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Glover Teixeira and Anthony Smith both hoped to keep their title dreams alive when they met in May 2020 at UFC Jacksonville. But after a five-round drubbing that left Smith’s veneers ajar, Teixeira was the light heavyweight on his way to a title shot. Teixeira survived an early onslaught from Smith and rebounded to dominate

No one has greater interest in UFC 267’s co-main event than bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling. As he continues to heal from major neck surgery, Sterling is targeting an early 2022 return to action. But in his absence, the UFC will hand out an interim title to the winner of the upcoming fight between Petr Yan

Vinicius de Oliveira vows to blow UFC president Dana White’s mind in Abu Dhabi. “Lok Dog” earned a shot at the UAE Warriors bantamweight title with a decision victory over Sultan Zholdoshbekov in January, but didn’t impress White enough that night when the head of the UFC was shooting his program “Lookin’ For A Fight.”

Modestas Bukauskas has experienced a lot over the last several weeks, including recently being released from the UFC, which he discusses in detail on the sixth episode of We Got Next with MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck. Bukauskas (5:44) talks the injury he suffered in his most recent bout with Khalil Rountree at UFC Vegas 36

A huge featherweight bout is set to headline the UFC’s first scheduled event of 2022. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze will take place in the five-round main event at the UFC’s Jan. 15 fight card at a location and

Rising welterweight contender Vicente Luque joins Guilherme Cruz on the latest episode of MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast Trocação Franca to discuss his idea to face Nate Diaz in a 10-round fight in the UFC. “The Silent Assassin” also reveals how his mother Maria Aparecida Catt — a black belt in karate — helps him in

There were moments were it looked like Javid Basharat was very much enjoying taking his opponent Oron Kahlon into deep waters. But after two rounds of domination, he “took out the trash” and finished the man who missed weight and then called him a terrorist at weigh-ins for DWCS Season 5: Week 9. Basharat sliced

UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling co-hosts the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer as he breaks down the entire UFC 267 main card including the interim bantamweight title fight where he explains why he’s picking Cory Sandhagen to defeat Petr Yan in the co-main event. Sterling will also give an update on his

Sarah Kaufman is back. The veteran bantamweight, who most recently competed in the PFL’s 2019 lightweight season, has signed with Canada’s BTC Fight Promotions to compete at their upcoming Nov. 20 event in St. Catharines, Ontario, the organization announced Monday. This will be the first fight for Kaufman (21-5, 1 NC) since a unanimous decision

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Marvin Vettori picked up a hard fought decision victory, up a full weight class, against fellow former middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC Vegas 41. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaking hats to discuss what could be next

PFL now has an official theme song, courtesy of promotion’s investor and hype man Wiz Khalifa. The PFL on Thursday announced the release of “Million Dollar Moment,” penned by Khalifa, a Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist who in April signed on as a part-owner and rep for the tournament-based promotion. The song’s release comes less than one

Paulo Costa’s future in the UFC appears as though it will be at 205 pounds. Costa’s weight was the story that dominated UFC Vegas 41 fight week as the Brazilian showed up to Las Vegas for his main event with Marvin Vettori unable to make the middleweight limit of 186 pounds. The bout was eventually

For the second time this year, T.J. Laramie has been forced to pull out of a fight. The UFC featherweight announced Friday that he is withdrawing from his upcoming bout against Melsik Baghdasaryan scheduled for UFC 268 in New York City on Nov. 6 after being diagnosed with a MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection. Laramie

It looked like we had another relatively low wattage UFC main event on our hands, but then Paulo Costa said—in the words of the immortal Bonnie Raitt (and Shirley Eikhard)—Let’s give ‘em something to talk about. For the second time this year a UFC bout has seen its weight class officially changed just days before

UFC middleweight Paulo Costa had to get through Yoel Romero to get his shot at rival Israel Adesanya. The undefeated Brazilian middleweight took on Romero at UFC 241 in what was his biggest test to date, and with a fight against Adesanya hanging in the balance, he delivered over three rounds to capture a unanimous

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. Full confession: We had no idea what to lead with this week. Not because there was

Featherweights Cody Law and Colton Hamm are the latest additions to the Bellator 271 card on Nov. 12. A person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting. Bellator 271 is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight between champ Cris Cyborg and Sinead Kavanagh. The undefeated Law returns to the

On the fifth episode of We Got Next, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks with new UFC flyweight Jake Hadley (2:53) after earning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series with a second-round submission win over Mitch Raposo despite missing weight, talks how it all feels a week or so later, what led to the first