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The UFC’s International Fight Week will feature a loaded fight card in Las Vegas. During Saturday night’s UFC 274 broadcast, the promotion revealed the current lineup for UFC 276, which includes a middleweight championship headliner as Israel Adesanya defending his title against top contender Jared Cannonier. The event takes place July 2 at the T-Mobile

Uncrowned king Charles Oliveira sent a message to UFC lightweights who may have underestimated him again before UFC 274. “This is a message to the division: I know where I came from, I know where I am, and I know where I’m going,” Oliveira told reporters via translator after his stunning first-round submission of Justin

PHOENIX — Welterweight Andre Fialho speaks with reporters backstage at the Footprint Center following his ferocious first-round KO of Cameron VanCamp at UFC 274 on Saturday. The 28-year-old recapped the win, reveals he has already agreed to return at UFC 275 on June 11, wanting to have a historic year in regards to activity, and

Carla Esparza is thrilled to be a UFC strawweight champion again, even if her second win over Rose Namajunas came after one of the most lackluster title fights in the promotion’s history. “That’s always a bummer,” Esparza said at the post-fight press conference for UFC 274, where she won a split decision over Namajunas with

Michael Chandler scored one of the greatest knockouts in UFC history on Saturday, so handing him a bonus was a no-brainer. At the UFC 274 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White announced that Chandler and Andre Fialho won Performance of the Night awards, while Fight of the Night went to Brandon Royval and Matt

Carla Esparza knew there was a chance that her title fight against Rose Namajunas might coincide with her upcoming wedding but even she couldn’t have predicted the actual timing. When she got the call with the official offer to compete for the strawweight championship at UFC 274, Esparza had a decision to make because she

MMA Fighting has Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol live round-by-round updates of one of the top boxing fights of the year Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The main event will start around 11 p.m. ET. Check out our Canelo vs. Bivol results page to find out what happened on the

At the UFC 274 official weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Arizona 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 lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and challenger Justin Gaethje can weigh no more than 155 pounds, the

MMA Fighting has PFL 3 results for the Harrison vs. Mokhnatkina fight card Friday night at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. In the lightweight main event, two-time tournament champion Kayla Harrison faces off against Marina Mokhnatkina in the PFL SmartCage. In the co-main event, two-time welterweight tournament champion Ray Cooper III returns for his

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz This weekend, UFC 274 takes place at Footprint Center in Phoenix and features two title fights and a host of other marquee matchups. But the biggest fight of the weekend is undoubtedly the main event, where lightweight champion Charles Oliveira looks to silence his doubters when he faces off

Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev will finally look to meet in the octagon with the lightweights agreeing to a five-round main event showdown at the upcoming UFC card scheduled on July 9. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the fight. ESPN

Heavyweights Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa have agreed to meet at an upcoming UFC event on Sept. 3 with the promotion targeting Paris, France for the potential location. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. ESPN initially reported the matchup. While the location isn’t officially set

Magomed Ankalaev and Anthony Smith have agreed to meet on July 30 at UFC 277 in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout for the light heavyweight division. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plan confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from MMA Junkie. Touted as a future contender since his

Joanna Jedrzejczyk isn’t much for predictions, but she has a strong feeling how the UFC 274 co-main event will play out. The fight for the strawweight title will be a rematch between reigning champion Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza, who first met back in 2014 after season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter. On that night,

Watch the ‘UFC 274 countdown’ video to get a closer look at the two title fights on the top of the card, along with a fan-friendly lightweight featured bout between Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson. In the main event, Charles Oliveira puts his 155-pound title on the line for the second time against former interim

Dan Hooker’s featherweight days are officially over. “The Hangman” revealed to Submission Radio that he is returning to the UFC’s lightweight division after a brief stint back at the 145-pound division. Hooker took on Arnold Allen at UFC London in March and was finished in the first round. When asked if he would give try

Glover Teixeira and Valentina Shevchenko close out championship season. The light heavyweight and flyweight champions wrap up a stretch of six UFC title fights in three months at UFC 275 and an official poster for the event was released Sunday. See below: Your #UFC275 poster has arrived [ Sun. Jun 12 | Tickets on sale

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski told reporters he was “super upset” with his performance against Jake Collier at UFC Vegas 53 and admitted he followed hardly any of the gameplan set forth by his coaches. In the end, Arlovski gutted out a split decision victory to tie Jim Miller and Donald Cerrone for the