MMA Fighting

Danny Sabatello’s mouth forced him to write a check at Bellator 282. Sabatello was fined $5,000 by the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation for abusive language at this past Friday’s event, MMA Fighting has learned. The fine was subtracted from his disclosed pay for his fight with Leandro Higo, whom he beat via unanimous

The UFC is once again pairing up heavyweights Tanner Boser and Rodrigo Nascimento against one another, as multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting that the matchup is in the works for the Sept. 17 UFC event. Contracts have yet to be issues but both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight,

Israel Adesanya believes a fight with Jon Jones is a part of his story, one that’s inevitable. But Jones also needs to be an active fighter for that to happen, and the middleweight champ is still waiting. “He should move up in weight first [before we fight],” Adesanya said at the press conference for his

The UFC Vegas 57 main event between Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan will go down as one of the most high-level UFC Fight Night main event’s in quite some time, but as great as that fight was, the story of the night came from the co-main event winner, Shavkat Rakhmonov. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José

Rodolfo Vieira has new fire in his heart going into his UFC Vegas 57 middleweight clash with Chris Curtis this Saturday at the UFC APEX. “The Black Belt Hunter” thought for a second that he would never get a chance to re-enter the octagon after brain tests showed a frightening diagnosis prior to a fight

Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot are two of the brightest up and comers on the UFC roster and are set for the main event of UFC Vegas 57. Could the winner of this fascinating matchup see the UFC lightweight title wrapped around their waist in the future? MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander

Danny Sabatello is happy with the way things worked out in the long run after not getting signed by Dana White. Sabatello, currently scheduled to face Leandro Higo in a bantamweight grand prix bout at Bellator 282 on June 24, competed on Dana White’s Contender Series in November 2022 and picked up a lopsided decision

MMA Fighting has PFL 5 results for the Cappelozza vs. Scheffel fight card on Friday night at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. In the heavyweight main event, Season 3 champ Bruno Cappelozza and Matheus Scheffel face off in regular season fight as both try to stack points for the postseason. Cappelozza is unbeaten in five

MMA Fighting has Bellator 282 weigh-in video for Friday’s event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi and Johnny Eblen face off in a middleweight title bout. Both can weigh no more than 185 pounds for their middleweight title clash. The Bellator 282 ceremonial weigh-ins will be

It’s an MMA triple-header this weekend, with the sport’s biggest promotions all hosting events. On Friday, the PFL returns with PFL 5, featuring a continuation of its heavyweight and lightweight seasons, while Bellator puts on Bellator 282, headlined by a middleweight title fight between Gegard Mousasi and Johnny Eblen. Then, on Saturday, the UFC keeps

Julianna Peña has a massive rematch with Amanda Nunes ahead of her and that’s all the drama she needs. The UFC bantamweight champion puts her title on the line against Nunes — the woman she defeated in a thrilling upset at UFC 269 this past December — on July 30 at UFC 277 in Dallas.

Brogan Walker survived a late charge to claim the last spot in The Ultimate Fighter 30 semifinals. The Invicta FC vet won a majority decision over Hannah Guy (4-1) in the last quarterfinal flyweight bout of the season, earning the victory with a pair of knockdowns in each round that helped to overcome Guy —

Anthony Smith stands behind his recent comments about an unsavory interaction between his supporters at a UFC event and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian. He just regrets that Donald Cerrone got caught in the crossfire. In May, Smith recounted a story on his Believe You Me podcast with co-host Michael Bisping that stemmed from an

Troy Isley had Donte Stubbs right where he wanted him. At Saturday’s Beterbiev vs. Smith boxing event at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Isley scored the biggest highlight of the undercard with an explosive counter-punch knockout of Stubbs at the :38 mark of Round 3. Watch the highlight-reel knockout shot above.

Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski have massive fights ahead of them, but that doesn’t mean they can’t find time to mess around in the kitchen. The UFC champions teamed up on Volkanovski’s Cooking with Volk YouTube show (this episode titled “Cooking with Champions” appropriately enough) to prepare kangaroo burgers, a fitting meal given their shared

Jeff Molina isn’t letting a close call discourage him. This past Saturday at UFC Vegas 56, Molina won a narrow split decision over Zhalgas Zhumagulov to improve to 3-0 in the UFC since joining the promotion in April 2021. The outcome was in doubt after 15 minutes of action, with even Molina appearing unsure of

With most of the bantamweight division’s top-ranked contenders already paired off, Petr Yan has his sights set on a fellow former world champion in Henry Cejudo. Yan is looking for a big fight following his UFC 273 title unification loss to Aljamain Sterling in April. With Sterling targeted to defend against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC

Following Josh Emmett’s split decision win over Calvin Kattar in the main event of UFC Austin, it seemed pretty clear that calling the close fight “a robbery” would be highly egregious. However, after looking at the judges’ scorecards more in-depth, maybe there is a case to be made. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, and