Hard hitting heavyweight Ben Sosoli was cut from the UFC, promotion officials told MMA Fighting. Sosoli, who fought twice under inside the octagon after competing at Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019, was recently sentenced to 22 months in jail in Melbourne after punching a man in the face outside a bar, the Australian Associated
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Veteran featherweights Jeremy Stephens and Arnold Allen are expected to clash at the upcoming UFC event on Nov. 7 with the card likely taking place in Las Vegas. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from MMA Junkie. The fight comes at a pivotal time for Stephens after
This is The A-Side Live Chat. For this episode, José Youngs, E. Casey Leydon, and Guilherme Cruz eact to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some possible topics include Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya war of wards on social media, Paulo Costa’s reaction to his loss at UFC 253, Holly Holm and Germaine de
Mark Hunt’s legal team is going another round with the the UFC and Brock Lesnar. At a session of The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday, the case of Hunt vs. Zuffa was brought forth for appeal by Hunt’s attorney Brian W. Boschee. The lawsuit, filed in 2016 and amended
Leon Edwards only has a certain number of opponents who interest him, and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Khamzat Chimaev are not on the list. After winning eight fights in a row, the British welterweight has been clamoring for a shot at the title, or at worst, a matchup against another top contender to help guarantee
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With two weeks’ worth of quarantine to get through following his win over Paulo Costa at UFC 253, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has been quite active on social media lately responding to his biggest fans and his harshest critics. One of his most fiery encounters came against former champion Chris Weidman after he took aim
MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Island 4 results for the Holm vs. Aldana fight card Saturday night, live blog of the main event, and live UFC Fight Island 4 Twitter updates. In the main event, former UFC champion Holly Holm and Irene Aldana look to take a big step forward to a shot at the
Cal Ellenor’s main event clash with James Gallagher has been over a year in the making. Nobody could have predicted the bizarre trajectory that this Bellator matchup between two of Europe’s top bantamweight prospects would take, with the fight—barring any last-minute weirdness—finally landing at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy this Saturday. That it has stayed
Out of the grain silo, Submission Underground rolls on Sunday with a grappler Chael Sonnen believes is the man to beat. After twice defeating decorated grappler Craig Jones, Mason Fowler moves on to headline another SUG event against jiu-jitsu standout and MMA veteran Vinny Magalhaes. Sonnen got a good sense of Jones’ popularity when he
At the UFC Fight Island 4 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Abu Dhabi are set to step on the scale Friday morning. In the main event, former champ Holly Holm and Irene Aldana can weigh no more than 136 pounds for their non-title bantamweight title bout. The UFC Fight Island 4
Jessica-Rose Clark will have to wait until deep into 2021 before making her next appearance in the UFC. The bantamweight veteran revealed on Thursday that she suffered a torn ACL in her knee that will require surgery. The typical recovery time for major reconstructive knee surgery like that ranges between nine months to one year,
Michael Chandler has felt ready to face UFC competition for several years but it wasn’t until recently that the former Bellator lightweight champion finally pulled the trigger on a deal. After reaching free agency following a first-round stoppage against ex-UFC champ Benson Henderson in what would become his final fight for the Viacom-owned promotion, Chandler
Wearing a traditional papakha before all his fights, Muhammad Mokaev, 20, bears a striking resemblance to Khabib Nurmagomedov. But his journey to MMA traveled a much different path than the UFC lightweight champion. Originally born in Dagestan, Mokaev and his father fled their home following the death of his mother when he was just 12.
Bellator has a new main event for its first card on CBS Sports Network after the cancellation of Paul Daley vs. Derek Anderson. Daley was aiming for his third straight victory in the circular cage at Thursday night’s Bellator 247 in Milan, Italy, but neither fighter showed up for the weigh-ins. Bellator confirmed that Daley
A featherweight bout is heading to Las Vegas in November with Darren Elkins facing off against Eduardo Garagorri. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the matchup will take place Nov. 7 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas following an initial report from Combate. Elkins is looking to
Ciryl Gane is trading one veteran opponent for another. The UFC announced Tuesday that Gane (6-0) will fight Croatia’s Ante Delija (17-3) at a UFC event on Oct. 17 in Abu Dhabi. Delija steps in for Shamil Abdurakhimov, who withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons. Russian reporter Igor Lazarin was first to report Abdurakhimov’s
If the UFC can’t find him a fight, Conor McGregor will play matchmaker himself. The former two-division champion has been involved in a public spat with UFC President Dana White about fights offered and fights accepted over the past few days. But now the Irish superstar is taking it upon himself to land suitable opposition.