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Rich Chou is departing as Bellator’s full-time matchmaker for a job “outside the sport,” the ViacomCBS-owned promotion announced today. Per a separate press release, Chou has been named the vice president of Wimp 2 Warrior, a martial arts training program co-founded by famed MMA coach John Kavanagh. Chou will Chou run the program’s North American

Randy Costa and Adrian Yanez have found themselves on one of the more respectful collision courses in recent memory. What started as a simple piece of fantasy matchmaking on social media in late March exploded into potential bantamweight matchup that became universally praised. With Costa being a big fan of Reese’s Pieces and Yanez being

Christian Lee called himself the best lightweight fighter in the world prior to ONE on TNT 2, and he did everything possible to back up that statement with a stunning performance to defend his lightweight title on Wednesday night. The 22-year-old phenom needed less than two minutes to dispatch Timofey Nastyukhin with a brutal counter

Timofey Nastyukhin has never minded being the underdog throughout his career but some recognition for the work he’s done wouldn’t hurt. The 31-year-old Russian fighter has been a mainstay on the ONE Championship roster for the past seven years while constantly serving as one of the top contenders in the lightweight division. He’s definitely faced

The light heavyweight title picture could soon be shaken up. Two-time championship challenger Dominick Reyes faces another stiff test on May 1 when he meets Czech sensation Jiri Prochazka in the UFC Vegas 25 main event. The poster for their headlining matchup was released Tuesday. Opening May with some . @DomReyes vs @Jiri_bjp pic.twitter.com/WlXnYeNWcn —

The Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren prop bets are just as wild as the clash itself could be Saturday night in Atlanta. From what Snoop Dogg will say during the pay-per-view event to which fighter will get knocked down first, check out the prop bets for this upcoming weekend’s anticipated boxing showdown below. The prop

Jiu-jitsu coach and The Ultimate Fighter 18 contestant Rafael de Freitas is no longer facing jail time after a prosecutor filed a motion not to pursue a third-degree criminal sexual penetration charge. De Freitas, an Albuquerque, N.M., resident who’s coached several high-profile fighters, initially was arrested this past December after a female client accused him

Conor McGregor has had it with Dustin Poirier. A public dispute between the UFC stars arose over the weekend after Poirier called McGregor out for leaving him and his Good Fight Foundation in the dark regarding a $500,000 donation that was supposed to be made in conjunction with their UFC 257 bout in January. According

After getting one back against the first man to knock him out in his career, Ryan Bader is keeping an open mind when it comes to getting back his light heavyweight title. Bader advanced to the second round of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix with a unanimous decision win over Lyoto Machida in the

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Darren Till was closely watching the main event that he was supposed to be a part of. A collarbone injury forced Till out of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 23 main event, which ended up featuring Marvin Vettori and Till’s replacement Kevin Holland. Vettori dominated the matchup with his wrestling, scoring a commanding unanimous decision win and

Former two-division KSW champion Mateusz Gamrot earned his first UFC win on Saturday in dramatic fashion with a brutal second-round knockout. After falling short in a split decision in his debut this past October, the Polish lightweight returned with a vengeance at UFC Vegas 23 where he cracked Scott Holtzman with a devastating right hand

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 23 results for the Vettori vs. Holland fight card in Las Vegas, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 23 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a middleweight showdown between Marvin Vettori and Kevin Holland. Also on tap for the event is a featherweight co-headliner

Watch the Bellator 256 live stream online to catch the preliminary action Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., beginning at at 6 p.m. ET. The portion of this card is as follows: Cody Law vs. Nathan Ghareeb Talita Nogueira vs. Jessica Borga Diana Avsaragova vs. Tara Graff Cass Bell vs. Jornel Lugo

MMA Fighting has Bellator 256 results for the Bader vs. Machida 2 fight card in Uncasville, Conn., and live Bellator 256 Twitter updates on Friday. The scheduled main event features a light heavyweight rematch between former Bellator champion Ryan Bader and former UFC champion Lyoto Machida. The fight serves as the opening quarterfinal bout of

Mackenzie Dern doesn’t believe a title shot in 2021 is out of the realm of possibility. Dern has the opportunity to make a big leap up the rankings of the always exciting strawweight division when she takes on fifth-ranked Nina Ansaroff this Saturday on the main card of UFC Vegas 23. The event takes place

Fighters watching ONE on TNT were as surprised as everyone else after a night of upsets. First there was Eddie Alvarez’s disqualification loss to Iuri Lapicus, and then Demetrious Johnson was shocked by Adriano Moraes, with the once-dominant UFC flyweight champion losing via second-round knockout. Lapicus was declared the winner after Alvarez landed a series

A middleweight bout between Kyle Daukaus and Aliaskhab Khizriev has been pulled from this weekend’s UFC Vegas 23 card. UFC officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday with the fight being pulled due to COVID-19 protocols. The bout is expected to be rescheduled for a later date. After suffering a loss in his