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Jon Jones’ latest arrest came on September 24th in Las Vegas after a confrontation with his fiancé that prompted his kids to ask hotel security to call the police. Police reports included grisly details of the incident, including blood on his fiancé and on the bed of their hotel room. That led to a misdemeanor

By John Morgan | November 30, 2021 11:45 am ET Two-time PFL champion and current free agent Kayla Harrison isn’t yet sure where she’ll compete next, but she’s excited by the multiple opportunities that could await. Harrison (12-0) made it clear during PFL’s 2021 campaign that she would test the waters of free agency following

Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions Friday, December 3 on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is eager for a fight. “Borz” is not all that far removed from throttling Li Jingliang at UFC 267 back around Halloween (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s already picked up another “W” in a wrestling match vs. UFC Middleweight Jack Hermansson. The Chechen athlete is still unsatiated, and he’s taken to

By MMA Junkie Radio | November 29, 2021 10:00 pm ET Monday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with hosts “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,213, the boys take a look at what went down at Triller Triad Combat on Saturday, answer the question of whether there is a true rivalry between MMA

7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of

Triller Fight Club was back in action over Thanksgiving weekend with the debut of their Triad Combat sub-promotion, which featured a bunch of MMA fighters battling boxers in a triangular ring. It also featured Metallica, which might have seemed like another big waste of money by the promotion … until you watch the event and

Beneil Dariush is not shying away from the grappling of lightweight boogeyman Islam Makhachev. As the close friend and protégé to former champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, Makhachev has put his grappling skills to use to dispatch the best fighters he could face en route to a nine-fight win streak. While there was some talk about him

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Bellator closes out its 2021 event schedule on Friday with Bellator 272, which takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and has a main card that airs on Showtime following prelims streamed on MMA Junkie. A highly anticipated bantamweight title fight headlines the card. Champion Sergio Pettis

Kamaru Usman is not surprised by Colby Covington’s post-UFC 268 behavior. It is no secret that both bouts between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington had highly contentious build-ups to say the very least. This particularly rings true when replaying the words of Covington. Covington has taken shots at Usman’s family, made accusations of steroid use,

Triller Fight Club returned on Saturday night with another oddball night of combat sports, this time with their new sub-promotion Triad Combat (watch the highlights here). The concept: a triangular boxing ring where fighters box with smaller gloves and clinch fighting is allowed. The apparent idea is to give MMA fighters more of a fair

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from November 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for November. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by

Miesha Tate has released a video of herself removing stitches she received following her UFC Vegas 43 loss to Ketlen Vieira. Miesha Tate has already delivered one of the most inspirational stories of 2021 by returning from a five-year layoff to get her hand raised for the first time as a mother. She made it

After defeating Paige VanZant at Bare Knuckle FC 19 in July, Rachael Ostovich is at a combat sports crossroads. On one hand, Ostovich says bare knuckle boxing payed her more than she ever made in MMA, more than even the UFC. On the other, the sport is brutal and punishing and still largely relegated to

ARLINGTON, Texas – Tyron Woodley is moving on in his career, with or without a Jake Paul rematch. The former UFC champion has big plans for the future that don’t involve Paul, he said. Woodley was last seen in action in August when he lost a split decision to the YouTube superstar in an eight-round

6:02 PM ET Conor McGregor for the first time has given fans some insight into the timetable for his return to the Octagon. The former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion tweeted Saturday that he will be cleared to return to MMA sparring by April. And after that, McGregor wrote, “a return will be imminent.” The

Tonight from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Triller played host to Triad Combat: Mir vs. Pulev live on pay-per-view. Triller brought to life their new concept for combat sports that they view as a hybrid between boxing and MMA. Under the Triad Combat rules, fighters compete in a triangular ring in two-minute rounds. The

Triller’s Triad Combat is making its inaugural debut tonight (Sat., Nov. 27, 2021) live on FITE TV pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, with former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir squaring off against former boxing standout Kubrat Pulev in the main event. Adding to the mix is former UFC welterweight contender