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UFC welterweight rivals Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington appeared before Florida’s 11th Circuit Court on Thursday (via Zoom) where Judge Zachary James set a new court date of May 12 (status hearing), while also updating the charges levied against Masvidal in last month’s street attack. “Gamebred” is charged with single counts of aggravated battery resulting

By Dan Tom | April 28, 2022 1:00 pm ET MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC on ESPN 35. UFC on ESPN 35 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on ESPN and streams

Logan Paul wants a UFC fight against Paddy Pimblett, and Pimblett is more than willing to oblige. Paul recently called out Pimblett during an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. He also pressed UFC President Dana White for a UFC fight during a recent podcast episode, and White didn’t seem dismissive of the

9:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN After an opening night filled will exciting lightweight and light heavyweight fights, the PFL returns on Thursday to do it all again in two other weight classes (6 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+). The card will be headlined by reigning PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza, who will be looking to keep

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Consider tonight’s article a continuation of last night’s piece, in which Canelo Alvarez laughed off Ali Abdelaziz’s attempt to label him a “chicken.” Earlier today, Kamaru Usman responded to back his manager and start further conversation with the boxing superstar. “Let’s just all relax,” Usman wrote. “before somebody gets hurt.” Canelo

By Matt Erickson and Ken Hathaway | April 27, 2022 10:30 pm ET LAS VEGAS – After years fighting some of the middleweight division’s top contenders, Gerald Meerschaert was up and down. The losses over a couple years came to names like Jack Hermansson, Kevin Holland, Ian Heinisch and Khamzat Chimaev – no shame among that

Bare Knuckle FC (BKFC) president David Feldman isn’t done with heavyweight signings just yet. Earlier this week it was announced that former UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell inked a deal with BKFC. However, it sounds like he’ll be joined by a few other big names in the division as well. Recently, Feldman spoke to MMA Underground’s

7:41 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Tyson Fury is the greatest heavyweight in the world. Francis Ngannou is the greatest heavyweight in the world. Those two superlatives can both be true at the same time. And there’s little chance that a boxing match between the two big men would settle anything. So why did Fury, moments

ONE Championship is coming to Prime Video. The promotion today announced a multi-year agreement to broadcast 12 live ONE Championship events per year in the United States and Canada. The first card is expected to be announced at some point over the next few months. “As the world’s largest martial arts organization, we believe our

By Mike Bohn | April 27, 2022 12:34 pm ET ONE Championship has taken a significant leap in its exposure to the North American audience by signing a new broadcast deal with streaming service Amazon Prime Video. The organization, almost exclusively based out of Asia during its more than 10 years of existence, has come

3:55 PM ET TJ Dillashaw intends to reclaim the UFC’s bantamweight championship in 2022 — and he does not think it will be tough to do so. In Jacksonville, Dillashaw (17-4) watched Aljamain Sterling defend the 135-pound title against Petr Yan at UFC 273 earlier this month. Speaking to ESPN on Monday, the former bantamweight

Former strawweight queen Joanna Jędrzejczyk says she’s more than willing to give fight fans a five-round rematch against Zhang Weili. There is a huge rematch on the docket for UFC 275. The former champions Joanna Jędrzejczyk and Zhang Weili will be recreating their 2020 Fight of the Year-winning bout. However, despite the yearning of the

Welcome to Midnight Mania! The last few years have really taught UFC fighters that there’s big money in boxing. Conor McGregor really started the trend with his “Money” fight vs. Floyd Mayweather, but Tyron Woodley scoring career-high paydays vs. Jake freaking Paul set off alarm bells in a lot of athletes’ heads. Fast-forward a bit,

Pound For Pound Rankings Usman has five consecutive defenses of the UFC’s 170-pound title and is now in the discussion as the greatest welterweight of all time. While he wasn’t completely satisfied with his latest win over Robert Whittaker, Adesanya did notch another title defense and wants to turn around quickly to face Jared Cannonier.

2:11 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he hopes to fight Tyson Fury in a crossover bout in 2023 and that there is a “70% chance” his next opponent will be the British boxer. WBC heavyweight champion Fury had suggested he would fight Ngannou when the pair spoke in the ring following the

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has provided an update on his recovery from surgery and potential return timeline. Ngannou returned to action following a relatively long layoff earlier this year at UFC 270. In the January 22 headliner, “The Predator” shared the Octagon with then-interim titleholder Ciryl Gane. Ngannou

Social media strongman Sajad Gharibi — better known as “The Iranian Hulk” — was scheduled to fight British bodybuilder Martyn Ford this Sat. night (April 30, 2022) inside O2 Arena in London, England, a heavyweight headliner sanctioned by the Professional Boxing Association to be contested across four, two-minute rounds. That fight is now canceled. In

By MMA Junkie Staff | April 26, 2022 12:00 pm ET Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Mike Bohn, Danny Segura and Brian “Goze” Garcia discuss five topics with host “Gorgeous” George