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Israel Adesanya’s knockout of Alex Pereira capped off an action-packed UFC 287, but fortunately for most of the card’s fighters, it’s unlikely that they’ll have to miss much time after. Though Pereira was knocked out cold in the main event of this past Saturday’s pay-per-view in Miami, he received a minimal medical suspension from the

Watch ceremonial weigh-in video for PFL 3: Aubin-Mercier vs. Burgos, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Friday night. Olivier Aubin-Mercier begins his defense of his 2022 lightweight championship campaign by taking on Shane Burgos in what will be Burgos’ league debut. The former UFC featherweight contender recently parted

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he’s “very close” to signing with either ONE Championship or the PFL for his post-boxing run, and ONE heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar would be more than happy to welcome him to Asia. “Singh”, who finally faces interim titleholder Anatoly Malykhin in a title unification bout on July 14,

Chris Curtis believes he got a raw deal at UFC 287, and he’s pleading his case the regulators of his fight against Kelvin Gastelum. Curtis lost a unanimous decision to Gastelum via scores of 29-28 twice and 30-27. But he believes an alleged headbutt cost him a crucial round in the second when he was

With Israel Adesanya finally holding a win over Alex Pereira, what’s next for the UFC middleweight division? Old pals Mike Heck and Jed Meshew join co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee following another wild weekend at UFC 287 to debate where Pereira falls in the new-look middleweight pecking order (around 4:30) and rank the

Cynthia Calvillo has been released from the UFC. The veteran strawweight and flyweight fighter was released from her contract following a split decision loss to Loopy Godinez this past weekend at UFC 287. A person with knowledge of Calvillo’s release confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday after the algorithm-based UFC Roster Watch account

Israel Adesanya had a lot to prove in his rematch against Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Despite beating every other middleweight he’d ever faced in his career, Adesanya just couldn’t vanquish his boogeyman in Pereira after losing two him twice in kickboxing and then suffering the same fate this past November in their first encounter

Arjan Bhullar and Anatoly Malykhin will battle in a ONE heavyweight title unification bout at an event on July 15. ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong confirmed the news when speaking to MMA Fighting on Monday. “It’s going to happen officially now July 15,” Sityodtong said. “That’s the word that I got just literally a few hours

Logan Paul is staying in the squared circle. On Monday, the 28-year-old social influencer turned boxer and then professional wrestler inked a new multi-year deal to remain with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Paul initially announced the signing on Instagram. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but Paul re-upped with WWE for multiple years after

The main card for the UFC’s next pay-per-view offering is set with the bantamweight championship taking center stage. The promotion revealed the pay-per-view slate for UFC 288, which takes place May 6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. In the main event, Aljamain Sterling is set to defend his 135-pound title against former two-division

Israel Adesanya finally did it. “The Last Stylebender” reclaimed his UFC middleweight title in ferocious fashion with a second-round knockout at UFC 287, which took place Saturday at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla. Adesanya’s long-in-the-making revenge headlined a busy night that also saw Gilbert Burns send Jorge Masvidal into retirement, plus a whole lot

This is the UFC 287 live blog for Kevin Holland vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio, the welterweight main card fight on Saturday in Miami. One of the most outspoken and busiest fighters in the UFC, Kevin Holland famously joined the promotion in 2018 after getting passed on during the Contender Series but then stepping in on short

MMA Fighting has a live stream watch party for Saturday’s UFC 287 event, which takes place at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Fla. The main event will feature a rematch for the middleweight title as Alex Pereira defends his championship for the first time against the man he dethroned at UFC 281 this past November, Israel

Bo Nickal’s second octagon appearance is targeted for the UFC’s biggest week of the year. Nickal announced to Betr Combat that he faces Tresean Gore at UFC 290, which takes place July 8 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and serves as the final event for International Fight Week. Multiple people with knowledge of

At the UFC 287 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale early Friday morning, and MMA Fighting will have live video of it above. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira and former champion Israel Adesanya can weigh no more than 185 pounds, the maximum allowed

Watch ceremonial weigh-in video for PFL 2: Pacheco vs. Budd, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Friday night. Larissa Pacheco looks to continue her incredible run of success, which was capped off by a win over the previously undefeated Kayla Harrison in the finals of the 2022 PFL

Dana White doesn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up for any wild UFC vs. WWE shenanigans. The UFC president spoke to the Associated Press this week following the industry-shaking news that his fighting promotion is now under the same umbrella as the WWE — the world’s largest professional wrestling organization — after a deal was

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