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NEW YORK –UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya still has plans of going back up to light heavyweight. Adesanya’s lone career loss came in March 2021 when he failed in his bid to become dual champion against then-light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz. He has since defended his middleweight title three times and plans on continuing to

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has appeared to hint that negotiations are underway for him to face controversial Internet personality Andrew Tate. Last month in Arizona, Paul extended his presence on the mainstream combat sports scene by adding a sixth victory to his professional record. What started out as a venture into the ring to face fellow

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dustin Poirier continues to make moves. Though the undisputed crown has thus far eluded him, the former interim champion has established himself as one of the best Lightweights to ever step into the Octagon. He’s taken out former champions like Conor McGregor, Max Holloway, and Anthony Pettis, and has really fought

The UFC 281 co-main event will see the strawweight title on the line as champ Carla Esparza shares the cage with former champ Zhang Weili. Esparza enters on the longest active win streak in the strawweight division. The sixth win of her run saw her reclaim the title she won in the inaugural title bout

The UFC 281 pre-fight press conference has wrapped up, and MMA News has the biggest moments from the event as well as the faceoffs involving the combatants on tomorrow’s main card! At UFC 281, Israel Adesanya will face Alex Pereira for the first time in MMA but for the third time in his combat sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special pre-fight press conference today (Weds., Nov. 9), LIVE at 6 p.m. ET featuring the top stars from the upcoming UFC 281 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card. UFC 281, which takes place this Sat. night (Nov. 12, 2022) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, will be headlined

NEW YORK – Dominick Reyes feels like a new man. The former UFC title challenger feels reinvigorated and much improved ahead of his return to the octagon. Reyes (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) takes on Ryan Spann (20-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) on the preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC 281. And in preparation for this return, Reyes

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has announced the removal of Russian and Belarusian boxers from its set of rankings due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. As well as the immense impact that Russia’s invasion has had on Ukraine, which includes the Eastern European country suffering immense military and civilian losses, Vladimir Putin’s decision to wage

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight sluggers Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler will go to war this weekend (Sat., Nov. 12, 2022) at UFC 281 from inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Though he did capture interim gold, Poirier’s quest for the undisputed crown has grown more challenging. The 33-year-old veteran’s second

6:47 PM ET Cain Velasquez was granted $1 million bail Tuesday after eight months in custody. The former UFC heavyweight champion is being charged with attempted murder and 10 other gun-related charges in Santa Clara County (Calif.). Velasquez is being accused of chasing down a man, Harry Goularte, in his vehicle and shooting at him.

The UFC was back at the UFC Apex this past weekend with a card that impacted the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie strawweight rankings as of its Nov. 8 edition. In the UFC Fight Night 214 main event, Amanda Lemos defeated Marina Rodriguez by standing TKO in the third round. Referee Jason Herzog’s stoppage was disputed

Cain Velasquez is heading home for the first time in nearly a year after a judge granted him bail on Tuesday during his pre-trial hearing. MMA Junkie, who was on site for the second day of Velasquez’s pre-trial hearing, was among the first to report the news. Judge Arthur Bocanegra granted Velasquez $1 million bail

Cain Velasquez has finally received some good news. MMA Junkie reported today (Tues., Nov. 8, 2022) that the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion was granted bail from a Santa Clara County judge. The decision of a $1 million bail came after a 13-hour pre-trial hearing that was completed in two days. “This incident

7:15 AM ET Frankie Edgar (Editor’s note: This story was written with the assistance of ESPN’s Jeff Wagenheim) I remember the first time I ever saw a prizefight. It was sometime in the 1980s, and I was a young kid. I went to my next-door neighbor’s house with my old man to watch Mike Tyson.

Sean O’Malley thinks Henry Cejudo’s decision to retire backfired. Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) hung up his gloves in May 2020 after he retained his UFC bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz. However, he decided to come out of retirement two years later and O’Malley sees it as a negotiation ploy that failed. Now former dual-champion Cejudo

Many question whether or not Conor McGregor can return to the top of his game again, though Michael Chandler isn’t one of the skeptics. Chandler will face McGregor’s three-time nemesis, Dustin Poirier, on the UFC 281 main card on Saturday in New York City. He returns following a vicious knockout of Tony Ferguson at UFC

Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s been 33 months since Jon Jones made the walk to UFC’s Octagon. In one of the most difficult and controversial fights on his lengthy championship career, Jones managed to defend his Light Heavyweight title against Dominick Reyes. After his 11th title defense, Jones relinquished his title and took to the

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