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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz More than five years have passed since Miesha Tate snatched the women’s bantamweight title away from Holly Holm at UFC 196, and still her last-minute heroics remain an iconic moment in mixed martial arts history. Tate was just 90 seconds away from failing in her championship bid before forcing

Jorge Masvidal’s second Gamebred Fighting Championship event will no longer take place next weekend. Gamebred FC 2 was scheduled to take place in Biloxi, Miss., on Sept. 11, but the impact of Hurricane Ida has forced the bare-knuckle MMA company to postpone the card, Masvidal announced via Instagram on Friday. The “BMF” champion stated that

Tom Aspinall cemented his status as one of the heavyweight division’s most intriguing young prospects with his highlight-reel knockout of Serghei Spivak at UFC Vegas 36. The win pushed the 28-year-old Englishman’s UFC record to a perfect 4-0 with four stoppages, and likely could’ve propelled Aspinall into a fight against a top-10 contender. But Aspinall

Darren Till may be caught in a rough chapter of his career, but he’s not giving up on his dream of becoming a UFC champion. Till suffered his fourth loss over his last five fights on Saturday when he was submitted by Derek Brunson in the third round of the pair’s main-event bout at UFC

Derek Brunson has been here before. After building an impressive five-fight win streak between 2014 and 2016, the former Strikeforce prospect turned UFC contender had earned four straight knockouts and was arguably only one victory away from earning a title shot. Unfortunately, the confidence built from four consecutive first-round finishes had Brunson ready for a

UFC Vegas 36 is now down to nine fights. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the matchup between Jonathan Martinez and Marcelo Rojo is off of Saturday’s fight card at the UFC APEX. Martinez, who missed weight by two pounds, was forced to withdraw from the bout due

At the UFC Vegas 36 weigh-ins, all 20 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 the live video courtesy of MMA Weekly. In the main event, middleweights Derek Brunson and Darren Till can weigh no more

A middleweight fight between Eryk Anders and Roman Dolidze has been booked for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled on Nov. 13. Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with agreements in place from both athletes. Fresh off a win over Darren Stewart in his last outing,

Alyse Anderson will never forget the road she traveled to get to her ONE Championship debut on Friday. The 26-year-old former Invicta FC fighter has endured a lot of personal and professional turmoil to finally get her opportunity to compete amongst the best athletes in her division. To document that, Anderson posted an emotional video

The UFC’s pay-per-view schedule for the rest of 2021 is filling up quickly, but there’s still one mammoth presence missing from the year-end slate: Heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. Ngannou has been out of action since knocking out Stipe Miocic just 52 seconds into the second round of their March rematch to capture the UFC heavyweight

Welcome to the latest update to the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, where our esteemed panel of experts team up to sort out the movers and shakers of the ever-shifting MMA landscape. Ladies and gentlemen, a monster month is ahead of us. With 21 ranked fighters scheduled to compete over the next few weeks — including

MMA Fighting has DWCS Season 5 results for the week 1 event Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas In the main event, light heavyweights Azamat Murzakanov and Matheus Scheffel will clash for a possible UFC contract at stake. Check out DWCS results below. Main card (ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET) Azamat Murzakanov

There’s a big difference between Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley and Vitor Belfort vs. Oscar De La Hoya, according to Vitor Belfort. Both may be framed by the public and promoters as boxing vs. MMA, but Belfort said what happens when he steps in the ring with De La Hoya won’t look anything like what

Magomed Ankalaev welcomes Volkan Oezdemir back to the octagon in a bout between two light heavyweights looking to crack the top-10. The UFC officially announced that Ankalaev, the No. 11-ranked light heavyweight in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings, will fight No. 13 Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 on Oct. 30 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Despite his breakout boxing success, Jake Paul used Conor McGregor to measure his box office clout after improving his pro record to 4-0. As the “money fight,” he said UFC stars like McGregor and Nate Diaz now need to come to him. Diaz was the only one tweeting directly at Paul, writing “both these guys

MMA Fighting has Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley results live for the Paul vs. Woodley fight card at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. When the main event begins, likely around 10:45 p.m. ET, check out our Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley live round-by-round updates on our live blog. Prior to the main event,

The Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley start time, TV schedule is for the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley event at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday night. Jake Paul will try to improve to 4-0 in his boxing career when he takes on Tyron Woodley. Paul has recorded two first-round knockouts in

With Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley less than a day away, MMA Fighting’s Jose Youngs, Alexander K. Lee, and E. Casey Leydon make their predictions and break down all of the angles to the top storylines of the Paul vs. Woodley boxing event, which goes down Aug. 29 at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland,