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Ben Parrish may have shocked the MMA world on Saturday night, but he certainly didn’t surprise himself or those closest to him. Parrish, as high as a 7-to-1 underdog heading into Bellator 266, opened the main card of Saturday’s event with an emphatic 38-second KO win over Christian Edwards in his promotional debut. The victory

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: Lauren Murphy previews her UFC 266 title challenge against Valentina Shevchenko. 1:30 p.m.: UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic responds to

Robbie Lawler may be one of the most ferocious fighters in the history of the sport inside the cage, but it’s going to take a lot to rattle him outside of it. The latest example of Lawler’s calm, cool and collected approach came on Wednesday after Nick Diaz asked for their fight at UFC 266

UFC President Dana White ripped Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant broadcaster Showtime for allowing the boxers to exchange punches at a press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. White, long a critic of Showtime, unloaded on those responsible for security at the gathering. “How long have you been in the business that you would let two

As good as it felt for Anthony Smith to release the pent-up anger he had toward Ryan Spann and fairweather UFC followers, the veteran light heavyweight had a few second thoughts about his UFC Vegas 37 rant. Smith made good on a resolution to stop holding back and let Spann and the MMA world know

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Devin Clark appears to be doing better after looking like he might lose his teeth on Saturday. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 37, Clark lost a lopsided decision to Ion Cutelaba and while he made it to the distance with the heavy-handed Moldovan, it looked like the fight might have been stopped between

The UFC has an official poster for its return to Abu Dhabi. On Thursday, a poster was released for UFC 267, which is set to feature a pair of championship bouts and take place at Etihad Arena on Oct. 30. In the main event, Jan Blachowicz goes for his second defense of the light heavyweight

After holding out for better money this past year, Jorge Masvidal said he was “leading the charge” for better fighter pay in the UFC. But these days, he’s just not quite sure how 600-some independent contractors get together to make that happen. Ask him whether his story and the repeated criticisms of UFC pay by

With UFC Vegas 37 and Bellator 266 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday’s doubleheader, including Anthony Smith’s first-round submission win over Ryan Spann at the APEX, along with Phil Davis’ decision win over Yoel Romero in

Watch the Bellator 266 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card Saturday evening. Watch the Bellator 266 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card on at 7 p.m. ET on Friday. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched below: The

MMA Fighting has Bellator 266 results for the Davis vs. Romero fight card, a live blog of the main event, and live Bellator 266 Twitter updates. In the main event, former Bellator light heavyweight champion Phil Davis will square off against Yoel Romero, who will be making his long-awaited Bellator debut. Neiman Gracie will square

At the UFC Vegas 37 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday for the event at UFC APEX. MMA Fighting will have live video of the proceedings when available, courtesy of Ag. Fight. In the main event, light heavyweights Anthony Smith and Ryan

One of the rising stars of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has her next assignment. The promotion revealed on Thursday that Taylor Starling will face Randine Elkholm in the featured bout of BKFC Fight Night Montana. The event takes place Oct. 9 at the MetraPark First Interstate Arena in Billings and will air on the BKTV

One of the most decorated college wrestlers in recent history will officially make the move to MMA on Sept. 24 as Penn State great and three-time NCAA champion Bo Nickal has booked his first fight. Nickal made the announcement on Thursday with a fight booked on a boxing/MMA hybrid card in Pensacola, Fla., which is

The flyweight title will go up for grabs at UFC 269 as Brandon Moreno will face former champion Deiveson Figueiredo for the third consecutive time when they meet on Dec. 11. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday with both fighters agreeing to the matchup. ESPN initially reported the contest. Moreno will

UFC Vegas 37 will move forward with 15 fights after a shuffling of the deck. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Brandon Jenkins—who made quite an impact less than a month ago with a flying knee KO at PFL 9—will make his octagon debut on less than one

The UFC’s roster has been expanded even more following the third week of Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021. At DWCS Season 5, Week 3, five more fighters were awarded UFC contracts following Tuesday’s event at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. There were six total fights on the card, a slight change from the