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UFC 301 went down this past weekend (Sat., May 4, 2024) inside Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leaving several fighters feeling the post-fight blues. Among them was Vitor Petrino, who was choked out by Anthony Smith after he gift-wrapped him his neck in the first round (see it again here). And Ihor Potieria,

That was wild. Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue defended his super bantamweight titles on Monday inside Tokyo Dome in Japan by stopping Luis Nery by way of sixth-round technical knockout. But the fight was not without its share of drama for Inoue fans. “The Monster” was floored with an insane corkscrew knockdown in the opening frame.

Event: UFC St. Louis: “Lewis vs. Nascimento”Date: Sat., May 11, 2024Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MissouriStart times: ESPN/ESPN+ “Prelims” at 4 p.m. ET | ESPN/ESPN+ Main Card at 7 p.m. ET UFC St. Louis Main Event On ESPN/ESPN+: 265 lbs.: Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento UFC St. Louis Main Card on ESPN/ESPN+: 170 lbs.:

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in the “Pioneer” wing as part of the 2024 induction ceremony, held during the promotion’s 12th Annual International Fight Week on Thurs., June 27, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The festivities will be streamed LIVE on

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is making its return to “The Garden State” next month for the UFC 302 pay-per-view (PPV) event, recently made official for Sat., June 1, 2024 inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Headlining the card will be the lightweight title fight between reigning 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev and former interim titleholder

Matt Brown is going out on top. The “Immortal” UFC welterweight registered a violent knockout victory over Court McGee as part of the UFC Charlotte fight card last year on ABC, and recently told his social media followers that he will not be returning to the Octagon. But like this former champion, Brown won’t use

WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury will face off against WBA, IBF, and WBO titleholder Oleksandr Usyk in a 12-round showdown for the undisputed heavyweight crown on Sat., May 18, 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fans planning to stream the “Ring of Fire” pay-per-view (PPV) event on DAZN (order it here) will need

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL,

(This story originally published on MMA Junkie sister-site BoxingJunkie.com) We saw that Naoya Inoue isn’t perfect. And then we witnessed his greatness. Luis Nery stunned Inoue and everyone watching by putting Inoue down with a perfect left hook in the opening round of their fight at the Tokyo Dome, the site of Buster Douglas’ historic

We may earn a fee if you make a purchase through one of the links in this article.  The USA Today Network newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. The UFC calendar stretches throughout the year with near-weekly events, which means you will almost always find hundreds of UFC

Benoit Saint Denis is game to fight anyone – preferably the highest-ranked lightweight available. Saint Denis (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) got a taste of the upper echelon of the division when he was matched up with current title challenger Dustin Poirier at UFC 299 in March, but was knocked out in Round 2. Saint Denis

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, Danny Segura and Mike Bohn – along with guest Michael Rosenthal from Boxing Junkie – will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon

Sean O’Malley is keeping the beef alive with Alexandre Pantoja. O’Malley, UFC champion at 135 pounds, posted a short clip of the sparring session with Pantoja on Sunday, the day after Pantoja defended his UFC flyweight title against Steve Erceg in the main event of UFC 301. “I don’t like releasing sparring footage, but Pantoja just

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Daniel Cormier says Jose Aldo still has it after UFC 301. After hanging up his gloves in fall of 2022, UFC Hall of Famer Aldo (32-8 MMA, 14-7 UFC) returned against Jonathan Martinez in Saturday’s co-main event in Rio de Janeiro. Aldo shut out the streaking bantamweight contender, winning a unanimous decision. Cormier was impressed

That Archie Colgan still is unbeaten reasonably early in his career is not that rare. But lately, the heat has been turned up a bit, and the results have been mostly the same. Well, the part that’s been the same – the most important part – has been the wins at the end. But the most

Demetrious Johnson is not sold on UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) retained his flyweight title by outlasting Steve Erceg in Saturday’s UFC 301 main event at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Johnson thinks Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) leant too much into Pantoja’s game which cost him. “He literally