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Mackenzie Dern fought back the tears while addressing her latest setback after falling short to Yan Xiaonan by majority decision in the UFC Vegas 61 main event. Despite a dominant showing on the ground in two separate rounds, Dern failed to secure a submission to put Yan away and struggled to deal with her opponent’s

Nothing came easy but Randy Brown still earned his fourth win in a row in a grueling decision over Francisco Trinaldo in the UFC Vegas 61 co-main event. It looked like the fight might end early after Brown scored a devastating knockdown in the opening round but Trinaldo survived and showed the veteran experience that

Conor McGregor may not be close to returning to the UFC, but he’s more than willing to start fires with retired champions, as Michael Bisping found out this past week. Bisping recently found himself in McGregor’s crosshairs when the Irishman made a random swipe at Bisping’s acting career during an online back-and-forth with Nate Diaz.

With the UFC Vegas 61 headlined by Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan, and Bellator 286 headlined by a featherweight title fight between Patricio Pitbull and Adam Borics, which promotion has the better slate? MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee discuss preview the stakes in the pivotal strawweight matchup between Dern and

Mackenzie Dern is really, really good at Brazilian jiu-jitsu. In fact, a quick look at her Wikipedia will reveal a page long list of all the accolades she’s racked up during her grappling career but none of that means her current opponents in the UFC are just going to roll over and play dead once

Surging featherweights Bryce Mitchell and Movsar Evloev will headline UFC Vegas 64 on Nov. 5 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. MMA Fighting previously reported verbal agreements were in place for the matchup, which pits the No. 11 (Evloev) featherweight against No. 13 (Mitchell) in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. ESPN.com first broke news of

The BKFC is Ben Rothwell’s last chance as a combat sports athlete to accomplish the mission he set out to fulfill when he started fighting. At 40, financial freedom is no longer a concern for the Kenosha, Wis., heavyweight. Living a modest lifestyle, Rothwell said he can live comfortably. “Can I go out and buy

Check out live stream video for Wednesday’s Invicta FC 49 event, which includes a main event for the promotion’s atomweight title. The all-women’s promotion heads to Hinton, Okla. for the fight card, which will be capped off by Jessica Delboni putting her Invicta atomweight title on the line for the first time against Jillian DeCoursey.

Luke Rockhold sees a potential clash with Alex Pereira as a rather favorable matchup. The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion retired from the sport immediately following his recent appearance at UFC 278 in August. Dropping a hard-fought unanimous decision to Paulo Costa in the evening’s co-main event, Rockhold went out on his shield and

Mateus Mendonca got the Season 6 finale of DWCS off to a concussive start with a 48-second knockout of Ashiek Ajim. Ajim’s head bounced off the canvas after he took a straight right to the back of the ear and then got clipped by a left hook. By the time referee Mark Smith intervened, Medonca

Israel Adesanya will have some demons to conquer in his upcoming title fight. “The Last Stylebender” has been virtually unmatched in his MMA career with his lone defeat coming at light heavyweight against the then-champion Jan Blachowicz. While Adesanya admits it was a lackluster performance, Blachowicz’s size and ability to keep the middleweight titlist on

Marlon Vera believes he could get a title fight next. In August, Vera scored the biggest win of his career, knocking out Dominick Cruz in the main event of UFC San Diego. The win was Vera’s fourth in a row and put him on the precipice of a title shot in the stacked 135-pound division

Sean O’Malley thinks the bookmakers are getting it wrong. O’Malley fights former bantamweight champion Petr Yan in the featured main card bout at UFC 280. It’s the biggest opportunity of the young star’s career but, at least according to the numbers, it’s also the biggest challenge, as oddsmakers have installed O’Malley as a +310 underdog

Jake Paul wants a piece of Floyd Mayweather after the boxing legend’s latest exhibition win. Mayweather, 45, scored a second-round knockout of Mikuru Asakura at Sunday’s Super Rizin headliner, downing the MMA veteran with a two-punch combination after a surprisingly competitive opening few minutes. The bout was Mayweather’s fourth exhibition match since his retirement from

Former RIZIN and Bellator bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi returned to Japan with a bang on Sunday, putting out “Kintaro” Yuto Hokamura in the main event of RIZIN 38 at the iconic Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Horiguchi hadn’t fought in his native country since a first-round knockout to beat Kai Asakura and regain the

Jose Aldo will always have a home with the UFC. Speaking to the media after the UFC’s latest Contender Series event, UFC President Dana White was asked for his thoughts on Aldo’s recent retirement and he had nothing but wholehearted praise for the longtime featherweight champion. “We love him,” White said. “This will always be

It appeared heavyweight prospect Slim Trabelsi was one month away from making his UFC debut when the promotion suddenly released him from contract, just days after he agreed to the deal. The sudden change came as a result of a contractual dispute between the Tunisian-born fighter, his longtime coach Fernand Lopez, and high-profile manager Ali

Melvin Manhoef’s 28-year run is over. The 46-year-old MMA original announced his retirement Friday night following a third-round knockout loss to Yoel Romero in the co-main event of Bellator 285, which took place at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The news brings an end to a near three-decade career in both MMA and kickboxing that