, knocking out Joaquin Buckley in the second round, and earning a “Performance of the Night” bonus. Securing a big win and an extra $50,000 would normally constitute a good night at the office for anyone,

Israel Adesanya’s head coach Eugene Bareman believes it’s a no-brainer to run back the memorable UFC 281 main event between Adesanya and the new middleweight champion Alex Pereira next, not Pereira vs. Khamzat Chimaev. Adesanya was minutes away from defeating his longtime combat sports rival in November before Pereira delivered a come-from-behind finish in the

Bryce Mitchell said he was far from his best at UFC 282 and wishes he hadn’t gambled on fighting anyway. In a video posted to Twitter after his UFC 282 loss, the first of his pro MMA career, in a bout against Ilia Topuria, Mitchell said a bout with the flu left him a shell

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: We take a closer look at a busy combat sports weekend and look back at our latest parlay bet. 2:20

Raufeon Stots reacts to his split decision win over Danny Sabatello in the main event of Bellator 289, explains the state of his rivalry with Sabatello moving forward and why he still plans to troll Sabatello after the win. He also previews his upcoming matchup against Patchy Mix in the $1 million finals of the

Magomed Ankalaev went through a roller-coaster of emotions on Saturday night. After going five grueling rounds against Jan Blachowicz for a vacant light heavyweight title in the UFC 282 main event, Ankalaev went from thinking that he was a UFC champion, to shock at the official decision being a split draw, to sounding like he

MMA Fighting has UFC 282 results for the Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev event, live blogs of all the main card fights, and more from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. In the main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev will clash for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title. Jiri Prochazka

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Magomed Ankalaev enters the UFC 282 main event as a massive favorite to become the new UFC light heavyweight champion, but will former champion Jan Blachowicz play spoiler once again? Ahead of the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2022, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss the vacant light heavyweight championship bout, and

James Krause is out and Alberta is back in. Following the UFC and the Nevada Athletic Commission taking action against Krause, barring the coach and any of his fighters from appearing at UFC events, Canada’s Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) has decided to lift a ban on gambling on the UFC in the province

MMA Fighting has 2022 World MMA Awards results from Thursday night’s ceremony at the SAHARA Las Vegas. Trophies will be awarded for Male and Female Fighter of the Year, Knockout and Submission of the Year, Fight of the Year, and media awards will be handed out as well. The show is set to begin at

UFC 282 goes down this Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the road here has been a chaotic one. Originally, the final pay-per-view event of 2022 was supposed to be headlined by a light heavyweight title rematch of the presumptive “Fight of the Year” between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira. But two

This year’s World MMA Awards will stream on ESPN+ for the second straight year with a familiar host in place. Fighters Only revealed earlier this week that Chael Sonnen will host the 14th annual event, which takes place Thursday at at the SAHARA Las Vegas. Trophies will be awarded for Male and Female Fighter of

Joe Rogan returns to the commentary booth for the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2022. A UFC official confirmed to MMA Fighting that Rogan will call the action of this weekend’s event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with lead play-by-play voice Jon Anik and former two-division UFC champ Daniel Cormier. Din Thomas will provide

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Joe Rogan indicated the current version of Conor McGregor is not natural, but he doesn’t necessarily fault the former UFC champion. On Saturday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan and fitness influencer Derek from More Plates, More Dates speculated about McGregor’s ability to return from a broken leg suffered at UFC 264. They also

James Krause student Jeff Molina has withdrawn from UFC Vegas 67, and Charles Johnson has replaced him to fight the returning Jimmy Flick. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting the shift, which comes days after Krause and his students were barred from participating in the UFC pending the results

Stephen Thompson looked fantastic in his return to the octagon as he stopped Kevin Holland in the fourth round via TKO. Does “Wonderboy” have one last title run left in him, and if so, what’s the next step he needs to take to get there? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One,