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The UFC is giving Sam Alvey one more shot. Alvey announced Monday on YouTube that the UFC has agreed to allow him to fulfill the one remaining fight on his contract despite his 0-7-1 slump dating back to September 2018. A veteran in the 185-pound and 205-pound divisions, Alvey said he spoke to officials this

At least from a promotional standpoint, the UFC is pushing forward with its plans for London. The official UFC London poster was released Sunday, featuring headlining heavyweight contenders Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall. See the poster below: The UFC London main event could produce a future title challenger in the heavyweight division, with Volkov —

The UFC 272 fight card is official with a highly anticipated grudge match between former friends and teammates Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington in the top spot. Masvidal vs. Covington headlines the March 5 pay-per-view event, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and features 12 bouts. The main card airs live on

Bobby Green came up short at UFC Vegas 49 after attempting to tackle an impossibly tough opponent like Islam Makhachev on just 10 days’ notice but he still felt the need to apologize after failing to live up to his own expectations in the performance. The fight ended in rapid-fire fashion after Makhachev secured his

Glover Teixeira and No. 1 contender Jiri Prochazka will have to wait a little longer to face off. MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Teixeira’s light heavyweight title defense against Jiri Prochazka, which was originally set to take place at UFC 274 on May 7, will now instead

Terrance McKinney stands by UFC color commentator and popular podcaster Joe Rogan. “It’s because I know what it’s like to make mistakes, and I don’t think we should define people off of their mistakes, but how they come back from them,” McKinney told MMA Fighting on Thursday’s episode of We Got Next. “It takes a

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 49 results for the Makhachev vs. Green event, a live blog for the main event and live UFC Vegas 49 Twitter updates. In the main event, lightweight Islam Makhachev faces off with Bobby Green, who replaced an injured Beneil Dariush on short notice after an impressive showing at UFC 271.

At the UFC Vegas 49 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday. The UFC Vegas 49 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. E.T., and MMA Fighting will carry a live stream courtesy of Ag. Fight. In the main event, lightweights Islam Makhachev and Bobby

MMA Fighting has Bellator 275 results for the Mousasi vs. Vanderford event on Friday night from the 3Arena in Dublin. In the main event, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will square off with Austin Vanderford in a five-round title fight. Mousasi, the No. 3 ranked middleweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, has won three straight

A new video of Jon Jones’ September arrest has been released. Does it change how you view the situation? Will it change the UFC’s? Those questions will be addressed this week on Between the Links, along with the debate amongst the MMA community in regards to the video itself and if it should be on

Two longtime rivals will finally settle their differences on March 26. A matchup pitting Shinya Aoki against Yoshihiro Akiyama has been finalized for ONE Championship’s upcoming ONE X event, MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed Wednesday following an initial report by Ariel Helwani. The promotion billed the contest as a “Japanese MMA Legends Fight” which will

It took Jamahal Hill just under three minutes to score his latest win, but it was still a rough outing for him. Hill picked up an incredible knockout of Johnny Walker in Saturday’s UFC Vegas 48 main event, which gave him his third KO/TKO victory in his past four outings. However, according to the list

New video shows former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones head-butting a police car and screaming obscenities at officers on the Las Vegas strip after being detained in the early hours of September 24, 2021. Jones allegedly also directed racial slurs at the officers, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review Journal, which

Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzecjzyk joins the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer to discuss the latest with her career including a potential rematch against Zhang Weili after putting on the Fight of the Year in 2020. Jedrzecjzyk will explain the delays in booking her return to action after being out for

Chris Leben is still in the fight of his life, but things appear to be looking up. The retired UFC veteran and original The Ultimate Fighter cast member posted an Instagram video from his hospital bed late Sunday night providing an update on the current status of his health. Leben has been hospitalized since the

Peter Queally will no longer compete in front of his home crowd this weekend. Promotional officials revealed on Monday that an undisclosed injury has scratched the recent lightweight title challenger from Saturday’s Bellator 275 event, where he was scheduled to face Kane Mousah in the co-main event at the O2 Arena in Dublin. Severe MMA

Although it’s early, the biggest story of 2022 thus far has been Francis Ngannou’s contract situation with the UFC. At UFC 270, Ngannou said he fought the final fight on his UFC contract, winning a unanimous decision over Ciryl Gane to retain the UFC heavyweight title. After the victory, he was open about where he

Jamahal Hill isn’t one for callouts, although he definitely has a dream fight in mind when it comes to the light heavyweight division. After a devastating knockout of Johnny Walker in the UFC Vegas 48 main event, Hill wasn’t interested in naming anybody as a potential next opponent, but he still has his sights set