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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brunno Ferreira continued the theme of the UFC 283 prelims, where debuting fighters made the most of their first opportunities. In a middleweight bout he took on eight day’s notice, Ferreira (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) knocked out Gregory Rodrigues (13-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) with a devastating left hand that led to

Neil Magny knows that it’s a tough ask to take on a Brazilian fighter in their home country, but the American intends to feed off the crowd’s energy at UFC 283. The 35-year-old is coming off a fairly active 2022 that saw him go 2-1 across three bouts. Magny began the year with a split

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira collides with 205-pound knockout artist Jamahal Hill atop the UFC 283 pay-per-view (PPV) event, locked and loaded for TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 21, 2023) at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check out their “Absolutely Fearless” video preview embedded above. LIVE! Watch UFC 283 PPV On ESPN+ Here!

Jan 18, 2023 A major bantamweight contender fight is heading to Las Vegas. Former UFC champion Petr Yan and the rising Merab Dvalishvili have verbally agreed to a main event on the UFC Fight Night card on March 11 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday night. Bout agreements have not

Although Brandon Moreno believes he’s better than Deiveson Figueiredo, he’s aware that he doesn’t hold all the cards. The Mexican star is set to take on Figueiredo (21-2-1 MMA, 10-2-1 UFC) on Saturday for a fourth time in a flyweight title-unification bout in the co-main event of UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro. After having

UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo has assessed why he finds himself preparing to fight Brandon Moreno for the fourth consecutive time. This weekend, Figueiredo will make history as the first athlete in history to stand across from the same opponent inside the Octagon four times in a row. He’ll defend his 125-pound gold against Moreno

Douglas Lima will make his return to the Middleweight division to face off against Costello van Steenis at the upcoming Bellator Paris event on May 12, 2023 inside Accor Arena in Paris, France. Lima is currently on a four-fight losing streak after losing to Gegard Mousasi, Yaroslav Amosov, Michael Page, and Jason Jackson. Lima came

Jan 18, 2023 UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her title for the eighth time when she fights Mexican challenger Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4. Shevchenko’s representatives told ESPN on Wednesday that an agreement for the fight has been reached, while sources told ESPN Deportes that there is a mutual agreement

The UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2023 is just two days away, and there’s plenty of anticipation for it. In the UFC 283 main event in Brazil, former light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) meets Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a fight for the vacant title. And in the co-feature, flyweight

UFC No.12-ranked welterweight Neil Magny recently shared his thoughts on his rough time training with Khamzat Chimaev. Chimaev has taken the UFC world by storm. The aggressive Chechen star has wowed audiences and fighters alike with his relentless wrestling pressure and strength. For Neil Magny, ‘Borz’s impressive offensive output wasn’t something to be afraid of.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC 283 pay-per-view (PPV) event on ESPN+, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Jan. 21, 2023) at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. UFC 283 will be headlined by the light heavyweight title fight between former 205-pound champion Glover Teixeira and

12:08 PM ET On Thursday, the UFC announced the addition of stricter language about wagering in its fighter code of conduct as well as the hiring of sports wagering monitoring firm U.S. Integrity. The two changes come as multiple governmental bodies are investigating a UFC fight between Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke on Nov. 5

With UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling still not ready to fight, Sean O’Malley wants an interim title shot. Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) currently is healing from a bicep injury and doesn’t want to risk rushing for his likely title defense against former two-division champ Henry Cejudo. Sterling even recently said on The MMA Hour

Bare Knuckle FC middleweights Lorenzo Hunt and Mike Richman brawled about a month before their fight. Hunt and Richman attended a KnuckleMania 3 pre-fight press conference on Thursday in Albuquerque. The two fighters will square off for the BKFC middleweight title on February 17th. Hunt and Richman, two of the most successful fighters in BKFC,

‘Tank’ makes his featherweight debut in March. MMA Mania confirmed today (Thurs., Jan. 19, 2023) with multiple sources that Jack Shore (16-1) will make his featherweight debut against Makwan Amirkhani (17-8) at UFC 286 in London on Mar. 18. The 27-year-old Welsh fighter leaves the UFC’s bantamweight division after six fights. He suffered his first

7:16 PM ET Raul Rosas Jr., the 18-year-old prodigy who became the youngest fighter to ever sign with the UFC, will return to the Octagon on April 8 to fight fellow prospect Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Former UFC champion Anthony Pettis, who represents Rodriguez under the Showtime Group

Henry Cejudo is impressed with Jon Jones’ ability to keep growing his skills. Former light heavyweight king Jones widely is considered one of the greatest fighters of all time and has just one blemish on his resume: a disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in 2009 in a fight he was dominating. Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1

Brandon Moreno has detailed how his status as the UFC’s first Mexican-born champion was a significant source of pressure before his title defense at UFC 270. “The Assassin Baby” is coming off a third-round stoppage victory over Kai Kara-France that saw him claim the UFC’s interim flyweight title, and now he’s set to try and