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The highly anticipated boxing exhibition between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul faced technical issues all night long as Showtime servers were crashing throughout the pay-per-view broadcast. The problems started just as the card was about to begin as fans began complaining that the Showtime app and the Showtime website were not loading with numerous users

Known for his endless confidence during his days as a star NFL wideout, Chad Johnson is bringing a different kind of energy entirely to the boxing ring. Johnson, 43, makes his boxing debut this Sunday when he takes on combat sports journeyman Brian Maxwell in an exhibition bout at the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul

MMA Fighting has Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul live round-by-round updates of one of the top boxing fights of the year Sunday night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Fla. The main event will start around 11 p.m. ET. Check out our Mayweather vs. Paul results page to find out what happened on the

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 28 results for the Rozenstruik vs Sakai event Saturday night from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs for the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 28 Twitter updates. In the main event, Jairzinho Rozenstruik will square off against Augusto Sakai in a heavyweight contest. Heavyweights Walt Harris

Jared Cannonier won’t be fighting Paulo Costa in August. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the new matchup that Kelvin Gastelum (17-7, 1 NC) will now face Cannonier (13-5) in the middleweight main event of a UFC card on Aug. 21 after Cannonier’s originally scheduled opponent Paulo Costa was forced to withdraw. Cannonier

At the UFC Vegas 28 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday for Saturday’s event at UFC APEX. MMA Fighting will have video highlights of the weigh-ins when available. In the main event, heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai will have to make

Kamaru Usman is arguably MMA’s most dominant champion, but even he had to think twice when it came to taking on the spiciest of sauces on First We Feast’s Hot Ones show. While the UFC’s welterweight king chomps down on some scorching hot wings, he also answers questions about who he feels are the most

Four years have passed since the UFC crowned its first featherweight queen, and the division is still crawling. Norma Dumont, who scored the biggest win of her MMA career this past Saturday against Felicia Spencer, believes it’s up to her and other contenders to keep things interesting enough at 145 pounds. Speaking with MMA Fighting

Vanessa Porto has her second Bellator assignment. The former Invicta FC champion seeks her first win in her new promotion when she meets Ilara Joanne (9-5) in a 128-pound catchweight bout at Bellator 260 on June 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., Bellator announced Wednesday. Porto and Joanne normally compete at flyweight, but

This is The A-Side Live Chat. For this episode, José Youngs, Alexander K. Lee, and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include a preview of UFC Vegas 28, featuring Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai, the return of The Ultimate Fighter, and more. The three will also

In the budding rivalry between UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega, it’s the No. 1 contender who can claim first blood. Volkanovski and Ortega served as opposing coaches on recently filmed The Ultimate Fighter 29 (dubbed “The Return of The Ultimate Fighter”), and it was Team Ortega that was victorious in Tuesday’s season

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison will return to action on June 25 to headline the PFL 6 card as she faces UFC veteran Cindy Dandois in the main event. This will serve as the final regular season event before the PFL playoffs begin later this year. Harrison already made short work of her first

Following weeks of speculation, Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley have reached an agreement for a fight that will take place on Showtime pay-per-view. Sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The fight is expected to become official later

Phil Hawes believes he already has what it takes to be a world champion, which naturally puts him at odds with UFC’s top man at 185 pounds, Israel Adesanya. But as Hawes tells it, that wasn’t always the case. When Hawes was just starting to make his way to the UFC, he and Adesanya were

The Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight card is almost here. Mayweather and Paul’s exhibition boxing bout headlines a four-fight pay-per-view event next Sunday, June 6, from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Mayweather (50-0) returns to the ring for the first time since his knockout win over Conor McGregor on Aug. 26, 2017. Paul

Claressa Shields had a lot of reasons to make the move from boxing to mixed martial arts with her first professional fight now just a matter of days away. Despite being a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a multi-time, multi-division champion in her chosen sport of boxing, the 26-year-old Michigan native still hasn’t received the

Re-live the titanic matchup between two of boxing’s all-time greats, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, courtesy of Showtime Sports. For years, fight fans wondered what would happen if Mayweather and Pacquiao ever stepped into the ring to face one another, with both champions racking up world titles across multiple weight classes. They finally agreed to

Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look back at controversial fights and determine whether the judges were rightly criticized for their decision or if pundits need to