Brazilian heavyweight Giacomo Lemos has been suspended for two years after he tested positive for a banned substance ahead of his scheduled UFC debut in July. Lemos was originally expected to meet Tanner Boser at UFC 240, but he was pulled from the card ahead of the event. He later revealed his scratch was due
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Paige VanZant is ready to fight again, but there’s one name she has no interest in seeing on the other end of a bout agreement. The former strawweight turned flyweight hasn’t fought since January when she earned a second-round submission over Rachael Ostovich before she was forced back into surgery to deal with a broken
Saturday night’s Bellator 232 has taken a hit after former heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov was forced to withdraw from a clash with Javy Ayala due to visa issues, a promotion official told MMA Fighting following a report by TASS. The matchup was expected for the main card portion of Saturday’s show at Mohegan Sun Arena
Jorge Masvidal will compete for the ‘baddest motherf**er in the game’ title at UFC 244, but he already earned those credentials years ago when he was competing on the street fighting circuit in Miami. Long before he was a top-ranked UFC welterweight, Masvidal was nicknamed “Ponytail” as part of the street fight series promoted by
When Cain Velasquez made the decision to put his mixed martial arts career behind him to sign a multi-year deal with WWE, one of the first calls he made was to UFC president Dana White. Of course, Velasquez needed to let the promotion know that he was retiring but he also wanted to speak to
Bellator 232 has lost its originally scheduled co-main event. A planned bout between sluggers Sabah Homasi and Paul Daley for the Oct. 26 was shuffled in the wake of an injury to Homasi, Bellator President Scott Coker announced on Twitter. Stepping in for Homasi is Saad Awad, who will face Daley in a 175-pound catchweight
Maycee Barber may be on her way to superstardom if UFC president Dana White has anything to say about it. The 21-year-old prospect earned arguably her most impressive win to date when she dispatched former Ultimate Fighter competitor Gillian Robertson with a violent first-round TKO in their fight at UFC on ESPN 6 on Friday
Demetrious Johnson went 3-0 in seven months to win the ONE Championship flyweight (135-pound) grand prix, but division champion Adriano Moraes is not impressed. “He dominated his last two fights, but didn’t impress me that much,” Moraes told MMA Fighting. “I believe that a fight with me with will be way better, and we’ll put
UFC light heavyweight standout Dominick Reyes is definitely on champ Jon Jones’ radar. As for a potential fight is on the horizon, that’s unclear. But let the war of words begin. Jones on Saturday answered an emphatic callout by Reyes less than one day after his stoppage win of ex-middleweight champ Chris Weidman at UFC
The lightweight and featherweight finalists in PFL season 2 were determined on Thursday night in Las Vegas with Natan Schulte, Loik Radzhabov, Lance Palmer and Daniel Pineda punching their tickets to the $1 million finale in December. On Friday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for the event to MMA Fighting following a
Colby Covington doesn’t want Dana White wrapping the welterweight title around his waist with a win over Kamaru Usman at UFC 245, and the UFC president is getting tired of Covington’s talk. A few days ago, the outspoken former interim champion was asked about his tumultuous relationship with White and the prospect that the UFC
Undefeated former CFFC welterweight champion Sean Brady makes his long awaited UFC debut in Boston this weekend when he takes on Court McGee. The newcomer admits training partner Eddie Alvarez played a “huge part” in him putting pen to paper with the organization after his rumored debut earlier this year in his native Philly. Now,
The word of the UFC’s biggest star isn’t enough to sway promotion president Dana White. White on Thursday said he won’t abide Conor McGregor’s recent order to make a fight with Frankie Edgar, arguing the former lightweight champ hasn’t earned the opportunity. Not only that, White told the Boston Herald, but Edgar’s recent decision to
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. A couple of Missed Fists alums lead off this week, and unfortunately, only one of them
Frankie Edgar appears closer than ever to getting a long-coveted fight with UFC star Conor McGregor. On Wednesday evening, McGregor popped up on Twitter to with Edgar a happy birthday and green-light a meeting with the ex-champ in December. He even ordered UFC President Dana White to “make the bout” and give his purse to
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