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11:48 PM ET The UFC light heavyweight title will be up for grabs this weekend — even without the participants who were originally scheduled to battle for the gold. Former champion Jan Blachowicz will take on Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 282 on Saturday in Las Vegas. The winner will take home

LAS VEGAS – Alex Morono looked like he was on his way to getting one of the biggest wins of his career on five days’ notice at UFC 282, but Santiago Ponzinibbio had other plans. Down two round to none on the scorecards, Ponzinibbio (29-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) let his hands fly in the final round

UFC lightweight Jared Gordon believes that upcoming opponent Paddy Pimblett may come to regret mentioning his name when he signed with the promotion. After exchanging callouts and interview mentions for over a year, Pimblett and Gordon are finally set to collide in what is widely expected to mark the toughest test of the former’s UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight veterans Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev will clash TONIGHT (Sat., Dec. 10, 2022) at UFC 282 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apologies to Jiri Prochazka, but I cannot imagine either half of our main event being terribly sympathetic toward “The Czech Samurai.” Prochazka’s shoulder exploding bumped a

6:57 PM ET Kevin Holland isn’t the only one with an injured hand after a hard-fought UFC Fight Night main event last week. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson wrote Friday on Twitter that he broke the second and third metacarpals in his left hand in the bout against Holland. Thompson won via TKO after the fourth round

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC 282. UFC 282 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+. Last event’s results: 3-3 Overall picks for UFC

Bellator 289 takes place tonight on SHOWTIME, and MMA News has all the results and highlights from the action! The rivalry between Stots and Sabatello has been ongoing since this Summer. Both fighters are in the Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix to determine the undisputed bantamweight champion. However, Stots is going into his fight with Sabatello as

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Prioritizing action above all else seems to be paying off for Michael Chandler. The former Bellator champion crossed over to the Octagon late in his professional career, but he’s put the pedal to the floor since then. As a result, he’s scored a pair of tremendous knockout wins, but Chandler has

9:05 PM ET Fight fixing is now a “huge concern” for the UFC amid several investigations into suspicious betting activity around a bout last month, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. A Nov. 5 UFC fight between Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke is under scrutiny after a dramatic betting line movement in the hours before

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Liz Carmouche left no doubt about the outcome of her rematch with former champion Juliana Velasquez. After a controversial TKO stoppage in their first meeting in April, Carmouche (18-7 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) leaned on her grappling strengths, and found a way to submit Velasquez (12-2 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) in the second round

AEW Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) has hinted at an appearance at UFC 282 to make good on his recent trash talk toward Pimblett. Recently, AEW star Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) captured the promotion’s world championship at the Full Gear pay-per-view event in Newark, New Jersey with a victory over Jon Moxley. Since then, the

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC 282 pay-per-view (PPV) event on ESPN+, scheduled for this Sat. night (Dec. 10, 2022) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC 282 will be headlined by the light heavyweight title fight between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev, who took over main

Dec 6, 2022 Kayla Harrison‘s plans for the next year and beyond are very much up in the air. The two-time former PFL women’s lightweight champion told ESPN she is not sure what her next move will be, but her top priority is a rematch with Larissa Pacheco, who handed Harrison her first career loss

Henry Cejudo questions the motivation behind T.J. Dillashaw’s decision to retire. Dillashaw (17-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC), who recently underwent shoulder surgery, notified the UFC of his retirement earlier this week and was removed from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s testing pool. The news came as a surprise, especially after Dillashaw said he wasn’t going anywhere in

Bellator 289 takes place tonight on SHOWTIME, and MMA News has all the results and highlights from the action! The rivalry between Stots and Sabatello has been ongoing since this Summer. Both fighters are in the Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix to determine the undisputed bantamweight champion. However, Stots is going into his fight with Sabatello as

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dustin Poirier is in the midst of some tough times. The top-ranked Lightweight contender was admitted to the hospital last week with a staph infection that inflated his foot like a balloon. The infection initially wasn’t reacting to antibiotics, an extremely dangerous situation that fortunately took a turn for the better

4:46 AM ET London’s O2 Arena will host UFC 286 on March 18, the MMA promotion confirmed on Wednesday. It will be UFC’s third event to be held in London inside 12 months but only the second numbered event in history to the held in the UK. Its last installment was in 2016 as Michael

The 14th annual World MMA Awards take place Thursday at SAHARA in Las Vegas. Check out our live blog and results of the night’s winners, including Fighter of the Year, Coach of the Year, Promotion of the Year and much more. MMA Junkie is nominated for Media Source of the Year, while senior reporter Mike