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Maheshate became the first DWCS winner from China after an action-packed win over Achilles Estremadura in Season 5’s season closer, and the headlining winner was only one of two UFC contracts handed out on Tuesday in Las Vegas. Maheshate traded near-knockdowns with Estremadura in a first round filled with firefights against the fence. The Chinese

Benoit Saint-Denis was on the wrong end of — in the opinions of most who watched it — dangerous refereeing during his UFC 267 loss to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. And while Saint-Denis’ coach said in the aftermath that he would never have stopped the fight himself, he was surprised the official didn’t. In the

There remains confusion and misunderstanding about the verbal confrontation between Dan Hardy and Herb Dean at UFC Fight Island 3, according to Hardy. But the former UFC commentator still doesn’t regret his actions that day. “My main focus is the fighters getting protection, and he’s still present at regular events and he’s still making mistakes

There may not have been an undisputed UFC title on the line, but Petr Yan vs. Cory Sandhagen was still a shining example of the immense talent at the top of 135 pounds. Yan’s battle with Sandhagen in UFC 267’s co-main event was an electric affair that captured Fight of Night honors on Saturday night

ABU DHABI — Strawweight Amanda Ribas spoke with reporters backstage at Etihad Arena following her unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 267 and discussed getting back on track after her first UFC loss, fighting in front of fans once again, what she was going to say before her interview with Daniel Cormier was

Two of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s rising stars are set to face off in Florida. The BKFC announced Saturday that Britain Hart and Pearl Gonzalez will fight at BKFC 22 in Miami on Nov. 12. This event is scheduled to be headlined by a cruiserweight title bout between former Bellator champion, UFC fighter, and

Age ain’t nothing but a number to Glover Teixeira. Just days after celebrating his 42nd birthday, Teixeira finally realized his dream to become champion after tapping out Jan Blachowicz in the second round in the UFC 267 main event. It was an awe-inspiring performance from Teixeira after he secured a takedown against the cage, flattened

A slow start gave way to a fantastic finish for Lerone Murphy at UFC 267. After spending most of the opening round on his back, Murphy made a necessary adjustment with some advice from his coaches in the corner as he came out ready to stop the next takedown attempt from Makwan Amirkhani. As soon

MMA Fighting has UFC 267 results for the Blachowicz vs. Teixeira event, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 267 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz defends his title against Glover Teixeira, who gets his second shot at UFC gold. The co-headliner features an interim

ABU DHABI—Dana White knows who he’s rooting for in the budding Claressa Shields-Jake Paul rivalry. Shields, a two-time gold medalist and undisputed boxing champion in two weight classes, suffered the first loss of her combat sports career this past Wednesday at the 2021 PFL Championships, dropping a split decision to Abigail Montes. It was Shields’

At the UFC 267 weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Abu Dhabi 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 light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and Glover Teixeira will have to weigh exactly 205

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Claressa Shields tasted defeat for the first time in her professional combat sports career. The multiple-time champion boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist was unable to counteract the wrestling of Abigail Montes and ultimately suffered a split decision loss to the Mexican prospect at Wednesday’s PFL World Championship finale. Two judges scored the contest 29-28

Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori fought tooth-and-nail in this past Saturday’s main event and it could be a while before they step into the octagon again. Vettori walked out with a unanimous decision win, but both he and Costa are facing potential six-month suspensions according to the official list of UFC Vegas 41 medical suspensions

Gadzhi Omargadzhiev looked perfectly capable of keeping top position and grinding out Jansey Silva. Then he turned for a leg lock and left Silva screaming and tapping as a kneebar took effect in the ninth week of DWCS Season 5. Omargadzhiev extended his unbeaten streak to 13 and notched the first kneebar submission in Contender

UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling co-hosts the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer as he breaks down the entire UFC 267 main card including the interim bantamweight title fight where he explains why he’s picking Cory Sandhagen to defeat Petr Yan in the co-main event. Sterling will also give an update on his

Sarah Kaufman is back. The veteran bantamweight, who most recently competed in the PFL’s 2019 lightweight season, has signed with Canada’s BTC Fight Promotions to compete at their upcoming Nov. 20 event in St. Catharines, Ontario, the organization announced Monday. This will be the first fight for Kaufman (21-5, 1 NC) since a unanimous decision

Two top featherweight prospects put their perfect records on the line this January. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that a bout between Movsar Evloev (15-0) and Ilia Topuria (11-0) is being targeted for UFC 270 on Jan. 22 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The matchup was first