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Feb 11, 2023 Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade will fill in for Taila Santos in the UFC Fight Night main event Feb. 18 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Saturday. Andrade will face top prospect Erin Blanchfield in a women’s flyweight contender bout. Santos’ cornermen, including her husband, Pedro Barbosa, were denied visas

Tyson Pedro says he had some health issues going into UFC 284. Pedro (9-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Modestas Bukauskas (14-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) in their light heavyweight bout this past Saturday at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, where he started to slow down after a back-and-forth first round. That’s because

British professional boxer Tommy Fury shares the high stakes put forth by his father ahead of his upcoming showdown with Jake Paul. 14 months after they were first scheduled to meet, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul and Fury, a member of one of the most renowned pugilist families, are finally set to share the ring. Previously, the pair

Welcome to Midnight Mania! It wouldn’t be a super fight without a bit of controversy. UFC 284’s main event between Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev really exceeded expectations (watch highlights here). Volkanovski was able to push Makhachev more than any prior opponent despite the size disadvantage, resulting in a highly skilled and closely contested fight

Feb 11, 2023 Jens Pulver will be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame later this year, the promotion announced Saturday. Pulver, 48, became the UFC’s first lightweight champion in February 2001, when he defeated Caol Uno at UFC 30 in Atlantic City. Nicknamed “Lil Evil,” he went on to defend

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into

Conor McGregor has ended his silence since the news broke of his upcoming Octagon return against Michael Chandler. McGregor will coach alongside Chandler in the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter in Las Vegas. After the show, McGregor and Chandler will square off at a to-be-announced event later this year. McGregor returns after a lengthy

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya wants his revenge. But defeating longtime nemesis Alex Pereira in the UFC 287 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, scheduled for Sat., April 8, 2023, in Miami, Florida, is simply not good enough for “The Last Stylebender,” who admits he’s now the “villain” in their respective stories. Adesanya also wants to

9:24 AM ET Following one of the more dramatic fights the sport of MMA has seen, there are still plenty of unanswered questions after an instant classic over the weekend at UFC 284 between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC lightweight title and the pound-for-pound crown. Who or what stole that show in

PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski was more durable than Islam Makhachev expected. Lightweight champion Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) was confident that he could knock out featherweight champ Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 284 headliner at RAC Arena, but he wasn’t able to. Makhachev did retain his title, though, beating Volkanovski by

UFC lightweight Dan Hooker has made some serious accusations following this past weekend’s UFC 284 pay-per-view. On Saturday, the promotion culminated a return Down Under with an event from Perth’s RAC Arena. Throughout the card, a number of Oceanic natives wee in action, most notably in the main event. Headlining was featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski,

After four quarters of hard played football, the Kansas City Chiefs are this year’s Super Bowl champions. It was a back and forth game with the Chiefs starting strong only to suffer a number of setbacks in the second quarter. As the game went to halftime the Philadelphia Eagles were up 24-14 and the Chiefs

Feb 11, 2023 Yair Rodriguez is the UFC’s interim featherweight champion following a masterful finish over Josh Emmett at UFC 284. Rodriguez (15-3) submitted Emmett via triangle choke at 4 minutes, 19 seconds of the second round. The 145-pound bout co-headlined UFC 284, which took place on Sunday morning local time at RAC Arena. The

PERTH, Australia – Justin Tafa is happy with how he got out of the gate in 2023. The heavyweight scored a quick and brutal knockout over Parker Porter on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Tafa (6-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) slept Porter just 66 seconds into the contest.

Despite facing a major setback, Randy Brown is trying to stay positive. Although Brown has faced some stiff competition during his seven years in the promotion’s welterweight division, his UFC 284 bout against Della Maddalena was arguably the most important fight in his career, to this point. Not only was he facing a high-profile prospect

Khabib Nurmagomedov may not have been in his protege Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 284 last night (Sat., Feb. 11, 2023) in Perth, Australia (details here), but he was definitely watching the fight at home. At the start of 2023, Nurmagomedov revealed a plan to step away from the mixed martial arts (MMA) industry and

1:39 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Everything was different this time. Islam Makhachev successfully defended his UFC lightweight championship Saturday night in a performance that did not at all resemble the victory last October that earned him the belt. On this night, Makhachev mostly stood and traded punches to win his superfight against featherweight champ Alexander

PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski wants to run things back with Islam Makhachev. The featherweight champion wants a rematch with lightweight champ Makhachev after he lost a close decision in Saturday’s UFC 284 main event in Perth, Australia. After he rewatched the fight, Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) thought he did enough to dethrone Makhachev (24-1 MMA,