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Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The UFC‘s final Pay-Per-View of the year ended up being an action-packed affair that didn’t see a fight go the

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Stephen Thompson has a new source of inspiration towards becoming UFC champion. A couple weeks back, Thompson picked apart Kevin Holland to return to the win column in stellar fashion (HIGHLIGHTS). It was a drastically different outcome compared to his previous two fights against Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns, dreadfully boring

Dec 11, 2022 UFC will not have a light heavyweight champion to close 2022. But the promotion is not wasting any time in trying to crown a titleholder. Following a split draw in a vacant light heavyweight title bout Saturday night at UFC 282, former champion Glover Teixeira will face Jamahal Hill for the belt

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

UFC featherweight contender Ilia Topuria has revealed who he’d like to fight next following his impressive victory over Bryce Mitchell. At UFC 282, “El Matador” extended his undefeated record to 13-0 with an arm-triangle choke in the second round. Mitchell had also been undefeated heading into the contest, making Topuria’s dominant showing all the more

Paddy Pimblett captured a unanimous decision victory over lightweight rival Jared Gordon in the UFC 282 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event last weekend at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, despite most fans and media outlets scoring the contest in favor of “Flash.” Check out the official scorecards here. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan appears to

9:36 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Chuck Liddell is long retired. Same for Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz. Jon Jones was last UFC light heavyweight champion over two years ago. Once the UFC’s glamour division filled

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Mike Bohn and Farah Hannoun will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: The UFC 282

UFC President Dana White has clarified his recent comments about a reported “likely” Conor McGregor/Michael Chandler fight. It was reported earlier this week in a to-be-released interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that White said that Chandler is McGregor’s “likely” return opponent. This excited fans and pundits around the sport as McGregor nears an Octagon return.

Dana White is a master at spitting out powerful sound bytes and making viral news announcements. The guy is a one man headline factory, which may explain why he gets so angry when he sees MMA news sites twisting his perfectly crafted narratives into basic clickbait. The latest fake news story White is trying to

1:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC lost its light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka to injury in November. UFC 282 was supposed to crown his successor. Unfortunately, it did not. Former champion Jan Blachowicz (29-9-1) and Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1) fought to a five-round split draw in the main event Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena. Judge Mike

LAS VEGAS – Ilia Topuria believes rising lightweight star Paddy Pimblett was on the receiving end of a present from the official cageside judges at UFC 282. Topuria (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Pimblett have had their differences in the past, including needing to be separated by security at the pre-fight press conference on Thursday.

Controversial leader of the Czech Republic Ramzan Kadyrov is not happy with Dana White after UFC 282. Kadyrov is one of the most polarizing leaders in the world today, having been accused of numerous heinous acts against Muslims and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Despite this, he has inexplicable ties with the world of MMA,

Paddy Pimblett walked away from his UFC 282 fight against Jared Gordon with a gift decision, moving his record in 2022 to 3-0. And while this wasn’t the most exciting Paddy “The Baddy” fight we’ve ever seem, Pimblett was more than happy to talk the bout up at the post-fight press conference. “Everybody’s got an

2:00 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Chuck Liddell. Randy Couture. Tito Ortiz. “Rampage” Jackson. Daniel Cormier. Jon Jones. The UFC light heavyweight division has been home to some of the biggest stars and best fighters in

Cris Cyborg is now an undefeated professional boxer. On Saturday, the current Bellator women’s featherweight champion laced up the boxing gloves for the second time in 2022 to take on fellow MMA veteran Gabrielle Holloway. The four-round pro boxing bout served as the co-main event under Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan at CHI Health Center

UFC 282 ended with a pair of questionable decisions, but those were the only two bouts on the entire event that ended up going the distance. Whether it be to celebrate the promotion’s final PPV event of the year or simply to congratulate most of the winning fighters for their impressive results, the UFC handed

With UFC 282 a wrap after an exciting night (Sat., Dec. 10, 2022) of fights on ESPN+ PPV from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, fight fans can now check out the post-fight press conference video above for all the best reaction and official bonus winners. On a night that featured a main event