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Reinier de Ridder is coming for all of the titles in ONE Championship. After accepting a rematch against Aung La N Sang on just five days’ notice, de Ridder put on a suffocating grappling display over five rounds to win a lopsided unanimous decision in the ONE on TNT 4 main event. It was the

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Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul is back on. Mayweather on Tuesday announced the rebooking of his exhibition boxing match with Paul for June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The event will air on Showtime, reuniting the boxing legend with the broadcast partner that carried his “Money Fight” with Conor McGregor. A

One of the most friendly rivalries in the UFC will have its next chapter written this summer. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Randy Costa and Adrian Yanez will take place at the UFC’s event on July 14 at a location and venue yet to

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor made good on his promise to donate $500,000 to charity except he didn’t go through Dustin Poirier’s foundation. Instead, the Irish superstar donated directly to the Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana in Lafayette, La., which is an organization Poirier’s Good Fight Foundation has worked with previously. TMZ first

Brazilian welterweights Gleison Tibau and Joao Zeferino will now face each other at Friday night’s PFL 2 in Atlantic City, N.J., after their original opponents Aleksei Kunchenko and Magomed Magomedkerimov withdrew from the card due to undisclosed reasons, PFL announced. Magomedkerimov was the PFL season 2018 welterweight champion but hasn’t fought since October 2019, withdrawing

JACKSONVILLE — Middleweight Uriah Hall spoke with reporters backstage following his first-round TKO win over Chris Weidman on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 261 event. “Prime Time” reacted to Weidman snapping his leg on the former champion’s first thrown strike of the bout, how he felt about the result, wanting to give Weidman another

JACKSONVILLE — Light heavyweight Anthony Smith spoke with reporters backstage at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena following his first-round TKO win over Jimmy Crute to open up the main card at UFC 261. “Lionheart” discussed Saturday night being one of his favorite moments as a UFC fighter, reacts to members of the media overlooking him,

UFC 261’s main card concluded with a knockout of Jorge Masvidal, courtesy of Kamaru Usman’s right hand, on a card that was unusually heavy on brutal finishes and fight-ending injuries. From the back-to-back leg injuries that ended the nights of Jim Crute and ex-middleweight champion Chris Weidman to the back-to-back knockouts of Zhang Weili and

Tyron Woodley is no longer a member of the UFC roster. MMA Fighting confirmed with UFC officials that the former welterweight champion is a free agent following speculation on social media that Woodley had parted ways with the promotion. Woodley, 39, is no longer eligible to be voted for in the fan rankings and his

MMA Fighting has UFC 261 results for the Usman vs. Masvidal 2 fight card Saturday at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., live blogs of the main card, and live UFC 261 Twitter updates. In the main event, Kamaru Usman will try to defend his UFC welterweight title in a rematch against Jorge

One of the faces of the Professional Fighters League, two-time lightweight champion Natan Schulte almost withdrew from the 2021 season. With the COVID-19 pandemic still affecting the world, PFL came up with a safety protocol that included a 17-day quarantine period for fighters before events. Speaking with MMA Fighting prior to his bout with Marcin

Lance Palmer refuses to live in the past. As he prepares for a return to action for the first time in over a year, the two-time PFL champion isn’t trying to claim his previous championship wins will predetermine the outcome for the upcoming season. He may be considered the No. 1 seed as the season

When the global pandemic crippled businesses across the globe, Endeavor—the parent company to the UFC—was no different. Initially a talent agency that eventually transformed into a global media company, Endeavor saw its bottom line crushed under the weight of COVID-19. With Hollywood essentially shut down, Endeavor, which owns sports operations like the UFC and Professional

John Lineker’s reign of terror continues in his new home at ONE Championship. In his third promotional appearance, Lineker used effective body work throughout the opening round, which led to a big knockdown and a fight ending right hand to a grounded Troy Worthen, putting him out cold at the 4:35 mark of the first

Ex-NBA player Kendall Gill was watching the Triller Fight Club event this past weekend with all eyes on Jake Paul as he demolished retired UFC fighter Ben Askren with a brutal right hand in the opening round. Prior to that fight being booked, Gill had actually called out Paul as a chance to avenge another

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Daniel Cormier isn’t taking the bait. Following a first-round knockout of former ONE and Bellator champion Ben Askren this past Saturday, Jake Paul has begun to solicit for his next boxing match and several fighters have already volunteered their services including Tyron Woodley and B.J. Penn. Woodley cornered Askren against Paul, so that clash of