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Michael Chandler can’t force anyone to fight him. After signing with the UFC following a long and successful career as a multi-time Bellator lightweight champion, Chandler was hoping for a top ranked opponent for his debut but several notable fighters showed little interest in welcoming him to the promotion. Eventually, Dan Hooker accepted the opportunity

Damon Jackson needs a new opponent. On Wednesday, Jackson’s scheduled featherweight opponent T.J. Laramie announced that he has been forced to withdraw from their May 1 UFC Fight Night encounter. The 23-year-old Canadian did not go into detail as to why he is out of the fight, writing, “I’ll be back as soon as I’m

This past weekend, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic to claim the UFC heavyweight champion. The win should have set up a superfight between Miocic and light heavyweight GOAT Jon Jones, however, immediately following UFC 260, UFC President Dana White began throwing cold water on that idea. Immediately after Ngannou’s win, Jones sent out a

When UFC 261 lands in Jacksonville, Fla. on April 24, the event will feature three title fights in front of a sold out crowd as the promotion welcomes a capacity audience for the first time in over a year. On Tuesday, the official poster for the event was released in anticipation of the UFC’s return

Love him or hate him, you cannot deny that Jake Paul understands how the fight game works. Last week, Paul had a press conference with upcoming boxing opponent Ben Askren where their war of words turned physical during the staredown, with Askren facepaming Paul who in turn responded by shoving Askren. In the aftermath, Paul

Never let it be said that Ben Askren doesn’t have a flair for the dramatic. Ahead of his upcoming boxing bout with YouTube star Jake Paul on April 17, the former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion kicked it into high gear to promote the matchup. On the weekend, he released a cinematic training montage

Khamzat Chimaev has almost fully recovered from COVID-19 and he says that’s bad news for all of his future opponents. Last year, Chimaev burst into the MMA consciousness when he recorded three dominant victories in the span of just two months, an achievement which earned him 2020’s Breakout Fighter of the Year award. Those three

Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones continued to speak out against UFC President Dana White’s remarks toward him at the post-fight press conference for UFC 260, tweeting late into the night Saturday and Sunday morning as he called White’s tactics “a huge slap in the face.” Upon hearing that Jones tweeted “show me the money”

Jon Jones’ financial demands to face heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou don’t move UFC President Dana White. After hearing a small portion of Jones’ tweetstorm on Saturday night after Ngannou’s knockout win over Stipe Miocic at UFC 260, White indicated the ball is in the former light heavyweight champ’s court. If “Bones” doesn’t want the fight,

Marc-Andre Barriault kicked off Saturday’s UFC 260 event with his first promotional victory and stoppage. The Canadian middleweight overcame a tough first round in the event’s first fight of the night against Abu Azaitar, but he began to steal momentum as the bout progressed. Barriault fully took over in the third round, hurting, mounting and

MMA Fighting has UFC 260 results for the Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 event Saturday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs of the entire main card, and live UFC 260 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will put his title on the line against Francis Ngannou. The

LAS VEGAS – They were supposed to be separated by plexiglass per COVID-19 protocols, but Jake Paul wasn’t having any of that when it came time to face off with Ben Asrken at the Triller press conference. Paul got right in Askren’s face and talked trash, which he’d done almost without interruption since walking on

Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is taking his change of opponent in stride. Last week it was announced that Paulo Costa was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Whittaker next month due to illness and it didn’t take long for the UFC to book a replacement opponent. Almost immediately the UFC offered Whittaker

Dustin Poirier had a chance to compete for the UFC lightweight title, but he opted to wait for a trilogy fight against Conor McGregor instead. Earlier this week, the UFC announced plans to crown a new 155-pound champion in the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement with Michael Chandler set to face Charles Oliveira at UFC

Brett Johns has his Bellator MMA debut set. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Johns will face Matheus Mattos at Bellator’s May 21 event, which is expected to take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. MMA DNA was first to report the bantamweight booking. Johns begins

Sean O’Malley promises he isn’t a sore loser. Ahead of his return to action at UFC 260 this weekend, the popular bantamweight has touted himself as undefeated with hopes of moving to 13-0 in his career as he prepares to face Thomas Almeida on the pay-per-view main card. There’s only one problem — O’Malley’s record

For this episode, Alexander K. Lee, Alex Savas and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include the aftermath of Derek Brunson’s decisive win over Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22, the upcoming heavyweight championship rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou at UFC 260, Julija Stoliarenko’s