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7:58 AM ET Anitta, one of the hottest female pop stars in the world, posted a video on her Instagram story the morning of April 3. In the clip, Anitta was in a bed, still wearing the same outfit she wore the night before at her exclusive birthday party in Las Vegas. Talking into her

This weekend (Sat., June 18, 2022), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will venture out to Moody Center in Austin, Texas, for UFC Austin. It’s been a little while since UFC left its Apex venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, for a non-pay-per-view (PPV) event, but as a result, the promotion bolstered the night a bit. Josh Emmett

By Farah Hannoun | June 15, 2022 9:00 am ET Cody Garbrandt will need a new opponent for his return to bantamweight. Rani Yahya (28-10-1 MMA, 13-4-1 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from their July 9 matchup at the UFC Apex due to a neck injury. It is unknown whether Garbrandt (12-5 MMA, 7-5

Pro MMA fighter Anita Karim is blazing a trail as the first female professional MMA fighter from Pakistan. In a place where women are not encouraged to fight, one woman is going against the grain and became a professional fighter. Anita Karim is that woman, she has now had five professional fights and isn’t slowing

1:29 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight in Japan again in another exhibition, this time against MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura. Promoters on Tuesday said the bout is scheduled for September. The rules and length of the bout have not yet been made public. Mayweather retired undefeated from professional boxing almost

Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t believe Nate Diaz wants to fight him. Early last month (May 2022), UFC President Dana White accidentally revealed some match-ups on his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) war room board. One of those was a highly intriguing potential clash of superstars, Chimaev and Diaz. However, nothing has since come to fruition and the

Irene Aldana thinks the time has come. A UFC women’s bantamweight contender, Aldana (13-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) believes she’s ready to fight in a championship bout and wants to put that to a test. Aldana has been a top contender for several years now, but has yet to get a her chance at a title.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate wasn’t surprised by Valentina Shevchenko’s narrow victory over Taila Santos at UFC 275. Shevchenko earned a split decision victory over Santos in the UFC 275 co-main event. According to the judges’ scorecards, the bout was the toughest test of her dominant title reign. Shevchenko set the record for most

7:00 AM ET Jiri Prochazka became a champion in just his third Octagon appearance, dethroning Glover Teixeira in a wild light heavyweight title bout in the UFC 275 headliner Saturday in Singapore. Along with the shiny belt that was wrapped around his waist, the entertainingly inventive Czech fighter also has earned a spot in the

Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 275 featured a number of incredible fights and performances, but likely the most surprising was Taila Santos vs. Valentina Shevchenko. Santos has a better record than most previous Shevchenko challengers, but she remained a 6-1 underdog, and few expected a real struggle for “Bullet.” Instead, Santos shocked Shevchenko with her

By Farah Hannoun | June 14, 2022 9:30 am ET SINGAPORE – Valentina Shevchenko still ponders a move back up to 135 pounds, but it won’t necessarily be her next one after UFC 275. Women’s flyweight champion Shevchenko (23-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) notched her seventh title defense when she edged out Taila Santos in Saturday’s

Aljamain Sterling solidified his place as bantamweight champion at UFC 273, but even champions have stories about being outmatched in the gym. “Funk Master” recently made an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience and detailed one of his early experiences training with UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov. “He threw a 360 spinning ninja kick and wrapped

1:27 AM ET Jiri Prochazka hit Glover Teixeira with everything he had — hard jabs, uppercuts, knees up the middle and combinations to the body. Teixeira gave it all back and then some. He landed huge overhand rights and left hooks, took Prochazka down and opened up a gnarly cut with an elbow. Both men

Jan Blachowicz feels his legendary Polish power can break “Bones.” Turning his back on the division he cemented a historic status in, Jon Jones last fought at Light Heavyweight in Feb. 2020. Earning a controversial unanimous decision win over Dominick Reyes (watch highlights), Jones vacated his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title shortly after, allowing Blachowicz

By Danny Segura and Abbey Subhan | June 13, 2022 9:15 pm ET SINGAPORE – Silvana Gomez Juarez likely saved her UFC career on Saturday night. The Argentine strawweight entered UFC 275 on a two-fight losing streak that marked the entirety of her run in the UFC. Juarez (11-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) lost her debut

Tom Aspinall isn’t in need of any advice from Chael Sonnen on being his own hypeman. Tom Aspinall is one of the fastest-rising fighters in the UFC heavyweight division. He is coming off a huge win over Alexander Volkov at UFC London earlier this year and is now set to headline the next UFC London

Jun 12, 2022 Glover Teixeira passed into mount with 15 seconds left in the second round. Jiri Prochazka had been picking Teixeira apart on the feet, but the durable champion got Prochazka down, took his back and then worked his way into the most dominant position in MMA. In response, as Teixeira attempted to rain

There’s an old saying: “If you don’t have anything nice to say about a person, first make sure they’re out of the room.” In addition to that, you should probably make sure said person is still alive, to avoid embarrassing yourself on television. I guess boxing broadcaster Joe Tessitore didn’t get the Email. Tessitore had