Don Madge will still be making his long-awaited return to the octagon next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Madge, who was originally scheduled to face Guram Kutateladze, will now face Nasrat Haqparast at the UFC’s event on March 13. Kutateladze was scratched from his scheduled sophomore
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Former Strikeforce and Elite XC star Gina Carano is out of a job after a series of controversial posts made on her social media account. The 38-year-old former fighter has been dropped from her role as Rebel trooper Cara Dune on the Star Wars spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” which currently airs on Disney+. Lucasfilm representatives
The octagon debut of Charlie Ontiveros has added another unfortunate chapter. On Tuesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission suspended Ontiveros six months and fined him $2,245.36 after failing a drug test. The positive test stems from his Oct. 31 first-round TKO loss to Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 12 on Oct. 31. Ontiveros replaced Makhmud Muradov
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Sporting a pair of shiners, breakout bare-knuckle boxing star Britain Hart has just started answering her phone after the biggest win of her career in a BKFC headliner against Paige VanZant. There have been so many well-wishers over the weekend, she’s felt like she has just come up for air. After an iconic post-fight interview
Former Bellator featherweight champion Daniel Straus was arrested this past Friday and charged with a single felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly beating and stabbing his on-again, off-again partner. Straus was booked into the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 6, according to online arrest records, and his bond
Frankie Edgar seems to have already put Saturday night’s heartbreaking loss behind him. The former lightweight champion took on Cory Sandhagen in a pivotal bantamweight co-main event matchup at UFC Vegas 18. “The Answer” fell victim to a beautifully timed flying knee that put him out cold 28 seconds into the fight as he suffered
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Alistair Overeem had nothing but good things to say about his opponent following his latest loss. The 67-fight veteran fell to Alexander Volkov in the second round of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 18 main event, succumbing to series of strikes that left him in a daze on his knees with referee Jason Herzog alertly jumping in
UFC Vegas 18 featured two MMA legends in the headlining fights, and both suffered devastating setbacks. In the headliner, multi-title champ Alistair Overeem couldn’t get past the size and strength of Alexander Volkov, who battered him with punches before finishing the fight with a left hand that forced referee intervention at the 2:06 mark of
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 18 results for the Overeem vs. Volkov event at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 18 Twitter updates. In the main event, Alistair Overeem will try to continue his UFC title quest with a win over
This is the BKFC Knucklemania live blog for Paige VanZant vs. Britain Hart, the main event on Friday’s main card at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. This is a featherweight headliner which features the anticipated BKFC debut of Paige VanZant. VanZant, who was 8-5 in her UFC career, chose Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
At the UFC Vegas 18 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday morning local time. The UFC Vegas 18 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. ET. MMA Fighting will have video of the event and highlights when they become available. Heavyweights Alistair Overeem and
MMA Fighting has BKFC Knucklemania results for the VanZant vs. Hart event Friday night, a live blog of the main event, and live BKFC Knucklemania Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC veteran Paige VanZant makes her highly anticipated BKFC debut against Britain Hart in a featherweight contest. Johnny Bedford will square off against Dat
Dustin Poirier recently entered the hot sauce business, but how good is he at taking the heat himself? The UFC lightweight star joined First We Feast’s popular Hot Ones show to answer some burning questions and put his stomach to the test against an assortment of spicy wings. Watch the full video to see if
A featherweight showdown is being targeted for the octagon in May. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Damon Jackson and T.J. Laramie is in the works for the UFC’s event on May 1 in a location and venue yet to be determined. MMA Empire was
Shamil Musaev and Uros Jurisic engaged in a post-fight melee right after their welterweight showdown at Saturday’s KSW 58 in Poland, and the promotion has hit both fighters with fines for their unsportsmanlike conducts. It all started after Musaev was announced as the winner via unanimous decision, proceeding to take Jurisic down and attacking him.
A bantamweight fight between “Suga” Sean O’Malley and Thomas Almeida is in the works for UFC 260. O’Malley on Tuesday announced via his YouTube channel a bout with Brazilian slugger Almeida for the March 27 pay-per-view event at a location to be announced. A person close to Almeida told MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are