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After a unanimous decision win over Joe Elmore in the main event of BKFC 16 this past Friday night, Leonard Garcia did what all fighters hope to do; go out on top. Garcia defeated the No. 1 ranked 165-pounder in a hard fought five-rounds and went on to announce his retirement from combat sports. “Bad

On the first episode of UFC 260 Embedded, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic works a shift at the fire house and is on mop duty. Challenger Francis Ngannou tapers down on his training camp for the rematch as he works at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. Miocic also gets in a strength and conditioning session,

Liz Carmouche vs. Vanessa Porto is the latest addition to Bellator 256 on April 9. A promotion official confirmed the flyweight matchup to MMA Fighting following a report from Fansided. The event takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and airs live on Showtime. Two-time UFC title challenger Carmouche made her promotional debut

Watch “UFC 260 countdown” video for an early look at next Saturday’s heavyweight championship rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou. Miocic seeks his fifth successful defense of the heavyweight title when he once again faces Ngannou. The two first fought at UFC 220 on Jan. 20, 2018. At that event, Miocic used his wrestling

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Fights that didn’t go the distance ended by knockout at UFC Vegas 22, and four of six to earn concussive wins took home $50,000 bonuses for “Performance of the Night.” Max Griffin, Adrian Yanez, Grant Dawson and Bruno Silva clinched the bonuses on Saturday at UFC APEX, the promotion announced after the event. Griffin was

Watch Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan full fight video to see Brunson become the first fighter to defeat blue chip prospect Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Aug. 1, 2020. Shahbazyan, nicknamed “The Golden Boy,” was marked for greatness heading into his first UFC main event having gone 4-0

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 22 results for the Brunson vs. Holland fight card Saturday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 22 Twitter updates. In the main event, Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland will clash in a pivotal middleweight tilt. Brunson has

The UFC is headed back to Texas. The promotion announced Friday that UFC 262 will take place at Toyota Center in Houston on May 15. A lightweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler headlines the card, with the winner taking home the UFC championship vacated by the retired Khabib Nurmagomedov. UFC President Dana White

Khabib Nurmagomedov is going out on top and he has nothing but gratitude for the world’s biggest fight promotion. Following confirmation from UFC President Dana White that Nurmagomedov will not be returning to competition after retiring in October, “The Eagle” took to Instagram himself late Thursday evening to address the news and thank White for

UFC featherweight Ricardo Ramos has a new date and opponent for his octagon return. Initially set to face Zubaira Tukhugov at this past weekend’s UFC Fight Night show in Las Vegas before Tukhugov withdrew from the fight, Ramos will now fight Bill Algeo at UFC Vegas 24 on April 17, multiple people with knowledge of

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya remains undeterred by his loss to light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259, calling the setback “a little valley” before a triumphant comeback. “In any movie, in any anime series, you have the valleys,” he told ESPN.com on Wednesday. “This is just mine. I’m taking this very well, and

Georges St-Pierre is going back to his roots. Karate Combat announced that the former two-division UFC champion will serve as a “Season Sensei” for the upcoming third season of its combat sports program that features karate fighters competing in full contact contests with a modified rule set. Per a press release, “St Pierre will offer

Tim Elliott is on a winning streak for the first time since his return to the UFC and had, what many believe to be, his best performance at UFC 259 against Jordan Espinosa—unless you ask the man himself. Elliott earned a one-sided unanimous decision during the preliminary card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Three days after his UFC main event, Belal Muhammad is still nursing wounds from the UFC Vegas 21 fight – but not because he took damage in a win or a loss. Instead, the welterweight contender is wearing sunglasses after an inadvertent eye poke from Leon Edwards led to a no-decision less than one minute

Moments after UFC president Dana White made the announcement, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Steven Marrocco react to the welterweight title rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal headlining a championship triple header at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Fla. on April 24, the event taking place in front of a full house at the VyStar

As the third-ranked bantamweight in the world, Rob Font was paying very close attention to the title fight between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259. Yan defended his title for the first time after stopping Jose Aldo in the fifth round at UFC 251 in July and was starting to separate himself from

Carlos Felipe inked a new four-fight deal with the UFC, and the first bout of his new contract will take place June 12 against Jake Collier. Multiple people close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting. Combate first reported the matchup for UFC 263. Felipe (10-1) started off his UFC career with a