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This is The A-Side Live Chat For this episode, José Youngs, Shaun Al-Shatti, and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include: Fallout from UFC 263; Israel Adesanya’s decision over Marvin Vettori: Brandon Moreno’s submission win over Deiveson Figueiredo; Leon Edwards’ bloody win over Nate Diaz; as

LOS ANGELES — Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will meet for a third time on July 24 but ahead of that matchup, the heavyweights engaged in an incredibly long staredown following a press conference held in Los Angeles. The entire situation was somewhat bizarre after Wilder made an opening statement while promising bloodshed in his

One-time UFC title challenger Marlon Moraes returns against the surging Merab Dvalishvili this fall. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans told MMA Fighting that the matchup between the two bantamweights is being targeted for UFC 266 on Sept. 25. The bout was first announced by Dvalishvili’s coach, Ray Longo, during an appearance on

There aren’t many figures in the fight game who handled their careers more astutely than Georges St-Pierre. St-Pierre, 40, is widely considered to be one of the greatest MMA fighters of all-time, a former two-division UFC champion who reigned over the welterweight division across two title runs from 2006-13, captured the middleweight strap in 2017

A featherweight matchup has been added to the UFC’s June closeout fight card. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Andre Fili and Daniel Pineda will serve as a late addition to UFC Vegas 30. The event takes place June 26 at the APEX and will

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A brutal submission and heart-warming champion upset were not surprises when the UFC 263 performances bonuses were handed out. A seven-second knockout, the fourth-fastest in company history and first among lightweights, was quite the surprise. A total of four $50,000 bonuses were awarded by the UFC following Saturday’s pay-per-view event at Gila River Area: Paul

Three years after sharing the octagon with Israel Adesanya, “The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori wants to achieve his ultimate goal and become Italy’s first UFC champion. Kings MMA leader Rafael Cordeiro, who was in Vettori’s corner that night and returns to Glendale for the rematch at Saturday night’s UFC 263, is confident that they will

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Chase Hooper took his latest training camp very seriously as he spent time working with two of the most dangerous fighters in their respective styles the UFC has to offer. Hooper returns to the octagon this Saturday in a matchup with Steven Peterson at UFC 263. The featherweight bout will take part during the event’s

Likely down two rounds, boxing champ Claressa Shields found her sprawl in the final frame and turned the tables on Brittney Elkin. A powerful right hand had Elkin shooting for a takedown after dominating the first two rounds. But when Shields stopped the shot and held top position, she unloaded a series of punches that

Between the Links returns ahead of Thursday’s UFC 263 press conference. Host Mike Heck will be joined by BTL interim champion, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew as he welcomes back MMA journalist James Lynch to the program. This week, the panel will give their reaction to the exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul,

MMA Fighting has PFL 4 results for Thursday’s night action from the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. In the main event, two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields will make her MMA debut against Brittney Elkin in a lightweight contest. Clay Collard, who is fresh off his upset of former UFC champion Anthony

Alan Patrick’s fight with Mason Jones will go down as a no-contest, but he could be feeling its effects for a while. During a lightweight fight that Jones appeared to be winning at UFC Vegas 28 this past Saturday, Patrick suffered an eye poke two minutes into the second round. He was unable to continue,

New heavyweight matchups have now been announced for the upcoming PFL 6 card on June 25 after both Fabricio Werdum and Mohammed Usman were forced out of their respective fights. MMA Fighting previously reported that Werdum would be unable to compete after he was not medically cleared to compete again so soon after he was

Marisa Messer-Belenchia returns to Invicta FC just days away from their upcoming card. The promotion announced Tuesday that Messer-Belenchia (3-1) will join the eight-woman atomweight field for Friday’s Phoenix Tournament event, which takes place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. Messer-Belenchia replaces Katie Saull after the Canadian was forced to withdraw due to “global

It seemed like the world was watching Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul engage in an eight round boxing match on Sunday night but don’t count UFC president Dana White among them. While he’s been a boxing advocate for most of his life, White has routinely bashed the current trend in the sport where some of

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