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Following his last fight in the UFC in February of 2021, it’s been over a year of waiting to return to fighting for featherweight Jimmie Rivera. Now after a long wait, Rivera shifts gears and enters a new combat sports venue as he drops the gloves and prepares for his upcoming bare-knuckle boxing debut. “It’s

Dana White responds to Nate Diaz tweet ‘Tell me when there isn’t something crazy going on’ On Monday Nate Diaz tweeted that he wanted a fight, either July or August or he wanted to be released. This isn’t the first time he’s tweeted something along those lines but now, UFC president Dana White has responded.

Sean O’Malley has had a ‘great’ UFC 276 training camp Rising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley (15-1) will face his highest ranked opponent when he steps in the octagon against Pedro Munhoz (19-7, 1 NC) at UFC 276 on July 2. O’Malley entered his last fight against Raulian Paiva in December with lingering injury that prevented

UFC Austin Official Scorecard: Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett The UFC Austin main event between featherweights Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett ended in a split decision on Saturday at the Moody Center in Texas. The judges all agreed on that Emmett won the first and third rounds. They all also agreed that Kattar won round

Dana White will not book Joe Lauzon vs. Donald Cerrone again | UFC Austin Video Hours before Saturday’s UFC Austin event, the fight card lost its co-main event between veterans Joe Lauzon and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. It was the second time a match between the two fell apart the day of an event. Cerrone and

Josh Emmett: ‘I’m the best featherweight on this planet’ | UFC Austin Video Josh Emmett will jump into the Top 5 rankings in the featherweight division following his split decision win over No. 4 ranked Calvin Kattar in the UFC Austin main event on Saturday. The win extended Emmett’s winning streak to five consecutive bouts,

Kevin Holland details most recent crime-stopping heroics | UFC Austin Video UFC welterweight Kevin Holland has a knack for being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the right time depending on your perspective. In October 2021, Holland chased down an alleged car jacker in his neighborhood and held

The fight between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Joe Lauzon has been nixed for the second time in two tries. The UFC Austin co-main event was shelved on Saturday following a non-weight-cutting medical issue, UFC officials informed MMAWeekly.com. Lauzon posted a video to his Instagram account explaining that he has had an ongoing problem with his

Israel Adesanya releases behind the scenes footage of UFC 276 training camp Go behind the scenes with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya as he prepares for his 5th title defense against Jared ‘The Killa Gorilla’ Cannonier at UFC 276 in Las Vegas Nevada July 2. UFC 276 takes place at T-Mobile Arena and features a

UFC Austin Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Austin fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-in on Friday afternoon in Texas. UFC Austin takes place at the Moody Center and is headlined by a featherweight bout between No. 4 ranked Calvin Kattar and No. 7 ranked Josh Emmett. UFC Austin Weigh-in

Carla Esparza not willing to fight on Zhang Weili’s timeline: ‘she needs to go on my timeline’ Following her UFC 275 win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Zhang Weili called out champion Carla Esparza to fight at UFC 281 in Abu Dhabi in October. Esparza rejected that idea in an interview with the New York Post. “Hey

PFL 4 Weigh-in Results and Video The Professional Fighters League begins the second half of the 2022 Regular Season with PFL 4, featuring matchups in the Lightweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. In the main event, Lightweight contenders look to secure a spot in the 2022 PFL Playoffs, as “Cassius” Clay Collard of the United States faces Alexander Martinez of

Valentina Shevchenko shares post-UFC 275 bikini photo UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko narrowly retained her title in the UFC 275 co-main event defeating Taila Santos by split decision. On Tuesday, “Bullet” posted a photo of herself in a bikini to social media showing a badly bruised leg. Santos pushed Shevchenko further than any other

It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings.  You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes.  I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey left mixed martial arts in 2016 after losing to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. While “Rowdy” has no intentions of returning to the UFC, there is one fight that would lure her back to the octagon. During a recent appearance on The Kurt Angle Show, Rousey was asked

Floyd Mayweather addresses Logan Paul’s claim that he didn’t get paid: ‘I don’t entertain the bulls**t’ | Video Floyd Mayweather Jr. has booked another exhibition boxing match. “Money” will face Mikuru Asakura in Japan on an upcoming RIZIN fight card in September. The announcement was made on Monday during a RIZIN press conference in Las

UFC 275 highlights & recap: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk Watch the UFC 275 highlights video and recap from the women’s strawweight feature bout between former champions Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The bout took place on the UFC 275 fight card on Saturday, June 11, at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Boxer from viral

UFC 275 highlights & recap: Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka Watch the UFC 275 highlights video and recap from the light heavyweight title fight between champion Glover Teixeira and challenger Jiri Prochazka. The bout served as the UFC 275 main event on Saturday, June 11 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com