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The originally scheduled headliner for UFC Vegas 48, a lightweight fight between ex-champ Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev, will now serve as the co-main event for UFC 272. As MMA Fighting previously reported, visa issues for Fiziev forced the promotion to push back the fight, and the March 5 pay-per-view event was targeted as

Undefeated Japanese flyweight standout Tatsuro Taira has his octagon debut set. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting at Taira will face Carlos Candelario at the UFC’s event on April 30. The bout was first revealed on UFC Stats. Taira has won all 10 of his professional bouts, most of

Jonathan Pearce has a new opponent for this Saturday. Pearce was originally slated to face Austin Lingo in a featherweight bout at UFC Vegas 48, however, Lingo was forced out of the bout last week due to an undisclosed injury. Instead, Pearce will now lock horns with Christian Rodriguez in the featured prelim bout. An

UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping returns to The Fighter vs. The Writer to discuss the fallout from UFC 271 where Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker in the main event. Bisping will give his thoughts on how the fight played out while also responding to criticism over his commentary during the fight. He will also

Uriah Hall has his reasons for why he believes he wasn’t booked against Darren Till for his next bout, but Till certainly doesn’t agree. Hall is slated to face Andre Muniz at the UFC’s April 16 event, but had called for a fight with Till many times on social media. In a recent interview with

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is optimistic that the UFC will come to terms on a new deal with heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou. But he believes there’s more work overall to be done on fighter pay. Adesanya refuted what he said was a narrative that his new contract was the result of Ngannou’s status with

HOUSTON — UFC flyweight Casey O’Neill reacts to her split decision win over Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 271 , talks the appreciation she has for the fight, being annoyed by the retirement storyline ahead of the bout, when she wants to return, what she said to Modafferi after the final horn, and more.

Israel Adesanya’s reign of dominance continued on Saturday night as he defeated Robert Whittaker via unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 271 to defend his middleweight title and push his record over his rival to a perfect 2-0. Between Adesanya’s win and next step, the breakout performance of Tai Tuivasa, the swan song

This is the UFC 271 live blog for Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker, the main event for UFC 271 at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday night. Adesanya’s middleweight title will be on the line in the contest. Adesanya and Whittaker first fought at UFC 243, when the roles were reversed and Whittaker was

HOUSTON — Roxanne Modafferi has a lot of reasons to hang up the gloves, her future health being one of them. “The Happy Warrior” competes in her final MMA fight this Saturday at UFC 271, the culmination of an 18-year fight career and what will be 50 pro bouts (including exhibition bouts from two stints

Joe Rogan will not be on the UFC 271 broadcast after all. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting on Friday that Rogan, who was slated to join Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier in the booth for Saturday’s event, is no longer a part of the lineup. In Rogan’s place,

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. As a great band once said, “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” That’s

The upcoming UFC Columbus card has a new main event as Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus have agreed to meet on the March 26 card at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with verbal agreements in place from the athletes. Ariel Helwani first reported the matchup.

This weekend, UFC 271 takes place at the Toyota Center in Houston, featuring a middleweight title rematch between current champion Israel Adesanya and the man he took the belt from, Robert Whittaker. Let’s take a look at what happened the first time, what each fighter needs to do to get his hand raised on Saturday,

The UFC’s second Fight Night event of 2022 produced 20 medical suspensions, nearly half of which may keep fighters on the sidelines for an extended period of time. Punahele Soriano, Sam Alvey, Michael Trizano, Alexis Davis, Julija Stoliarenko, Danilo Marques, Philip Rowe, and Denys Bondar were all given conditional six-month suspensions following their fights at

Alexander Hernandez has been a bit frustrated in regards to the frequency he’s been able to compete, and while he has an opponent that gets him excited ahead of this Saturday’s UFC 271 event, he’s not thrilled about when the fight is taking place on the card. Hernandez will take on Renato Moicano in a

The UFC returns to Jacksonville, Fla., on April 9 with two title fights atop a stacked card. The promotion on Tuesday announced the full fight lineup for the spring event, which is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Alexander Volkanovski and The Korean Zombie (otherwise known as Chan Sung Jung). A bantamweight title

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman joins the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer to help breakdown the key storylines at UFC 271 as well as give an update on his recovery and plans to return to action in 2022. Weidman will give his analysis for the rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert