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At the UFC 286 official weigh-ins, all 30 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 welterweight champion Leon Edwards and former champion Kamaru Usman can weigh no more than 170 pounds, the maximum allowed

After knocking out Kamaru Usman in one of the greatest comebacks in MMA history last year, welterweight champion Leon Edwards will put his newly won title on the line in a trilogy bout with Usman this Saturday at UFC 286, and so the No Bets Barred boys are back, and they’ve got a couple special

Lightweights Drew Dober and Matt Frevola are expected to scrap at the upcoming UFC 288 card scheduled on May 6 in Newark, N.J. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with verbal agreements in place, although no contracts have been issued at this time. Frevola initially

Conor McGregor isn’t necessarily done with lightweight, but he’s aiming for a shot at the UFC welterweight title if successful against Michael Chandler. On a special edition of The MMA Hour, McGregor said he may be in attendance to watch Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3 at UFC 286. He has a vested interest in

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. 1:05 p.m. ET: Dan Hardy joins us to set the UK mood and preview UFC 286. 1:30 p.m.: UFC flyweight Veronica Hardy previews

Flyweight vets Miranda Maverick and Jasmine Jasudavicius are expected to square off this summer at UFC 289. Maverick announced the matchup on her Instagram page, noting a city and venue have yet to be determined for the June 10 pay-per-view event. A person with knowledge of the booking confirmed to MMA Fighting that the matchup

Kamaru Usman will look to avenge his stunning loss to Leon Edwards this Saturday at UFC 286. With an already Hall of Fame worthy career on his resume, what would be next for Usman should he regain the welterweight title? Or, where would he go if he loses for the second straight fight? On an

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Merab Dvalishvili dominated Petr Yan over five rounds to pick up the biggest victory of his career and make a compelling case for a bantamweight title shot — a belt currently held by his close friend and training partner Aljamain Sterling. With everything in play in the loaded 135-pound division, where does Dvalishvili go from

The UFC 286 main card looks a little bit different than it did a week ago with one women’s 125-pound matchup replacing another on the pay-per-view lineup. During Saturday’s UFC Las Vegas broadcast, the updated main card was revealed for the event, which takes place at the The O2 in London. The pay-per-view is headlined

Henry Cejudo has his sights set on beating Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 but if the reigning bantamweight champion can’t make it, he’ll gladly take on his teammate instead. That’s the word from the Olympic gold medalist wrestler after he watched Merab Dvalishvili dominate Petr Yan over five rounds to win a lopsided unanimous decision

Despite being a sizable underdog, Merab Dvalishvili didn’t just defeat Petr Yan in the main event of UFC Las Vegas, but he swept the scorecards against the former bantamweight champion. With title aspirations in play, and his close friend and training partner Aljamain Sterling holding the 135-pound title, where does Saturday’s victory put “The Machine”

Francis Ngannou understands what Jon Jones has been trying to do since UFC 285 by spinning Ngannou’s UFC exit as something he did to avoid a fight with Jones. He also understands how silly that sounds to anyone who’s been paying attention. “It’s almost three years now that I’ve been trying to fight Jon Jones,”

The UFC’s first event following UFC 285 takes place in their home city, but not at the APEX, as UFC Las Vegas features a pivotal main event matchup in the bantamweight division between former champion Petr Yan and surging contender Merab Dvalishvili. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee preview the 135-pound

Jon Jones is no stranger to history-making moments. Already a surefire UFC Hall of Famer, “Bones” is widely considered the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Since becoming the youngest UFC champion in history at the age of 23, Jones has racked up big win after big win, all while becoming the first fighter to

Fights come together fast these days, and if you blink, you can easily miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the latest reported matchups to keep you up to date with what’s on the horizon. Kyoji HoriguchiRIZIN FF A pivotal Bellator bantamweight matchup is headed to Hawaii. Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5) is set to take

Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather were involved in an altercation outside the Miami-Dade Arena following the Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game on Wednesday. The incident was captured on video by someone in Mayweather’s entourage and later handed over to TMZ, who posted the clip showing the confrontation. Based on the video, Mayweather and his