A highly anticipated featherweight headliner is no longer happening at the end of August. Following Dana White’s Contender Series 27 on Tuesday night, White spoke with the media and was asked about a report from melinio.com that stated Yair Rodriguez was injured and would not face Zabit Magomedsharipov in the main event of the promotion’s
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UFC fighters Tim Elliott and Jamahal Hill face extended suspensions after testing positive for marijuana following UFC on ESPN 9. Elliott and Hill will go before the Nevada Athletic Commission on Wednesday for a hearing on a temporary suspension initially put in place after the positive tests. The fighters face fines, a longer suspension, and
The first Dana White’s Contender Series event of 2020 has lost a matchup 24 hours before it was set to begin. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the lightweight bout between Kenny Cross and Damonte Robinson will no longer take place at Tuesday night’s event at the UFC
Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao has a new place to call home. The man who once reigned as the best bantamweight on the planet signed with Brazilian-based promotion Taura MMA, a company that has inked deals with several UFC veterans over the past few days. Sources told MMA Fighting that Barao (34-9, 1 no-contest)
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With a son on the way, Mike Perry wants to turn over a new leaf three weeks after being accused of assaulting three people at a Lubbock, Texas, restaurant. The UFC welterweight said he wants to be “a better role model” for Latory Gonzalez, who four days ago announced she is pregnant, so he could
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 5 results for the Brunson vs. Shahbazyan fight card in Las Vegas, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 5 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a middleweight showdown between Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. Also on tap for the ESPN+ event is a flyweight
According to Dana White, rising star Khamzat Chimaev is on Conor McGregor’s radar. “The Notorious” issued a cryptic two-word tweet on Thursday, simply writing, “I accept!” and providing no other context for what prompted his latest social media move. White was asked about the proclamation at a media scrum in Las Vegas on Friday and
Trevin Giles and Kevin Holland will collide at UFC APEX to open the UFC Vegas 5 main card, but that’s where the animosity ends on on Giles’ side. While there are a few hooks to the middleweight matchup, such as Giles and Holland both hailing from Texas and the fact that they share the same
Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. The NBA is back. The MLB is back (well, maybe not so much). It seems like
Joanne Calderwood understands nothing in the UFC is guaranteed. Just a few short months ago, the Scottish flyweight was preparing for a title shot against reigning 125-pound champion Valentina Shevchenko, but an injury forced the champ to undergo knee surgery, delaying their showdown. When it was clear that Shevchenko wasn’t going to be ready to
A heavyweight matchup between Yorgan De Castro and Carlos Felipe is set for the fall. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the bout will take place at the UFC’s event on Oct. 3, following an initial report from Combate. As of now, no location has been announced for
Valerie Loureda returns to the Bellator cage next weekend. Bellator officials announced that Loureda will face Tara Graff on Aug. 7 at Bellator 243. The event takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. and will be headlined by a lightweight rematch between Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson. The matchup as originally scheduled to
No one has higher expectations for Edmen Shahbazyan than the goals he’s set for himself. Despite being just 22 years old, the former Dana White Contender Series veteran has already gone 4-0 in the UFC with his past three wins coming by knockout or submission – without a single opponent making it out of the
UFC commentator Dan Hardy called for greater accountability among referees and a new system for preventing late stoppages in a video response to veteran official Herb Dean. Responding to Dean’s video defending his stoppage of Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jai Herbert at UFC on ESPN 14, Hardy broke down footage on the fight to back his
If you asked Roy Jones Jr. five years ago if he would fight Mike Tyson in 2020, he’d compare it to asking him if he would become heavyweight champion in 1988 – he would never have believed it to be possible. But on Sept. 12, Jones Jr. will face Tyson in an eight-round exhibition bout
A light heavyweight fight between Johnny Walker and Ryan Spann is currently in the works for UFC 253 on Sept. 19 with a location for the card still to be determined. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Monday following an intial report from ESPN. After starting his UFC career with four straight
In the second installment of MMA Fighting’s On to the Next One, Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday night’s UFC on ESPN 14 event in Abu Dhabi. Future fights were discussed for headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till, Mauricio Rua, Fabricio Werdum, Alexander Gustafsson, Khamzat Chimaev, and more.