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Pedro Munhoz took to social media following his fight with Sean O’Malley to discuss the unsatisfying end to their UFC 276 contest. The bantamweight contenders opened Saturday’s main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but it was hardly a show-stealer as the bout was called off less than two minutes into the second round

Israel Adesanya successfully defended his title in the UFC 276 main event but it’s probably not a performance that will get added to his highlight reel. Over five rounds, Adesanya largely dominated the striking exchanges with Jared Cannonier, who was really struggling to put together any kind of consistent offense against the champion. By the

UFC 276 features two pivotal middleweight bouts for the future of the division. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya defends his title against Jared Cannonier, and in the featured main card bout, former Glory kickboxing champion Alex Pereira takes on rising contender Sean Strickland in a bout that many feel could determine

MMA Fighting has UFC 276 results for the Adesanya vs. Cannonier event Saturday night, live blogs of the entire main card, and UFC 276 live Twitter updates. In the main event, Israel Adesanya defends his UFC middleweight title against Jared Cannonier. Adesanya is a perfect 11-0 at 185 pounds in the UFC, while Cannonier has

At the UFC 276 official weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video, which can be seen above. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and challenger Jared Cannonier can weigh no more than 185 pounds,

On one of the biggest nights of his life, Daniel Cormier decided that his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame was finally time to come clean about one of the most debated moments during his career. At UFC 210, as he attempted to defend his light heavyweight title for the second time, Cormier struggled

If Israel Adesanya expects a different outcome in an MMA fight against Alex Pereira, the former two-division GLORY champion says he’s in for a rude awakening. Ahead of UFC 276, Adesanya addressed a potential rematch with Pereira — who defeated him twice in kickboxing — stating that MMA doesn’t have “big pillow gloves” like kickboxing

Sean Strickland isn’t blind to the UFC’s intentions with his matchup against Alex Pereira. Strickland is set to meet the former two-division GLORY kickboxing champion on Saturday at UFC 276. The controversial American is a perfect 5-0 since moving up to 185 pounds and is currently MMA Fighting’s No. 8 ranked middleweight in the world.

When Sean O’Malley faces top-ranked bantamweight Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276, he’ll be looking for his fourth straight victory since the lone loss of his career, a first-round TKO defeat at the hands of Marlon Vera in 2020. If you go by O’Malley’s social media though, you’d think he’s still unbeaten as a professional MMA

Zac Pauga is the first finalist of The Ultimate Fighter 30. Team Julianna Peña’s second heavyweight selection secured a spot in the tournament finals with a dominant performance against teammate Jordan Heiderman (5-0) that was capped off by a stoppage via strikes in the second round. Pauga (5-0)* awaits the winner of the other semifinal,

Donald Cerrone, better known as “Cowboy,” is an original, and before he makes his 37th walk to the octagon at UFC 276, check out his best moments over a 12-year UFC career. Cerrone, who faces Jim Miller in a rematch of their 2014 meeting, has always entertained on the microphone as well as inside the

Gina Carano hasn’t fought in over a decade, but she won’t rule out a return to the cage if her opponent is Ronda Rousey. The former Strikeforce and Elite XC star addressed the matchup after Rousey recently said Carano was the only fight that would bring her out of retirement after her last UFC fight

Israel Adesanya never needs extra motivation heading into a fight but even he’s not immune from a little extra excitement when headlining arguably the most marquee event of the year. The reigning middleweight champion defends his belt against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 to cap off International Fight Week, which will likely be one of

The UFC is once again pairing up heavyweights Tanner Boser and Rodrigo Nascimento against one another, as multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting that the matchup is in the works for the Sept. 17 UFC event. Contracts have yet to be issues but both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight,

Not long after Cody Durden’s quick finish of JP Buys at UFC Vegas 57, Jeff Molina called him out for a future matchup — one Durden says he would gladly take. Durden overwhelmed Buys en route to a 68-second TKO win at Saturday’s event at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Molina then took to social

Umar Nurmagomedov looks every bit the part of a future champion and he lived up to that potential yet again with a shutout performance over Nate Maness at UFC Vegas 57. Showcasing his dominant wrestling and ground game, Nurmagomedov just overwhelmed Maness in the grappling exchanges during each minute of every round. When the fight

Demian Maia is sticking to grappling after a long UFC career. The 33-time octagon vet is set to face former UFC and WEC champion Benson Henderson, who steps on the mat to grapple him on Saturday at Polaris 20 in the U.K. It’s one of many unique grappling challenges Maia hopes to face against fellow

MMA Fighting has PFL 5 results for the Cappelozza vs. Scheffel fight card on Friday night at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. In the heavyweight main event, Season 3 champ Bruno Cappelozza and Matheus Scheffel face off in regular season fight as both try to stack points for the postseason. Cappelozza is unbeaten in five