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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

Modestas Bukauskas is no longer a UFC fighter after the promotion released him from contract. Bukauskas’ release comes after three consecutive octagon losses, including his most recent one in which he suffered a grisly knee injury that forced him to undergo corrective surgery this past month. The Cage Warriors veteran told MyMMANews.com that he planned

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1 p.m. ET: MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko joins the show to preview his fight this Saturday against Timothy Johnson at Bellator 269. 1:30 p.m.

MMA Fighting has DWCS Season 5 results for the Week 8 event Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event, welterweight prospects Jonny Parsons and Solomon Renfro square off as two of the 10 fighters this week who will be seeking a UFC contract. Check out DWCS Season 5, Week

Next month at UFC 268, Colby Covington will get his second crack at the undisputed welterweight championship when he challenges champion Kamaru Usman in their highly anticipated rematch. The two first fought at UFC 245, in a Fight of the Year contender that saw Usman win by fifth-round TKO. The bout was not without controversy

The UFC can finally call its apparel deal “global.” The MMA company announced this past weekend that it has reached a deal with Avex Brasil, the Brazilian producer of Venum, as its manufacturer and distributor of apparel sold through retailers in Brazil. UFC merchandise will hit the stores starting mid-November, both companies announced. UFC announced

Try as he might, “Notorious” just can’t stop living up to his nom de guerre. Over the weekend, former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor once again made headlines for the wrong reasons, this time for allegedly breaking the nose of Italian DJ, Francesco Facchinetti. Facchinetti posted to his social media that he and his wife

PHOENIX — Bellator president Scott Coker speaks to the media about Vadim Nemkov’s dominant title defense over Julius Anglickas, Corey Anderson’s thunderous 51-second knockout of Ryan Bader, where the winner of Nemkov vs. Anderson stands among the world’s best light heavyweights, the state of Bellator’s lightweight title picture, and much more.

Aspen Ladd’s coach Jim West unwittingly found himself under the microscope on Saturday night, and he’s owning up to his mistakes. During the UFC Vegas 40 main event, Ladd’s corner audio was caught by the ESPN+ broadcast and West, who is also Ladd’s boyfriend, could be heard berating a struggling Ladd between rounds in the

Manon Fiorot picked up another impressive win as she continued her undefeated run in the flyweight division with her latest performance at UFC Vegas 40. Fiorot attacked with striking combinations from the first second of the fight until the very last as she put Mayra Bueno Silva on her heels throughout the three-round contest. While

There’s no sugarcoating it: UFC Vegas 40 is a weak card, at least in terms of name recognition and contender implications. Actually, that’s not entirely true. The de facto main event featuring Aspen Ladd and Norma Dumont—thrown together following the injury withdrawal of Holly Holm—could actually produce a UFC title challenger, though it would be

PHOENIX — Bellator president Scott Coker spoke with reporters following Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins to preview Bellator 268, discussed the two light heavyweight grand prix matchups, Benson Henderson and his wife Maria competing on the same card, the tragic passing of BKFC fighter Justin Thornton, the latest on Michael Page following his win over Douglas Lima,

Last month, Jon Jones was arrested on charges of misdemeanor domestic violence following and incident at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, where Jones’ fiancée, Jessie Moses, was found with blood on her face and clothes after a dispute that occurred in their hotel room. Jones responded to these events by blaming the incident on alcohol

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The flyweight title fight trilogy between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo is now official for the upcoming UFC 270 pay-per-view on Jan. 22. UFC officials announced the news on Wednesday. Originally, Moreno and Figueiredo were expected to clash at the UFC 269 card in December but the promotion opted to push back the title fight

It was barely a week after Carla Esparza demolished Yan Xiaonan when she received a call that all but assured her she wasn’t going to receive the next shot at the strawweight title. Despite five wins in a row including victories over Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson, the former 115-pound champion was offered a fight

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Dana White has certain codes he lives his fight promoter life by, which has always included zero tolerance for fighters who miss weight — especially on the Contender Series. On Tuesday night, however, White had two fighters who performed extremely well at DWCS Season 5, Week 7 that both