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As Dana White prepares to get UFC events back up and running next month, President Donald Trump doesn’t see that idea as a farfetched one. On Thursday, Trump spoke to reporters at the White House daily coronavirus briefing to lay out a new set of guidelines to help reopen economies on a state and national

Watch Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2 full fight video to see Lesnar dominate his rematch with Mir at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009, in Las Vegas. In their first meeting, it was the more experienced Mir that surprised Lesnar with a kneebar submission just 90 seconds into what was Lesnar’s UFC debut. The

Michael Bisping has never been one to pass up on an opportunity. That attitude almost cost him dearly in the twilight of his career. The former UFC middleweight champion’s eye issues are well-documented and date back to 2013, when he suffered a detached retina in his right eye following a knockout loss to Vitor Belfort.

Watch Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak full fight video to watch Magomedsharipov and Bochniak’s “Fight of the Night” winning effort from UFC 223 on April 7, 2018, in Brooklyn. Magomedsharipov entered this bout with a 14-1 record and back-to-back submissions in his first two UFC appearances, but Bochniak took him to the limit with a

Anthony Smith faced a terrifying home invasion just recently where he was forced to stop an intruder who broke into his house with his wife and children sleeping just a few feet away. The former light heavyweight title contender talked about the frightening encounter with MMA Fighting while saying that the intruder refused to stop

The UFC’s home base in Las Vegas could be hosting live fights as early as next month, according to Dana White. The UFC APEX, which hosted last season of Dana White’s Contender Series, could be the consistent home of UFC events for quite some time. MMA Fighting reported on Tuesday that the promotion is targeting

Nearly every major industry is experiencing financial woes as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but the UFC’s parent company has been especially hard hit by the crisis. Endeavor — who owns a majority share in the UFC — has taken significant losses due to the global pandemic and now its overall credit rating

Watch Henry Cejudo vs. Dustin Kimura full fight video to watch Cejudo pick up his first UFC win by defeating Kimura at UFC on FOX 13 in a bantamweight bout on Dec. 13, 2014, in Phoenix. Cejudo, a couple of months shy of his 28th birthday, entered the UFC as a blue chip prospect having

This is the A-Side Live Chat. In this episode, UFC featherweight Andre Fili and UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber join José Youngs and Alex K. Lee to discuss some of the top story lines in the world of MMA. We’ll discuss Dana White announcing the postponement of UFC 249, the UFC roster’s reaction, “Fight

Sarah Moras picked up a much-needed win in her last outing, but the result was clouded by something every fighter wants to avoid. The dreaded weight miss. For her fight with Liana Jojua at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi last September, Moras came in at 138 pounds, two pounds over the bantamweight limit. It was

Watch a minute of Jack Gallagher in a WWE ring and it will come as zero surprise that he almost chose a career in pro MMA instead of pro wrestling. Gallagher—billed as “Gentleman Jack Gallagher”—has been a mainstay on the WWE’s 205 Live program since its start in late 2016 and he quickly endeared himself

Watch the full Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira fight video to see the third and final confrontation between the heavyweight legends, which took place at Pride Shockwave 2004 on Dec. 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan. After Emelianenko and Nogueira’s second meeting ending in a no-contest due to an accidental headbutt, they got a chance

Global pandemic or not, Merab Dvalishvili wants to fight as soon as possible. After earning a unanimous decision win over Casey Kenney at UFC Rio Rancho, “The Machine” has won his last three fights in a loaded bantamweight division. Dvalishvili broke the UFC record for most takedowns in a 135-pound fight when he landed 12

Fifteen years ago, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar went to war in the first ever Ultimate Fighter finale. At the time, no one knew what to expect when the light heavyweights clashed to cap off the inaugural season of the UFC’s reality show. What resulted was an all-time classic fight as Griffin and Bonnar engaged

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UFC 249 and all upcoming UFC events have been postponed indefinitely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world. Regardless of the current COVID-19 outbreak, the UFC was still orchestrating a series of events that would be held behind closed doors at the Tachi Palace Casino and Resort in Lemoore, Calif. That

A heavyweight showdown between Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris has been rescheduled for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card on May 16. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting with the fight moving to a new date after being postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Overeem vs. Harris was originally slated to headline

Watch Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson full fight video to see Gaethje add to his highlight reel and pick up his first UFC victory against Johnson at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on July 7, 2017, in Las Vegas. Gaethje—appropriately nicknamed “The Highlight”—entered the UFC with the reputation as one of the most exciting lightweights