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PHOENIX — Bellator featherweight Henry Corrales speaks with reporters backstage at the Footprint Center following his technical decision win over Aiden Lee at Bellator 273. Corrales talks the accidental eye poke that led to going to the judges’ scorecards, it being the last fight on his deal, wanting to re-sign with the promotion, and more.

Victor Henry’s performance against Raoni Barcelos had a lot of people buzzing in the aftermath of UFC 270, including Joe Rogan. Henry made his promotional debut against Barcelos and — as the biggest betting underdog on the card — swept the judges’ scorecards en route to a unanimous decision win this past Saturday night in

Jake Paul is legitimately interested in testing himself in MMA one day in the future, but it’s highly unlikely anybody is going to lure him into the cage before he’s ready. Well, that’s unless some promoter is ready to put up a whole lot of money that would convince the 25-year-old undefeated fighter to abandon

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defeated fellow UFC veteran Leonardo Guimaraes via decision in a return to boxing on Sunday night in the co-main event of Fight Music Show in Balneario Camboriu, Brazil, nearly two years after the legend’s MMA retirement. The match was advertised as a professional boxing bout, but ultimately ended up being an eight-round

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Ryan Bader made his hometown fans happy and retained his heavyweight title. Plus, he booked his next title defense. Bader took on interim champ Valentin Moldavsky in the main event of Saturday night’s Bellator 273 fight card at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, and took home a hard-fought unanimous decision, earning scores of 48-47 across

Kevin Holland is always the guy making jokes. But he doesn’t suffer fools lightly, especially when they target him on social media. Holland on Saturday documented the result when an internet troll who apparently believed his jiu-jitsu skills superior to the UFC veteran issued an online challenge – and wouldn’t let up when he didn’t

MMA Fighting has Bellator 273 results for the Bader vs. Moldavsky fight card Saturday night from the Footprint Center in Phoenix. In the main event, Bellator interim heavyweight champion Valentin Moldavsky attempts to unify the belt against undisputed champ Ryan Bader, who returns to heavyweight after losing the light heavyweight title and falling short in

Paul Craig looks to continue his winning ways at UFC London. The Scotsman looks to extend his unbeaten streak to six fights when he squares off against Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight contest at UFC London in the O2 Arena on March 19. The UFC made the announcement Friday morning. Craig (15-4-1) has won

MMA Fighting has Eagle FC 44 results for the Spong vs. Kharitonov event Friday night from the FLXcast Arena in Miami, Fla. In the main event, Tyrone Spong returns to the MMA cage for the first time in almost nine years to face Sergei Kharitonov in a heavyweight contest. Former UFC champion Rashad Evans ended

Brandon Moreno has a theory on why he saw Henry Cejudo in his opponent’s corner at UFC 270. The former two-division UFC champion served as a coach and cornerman for Deiveson Figueiredo ahead of the Brazilian’s trilogy bout with Moreno on Saturday, and he was there to celebrate when Figueiredo won back the flyweight title

The UFC is eyeing a meeting between two top-ranked lightweights in need of a win. UFC president Dana White revealed Wednesday on a Q&A session on ESPN+ that the promotion is targeting a bout between Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson; however, White noted, the fight has yet to be signed. Chandler (22-7) is currently the

Charles Oliveira is expected to put his lightweight title on the line against Justin Gaethje at the upcoming UFC 274 card scheduled on May 7. Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday after UFC President Dana White first announced the fight via ESPN. The location for the May

Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad will square off in a rematch of top-ranked welterweights in the main event of the upcoming UFC card scheduled on April 16. Luque and Muhammad’s manager Ali Abdelaziz confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. “I love both guys,” Abdelaziz said about the

The thought of Francis Ngannou swinging a punch at any body part should be terrifying — but it’s even scarier when the UFC heavyweight champion is throwing a low blow. That’s exactly what the cast of the upcoming film “Jackass Forever” asked him to do for a stunt in the latest film in the series,

Brazilian flyweights Francisco Figueiredo and Daniel da Silva will collide at UFC’s Fight Night show on April 30, MMA Fighting confirmed following a report from Twitter user Igor Melotto. Brother of UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo, Francisco (12-4-1, 1 NC) reenters the octagon nine months after losing a decision to Malcolm Gordon, which dropped his

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1 p.m. ET: I recap another exciting weekend with UFC 270, including Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane and Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno 3.

ANAHEIM — Bantamweight Said Nurmagomedov speaks with reporters backstage at the Honda Center after submitting Cody Stamann in under a minute at UFC 270 on Saturday. Nurmagomedov talks the biggest win of his career, eyeing a fight with Marlon Vera, or a top-15 opponent next, and when he’d like to get back inside the octagon.