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Anderson Silva has been thriving since making the move into boxing, racking up a pair of wins this year over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Tito Ortiz. Suddenly, the former UFC middleweight champion is being attached to all kinds of possible fights with a number of potentially lucrative matchups. While Silva still has multiple fights

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Grant Dawson will compete in October after all. Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting that a lightweight matchup between Dawson and Ricky Glenn is set for the UFC’s event on Oct. 23 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. MMA DNA was first to report the booking. Dawson was initially slated to

With UFC 266 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday’s event in Las Vegas, including Alexander Volkanovski’s decision win over Brian Ortega in a main event classic, Valentina Shevchenko’s dominant flyweight title defense, and Robbie Lawler evening things up with Nick Diaz

It didn’t take long for Curtis Blaydes to realize what he did wrong that led to his knockout loss to Derrick Lewis back in February that likely cost him a shot at the UFC heavyweight title. Taking nothing away from the punch Lewis landed to end the fight, Blaydes immediately recognized the mistake he made

MMA Fighting has UFC 266 results for the Volkanovski vs. Ortega event, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 266 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski looks to make the second defense of his title reign against jiu-jitsu specialist Brian Ortega. UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina

Jon Jones is facing charges of battery domestic violence and injuring and tampering with a vehicle after being arrested Friday morning in Las Vegas. MMA Fighting confirmed the news via Clark County records following an initial report by ESPN. Jones’ bail is set at $8,000, $5000 for tampering with a vehicle and $3,000 for the

Following a global pandemic that one year ago shut down the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony, the class of 2020 was finally inducted on Thursday night in Las Vegas. The night was capped off by former two division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre, who was inducted into the Modern Era while being hailed as arguably the

One of the most anticipated MMA debuts in the history of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community goes down Friday in Singapore when 13-time world champion grappler and two-time ADCC gold medalist Marcus Almeida enters the cage for the first time at ONE Championship. “Buchecha” battles former GLORY heavyweight title contender Anderson “Braddock” Silva in his first

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: Lauren Murphy previews her UFC 266 title challenge against Valentina Shevchenko. 1:30 p.m.: UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic responds to

Robbie Lawler may be one of the most ferocious fighters in the history of the sport inside the cage, but it’s going to take a lot to rattle him outside of it. The latest example of Lawler’s calm, cool and collected approach came on Wednesday after Nick Diaz asked for their fight at UFC 266

UFC President Dana White ripped Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant broadcaster Showtime for allowing the boxers to exchange punches at a press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. White, long a critic of Showtime, unloaded on those responsible for security at the gathering. “How long have you been in the business that you would let two

Despite two title fights at UFC 266, the biggest story heading into Saturday night will revolve around the long-awaited return of Nick Diaz. It’s been more than six years since Diaz last competed but he’s remained one of the most talked about fighters on the entire UFC roster even as he sat on the sidelines

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Devin Clark appears to be doing better after looking like he might lose his teeth on Saturday. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 37, Clark lost a lopsided decision to Ion Cutelaba and while he made it to the distance with the heavy-handed Moldovan, it looked like the fight might have been stopped between

The UFC has an official poster for its return to Abu Dhabi. On Thursday, a poster was released for UFC 267, which is set to feature a pair of championship bouts and take place at Etihad Arena on Oct. 30. In the main event, Jan Blachowicz goes for his second defense of the light heavyweight

Alex Pereira left the kickboxing world after becoming a two-division champion in GLORY to pursue a different challenge, and he makes his highly anticipated UFC debut against Andreas Michailidis at UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 6. Glover Teixeira — the UFC light heavyweight contender and a long-time training partner of “Poatan” —

With UFC Vegas 37 and Bellator 266 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday’s doubleheader, including Anthony Smith’s first-round submission win over Ryan Spann at the APEX, along with Phil Davis’ decision win over Yoel Romero in