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Former two-time Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas is returning home. After being away from MMA for two years since parting ways with the Bellator, “Dudu” has agreed to facing bantamweight Paulo Roberto Aquiles on a week’s notice at Shooto Brasil 107, which goes down Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, he told MMA Fighting. “I’m

Israel Adesanya instantly spotted Conor McGregor’s gruesome injury that ended his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. McGregor suffered a broken tibia and fibula in the final seconds of the opening round of UFC 264’s main event, rendering him unable to continue and giving Poirier a first-round TKO win via doctor’s stoppage. In

There will be plenty of gold in the building at UFC 265. An official poster has been released for the Aug. 7 pay-per-view event, which takes place at Toyota Center in Houston. Featured on the poster are vacant interim heavyweight title contenders Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane, and two-division champion Amanda Nunes, who is set

Conor McGregor is resting with recovery already on his mind following a successful surgery to repair the damage done from a broken leg suffered in his fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The injury occurred after McGregor threw a punch and stepped backward, and then his leg just folded underneath him as he felt

LAS VEGAS — Heavyweight Tai Tuivasa speaks with reporters backstage at the T-Mobile Arena after his Performance of the Night earning first-round knockout win over Greg Hardy at UFC 264. Tuivasa discussed the finishing sequence, Hardy pointing to the center of the cage when the fight began, his Spice Girls walkout, and hoping his victory

The lone UFC newcomer on Saturday’s card, Kris Moutinho, made sure that everyone would be talking about him by the end of the night. Moutinho lost a one-sided fight to Sean O’Malley in the UFC 264 main card bantamweight opener, but he showed an iron chin and was relentless in his aggression up until referee

MMA Fighting has UFC 264 results for the Poirier vs. McGregor 3 fight card, live blogs of the entire five-fight main card, and live UFC 264 Twitter updates for all the action from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, former UFC interim champion Dustin Poirier and former UFC double

Conor McGregor has business to handle at UFC 264 in his trilogy against Dustin Poirier but he definitely has designs on what comes next with a win. While big money fights and boxing matches have been the main focus for the Irish superstar lately, it appears he’s ready to chase a title again with hopes

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Following a fiery UFC 264 press conference between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs and Alexander K. Lee give their reactions to the back and forth between the two fighters, discuss if anyone got the edge in the mental warfare, the first staredown ahead of Saturday’s trilogy fight, and more.

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz At the UFC 264 press conference, stars from the main event, along with UFC President Dana White, are expected to attend Thursday evening. Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor and former interim champion Dustin Poirier are scheduled to answer questions from the media in advance of their trilogy fight

Conor McGregor isn’t mincing words ahead of his UFC 264 grudge match with Dustin Poirier. “He’s a corpse,” McGregor told his website, The MacLife, on Wednesday when asked about Poirier, “a dead body, a blank face that’s going to get his ass whooped and taken out on a stretcher.” McGregor (22-5) suffered a second-round knockout

Niko Price won’t be taking advantage of Nevada’s new rules on marijuana anytime soon. The UFC welterweight was hit with a six-month suspension and $8,500 fine by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) this past September after testing positive for the cannabinoid carboxy THC in relation to his bout against Donald Cerrone. Price’s result against Cerrone,

Team Volkanovski’s Ricky Turcios is on his way to making the most of his second shot at a UFC contract. The one-time Contender Series contestant won a unanimous decision over Team Ortega’s Dan Argueta (5-0*) in a three-round thriller on the sixth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 29. With the win, Turcios (10-2) advances to

One-time UFC bantamweight title contender Raquel Pennington will return to action for the first time in more than one year when she faces off with Pannie Kianzad at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card on Sept. 18. Multiple people with knowledge of the booking confirmed it to MMA Fighting following an initial report from Front

Middleweights Kevin Holland and Kyle Daukaus are expected to clash at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled on Oct. 2. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Monday with verbal agreements in place from both athletes. While contracts have not been issued, it’s expected that the fight will go down on Oct.

Cleared to start a camp after undergoing surgery in late 2020, Elizeu Zaleski has issued a callout to veteran welterweight Matt Brown over an old grudge which dates back to May 2016. “Capoeira” had just scored his first UFC win, a third-round knockout over Omari Akhmedov, when the promotion held an event in Curitiba for

The UFC’s first half of 2021 has provided some all-time great highlights already. In championship fights alone, fans were treated to a trio of sensational knockouts as Francis Ngannou completed his ascension to the heavyweight throne with a finish of rival Stipe Miocic, Rose Namajunas landed a head kick for the ages on Zhang Weili