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UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland says he’d find “great Joy” in killing controversial welterweight Dillon Danis. Strickland, who returned in 2020 after a two-year layoff, was recently victorious in his first UFC main event. Against veteran Uriah Hall in the UFC Vegas 33 headliner, “Tarzan” looked dominant throughout, and climbed further up the 185-pound ladder

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is expected to face current interim 265-pound titleholder Ciryl Gane in the promotion’s January 2022 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which does not yet have an official date or location. That’s according to coach Eric Nicksick. “We’ve been hearing January,” Nicksick told The MMA Hour. “But you never know, man. Like, the

By Blue Corner | September 1, 2021 10:45 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie For the first time in ONE Championship’s 10-year history, the promotion is hosting an all women’s card, and the organization is giving the event special treatment. With a nine-bout lineup that includes top female athletes in MMA, kickboxing and muay Thai, the promotion

3:37 PM ET UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has signed a contract extension that will keep him inside the Octagon, ahead of his upcoming fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on Nov. 6. Gaethje (22-3) broke the news to ESPN during an interview Tuesday. The former interim champion had expressed some frustration with the UFC

“The Motown Phenom” Kevin Lee is nothing if not persistent, as he has now decided to publicly challenge Mike Perry for the third time. Kevin Lee is in desperate need of a win after losing his second straight fight in what was the fourth loss in five fights; and apparently, he believes Mike Perry is

Paddy Pimblett has plans for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White and his fellow executive during UFC Vegas 36 Fight Week. Pimblett (16-3) is among the biggest and brightest prospects coming out of England. Having turned down the UFC twice in the past, the former Cage Warriors star will make his UFC debut at

LAS VEGAS – Despite the abrupt ending to his fight with Diego Lopes, Joanderson Brito wasn’t afraid of getting disqualified. Brito’s fight with Lopes at Dana White’s Contender Series 37 on Tuesday was ruled a technical decision in his favor after he committed an eye poke in the third round, which rendered Lopes unable to continue.

7:51 AM ET Derek Brunson smiles and looks off into the distance. He’s thinking about all of the world-class opponents he has competed against during his nine-year career. In just his third UFC fight, Brunson took on 2000 Olympic wrestling silver medalist Yoel Romero. Half of his 10 most recent fights have come against opponents

Both Conor McGregor and UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer are meeting Khabib’s recent ring-girls comments with utter amusement. Former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov made waves last week when he proclaimed that ring girls are useless. Here is an excerpt of what he had to say: “Look, I don’t want to offend anyone, ring girls

UFC featherweight phenom Giga Chikadze, who considers himself to be the best boxer in his class, took one step closer to title contention last Sat. night (Aug. 28) by smashing Edson Barboza in the UFC Vegas 35 main event. “Ninja” improved to No. 8 at 145 pounds, while the Brazilian fell to No. 10. Elsewhere

Derek Brunson continued to come up big as an underdog when he faced rising star Edmen Shahbazyan in the main event of UFC Fight Night 173. Brunson knew he had to weather an early storm from Shahbazyan, and he was able to do just that. Shahbazyan cracked Brunson with a few shots, but a composed

Aug 30, 2021 In 2017, the UFC launched Dana White’s Contender Series in order to find talent to add to its roster. Through four seasons, the promotion has awarded 117 fighter contracts, including a record 37 last season. Here we go again. Season 5 begins on Tuesday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas,

Two weeks after Jared Cannonier secured his place among the Middleweight elite with a decision over Kelvin Gastelum, two more top-ranked 185-pound contenders will look to stake their claims this Saturday (Sept. 4, 2021) when Derek Brunson (No. 5) meets Darren Till (No. 7) on ESPN+. In addition, blue-chip Heavyweight Tom Aspinall will try and

Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have had quite the back-and-forth exchange on Twitter. There is no love lost between Diaz and McGregor. The two fighters are 1-1 against each other under the UFC banner. Diaz won their first encounter via second-round submission back in March 2016. McGregor won the Aug. 2016 rematch via majority decision.

Daniel Rodriguez might have to take a hiatus from his active schedule after UFC on ESPN 30. Rodriguez, who picked up arguably the most prominent win of his career over Kevin Lee on Saturday, needs an X-ray on his left hand in hopes of avoiding a mandatory six-month suspension. On Tuesday, MMA Junkie acquired a

7:16 AM ET The UFC will launch its fifth season of Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday night inside the Apex facility in Las Vegas. The show, which pits unsigned talent against one another in a one-night audition for a UFC contract, is not terribly old, but it’s already produced 117 additions to the UFC

Dustin Poirier was seen in Jake Paul‘s locker room ahead of the Tyron Woodley fight and now we know why. On Aug. 29, Paul and Woodley went one-on-one in an eight-round cruiserweight battle. The bout went the distance and Paul earned the split decision victory. The general consensus is that Woodley didn’t push the pace

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor’s 13-second knockout win over Jose Aldo has to rank highly in the history of the sport’s greatest win. After years of buildup and a decade of dominance, the brash Irish athlete sparked the legend with essentially his first punch of the night, ending the rivalry in an instant. Immediately