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DeAnna Bennett made a promise to her father in 2016 that she’s kept ever since. The year was a particularly trying one for the then-undefeated 8-0 Strawweight on the rise. Bennett earned her first career title shot, facing Invicta Fighting Championship titleholder, Livia Renata Souza. Unfortunately for “Vitamin D,” she came up short via a

UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski doesn’t think a fourth fight with Max Holloway makes sense. Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) already has defeated Holloway (24-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC) three times, with their trilogy at UFC 276 his most definitive win. Since 2014, former champion Holloway has beaten every featherweight except Volkanovski. He recently defeated interim

Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC President Dana White has made it clear where his political beliefs lie. Back in both 2016 and 2020, White spoke on behalf of former president Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, and their ties actually go further back. In the early 2000s when UFC was widely illegal in the

A key UFC bantamweight bout has received a new date, and elevation to top billing. Ricky Simon (20-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) was set as the co-headliner of UFC Fight Night 222 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas this Saturday, which airs on ESPN+. The promotion announced Monday

9:24 AM ET It’s already April and much has gone on in the world of mixed martial arts in 2023. The sport saw, likely, the truest version of a pound-for-pound championship fight in February, between UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev prevailed, but the fight was so good, we might

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has etched her name in the mixed martial arts (MMA) history books. As one of Hawaii’s finest, Macfarlane, 33, has fought all but one of her 14 professional career bouts inside the Bellator cage. Macfarlane (12-2) managed to pick up her biggest wins along the way when the lights shined brightest, becoming the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Zak Cummings battled with the idea of retiring prior to UFC on ESPN 44, but winning was the deciding factor. Cummings (25-8 MMA, 10-4 UFC) took out Ed Herman (26-16 MMA, 13-12 UFC) by third-round TKO this past Saturday in his hometown of Kansas City, and the moment was too good

Apr 13, 2023 The UFC has lost a five-round lightweight main event between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano after Moicano was forced to withdraw from the event due to an undisclosed injury, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The UFC has not announced the withdrawal or commented on Tsarukyan’s status on the card. The UFC

We could be seeing Israel Adesanya back in the cage sooner rather than later. Adesanya just scored a massive win over his rival Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to win back his middleweight title. It was a big fight and a big risk. “Poatan” was already 3-0 against “The Last Stylebender” in combat sports. A

12:43 AM ET The next UFC heavyweight title fight could be headed to the Big Apple. The UFC wants heavyweight champion Jon Jones to defend his title against former champ Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White said Saturday at the UFC Kansas City postfight news conference. The UFC’s

UFC 288 took quite the hit this week when it was announced that Charles Oliveira was pulling out of his highly anticipated No. 1 contender’s match against Beneil Dariush. It left the card looking pretty weak, and it left lightweight champion Islam Makhachev without a potential opponent for his eventual October title defense in Abu

12:19 AM ET Max Holloway is still one of the best featherweight fighters in the world, which has been the case for the better part of a decade. The former UFC featherweight champion beat Arnold Allen via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) in the main event of UFC Kansas City on Saturday. It was a

Max Holloway delivered another dominant main event performance last night (Sat., April 15, 2023) at UFC Kansas City live on ESPN and ESPN+ from inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, when he outpointed Arnold Allen for a unanimous decision win. In co-main event action, Edson Barboza turned back the clock to earn a knockout

9:50 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Defending PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier spoiled the PFL debut of 2022 free agent signee Shane Burgos to earn three regular-season points late Friday night. Aubin-Mercier (18-5) defeated Burgos (15-4) via unanimous decision inside The Theater at Virgin Hotel. The 2022 finalist used a well-rounded plan to keep Burgos

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will descend upon the “Show-Me State” by way of the UFC Kansas City mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place TONIGHT (Sat., April 15, 2023) on both ESPN and ESPN+ from inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. UFC Kansas City will be headlined by the 145-pound showdown between Top

11:52 PM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi The lightweight co-main event between former champion Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush, scheduled for UFC 288 on May 10, has been postponed after Oliveira suffered an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. According to a source, Oliveira has been forced to limit his training for the past few weeks due

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Alex Pereira fought well at UFC 287 last weekend (Sat. April 8, 2023). The Brazilian striker was doing real damage to Israel Adesanya’s lead leg, hampering the lanky kickboxer’s movement and seemingly hurting him midway through the second. When Pereira attempted to follow up with a flurry — very similarly to

7:40 AM ET Max Holloway still believes he’s a better mixed martial artist than Alexander Volkanovski. That’s a pretty simple, straightforward statement, but it answers the potentially difficult question facing Holloway. He is only 31 years old and undoubtedly one of the top featherweights in the world. But he’s also 0-3 in UFC title fights