If the UFC wants to promote an event in Dallas or Houston, all it needs to do is apply. That’s according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees the boxing commission that regulates MMA events in the Lone Star State. “They have to find a venue, and they have to send us
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This is The A-Side Live Chat. WWE Superstar Big E joins José Youngs and E. Casey Leydon to react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include fallout from UFC 259, Jan Blachowicz’s win over Israel Adesanya, Amanda Nunes’ TKO over Megan Anderson, Petr Yan’s DQ loss to Aljamain Sterling, and
Kyle Daukaus seeks a second UFC win this April when he meets a newcomer to the octagon. Officials announced Tuesday that Daukaus (10-1) will fight Aliaskhab Khizriev (13-0) in a middleweight bout at an event on April 10, with a location still to be announced. The matchup was first reported by TASS. Daukaus won his
A battle of big men is only a couple of weeks away. UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will put his belt on the line against Francis Ngannou in the main event of UFC 260 on March 27 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will defend
UFC President Dana White is at least entertaining the idea of a title fight between Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena after The Ultimate Fighter 18 winner announced the cancellation of her fight with Holly Holm. The tougher sell might be Nunes, who thinks Pena needs to do more to earn her shot. Pena on Saturday
UFC veteran Antonio Carlos Junior is the latest to sign on to the PFL roster for its Season 3 tournament. Junior, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 heavyweight tournament, will step in for Jordan Johnson to fight fellow octagon vet Tom Lawlor at a PFL event scheduled for April 29. Johnson was forced
Israel Adesanya is undefeated no more in MMA after UFC 259, and it’s Jan Blachowicz who is the first fighter to hand the UFC middleweight champion a loss. For Blachowicz, a light heavyweight champion accustomed to being counted out by bettors and MMA fans, there was something extra sweet about that fact. Not only did
With 15 fights and plenty of thrilling moments at UFC 259, four fighters stood above the rest. Saturday’s $50,000 post-event bonuses went to light heavyweights Kennedy Nzechukwu and Carlos Ulberg, who won Fight of the Night for their lively standup war, and flyweight Kai Kara-France and lightweight Uros Medic for their first-round finishes. On a
MMA Fighting has UFC 259 results for the Blachowicz vs. Adesanya fight card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs of all the main card fights, and live UFC 259 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz puts his belt on the line against UFC middleweight champion Israel
Watch Claressa Shields vs. Marie-Eve Dicaire full fight video highlights for the Shields vs. Dicaire card Friday night, courtesy of FITE TV and ESPN Ringside. Claressa Shields (11-0) and Marie-Eve Dicaire (17-1) competed for Shields’ WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles, Dicaire’s IBF junior middleweight title, and the vacant WBA junior middleweight title at Dort
This Saturday, fans might see the most dangerous version of “The Lioness” yet. UFC President Dana White told Jim Rome that he’s heard from Amanda Nunes’ camp that the two-division champion has been doing damage to her training partners ahead of her featherweight title defense against Megan Anderson at UFC 259. This is Nunes’ first
Khamzat Chimaev has been considered one of the UFC fastest rising stars since making his debut last year but now his future remains in question as he continues to deal with difficulties after contracting COVID-19. The Chechen-born fighter was forced out of a pair of scheduled matchups against Leon Edwards after suffering from the effects
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Legendary grappler Marcus Almeida will make his long-awaited MMA debut on April 14, when he battles Ji Won Kang at ONE on TNT 4 in Singapore, the company announced. Combate first reported the matchup. The decorate jiu-jitsu player won 13 gold medals as black belt at the IBJJF World Championship between 2012 and 2019, which
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A matchup between lightweight submission specialists is set to take place next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Jim Miller and Joe Solecki will square off at the UFC’s event on April 10, which currently does not have a venue or location. MMA Junkie was first to
Submission wizard Jimmy Flick has his next fight. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Flick (16-5) and Francisco Figueiredo (12-3-1, 1 NC) have agreed to meet in a flyweight bout at a UFC event on May 8. A location and headliner are still to be determined for that card. The
Khamzat Chimaev appeared to announce his retirement from MMA three weeks after lingering COVID-19 symptoms forced him to withdraw from UFC Vegas 21. But UFC President Dana White said the rising UFC welterweight star is actually readying for a June comeback. Chimaev wrote on Instagram (translated from Russian), “Thank you all so much for supporting