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Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio are understandably upset after the PFL suspended both fighters after a lackluster fight between them this past Friday night. The matchup, which saw Schulte earn a unanimous decision victory that earned him a spot in the 2023 PFL playoffs, was effectively voided by the promotion after opting to instead promote

Carlos Adames is still a titleholder, but not without controversy. The interim WBC middleweight champion successfully defended his belt against Julian Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) on Saturday in Minneapolis and though Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) walked out with a knockout win, the TKO stoppage was immediately protested by his opponent. Watch the ending sequence below.

UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa doesn’t feel the right call was made when his fight with Austen Lane at UFC Jacksonville was declared a no-contest. Hours after he was ruled out of Saturday’s event, Tafa posted to Twitter a picture of his injured eye with a call for justice. “I deserve my win bonus,” wrote Tafa.

The UFC Jacksonville headliner earned the “Fight of the Night” bonus after a beautifully violent showing from Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett. Topuria and Emmett both earned $50,000 bonuses for their gutsy five-round battle that Topuria captured via unanimous decision on Saturday at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Two other (disclosed) bonuses were handed out

Olivier Aubin-Mercier remains the class of the PFL lightweight division. Already the reigning 2022 champion, Aubin-Mercier (19-5) put a stamp on his conquest of this year’s regular season with a highlight-reel knockout of Anthony Romero (12-2) on Friday in the main event of PFL 6, which took place at Atlanta’s Overtime Elite Arena. Aubin-Mercier overcame

The UFC hits the ABC airwaves for the second time in 2023 on Saturday afternoon — and one of featherweight’s most exciting young talents is taking center stage. MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, and José Youngs are back to break down UFC Jacksonville from all angles, including the intriguing 145-pound headliner between Josh

BKFC is building promotional footage for Bryce Hall. The social media influencer, who boasts 27 million followers across TikTok and YouTube, got slapped as part of a publicity stunt at the BKFC 45 weigh-ins on Thursday in Hollywood, Fla. BKFC fighter Gee “The Cutman” Perez did the heavy lifting for the stunt as he weighed

We’re in the middle of the summer run, and so you know what that means: UFC action coming at you every single weekend until the last week of September. This week that action is UFC Jacksonville, headlined by a pivotal featherweight clash between top-10 fighters Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria. But before that matchup, we’ve

Bantamweights Rob Font and Song Yadong go to battle in the latest addition to UFC 292, which is scheduled for Aug. 19 at the TD Garden in Boston. UFC officials announced the pairing on Wednesday. After suffering back-to-back losses, Font returned to the win column with an impressive showing against Adrian Yanez in April, earning

Rickson Gracie revealed in an interview with Kyra Gracie he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease “two years ago.” Gracie, 64, who was undefeated as a vale tudo fighter between 1980 and 2000, said the condition, a chronic degenerative disorder, has affected his motor system, causing tremors with his hands and diminishing his ability to move.

Conor McGregor is in danger of getting shut out. Team Chandler is now 4-0 on this season of The Ultimate Fighter 31 after coach Michael Chandler’s bantamweight Timur Valiev (18-3, 1 NC) won a unanimous decision over Team McGregor’s Trevor Wells (8-3). The lesser experienced Wells gave Valiev a run for his money in the

Sean O’Malley has some thoughts about women’s MMA. On a recent episode of his TimboSugarShow podcast, O’Malley was shooting the breeze with his coach Tim Welch and two friends when, for some reason, Welch brought up an old, since-deleted, Islam Makhachev Tweet proclaiming that “this is not a woman’s sport.” This got O’Malley’s wheels turning,

Henry Cejudo is wasting no time getting back to work. The ex-bantamweight champion clashes with Marlon “Chito” Vera at the upcoming UFC 292 card in Boston on Aug. 19. UFC President Dana White announced the pairing via ESPN on Monday. Following a three-year long retirement, Cejudo returned to action in May but came up short

Kai Kara-France doesn’t think he should have lost to Amir Albazi, but he’s already prepared to move on. Kara-France dropped a controversial split decision to Albazi in the main event of UFC Vegas 74. Following the fight, the New Zealand fighter was adamant that the judges rendered a bad decision, but that he wasn’t going

KSW reminded everyone that it is king in Poland. According to KSW President Martin Lewandowski, there are no qualifiers needed when discussing the popularity of his promotion in its home country, as he claims that it surpasses even that of the globally dominant UFC. This claim is backed up by the massive KSW Colosseum 2

Who had a beef between UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill and two-time Bellator title challenger Corey Anderson on their 2023 bingo cards? That’s what happened followed Anderson’s split decision win over Phil Davis at Bellator 297 on Friday. It all stemmed from a recent interview in which Anderson said that the top of Bellator’s

Jared Cannonier’s outstanding showing in his main event battle with Marvin Vettori wrapped up a very busy weekend in the world of MMA, with the UFC, Bellator, and PFL all hosting events. Which promotion won the weekend overall? Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 75 event, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and José Youngs discuss that

Roosevelt Roberts kicked off season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter with a highlight-reel nine-second finish. But before getting the call for a second chance with the UFC, Roberts contemplated calling it a career. Roberts, a member of Michael Chandler’s team as they battle it out against a squad coached by Conor McGregor throughout TUF 31,