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Dustin Poirier decided to fight fire with fire at UFC 281. On Saturday, Poirier faced Michael Chandler in a bloody, back-and-forth battle that saw Poirier secure a third-round submission despite, according to Poirier, having to fight through several fouls from his opponent. After the bout, Poirier alleged that Chandler intentionally bled into his mouth and

Victoria Lee, the younger sister of ONE lightweight champion Christian Lee and ONE atomweight champion Angela Lee, has booked her first fight in over a year. The 18-year-old competitor will return to action against Zeba Bano at the upcoming ONE on Prime Video 6 card scheduled on Jan 13 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok,

After their first meeting was mired in controversy, John Lineker and Fabricio Andrade will meet for the ONE bantamweight title once again in early 2023. Promotional officials revealed the matchup for the vacant title will take place on ONE on Prime Video 7 on Feb. 10 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia. The pairing

Israel Adesanya doesn’t blame Marc Goddard for the stoppage against Alex Pereira, but he does think it wasn’t necessary. Adesanya lost his middleweight title to Pereira at UFC 281 after Pereira authored an epic comeback in the fifth round to earn a standing-TKO victory. In the immediate aftermath, Adesanya protested the stoppage as early, saying

Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira’s first meeting was one of the most wild and entertaining fights in UFC history. They have a chance to top that performance in December. An official trailer has been released for UFC 282, which takes place Dec. 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a rematch

Artur Szczepaniak didn’t need much time to pick up his ninth career victory. On Saturday, Szczepaniak faced Brian Hooi in a main card fight at KSW 76, and the Polish welterweight delivered a one of the best highlights of the weekend, finishing Hooi with a devastating head kick and punches just 43 seconds into the

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Needing a finish heading into the fifth and final round, Alex Pereira landed his most powerful shots when he needed them the most and stunned Israel Adesanya to become the brand new UFC middleweight champion of the world to cap off a memorable UFC 281 event. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to

MMA Fighting has UFC 281 results for the Adesanya vs. Pereira event from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live blogs for the entire main card, and live UFC 281 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will try to defend his title against rival Alex Pereira. Pereira has defeated Adesanya

Watch Mayweather vs. Deji weigh-in video to Floyd Mayweather and Deji Olatunji hit the scales Saturday morning. In the main event, Mayweather and social media influencer Deji will square off in a middleweight contest of 160 pounds. Floyd Mayweather will compete in his fifth exhibition since retiring from boxing. It’s his third of the year.

UFC 281 is upon us and buddy, it’s a doozy. In the main event, Israel Adesanya puts his middleweight title on the line against the only man to have knocked him clean out, Alex Pereira. In the co-main event, Carla Esparza puts her strawweight title on the line against former champion Zhang Weili. On top

At the UFC 281 official weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live video of it. In the main event, Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira will have to make the middleweight title weight limit of 185 pounds. The UFC 281 official weigh-in video

Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo will return to the legendary Interlagos race track this weekend hoping to score points for McLaren, and reached out for unusual help before Friday’s free practice and qualifying sessions in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A longtime MMA fan, Ricciardo visited Chute Boxe training center in Sao Paulo to hit pads with

Michael Chandler wants to see Islam Makhachev defend the UFC lightweight title before taking any superfights. All signs are pointing to Makhachev fighting featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski next February at UFC 284, a mega matchup that would serve as a pairing between two of the best Pound-for-Pound fighters in the world and Makhachev’s first title

At the UFC 281 press conference, the entire main card of Saturday’s pay-per-view, along with UFC president Dana White, are scheduled to answer questions from the media Wednesday evening at Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, along with UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza former UFC

Former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw still believes he can be champion again, especially if Aljamain Sterling is holding the belt. Despite a first-round loss to Sterling at UFC 280, Dillashaw isn’t ready to concede “Funkmaster” is the best bantamweight in the world. Were it not for the severe shoulder injury that hobbled him early

It’s still somewhat rare that a defending champion will be considered an underdog ahead of a title fight but that’s exactly where Carla Esparza finds herself yet again. In her first fight since claiming the strawweight title in May, the 35-year-old veteran faces daunting odds going up against Zhang Weili in the UFC 281 co-main

Cain Velasquez appeared in court on Monday for his first pre-trial hearing on multiple charges, including attempted murder after he allegedly chased and tried to gun down a man accused of molesting his son. The former UFC heavyweight champion has been in jail for the past eight months after he was first arrested and later