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Memorial Day marks a time to honor and mourn fallen service members in the U.S. For some MMA vets who’ve served or have family members who’ve served, the holiday is very personal. Others simply honor those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, ex-heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic and bantamweight champion Aljamain

Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz have quite a history. The two longtime veterans circled each other for ages prior to Diaz’s UFC exit, including a scheduled 2018 collision at UFC 230 that was cancelled due to a Poirier injury. Poirier and Diaz repeatedly clashed on social media and called one another out in the years

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will be known for a lot of things, but the viral moment where he destroyed a door on season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter is at the top of the list. Jackson was one of the coaches of the season, along with fellow former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. After one of

When Conor McGregor came out of nowhere at BKFC 41, many seasoned combat sports observers expected he’d get a testy phone call from the UFC. After all, the industry leader doesn’t take kindly to co-promoting, much less loaning out its biggest star for a platform from which it doesn’t directly benefit. After McGregor faced off

Ian Machado Garry could be set for an incredible homecoming soon. The welterweight contender scored the biggest win of his career at UFC Charlotte, becoming the first fighter to knock out Daniel Rodriguez when he put the veteran down in Round 1. Machado Garry improved his professional record to 12-0 and 5-0 in the UFC.

It may be a slow weekend for combat sports but Taiyilake Nueraji did his best to go viral after delivering an absolutely devastating knockout during his fight at the Road to the UFC event on Saturday. The finish happened in the second round as Nueraji was caught up in a heated exchange with opponent Han

UFC vet Aleksei Oleinik suffered a brutal knockout loss in Russia against fellow octagon vet Oli Thompson. The 45-year-old submission specialist crashed to the canvas when Thompson landed a right hand, and his head bounced violently off the canvas in a video captured by @Grabaka_Hitman. Check out the video below. The fight took place as

Francis Ngannou doesn’t normally talk dollar amounts, but in a recent interview, the former UFC heavyweight champion and new PFL signee revealed what he was making during his final contract with the UFC prior to winning the heavyweight title in March 2021. “100, 120 [thousand per fight],” Ngannou declared on the Dan LeBatard show. Ngannou’s

Amanda Serrano believes her business with Katie Taylor is likely concluded. In April 2022, Serrano faced Taylor for the unified lightweight title in a bout that was promoted as the biggest women’s boxing match of all time. Billed as For History, Serrano and Taylor were the first two women to headline Madison Square Garden, and

A lot of MMA fans seem to be excited about a potential matchup between Khamzat Chimaev and former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. With Chimaev recently teasing the matchup himself, and saying it would take place at 170, is that the fight to make? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s

UFC strawweight Mackenzie Dern was indeed in the midst of a court fight with her estranged husband before her fight with Angela Hill at UFC Vegas 73. During a Wednesday appearance on The MMA Hour, Dern went into detail about her fractured relationship with her estranged husband, Wesley Santos, and, for the first time, accused

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: We open the show by answering all your questions in the latest edition of On the Nose. 1:40 p.m.: WWE

Dana White and Aljamain Sterling just can’t get on the same page. The UFC president gave an animated response on Tuesday when asked about Sterling’s latest comments regarding the saga of UFC 292. “I’m not the one that went out and said, ‘If my body holds up,’ when I’m promoting a fight. If you’re not

Sean O’Malley believes if Aljamain Sterling uses his time between his recent fight with Henry Cejudo and UFC 292 wisely, the bantamweight champion should have no issues making it to their fight. O’Malley will challenge Sterling for the title in the main event of promotion’s return to Boston on Aug. 19. Sterling said recently he

When Jan Blachowicz heard news that former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira was moving up to 205 pounds, he quickly seized on the opportunity. After a disappointing outcome in his last bout — a majority draw against Magomed Ankalaev — Blachowicz was anxious to score a fight that’d put him right back in title contention

Following her eye-opening performance against Angela Hill in the main event of UFC Vegas 73, Mackenzie Dern not only called out Rose Namajunas, but also added that fighting the former champion is “a priority” at this point in her career. Will that be the matchup she gets next after the best performance of her career?

Sean O’Malley’s head coach Tim Welch is heaping high praise upon current bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling ahead of their potential bantamweight title fight this summer. This past Tuesday, UFC President Dana White announced that the bout will headline UFC 292 in Boston on Aug. 19, although Sterling has said that the fight is not fully

Like most MMA fans, Michael Bisping wants to see Conor McGregor return to face Michael Chandler sooner rather than later. But he appears somewhat skeptical it can happen in 2023. The former UFC middleweight champion discussed McGregor’s expected bout with fellow The Ultimate Fighter 31 coach Michael Chandler and laid out a potential timeline for