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Joe Rogan will return to the broadcast booth for the first time at UFC 271 on Saturday night after he’s been at the center of a number of controversies, including a viral video that showed him repeatedly using racial slurs during past episodes of his podcast. In response to the video, Rogan issued a lengthy

Content warning: This story contains graphic details about violence, mental trauma, and self-harm that may be difficult to read and emotionally upsetting. With a gun to his head, Odie Delaney was ready to pull the trigger to finally stop the pain. A few years earlier, the former All-American wrestler from The Citadel thought his life

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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. GMT. 1 p.m. ET: Undefeated UFC welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov joins the show to talk about his win over Carlston Harris at UFC Vegas 47. 1:30

The UFC returns to Jacksonville, Fla., on April 9 with two title fights atop a stacked card. The promotion on Tuesday announced the full fight lineup for the spring event, which is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Alexander Volkanovski and The Korean Zombie (otherwise known as Chan Sung Jung). A bantamweight title

Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will finally get to settle their blood feud in the main event of UFC 272 on March 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both men look to rebound off tough defeats in rematches against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. There was a time when Masvidal and Covington considered each other brothers

UFC President Dana White is putting Instagram’s community guidelines to the test with his latest picture of a gruesome injury. In this case, it’s the “during” of the before-during-after of Kamaru Usman’s recent hand surgery, and as you can imagine, the shot of UFC welterweight champ’s hand being pried apart is not for the weak

This Saturday, Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight title against the man he took the belt from, Robert Whittaker, in the main event of UFC 271. In their first fight, Adesanya outclassed Whittaker, scoring a second-round knockout in one of the most dominant performances of his career. But despite the sensational performance, Adesanya says that

Vanessa Demopoulos’ Saturday night went exactly as planned — she got a win, a bonus, and hoisted in the air by Joe Rogan in the post-fight interview. Demopoulos made her second octagon appearance count with a slick submission win over Silvana Gomez Juarez during the preliminary card at UFC 270 in Anaheim this past weekend.

Sean Strickland got the job done in the UFC Vegas 47 main event. But he knows that a split decision win over Jack Hermansson was far from his best performance. Despite controlling the majority of the fight, sticking behind his jab and avoiding virtually all of Hermansson’s offensive advances, Strickland explained why he just never

Bryan Battle proved he deserved to be The Ultimate Fighter 29 champion after beating Tresean Gore at UFC Vegas 47. Prior to the reality show finale, Gore suffered an injury that prevented him from competing so he was fired up to prove he deserved the victory but Battle had no intention of allowing that to

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 47 results for the Hermansson vs. Strickland event, a live blog for the main event, and live UFC Vegas 47 Twitter updates. In the main event, Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland will clash in a middleweight contest. Hermansson has won three of his past five fights, while Strickland has won

Jack Hermansson will look to slow down the surge of the outspoken Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC Vegas 47. Before the UFC middleweights make the walk on Saturday, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, Alexander K. Lee and Jed Meshew discuss the pivotal 185-pound headliner, the stakes involved, and the other intriguing

This past weekend, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC made its U.S. debut, with Eagle FC 44 in Miami, Fl. But before he became a burgeoning promoter, Nurmagomedov was one of the biggest stars in MMA, and the fight that pushed him to superstar status is remembered for one of the most controversial moments in UFC history.

The “Lazy King” has claimed another unlucky victim. Known for his inventive submissions, Abdoul Abdouraguimov tied opponent Godofredo Pepey into knots and finished with an inverted triangle hold in the first round of ARES FC 3 main event in Paris on Friday. With the win, Abdouraguimov takes home the ARES welterweight championship. Watch the incredible

The war of words between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington is heating up. Former teammates at American Top Team and once self-proclaimed “best friends,” Masvidal and Covington had a falling out as both men rose up the ranks of the UFC welterweight division. Since then, the two have traded barbs in the media about one

Jake Paul continues to use his platform to target a showdown with boxing champ Canelo Alvarez. On Wednesday, the YouTuber turned boxing star gave himself three years to be ready for a fight with the super middleweight champ, who this past fall was approved to pursue a fifth boxing title in the cruiserweight division (175

Israel Adesanya says he had Robert Whittaker figured out before they faced off in the octagon for the first time. Whittaker has blamed “ego” for his knockout loss to Adesanya almost three years ago. He’s vowed to return a different fighter, but the champ sees the same result ahead. “It was his ego last time,