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An injury has forced Maycee Barber out of her upcoming fight at UFC 269 and now her original opponent Erin Blanchfield has accepted a matchup against Miranda Maverick on the Dec. 11 card. Multiple sources confirmed the new matchup when speaking to MMA Fighting on Monday. MMA Junkie initially reported the bout. Maverick accepts the

Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas retained their titles to cap off a memorable UFC 268 event this past Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. With Usman heading into his second lap of the welterweight division, and Dana White seemingly shunning Carla Esparza once again in terms of the top contender at 115 pounds, who could

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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz UFC 268 was one of the best cards of the year on paper, and it certainly delivered. In the end, Team Trevor Wittman scored a 3-0 sweep as Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas won their respective title rematches over Colby Covington and Zhang Weili, and Justin Gaethje staked his

Marlon “Chito” Vera did his best Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida impression after he landed an absolutely brutal front kick that finished Frankie Edgar in the third and final round at UFC 268. It was a strong showing from Vera, who displayed a new level of confidence in his striking after working tirelessly with head

We are back! After a brief hiatus due to the early UFC start time last week, I’m back to answer your questions about the wonderful world of MMA and with UFC 268 taking place in just a couple of hours, let’s talk about Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, and the future of the lightweight division. If,

MMA Fighting has Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant live round-by-round updates for one of the top boxing fights of the year. Canelo vs. Plant takes place on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event will start around 11 p.m. ET. Check out our Canelo vs. Plant results

The champs are ready to roll at Madison Square Garden. Headliners Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington successfully made weight for Saturday’s UFC 268 welterweight championship main event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, coming in at 169 and 169.4 pounds, respectively. In the co-main event, strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and challenger Zhang Weilie

MMA Fighting has Bellator 270 results for the Queally vs. Pitbull 2 fight card and live Bellator 270 Twitter updates from the 3Arena in Dublin on Friday. In the main event, Peter Queally rematches Patricky Freire in a fight for the vacant lightweight title recently held by Patricio Freire. In the co-headliner, Patchy Mix and

When James Gallagher faces Patchy Mix on Friday in the co-main event of Bellator 270, it’ll mark his first professional in-cage appearance since departing the gym he’s been closely tied to since the beginning of his Bellator journey. After spending the majority of his career at SBG Ireland under coach John Kavanagh, the 25-year-old Irishman

Twin title rematches take center stage in the cold open for the UFC 268 pay-per-view card on Saturday in New York City. Narrated by actor Ron Perlman, the opening promo for the Madison Square Garden event touts “vengeance” sought by the challengers, welterweight Colby Covington and strawweight Zhang Weili, who seek to avenge losses after

Patchy Mix has never been a fan of James Gallagher but in the days leading up to their fight at Bellator 270, his opinion on the Irish bantamweight has somehow gotten even lower. Despite the fight being just days away, Mix says that Gallagher has been doing everything possible to get under his skin including

Maheshate became the first DWCS winner from China after an action-packed win over Achilles Estremadura in Season 5’s season closer, and the headlining winner was only one of two UFC contracts handed out on Tuesday in Las Vegas. Maheshate traded near-knockdowns with Estremadura in a first round filled with firefights against the fence. The Chinese

Benoit Saint-Denis was on the wrong end of — in the opinions of most who watched it — dangerous refereeing during his UFC 267 loss to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. And while Saint-Denis’ coach said in the aftermath that he would never have stopped the fight himself, he was surprised the official didn’t. In the

There remains confusion and misunderstanding about the verbal confrontation between Dan Hardy and Herb Dean at UFC Fight Island 3, according to Hardy. But the former UFC commentator still doesn’t regret his actions that day. “My main focus is the fighters getting protection, and he’s still present at regular events and he’s still making mistakes

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Glover Teixeira accomplished something truly special when he captured the light heavyweight title with a submission win over Jan Blachowicz in the main event of UFC 267. While it seems clear that Teixeira’s first title defense will be against Jiri Prochazka, where does Blachowicz go from Saturday night? That

ABU DHABI — Strawweight Amanda Ribas spoke with reporters backstage at Etihad Arena following her unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 267 and discussed getting back on track after her first UFC loss, fighting in front of fans once again, what she was going to say before her interview with Daniel Cormier was

It took Jan Blachowicz years to become one of the UFC’s most surprising champions and he’s committed to doing what it takes to claim gold again. Blachowicz lost his light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, submitting to a rear-naked choke in the second