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Watch Mike Perry vs. Julian Lane full fight video highlights from BKFC Knucklemania 2, courtesy of the FITE TV. BKFC Knucklemania 2 took place Feb. 19 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Mike Perry and Julian Lane faced off in a five-round welterweight main event. The fight aired live on FITE

Logan Storley came closer than anybody in Bellator to handing Yaroslav Amosov his first professional loss, which is why he knows it’s going to be tough for anyone to accomplish the feat. As he prepares for his own showdown against Neiman Gracie in the main event at Bellator 274, the former NCAA All-American wrestler has

Aaron Pico is targeted to return to the Bellator cage in April against, arguably, his toughest test yet. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a fight between Pico and Jeremy Kennedy is in the works for Bellator 277. The event takes place April 15 at the SAP Center

This weekend features an MMA doubleheader with both the UFC and Bellator promoting fight cards on Saturday evening. At UFC Vegas 48, Johnny Walker takes on Jamahal Hill in a five-round light heavyweight fight. Meanwhile at Bellator 274, welterweight contenders Neiman Gracie and Logan Storley face off in Bellator’s first ever five-round, non-title, non-Grand Prix

Middleweight Joaquin Buckley will have his own version of Sensei Seagal for UFC Vegas 48 fight when internet-famous Dale Brown corners him against Abdul Razak Alhassan. The meme-friendly Detroit Urban Survival Training founder apparently made quite the impression on Buckley during a recent visit, and a person close to the fighter confirmed to MMA Fighting

It’s often said that the UFC shares a great deal in common with professional wrestling and the WWE. With a bombastic and controversial leader atop each organization (Dana White and Vince McMahon respectively) and a business structure that prioritizes monthly pay-per-view events, fans have frequently drawn parallels between the two organizations. But for all their

The originally scheduled headliner for UFC Vegas 48, a lightweight fight between ex-champ Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev, will now serve as the co-main event for UFC 272. As MMA Fighting previously reported, visa issues for Fiziev forced the promotion to push back the fight, and the March 5 pay-per-view event was targeted as

Alexander Hernandez believes he has a lot of reflection ahead of him following his recent loss at UFC 271. Hernandez faced Renato Moicano in a main card matchup at Saturday’s event at the Toyota Center in Houston and was submitted via rear naked choke in the second round. It was the first time in Hernandez’s

Jonathan Pearce has a new opponent for this Saturday. Pearce was originally slated to face Austin Lingo in a featherweight bout at UFC Vegas 48, however, Lingo was forced out of the bout last week due to an undisclosed injury. Instead, Pearce will now lock horns with Christian Rodriguez in the featured prelim bout. An

This past weekend, Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight championship with a unanimous decision over Robert Whittaker at UFC 271. The win was Adesanya’s fifth undisputed championship win, and in the aftermath, he received props from another five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time champion: WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. Booker T, who lives in Houston,

Uriah Hall has his reasons for why he believes he wasn’t booked against Darren Till for his next bout, but Till certainly doesn’t agree. Hall is slated to face Andre Muniz at the UFC’s April 16 event, but had called for a fight with Till many times on social media. In a recent interview with

It seems all signs are pointing toward a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier following their respective victories on Saturday, but where does Robert Whittaker go after dropping to 0-2 against the current champion? This week on On To the Next One, that question is answered from a matchmaking perspective following a

HOUSTON — UFC flyweight Casey O’Neill reacts to her split decision win over Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 271 , talks the appreciation she has for the fight, being annoyed by the retirement storyline ahead of the bout, when she wants to return, what she said to Modafferi after the final horn, and more.

It wasn’t perfect, but Israel Adesanya can’t complain too much about his performance at UFC 271. While it was a vastly different fight from his first encounter, “The Last Stylebender” was still able to thwart Robert Whittaker, earning a unanimous decision after a five-round battle in their rematch on Saturday. Notoriously hard on himself even

Don’t look now but Andrei Arlovski has picked up three wins in a row after earning a split decision over Jared Vanderaa in the featured prelim at UFC 271. A strong start and better strikes landed round after round helped Arlovski eke out the win against Vanderaa, who struggled to really put together any truly

Israel Adesanya has definitively cemented himself as the best middleweight in the UFC after 10 consecutive wins in the division, including five victories in title fights. But who does he consider the second-best fighter at 185 pounds? It’s a tougher question to answer that you might imagine, especially considering the way he has torn through

The UFC’s pay structure for the majority of fighters consists of show and win purses, meaning athletes double their paycheck with a victory or come home with only half of their expected earnings after a defeat. For Renato Moicano, cashing two checks is the top priority now. Moicano is scheduled to face Texas’ own Alexander

At the UFC 271 weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Houston are set to step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video, which can be seen above. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former champ Robert Whittaker can weigh no more than 185