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According to Leon Edwards, Tyron Woodley is the only reason that their clash has not already been confirmed as the headline bout for UFC London on March 21. Edwards is keen to face an opponent that will catapult him into a title shot and feels as though a win over former champion Woodley would make

WASHINGTON – Bantamweight Rob Font talks about his hard-fought unanimous decision over Ricky Simon at UFC on ESPN 7. He also volunteers to make a short turnaround to face Corey Sandhagen, who lost his UFC Raleigh opponent when ex-champ Frankie Edgar was called up to fight Chan Sung Jung at UFC Busan.

Daniel Cormier has one last fight left in his MMA career, but it could be a while before we see him hang the gloves up. Last we saw Cormier, he was getting stopped by Stipe Miocic in their rematch at UFC 241, losing his heavyweight title and setting up a trilogy fight between the two.

All things considered, Stefan Struve was mostly encouraged by his return from a brief 10-month retirement, even if he ended up losing under questionable circumstances. That said, this past Saturday’s fight in Washington, D.C., opposite Ben Rothwell will go down as a loss on Struve’s record, the result of a Rothwell flurry near the end

This Saturday, Colby Covington will get his long-awaited chance to fight for UFC gold when he takes on reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 245. Covington has risen to prominence over the past few years on the back of dominant wins inside the cage and the adoption of a brash

MMA Fighting’s own Esther Lin was cageside for UFC on ESPN 7 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., and here are some of the best images of Saturday’s action. Grid View Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Esther Lin, MMA

With only four seconds remaining in the fight, Jairzinho Rozenstruik added another knockout to his resume after knocking out Alistair Overeem in his first-ever UFC main event. Rozenstruik accepted the opportunity on short notice following a 29-second drubbing of former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, and he obviously made the most of it. Now with a

Marlon Vera will attempt to move his winning streak to six when he faces Jimmie Rivera in a bantamweight showdown at UFC 247 on Feb. 8 from Houston, Texas. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting on Saturday that verbal agreements are in place for the fight, which will take place on the same card as

Scott Askham has been reborn under the KSW banner banking three stoppage outings en route to claiming the promotion’s middleweight title since his arrival under the banner, but he isn’t ruling out challenging for a second KSW title in the future. This weekend in Gliwice, Poland, the English middleweight will look to claim his biggest

Frankie Edgar has agreed to replace Brian Ortega against Chan Sung Jung on weeks’ notice in the featherweight main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21, but wasn’t pulled from his bantamweight debut against Cory Sandhagen just a month later. It remains to be seen if Edgar will be healthy enough to take another fight

At the UFC on ESPN 7 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC on ESPN 7 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting. In the main event, Alistair Overeem competes in his 17th UFC fight when he takes on Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who

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Kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa will once again be a part of RIZIN’s year-end festivities. The promotion announced late Tuesday evening that Nasukawa will face Rui Ebata in a 56-kilogram (approx. 123 pounds) kickboxing bout at RIZIN 20 on Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. A 62-kilogram (approx. 137 pounds) kickboxing bout between

Diego Sanchez is not going anywhere. A free agent since his loss in July to Michel Chiesa, the original “The Ultimate Fighter” winner has inked a new deal with the UFC and agreed to face Michel Pereira at the upcoming UFC Rio Rancho card on Feb. 15 in New Mexico, the company announced on Wednesday.

C.B. Dollaway’s run with the UFC has come to an end but the former Ultimate Fighter finalist won’t have to wait long for his next opportunity after booking a title fight against reigning RIZIN light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka on Dec. 31 in Japan. The fight was announced by RIZIN on Tuesday with additional sources

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ketlen Vieira returns from a long layoff to take on Irene Aldana in the preliminary portion of UFC 245 in Las Vegas, Nev., on Dec. 14, and expects to be next for a UFC belt even if she refuses to think too much about it. Vieira met with Brazilian reporters during

On Monday, new bouts were confirmed via press release for the UFC’s debut in Raleigh. Among them were a strawweight bout between former Invicta FC champion Brianna Van Buren (9-2) and Hannah Cifers (10-3) and a bout between top-15 ranked flyweights Jordan Espinosa (14-6, 1 NC) and Alex Perez (22-5). Van Buren made a successful

Middleweights Brad Tavares and Antonio Carlos Junior have verbally agreed to meet in a three-round contest at UFC Brasilia on March 14, multiple sources told MMA Fighting following a report by Combate. Contracts have yet to be signed, sources said. The Fight Night card will take place at the Nilson Nelson gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.