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Molly McCann has spoken out about her loss at UFC 281. Coming into the event in Madison Square Garden at UFC 281, Molly McCann was a crowd favorite. She was riding high off of two straight KO victories in her home country of England and had the New York fans behind her. During fight week,

The Nevada Athletic Commission raised a lot of eyebrows last month when they agreed to license and regulate Dana White’s new Power Slap League. Commissions are in place to protect the safety of combat sports athletes, and letting people get hit really hard in the head with defense allowed sounded a bit iffy. But Nevada

7:00 PM ET Former UFC champion Israel Adesanya was arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for possession of “metal knuckles,” a spokesperson for the Port Authority Police Department confirmed with ESPN. The time of the arrest was 1:57 p.m., per police. According to Adesanya’s manager, Tim Simpson, the UFC star

Invicta FC returned to action Wednesday to crown a new strawweight champion. The promotion traveled to Colorado for Invicta FC 50, which took place at Reelworks Denver, featuring a one-night, four-woman tournament with the winner claiming the strawweight title. After winning their first bouts of the evening, Karolina Wojcik and Valesca Machado advanced to the

Former UFC interim flyweight title challenger Kai Kara-France will return to the Octagon in Perth, AU at UFC 284 on February 11th. Kara-France will face former title challenger Alex Perez in a three-round high-stakes matchup. The winner will hold their spot in the flyweight title picture and move potentially one win away from a shot

Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann won’t be sitting down to grab a beer anytime soon. UFC 281 this past weekend (Nov. 12, 2022) saw “Superman” Spann score one of his best career highlights, decimating Dominick Reyes with a quick first round knockout (watch highlights). Afterward, Spann let it be known he wanted to fight someone

1:54 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) set a new precedent in its monthly meeting Wednesday. The commission suspended UFC heavyweight fighter Ilir Latifi for three months for not disclosing an illness to commission doctors before his fight Oct. 1 in Las Vegas. Latifi beat Aleksei Oleinik via unanimous decision on the UFC

LAS VEGAS – Serghei Spivac is not emotionally moved going into the biggest fight of his career at UFC Fight Night 215. Spivac (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) meets Derrick Lewis (26-10 MMA, 17-8 UFC) in Saturday’s heavyweight headliner, which takes place at the UFC Apex and streams on ESPN+. It’s his first five-round fight inside the

UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns has provided two realistic options for a likely fight at UFC 283 in Brazil next January. When Burns, a one-time title challenger on MMA’s biggest stage, was last in action, he played his part in a memorable back-and-forth affair against rising star Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 this past April. While

The Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury circus is coming to England in February. It was an eventful weekend for the pair, whom have been trying to step into the ring against each other for over a year. Their first fight was canceled after Fury broke a rib. The second ended after “TNT” discovered he was

Aspen Ladd can’t wait to get going with the next chapter of her fighting career. Ladd (9-3) has turned the page with the UFC and is in the cusp of beginning a new chapter, fighting under the PFL banner. The former UFC contender was released in late September after missing weight for UFC Fight Night

UFC lightweight Dan Hooker and his team were celebrating his win at UFC 281 until Dillon Danis decided to crash the party. Hooker defeated Claudio Puelles to open up the UFC 281 main card on Saturday in New York City. It marked his triumphant return to lightweight following a one-off return to featherweight that ended

While Israel Adesanya was quick to give Alex Pereira his respect for defeating him at UFC 281 (for a third time), “The Last Stylebender” feels he could’ve continued on if the referee on duty, Marc Goddard, would have let the fight continue. But not everyone is sharing “Izzy’s” sentiment, including longtime mixed martial arts (MMA)

Nov 13, 2022 Just hours after a superfight was booked for the UFC 284 main event, another title fight has been added. Yair Rodriguez will fight Josh Emmett for the interim UFC featherweight title in the co-main event of the Feb. 11 card in Perth, Australia, the UFC announced Saturday night. The UFC is making

Ovince Saint Preux has a new opponent. According to “OSP,” his originally scheduled opponent Alexander Gustafsson is off UFC 282 on Dec. 10. Stepping in his place will be Philipe Lins, a former PFL champion. A person with knowledge of the booking confirmed the matchup to MMA Junkie after Saint Preux announced the bout on

UFC welterweight contender Stephen Thompson recently gave some context to just how powerful heavyweight king Francis Ngannou is. Ngannou forged a path to championship glory that left unconscious bodies in his wake. Prior to brutally knocking Stipe Miocic out last March to be crowned the heavyweight titleholder, “The Predator” recorded four consecutive first-round finishes, two

With his massive win over Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, Alex Pereira rocketed up the middleweight rankings into the top slot as 185 pound champion. He also made his debut in the UFC’s official pound-for-pound rankings. For slaying “The Last Airbender,” Pereira appeared in the No. 8 slot, sandwiched between Charles Oliveira and Aljamain Sterling.

Nov 13, 2022 NEW YORK — Zhang Weili became China’s first UFC champion in 2019, when she took the strawweight title from Jessica Andrade. On Saturday, she also became China’s second UFC champion. Zhang (23-3) reclaimed her 115-pound championship by submitting Carla Esparza (19-7) in the second round of their strawweight title fight, which co-headlined