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Jaqueline Amorim is the newest addition to the UFC strawweight division, the fighter announced on social media. The UFC has yet to announce a date and opponent for Amorim’s octagon debut. The 27-year-old Brazilian joins the promotion less than a week after defending the LFA strawweight championship in Minnesota, tapping Ashley Nichols with an armbar

Tom Hardy may best be known for his acting chops in films like The Dark Knight Rises and Venom, but the 45-year-old Academy Award nominee has also turned into quite a martial artist in recent years. After first discovering Brazilian jiu-jitsu during training for his role in the 2011 film Warrior, Hardy continued training after

Eddie Alvarez is a free agent again. The former UFC lightweight champion has officially parted ways with ONE Championship after signing a lucrative multi-fight deal with the promotion back in 2018. Alvarez confirmed the news via Twitter following an initial report from the South China Morning Post. “Confirmed, I am no longer with ONE,” Alvarez

Cody Garbrandt will have to wait until a later date to make his return to action. The ex-UFC bantamweight champion has been pulled from the upcoming UFC Vegas 61 card on Oct. 1 due to an injury suffered in training. UFC officials confirmed the news on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. Garbrandt’s removal

The road to this past weekend’s UFC debut was anything but easy for Joe Pyfer. A 26-year-old middleweight prospect, Pyfer introduced himself in thunderous fashion with a first-round knockout of Alen Amedovski at UFC Vegas 60. To call the moment long in the making would be an understatement. In 2020, Pyfer was on the precipice

Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe Henry Cejudo deserves an immediate title shot upon his return. This past weekend, Sandhagen defeated Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Vegas 60, breaking his two-fight losing streak and keeping his name in the bantamweight title conversation. That conversation is pretty full at the moment though, with Petr Yan,

Raush Manfio is out of the race for the 2022 PFL lightweight championship and the million-dollar prize after a “horrible” decision defeat to Olivier Aubin-Mercier this past June, but wants to end 2021 on a high note with two more victories. Manfio, who claimed the PFL belt in 2021 after collecting wins over the likes

Jose Aldo’s impact on the MMA world will be felt for ages. Following the news that Aldo has retired from MMA competition after a legendary 18-year fighting career, the MMA community took to social media to pay respects to the Brazilian legend. Aldo, 36, is widely regarded as the best featherweight of all time, a

The Canelo vs. GGG 3 official scorecard reveals how the judges scored the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin trilogy fight Saturday in Las Vegas. In a bout that saw Canelo clearly leading on the scorecards early on, the final verdict turned out to be close as he won the bout 116-112 on one judges’

Gillian Robertson had to walk through fire, but she found the finish in emphatic fashion against Mariya Agapova at UFC Vegas 60. Robertson and Agapova faced off in a prelim bout this Saturday in Las Vegas, and early on, it was Agapova getting the better of the action. Robertson repeatedly shot in, looking to score

MMA Fighting has Canelo vs. GGG 3 results live for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin 3 fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Canelo vs. GGG 3 live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main

Cory Sandhagen enters the UFC Vegas 60 main event on the heels of back-to-back losses to T.J. Dillashaw and Petr Yan. Does Sandhagen need to get his hand raised on Saturday if he hopes to fight for the undisputed UFC bantamweight title in the future? MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee, and Jed Meshew

At the UFC Vegas 60 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday. MMA Fighting will have highlights of the proceedings, courtesy of the UFC. The UFC Vegas 60 official weigh-ins begin at 12 p.m. ET. In the main event, bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Song

While the MMA community awaited word on what could happen to the top of the UFC 279 lineup following Khamzat Chimaev’s weight miss, Jon Anik was given a heads up by Joe Rogan that things might get shuffled. At the event’s official weigh-ins, Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds for his scheduled main event bout

A pivotal headliner in the UFC’s featherweight division is on tap for October. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen is in the works for the UFC’s Oct. 29 Fight Night event at a location and venue yet to be announced.

Matchroom Sports Chairman Eddie Hearn once stood next to Jake Paul and told the YouTuber turned boxer, in so many words, that he wasn’t that good. That was a whole fourth months ago, when Paul was Hearn’s brief promoting partner in a lightweight boxing title fight between his boxer, multi-division champ Katie Taylor, and Paul’s

It was apparently a case of mistaken identity at Tuesday’s DWCS press conference after UFC President Dana White ranted about a UFC 279 conspiracy theory. White attributed the theory, which accused the UFC of orchestrating the last-second headliner shuffle, to former UFC welterweight champ Pat Miletich. He admitted he hadn’t checked his sources, but nonetheless

The Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva press conference video features the second and final stop on the kickoff tour – a media event at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Jake Paul and Anderson Silva will both discuss their upcoming pay-per-view showdown on Oct. 29 at the same arena. The press conference is expected