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The UFC’s summertime festivities are back. The promotion announced Saturday that UFC 276 will take place on July 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as part of the 10th anniversary of International Fight Week. Last year, the weeklong fanfest was postponed until September due to the outbreak of COVID-19. No bouts have been announced

A trilogy fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno that left many pondering a fourth meeting was the “Fight of the Night” winner at UFC 270. After five competitive rounds, Figueiredo was declared the winner via unanimous 48-47 scores, putting the UFC flyweight title back around his waist after he lost it this past year

Jack Della Maddalena couldn’t imagine a better way to earn a UFC contract than by impressing the company brass with a stellar performance on The Contender Series. That said, the Australian welterweight has witnessed the gift and the curse that the show has provided for many of the fighters who gained entry into the UFC

A women’s flyweight matchup is being targeted for April. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the UFC is close to finalizing a bout between Antonina Shevchenko and Cortney Casey for April 30 at a location and venue yet to be announced. Shevchenko enters the bout on a losing

At one point when Deiveson Figueiredo was the UFC flyweight champion, he saw Cody Garbrandt as a potential contender. Now he’d advise “No Love” against ever entering another bout at 125 pounds again. Figueiredo, who challenges UFC champion Brandon Moreno for a third time in the co-main event of UFC 270 on Saturday, said on

Francis Ngannou may have a lot of options ahead of him with a win over Ciryl Gane at UFC 270. But one fight he’s no longer pursuing is a showdown with former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. During the event’s pre-fight press conference on Thursday, Ngannou addressed the potential fight with Jones, who has been

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A huge part of the narrative surrounding the upcoming UFC 270 main event is the history shared between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane. The only problem is, the reigning UFC heavyweight champion doesn’t understand where that story started. Because while he did count Gane as a training partner three years ago for a few sessions,

The PFL’s talent development event kicks off next month at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., with fighters battling for a spot in the next $1 million tournament. The PFL on Wednesday announced the debut of the PFL Challenger Series, set to take place Feb. 18 and air on Fubo Sports Network. The first event features

Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington are separated by four years and 31 fights. At UFC 272, they will collide in an unusual non-title pay-per-view headliner that may settle a grudge – and permanently damage the career of Masvidal. That’s the way Chael Sonnen sees the upcoming fight between the former teammates and welterweight rivals, who

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Mike Jackson will make his return to the octagon for the first time since facing AEW superstar CM Punk when he faces Dean Barry at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled for April 23. Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Monday. MMA Island initially reported the matchup.

Merab Dvalishvili received some good news after suffering an injury to start 2022. The surging UFC bantamweight revealed Saturday that he “badly injured” his clavicle bone, but will not require surgery. MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed the news with Dvalishvili’s management, who added that there is no timetable yet for the fighter’s recovery. “Badly injured

One-time UFC flyweight title challenger Katyln Chookagian hopes she’ll still have a home in the UFC after revealing that the promotion declined to offer her a new contract before her UFC Vegas 46 win on Saturday night. The last bout on Chookagian’s current contract was a dominant showcase as she earned a unanimous decision over

Calvin Kattar silenced all of the critics with a dominant performance in the UFC’s first main event of 2022. Kattar returned to the octagon after a year layoff to batter Giga Chikadze and hand the Georgian standout his first UFC loss in the headliner of UFC Vegas. Did the victory put the New England Cartel

Drakkar Klose will still return to action in April, but he’ll do so against a different opponent. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the UFC is targeting a matchup between Klose and Brandon Jenkins on April 16. Klose was initially slated to meet Nikolas Motta on the card,

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 46 results for the Kattar vs. Chikadze event from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 46 Twitter updates. In the main event, Calvin Kattar returns for the first time since January 2021 to take on red-hot featherweight contender Giga