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T.J. Dillashaw is ultra-confident that his next fight will be for the UFC bantamweight title regardless of the current situation where an interim champion will soon be crowned. Coming off a split decision win over Cory Sandhagen in his first return to action in over two years after he was suspended for a UFC anti-doping

Dana White was saddened but not surprised to hear the news about Justin Thornton. A one-time BKFC fighter, Thornton tragically died at age 38 this week following his knockout loss at BKFC 20. Thornton had been hospitalized since losing to Dillon Cleckler in 19 seconds on August 20. He was reportedly partially paralyzed in the

MMA Fighting has DWCS Season 5 results for the Week 6 event Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event, welterweight prospects Shimon Smotritsky and Mike Malott square off as two of 10 fighters this week seeking a UFC contract. Check out DWCS results below. Main card (ESPN+ at 8

A featherweight title bout headlines RIZIN’s upcoming card. The promotion announced its full card for the RIZIN 31 event on Oct. 24, which takes place at PIA Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan. In the main event, featherweight champion Yutaka Saito (20-4-2) goes for his first defense of his featherweight championship when he fights DEEP featherweight

With a third fight scheduled against Deontay Wilder on Saturday night, Tyson Fury isn’t losing any sleep over allegations made by his upcoming opponent. In the days leading up to their trilogy bout, Wilder has made unfounded claims that Fury cheated in the previous meeting in February 2020 by using “loaded gloves,” which helped him

Brian Kelleher’s next fight will kick off his 2022 campaign. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bantamweight matchup between Kelleher and Saidyokub Kakhramonov will take place at the UFC’s event on Jan. 15, which does not currently have an announced location or venue. MMA DNA was first

The UFC has released its official poster for one of the biggest cards of the year. On the poster for UFC 268, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Nov. 6, headliners Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington and co-headliners Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili take top billing, with top lightweight

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Considering the way Casey O’Neill has been fighting, she might be staring across the cage from a different Shevchenko sister in the future than the one she just defeated at UFC Vegas 38. In her biggest performance to date, O’Neill was dominant in victory after bludgeoning Antonina Shevchenko with a blistering series of punches and

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 38 results for the Santos vs. Walker fight card, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 38 Twitter updates. In the main event, light heavyweights Thiago Santos will square off against Johnny Walker. Santos has lost three straight fights, while Walker has won two of his

YouTube star Jake Paul is 4-0 in boxing, a short run that already includes wins over former MMA champions Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren. Yet, Thiago Santos doesn’t seem all that impressed. Speaking on a recent episode of MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast Trocação Franca, the former UFC light heavyweight title contender revealed his interest in

Watch the Bellator 267 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card on Friday in London. Watch the Bellator 267 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card on at 12:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched

Two of the UFC’s most experienced featherweights are finally meeting inside the octagon. A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson (27-12) and Darren Elkins (26-9) has been added to the UFC’s Dec. 18 Fight Night lineup, according to an official event page. Combined, Swanson and Elkins have made 44 UFC appearances. Swanson is 12-8 in his

Top-ranked bantamweights Pedro Munhoz and Dominick Cruz are expected to collide at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. Multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the bout, though contracts have not been finalized. UFC 269 is expected to take place in Las Vegas and airs live

Valentina Shevchenko is ready to pursue a third fight against Amanda Nunes but there’s only one problem — she doesn’t believe the two-division UFC champion wants anything to do with it. Typically reserved whenever Nunes’ name comes up, the reigning UFC flyweight champion was brutally honest when addressing her former opponent during an appearance on

Dana White is done talking about Oscar De La Hoya. The UFC president spoke to reporters in Las Vegas following the UFC’s Contender Series on Tuesday night and embarked on a near 16-minute rant about De La Hoya when asked about his latest explosive exchange with the former champion boxer. The two have traded shots

Makwan Amirkhani lost an opponent, but he’s staying on the UFC 267 card. Officials announced Tuesday that Lerone Murphy (10-0-1) is stepping in as a replacement for Tristan Connelly to fight Amirkhani (16-6) in a featherweight bout at the upcoming pay-per-view event scheduled to take place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 30.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is officially a mom. Rousey on Monday announced the birth of her daughter with husband Travis Browne. “La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō Browne,” Rousey, 34, posted on her official Instagram account. Rousey announced in April that she was four months pregnant and expecting her first baby with Browne, whom she married in