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Dustin Poirier has spent his career chasing world titles, so he’s never been all that focused on a single opponent, though there’s at least one fight he wanted where it seems unlikely he’ll ever get it. After his matchup against Nate Diaz got scrapped back in 2018, Poirier continued to pursue that fight. But despite

It’s a big week for Dustin Poirier. On Saturday, Poirier faces Michael Chandler in the featured lightweight battle at UFC 281. The bout carries with it potential lightweight title implications, but even if Poirier doesn’t end up fighting to the lightweight title next, he already has a title of his own now: owner of the

UFC 281 is here with two title fights, a potential Fight of the Year contender, and a bevy of other bouts, and you know what that means: the No Bets Barred boys are here to cover all the betting angles on the card! First, co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew celebrate the return of Flyweight

Israel Adesanya views his next fight as his biggest yet. The story is clear ahead of UFC 281. New Zealand’s reigning middleweight kingpin Adesanya is seeking redemption after being bested on two different occasions in kickboxing against his Brazilian counterpart, Alex Pereira. For part three of their rivalry, they’ll do battle under MMA rules in

Former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw still believes he can be champion again, especially if Aljamain Sterling is holding the belt. Despite a first-round loss to Sterling at UFC 280, Dillashaw isn’t ready to concede “Funkmaster” is the best bantamweight in the world. Were it not for the severe shoulder injury that hobbled him early

It’s hard to deny that the UFC’s promotional strategy with Alex Pereira to get him to Saturday’s main event was brilliant. Pereira will challenge Israel Adesnaya for the middleweight title in the UFC 281 headliner. As has been well documented, Pereira holds two kickboxing wins over Adesanya — including a brutal knockout victory in their

Cain Velasquez appeared in court on Monday for his first pre-trial hearing on multiple charges, including attempted murder after he allegedly chased and tried to gun down a man accused of molesting his son. The former UFC heavyweight champion has been in jail for the past eight months after he was first arrested and later

Fight fans will have to wait a bit longer to watch Shane Burgos inside a PFL MMA cage. On Sunday, MMA Fighting confirmed an initial report from Ariel Helwani of an unspecificed injury forcing Burgos out of his promotional debut against Marlon Moraes on Nov. 25. Burgos (15-3) had previously announced his intention to sign

The UFC 280 edition of The Thrill and the Agony focuses on the top three fights on the pay-per-view card: Islam Makhachev vs. Charles Oliveira, Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw, and Sean O’Malley vs. Petr Yan. The footage takes us behind-the-scenes into the immediate aftermath of Makhachev’s second-round submission win over Oliveira, which came with

Amanda Lemos was a big underdog heading into the UFC Vegas 64 main event with Marina Rodriguez, and not many people picked her to get it done. On Saturday, Lemos silenced the critics and may have earned herself a chance to fight for a UFC world title in her next appearance. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck

Watch full fight video highlights from the Dmitry Bivol vs. Gilberto Ramirez fight on Saturday. Bivol vs. Ramirez took place Nov. 5 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and aired on DAZN. Bivol (20-0) defended his WBA light heavyweight title against former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez (44-0). Below are video highlights, courtesy of

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 64 results for the Rodriguez vs. Lemos event, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 64 Twitter updates. In the main event, Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos will clash in a pivotal strawweight battle. Rodriguez has won four straight fights, while Lemos has won four of

Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos battle it out in a pivotal main event matchup in the UFC strawweight division this Saturday at the APEX. With the timing of the fight coming a week before the 115-pound title bout between Carla Esparza and Zhang Weili, is there anything Rodriguez can do that could get her a

At the UFC Vegas 64 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have video of the proceeding courtesy of MMA Underground. The UFC Vegas 64 weigh-ins will begin at 12 p.m. ET, and the video can be seen above. In the

EFC 99 got a jolt when David Mambo slammed his way to a knockout on the prelims of Thursday’s event in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mambo evoked Quinton Jackson’s classic slam of Ricardo Arona by countering a triangle attempt from Katiso Matime by slamming him to the canvas. A few hammerfists were academic as Matime had

Michael Bisping says Israel Adesanya is not going to be able to be overly defensive against Alex Pereira. Next weekend, Adesanya puts his middleweight title on the line against Pereira in the main event of UFC 281. It’s a big fight for Adesanya for multiple reasons. First, it gives Adesanya a chance to avenge two

Former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw said he and every fighter who competes in high-level MMA are “bred” to believe they will succeed, regardless of the obstacles they face in training. So even with a shoulder so badly injured it dislocated an estimated 20 times before a UFC 280 title fight with Aljamain Sterling, Dillashaw

Brazilian striker Cosmo Alexandre will finally make his return to action for the first time in over three years when he competes at ONE on Prime Video 4 on Nov. 18. Alexandre faces off with Juan Cervantes in a welterweight Muay Thai bout, multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting