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Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou finally came face-to-face at the PFL 5 card in Atlanta on Friday night. While an actual fight between them seems highly unlikely to ever happen — at least any time in the near future — the heavyweights still stared each other down while sharing a few words. At one point,

Kayla Harrison hasn’t fought since losing a decision to Larissa Pacheco in the 2022 PFL lightweight tournament final. Pacheco is open to another bout — under the right circumstances. Pacheco, who cut down to featherweight to compete in the 2023 season and beat Julia Budd this past April, said on this week’s episode of MMA

MMA Fighting has Bellator 297 results for the Nemkov vs. Romero event and more from Friday’s action at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the main event, light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov goes for a fourth defense of his title when he faces Yoel Romero. In the co-main event, featherweight champion Patricio Freire looks to make

Conor McGregor is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the Miami Heat game where a prank with the team’s mascot went viral. The woman alleges McGregor forced himself on her in a bathroom on June 9 after Game 4 of the NBA Finals and has filed a police report with Miami police, her attorney

UFC 289 is in the books, but the summer MMA slate is just getting started, as this weekend combat sports fans are treated to an MMA triple-header! That’s right: The UFC, Bellator, and PFL are all delivering content for your viewing pleasure this weekend, and that means the No Bets Barred boys are here to

The Miami Heat have taken it on the chin this week after losing the NBA Finals to the Denver Nuggets and also watching their mascot Burnie go down in a heap courtesy of UFC superstar Conor McGregor. The latter incident was obviously a planned skit during Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami, which

Michael Chandler is dominating his Ultimate Fighter 31 coaching matchup with Conor McGregor. On this week’s episode, Team Chandler improved to 3-0 in the TUF 31 quarterfinals as Austin Hubbard (15-6) won a lopsided decision over Aaron McKenzie (11-2-1) in their lightweight tournament bout. The younger, but slightly more experienced Hubbard (Hubbard has more pro

The Florida State Athletic Commission has suspended John Gotti III for six months as punishment for his post-fight outburst in an exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather. Gotti III, the grandson of notorious mob boss John Gotti, momentarily ignored referee Kenny Bayless’ decision to stop the exhibition bout and continued to fight Mayweather, sparking an

Israel Adesanya wants a fresh challenge. The two-time UFC middleweight champion has defeated a multitude of top contenders over the past few years, and with rival Alex Pereira making the move up to 205 pounds, the path is clear for Adesanya to take on a new name. At the forefront of that discussion would appear

Conor McGregor has chosen sides in the brewing battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and John Gotti III. On Sunday, Mayweather faced Gotti in an exhibition boxing match that quickly devolved into an all-out disaster when a brawl broke out between the entourages of the two men after referee Kenny Bayless stopped the bout. In the

One of the most bizarre combat sports events in recent memory looked like it would end with a whimper. But instead, all hell broke loose in the middle of the sixth round of the Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III main event exhibition bout. The boxing card took place Sunday night at the FLA Arena

MMA Fighting has Mayweather vs. Gotti III results live for the Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III fight card at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Mayweather vs. Gotti III live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. It will

The second Amanda Nunes laid her gloves on the canvas at UFC 289, Julianna Pena saw a trilogy disappear — and she wasn’t happy about it. Pena lashed out on Twitter following Nunes’ retirement from MMA following a dominant win over Irene Aldana at Rogers Arena. Aldana was Nunes’ second scheduled opponent after a broken

Maria Oliveira was already booked to face Diana Belbita at UFC 289 when she was called by one of Brazil’s biggest televsion networks, Record, to be part of an upcoming reality show. Oliveira, who previously went viral by crashing the birthday party of Brazilian superstar Anitta, didn’t think twice. She joined the program A Grande

Conor McGregor is already warming up for Michael Chandler. The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion was part of the mid-game festivities on Friday at Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat. Standing mid-court at Miami’s Kaseya Center to promote a cryotherapy pain relief spray, McGregor suddenly met

The way Marlon Moraes’ decision to retire came to be at PFL 4 embodied his fighting style perfectly. “It was all or nothing,” Moraes told reporters Thursday in Atlanta. Moraes was ultimately finished in the first round by Gabriel Vargas — the seventh consecutive stoppage loss of his career — and announced his retirement at

Brendan Loughnane will not be defending his PFL featherweight title. On Thursday night in Atlanta, Loughnane headlined PFL 4, taking on Jesus Pinedo with a spot in the 2023 playoffs on the line. A win would put Loughnane through while Pinedo needed a quick stoppage, and “El Mudo” delivered, scoring one of the biggest upsets

Donald Cerrone may be headed to the UFC Hall of Fame, but according to former two-division champ (and HOFer) Daniel Cormier, Jim Miller doesn’t make the cut. During Wednesday’s edition of “DC and RC,” Cormier stated his case for leaving Miller off the list despite another highlight-reel performance this past Saturday at UFC Vegas 74.