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By Simon Samano | February 16, 2021 6:55 pm When Gina Carano hit send on a social media post comparing Republicans living in the current American political climate to Jews during the Holocaust, she never expected to it would cause such an uproar that would lead to her firing from “The Mandalorian.” Or so she

3:06 PM ET The first heavyweight fight of Jon Jones‘ storied MMA career will have a UFC championship on the line. UFC president Dana White told TMZ this week that Jones (26-1) will face the winner of a heavyweight title fight between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou, which is scheduled to headline UFC 260 on

It appears Kamaru Usman is not wasting any time in moving forward with his plans to grant Jorge Masvidal another crack at the UFC welterweight championship. All signs are pointing to Jorge Masvidal being granted an immediate rematch after losing a lopsided decision to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Following Usman’s third-round TKO of Gilbert

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Julian Marquez’s Saturday night was one for the storybooks. At UFC 258, he pulled off a miraculous come-from-behind victory after well over two years on the sidelines. As if that wasn’t enough, he asked Miley Cyrus — one of the biggest pop stars on the planet — to be his Valentine

By Simon Head | February 16, 2021 6:00 am A pair of rising English contenders will collide in London as undefeated English middleweights Will Currie and Christian Duncan prepare to face off in Cage Warriors’ latest “Trilogy” series. Cage Warriors officials confirmed to MMA Junkie that the pair will go head to head on the

Jan 26, 2021 Kamaru Usman put on a star-making performance at UFC 258. His third-round TKO of former teammate Gilbert Burns was a rollercoaster ride that, after an uphill climb forced upon Usman early, gained heart-pumping momentum and shined a bright spotlight on the welterweight champ. Not only did Usman retain his belt in Saturday’s

Rafael dos Anjos has a stern message for UFC newcomer Michael Chandler: not so fast. Back in November when Islam Makhachev pulled out of his UFC Vegas 14 headliner against Rafael dos Anjos, dos Anjos proposed that Michael Chandler fill in as a replacement. Chandler would then hit dos Anjos with the ol’ “I have

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) next pay-per-view (PPV) offering is one of the most stacked mixed martial arts (MMA) events in recent memory featuring not one, not two but three world title fights. UFC 259 is set to go down on March 6 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will be headlined by a

By Farah Hannoun | February 15, 2021 6:30 pm Emmanuel Sanchez thinks winning the Bellator featherweight grand prix will separate him from the pack at 145 pounds. Sanchez rematches champion Patricio Freire April 2 in the main event of Bellator 255 in Uncasville, Conn., in a featherweight grand prix semifinal clash. If Sanchez (20-4 MMA, 12-3

5:40 PM ET The UFC 258 card has taken another hit, this time just hours before the first bout was set to begin. A scheduled fight between women’s flyweight prospects Gillian Robertson and Miranda Maverick in Las Vegas was canceled Saturday afternoon after Robertson suffered an illness, according to the UFC. The illness was not

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has a message for the UFC rankings panel about the integrity of the pound-for-pound rankings. Kamaru Usman is undefeated in the UFC with 13 fights and 13 victories. He now holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the welterweight division, and the number of rounds he has lost

The UFC is headed back to ABC in April, and it looks like the promotion is hoping to stack the card with big names. The promotion made its first appearance on ABC in January with UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar. That show pulled an average of 1.22 million viewers over its 3 hour broadcast,

By Blue Corner | February 14, 2021 9:15 pm It’s another Valentine’s Day, and despite being some of the toughest and most tenacious characters in all of sports, MMA fighters hardly are immune to celebration. Check below to see a collection of tweets and Instagram posts of how MMA fighters and personalities from across the

12:59 AM ET Kamaru Usman defeated Gilbert Burns by TKO in the third round to retain his UFC welterweight championship Saturday night in the main event of UFC 258 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The stoppage came at 34 seconds of the round. Usman, who was briefly stunned by a Burns right hand

There are some divisions in the UFC that have more drawing power than others. Take a look at the lightweight division, for instance, with so many stars at the top. That is one division that sees its fighters constantly headlining events. With Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier, and more, it is easy for that

Coming into his UFC 258 title fight against Kamaru Usman, few were giving Gilbert Burns the respect he deserved after winning six in a row at welterweight. Maybe it was the long layoff. Maybe it was Usman’s dominance against other opponents. Whatever it was, it took Burns just 30 seconds to remind people he was

By Danny Segura | February 14, 2021 6:15 pm It didn’t take long for Jorge Masvidal to respond to Kamaru Usman. The former UFC title challenger and “BFM” champion Masvidal (35-14 MMA, 12-7 UFC) took to social media on Sunday to fire back at Usman (18-1 MMA, 13-0 UFC), who defended his UFC welterweight belt

1:55 AM ET Kamaru Usman accomplished much on Saturday night at UFC 258. He won his 13th straight UFC welterweight fight, which broke Georges St-Pierre‘s record for most wins in a row at 170. He also tied the great Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most wins in a row to start a UFC career. And he’s