Veteran Liz Carmouche is ready to make a splash in her new promotional home with Bellator after a series of “weird” changes with UFC ownership spelled the end of her octagon tenure. Carmouche, a one-time UFC bantamweight title challenger, felt a shift when the promotion was acquired in 2016 by entertainment giant WME-IMG, resulting in
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When Cat Zingano parted ways with the UFC in 2019, she was eight months removed from her previous fight, which made the timing of her exit rather curious. At the time, she explained that it was a “mutual” decision after she was presented with an ultimatum by the UFC that she declined, leading to her
When news surfaced about Nick Diaz’s plans to return in early 2021, it was met with a lot of questions—most notably, is it actually going to happen this time? Count UFC President Dana White among those who are skeptical. Per his manager Kevin Mubenga to ESPN, Diaz went through a 14-week diet and training regimen,
Randy Couture will require surgery after being involved in an ATV accident on Monday. The UFC Hall of Famer and his girlfriend Mindy Robinson were involved in an accident at his ranch near Flagstaff, Ariz., MMA Fighting confirmed with Couture attorney Sam Spira. The news was first reported by TMZ. According to Spira, the accident
After securing his first UFC finish and performance bonus, Sean Brady has earned quite a bit of buzz in the 170-pound division. The undefeated prospect improved to 3-0 in the octagon with an impressive second-round submission win over Christian Aguilera at UFC Vegas 8 this past month. Brady earned dominant decision wins in his previous
UFC veteran and BKFC fighter Paige VanZant believes she may have been infected with the COVID-19 virus shortly after her husband, Bellator fighter Austin Vanderford, was scratched from an upcoming fight due to a positive test. VanZant, who’s expected to make her BKFC debut in November, on Monday took to Instagram to ask for fans’
A light heavyweight matchup between Contender Series contract winners is set for the UFC’s next pay-per-view event. After earning a full-on roster spot with the UFC this past Tuesday night at DWCS Season 4: Week 5, William Knight will make his octagon debut on less than a month’s notice and face Aleksa Camur at UFC
A middleweight showdown between highly touted prospect Khamzat Chimaev and Gerald Meerschaert is currently in the works for the upcoming UFC event on Sept. 19. Multiple sources confirmed the planned pairing to MMA Fighting following an initial report from Combate. Since making his octagon debut in July, Chimaev has quickly become one of the most
For the second time in one month, the UFC didn’t hand out a “Fight of the Night” bonus at the end of an event. Four fighters – Brian Kelleher, Andre Muniz, Michel Pereira and Ovince Saint Preux – each received additional $50,000 checks for “Performance of the Night,” but the award for a hard-fought battle
UFC Vegas 9 has taken another hit. Moments after Thiago Moises was pulled from tonight’s card after testing positive for COVID-19, tests showed his fellow American Top Team fighter Marcos Rogerio de Lima is also infected by the virus, forcing the cancellation of his heavyweight clash with Alexander Romanov. Multiple people with knowledge of the
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 9 results for the Overeem vs. Sakai fight card in Las Vegas, live blog of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 9 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a heavyweight showdown between Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai. Overeem has won three of his past four fights, while
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Thiago Alves has a new opponent for his bare-knuckle boxing debut. The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship announced Thursday that MMA veteran Phil Baroni is out of the scheduled main event of BKFC 12 on Sept. 11 and stepping in for him to fight Alves is The Ultimate Fighter 16 alumnus Julian Lane. No reason was
The UFC plans on keeping Claudia Gadelha vs. Yan Xiaonan on despite Gadelha’s knee injury, moving the strawweight bout from Sept. 26 to Nov. 7, people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting following a report from Combate. Gadelha suffered a left knee injury and left New Jersey to Las Vegas to rehab at
Former UFC title contender Glover Teixeira has tested positive for COVID-19 and his upcoming fight against Thiago Santos will no longer take place on Sept. 12. The highly anticipated showdown is expected to be moved to the upcoming card on Oct. 3 instead where Teixeira and Santos will clash as part of the same event
Vanessa Porto’s reign as the Invicta FC flyweight queen has come to an end as the Brazilian signed a deal with Bellator, the promotion announced following a report from ESPN. Porto (22-8) claimed the belt with a technical decision victory over former UFC talent Pearl Gonzalez in Feb. 2019, defending it once against Karina Rodriguez
Three more tickets were punched to the UFC at DWCS Season 4: Week 5 on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. William Knight, Ronnie Lawrence, Jimmy Flick are all heading to the UFC, Dana White confirmed following the event at the UFC APEX. Melsik Baghdasaryan took on Dennis Buzukja in the featherweight main event. Using his
The welterweight title is expected to go up for grabs when champion Kamaru Usman faces off with former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 256 on Dec. 12. News of the fight was first reported by TMZ on Tuesday and confirmed to MMA Fighting by sources close to the promotion. The welterweight title fight was originally