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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Leon Edwards’ last-minute Hail Mary head kick knockout win over Kamaru Usman will go down as one of the best knockouts of the year (HIGHLIGHTS). UFC 278’s main event seemed like a done deal, but Edwards pulled the trigger at the perfect time to upset the dominant champion and undo all
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Leon Edwards captured the welterweight title by planishing Kamaru Usman in the UFC 278 pay-per-view (PPV) main event earlier this month in Salt Lake City, a stunning, fifth-round head-kick finish that is among the candidates for “knockout of the year.” But not everyone is standing and cheering. That includes former middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen,
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11:24 PM ET UFC middleweight Sean Strickland has been forced out of a scheduled bout against Jared Cannonier in October due to a finger injury. Strickland (25-4) revealed the injury on his social media on Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based middleweight said he was about to undergo a “minor” procedure on his finger that he said
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Sean O’Malley is the latest UFC fighter to comment on Paddy Pimblett’s dieting skills (or lack thereof). Everyone from UFC President Dana White to UFC Featherweight kingpin Alexander Volkanovski has advised him to change his ways and get more disciplined, but that doesn’t seem to have affected “The Baddy.” Just a
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LAS VEGAS – Dana White is sick of talking about Jake Paul, but even he tipped his cap, albeit however small, at the notion of the YouTuber-turned-boxer fighting Anderson Silva – if the rumors are true, of course. At a Dana White’s Contender Series 52 post-fight news conference Tuesday, White expressed his distaste and disgust
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who now hosts his own MMA show for ESPN with Ryan Clark, doesn’t think welterweight veteran Jorge Masvidal deserves a title shot against newly-crowned welterweight champion Leon Edwards. Cormier’s opinion sent “Gamebred” into a Twitter rage (read it here) but unfortunately for the sucker-punch king, Edwards agrees with “DC.”
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Add Sean O’Malley to the list of people who have cautioned Paddy Pimblett for ballooning up in between fights. Ex-UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw critiqued Pimblett, UFC president Dana White expressed concern, and now O’Malley has chimed in. Although O’Malley has an amicable relationship with Pimblett (19-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who has reached up to
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Bare Knuckle FC Interim Bantamweight Champion Reggie Barnett Jr. was declared ‘missing and endangered’ by police in Virginia Beach, VA. Virginia Beach PD was contacted by Barnett’s family on Monday after Barnett disappeared following mental health concerns and hints at self-harm. Fortunately, in a late update Monday night, it was revealed that Barnett has been
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4:44 PM ET Bellator will get a resolution to its light heavyweight title picture before the end of the year. Vadim Nemkov will defend his light heavyweight belt against Corey Anderson in the main event of Bellator 288 on Nov. 18 in Chicago, the promotion announced Monday. The two men met for the title and
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(Editor’s note: Story updated at 10:35 p.m. ET to reflect news that Barnett was found.) Bare Knuckle FC interim bantamweight champion Reggie Barnett Jr. has been found approximately 24 hours after he disappeared without notice. “Thank you everyone for all your prayers and love Reggie has been found alive and safe,” Barnett’s mother Kim wrote
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