MMA Fighting

A battle between surging lightweight contenders is being slated for February. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez is expected to take place at the UFC’s event on Feb. 26 at a location and venue yet to be announced. TASS was

Quinton Jackson sealed his place in UFC history by dethroning one of its first crossover superstars, Chuck Liddell. But he wouldn’t accept a place in the promotion’s Hall of Fame. “No, f*ck them,” said Jackson on the Monday edition of The MMA Hour. “I don’t fight for no Hall of Fame. What do you get

Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has faced some of the most significant injury obstacles of anyone to hold a UFC belt: Two blown knees, a botched surgery, a torn quad, and other consequences of a decade in the cage. They cost him almost four years of his career. When he looks back and looks

Alex Pereira’s successful UFC debut only further stoked the flames of a potential future meeting with Israel Adesanya. The former two-division GLORY kickboxing champion won a “Performance of the Night” bonus in his very first UFC appearance this past Saturday, flattening Andreas Michailidis with a flying knee at UFC 268 in front of a packed

Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir was on his feet after taking several left hands from former boxing champ Kubrat Pulaev, but he was unconscious long before referee Dan Miragliotta stepped in to prevent more punishment at the 1:59 mark of the first round. A left hook had Mir wobbling like a Mortal Kombat character,

Saturday’s UFC Vegas 43 event marked a bittersweet night for Adrian Yanez. On one hand, the UFC bantamweight prospect surged to his fourth consecutive win under the UFC umbrella and fourth post-fight bonus for his Fight of the Night performance over Davey Grant. On the other hand, however, it was an emotional night for Yanez,

MMA Fighting has Triad Combat results for the Pulev vs. Mir fight card from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday night. In the main event, Kubrat Pulev will square off against former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir in a heavyweight contest. Pulev (28-2) last competed late last year, losing via ninth-round knockout in

Michael Chiesa may not win an Oscar anytime soon, but his first stab at the silver screen wasn’t half bad. By now, nearly every MMA fan in North America has probably seen Chiesa’s acting debut more than a dozen times. His commercial he shot for Tequila sponsor Jose Cuervo alongside former interim lightweight champion Justin

Thanksgiving may be a bit different in the world of mixed martial arts, with the pesky dilemmas of weight-cutting and fight preparation getting in the way of the collective stuffing of our faces that is customary around the holiday season. But that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty to celebrate. Between sharing pictures of loved ones,

Roxanne Modafferi may never have captured a UFC title, but she still had a career that many of her fellow MMA pioneers could envy. “The Happy Warrior” competed 44 times over an 18-year run that began in an era of MMA’s infancy. Women’s MMA existed only on the fringes when she first laced up her

As UFC 270 approaches, one viral clip in particular is guaranteed to be a major part of the marketing blitz for Francis Ngannou’s title unification bout against Ciryl Gane. The video of Ngannou snubbing his former teammate Gane and MMA Factory coach Fernand Lopez backstage at UFC 268 drew plenty of eyeballs in November after

Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane are putting it all on the line on the UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2022. The official promotional poster for the upcoming event features Ngannou, the No. 1-ranked fighter in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings, and opponent No. 3 Ciryl Gane. This main event matchup will unify Ngannou’s undisputed heavyweight title with

Matt Brown has been forced out of his upcoming fight against Bryan Barberena at UFC Vegas 44 after the veteran welterweight tested positive for COVID-19. Brown confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday after first revealing the information on social media. According to Brown, he’s recovered well after contracting the virus but obviously he’ll

Where does Miesha Tate go from her UFC Vegas 43 loss to Ketlen Vieira? Was the card as a whole as underwhelming as initially perceived? Those topics will be discussed on a brand new edition of BTL. In addition, the panel will talk what we learned from both 135ers in the main event this past

Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Gabi Garcia believes Kayla Harrison is “all bark and no bite” and seriously doubts the Olympic legend will ever agree to face Cris Cyborg in a MMA cage. Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, became a free agent in MMA after conquering her second lightweight PFL tournament in 2021 and

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 – I’ll quickly look back at a busy combat sports weekend. 1:05 p.m.- Lupita Godinez will look back at her very

An amateur fighter experienced the best and the worst aspects of combat sports on Friday. At a Captain’s Fight Club event in Fargo, N.D., featherweight Dylan Kiskila scored a fantastic head kick knockout on opponent Kai Duque. The finish went from being one to remember for all the right reasons to one that Kiskila would

UFC commentator and light heavyweight Anthony Smith thinks he knows why Conor McGregor lashes out so often. McGregor, he said, is wealthy beyond most people’s wildest dreams. But according to Smith, all of that money can’t buy the former two-division UFC champ what he wants most: acceptance by his peers. Smith responded after McGregor appeared