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Conor McGregor isn’t backing down from his war of words with Daniel Cormier. Just hours after Cormier responded to McGregor on his show DC & RC, McGregor fired back with a salvo of since-deleted Twitter posts late Wednesday night attacking Cormier as a “fat mess” and criticizing the 42-year-old former two-division champion for consuming alcohol

It took about a year for Chad Mendes to go from entertaining a contract with BKFC to signing one. When the bare-knuckle promotion first inquired about him through his longtime coach, Urijah Faber, the numbers “were not enticing enough.” Also, Mendes was still under contract with the UFC. Although retired, he expected the promotion would

The Ultimate Fighter 29 bantamweight finals are set. Brady Hiestand (5-1)* rode his wrestling and ground-and-pound to a quick finish of Vince Murdock (12-4, 1 NC) in the semifinals of TUF 29. The youngest contestant this season, the 22-year-old Hiestand is now one win away from securing a UFC contract. He fights Team Volkanovski teammate

At just 21 years old, Gable Steveson is an Olympic gold medalist and has the world at his fingertips right now. Fresh off a stunning performance at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, the recent NCAA heavyweight champion is still riding a high after he dominated the competition through the first three rounds of the

T.J. Dillashaw’s recovery timetable is more optimistic than initially expected. Dillashaw suffered several ligament tears in his left knee in the opening round of his July 24 fight against Cory Sandhagen. The former UFC bantamweight champion ultimately won the bout via split decision, which marked his octagon return following a two-year USADA suspension, however the

Nick Newell doesn’t think of himself as an inspirational person. But if people who watch his new biopic are inspired by his story, all the better. “Notorious Nick,” the story of the one-armed Newell’s journey in MMA, hits theaters and on-demand Friday after seven years in production. When producers approached to put his story on

Ciryl Gane moved to 10-0 at UFC 265 with a dominant win over Derrick Lewis to become the new interim heavyweight champion and that performance has now made him the favorite to beat Francis Ngannou. The first odds for the heavyweight title unification bout have been released with Gane now slightly favored ahead of Ngannou

The United States wrestling team was expected to make waves at the 2020 Olympic games and the athletes absolutely delivered. When wrestling competition ended on Saturday, the U.S. team had captured a total of nine medals, which was tops for any country in the Olympics. Russia finished second with eight total medals while Japan closed

The UFC planned to give out three performance bonuses at UFC 265. Then UFC President Dana White decided to tack another one on, and new interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane was the beneficiary. White announced $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses for Jessica Penne, Vicente Luque and Brett Johns. Asked by veteran MMA reporter John

Casey Kenney’s growing list of victories almost had the bantamweight GOAT added to it. Back in March, Kenney was matched up with two-time UFC champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 259 in a high-profile bout that headlined the ESPN preliminaries. After three rounds of action, Cruz earned a split nod, preventing Kenney from becoming just the

MMA Fighting has UFC 265 results for the Lewis vs. Gane event, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 265 Twitter updates. In the main event, hard-hitting heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane will square off with an interim UFC heavyweight title and a shot at UFC champion Francis Ngannou on

Nate Marquardt’s return to the world of MMA competition began with a vivid dream and a message from something bigger than him. The former Strikeforce champion and UFC title challenger will step into the cage for the first time in nearly four years when he faces former Dana White’s Contender Series alum Michael Cora at

With his jaw-dropping knockouts and ability to stay unapologetically authentic, Derrick Lewis has quickly become one of the most beloved fighters on the UFC roster. Ahead of his interim title fight against Ciryl Gane in the UFC 265 main event, the Houston native received a raucous response from his hometown crowd after a French reporter

HOUSTON — At the UFC 265 press conference, stars from the main event, along with UFC President Dana White, are expected to attend Thursday evening. One-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis gets his second crack at UFC gold when he faces Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC belt. Lewis and Gane are scheduled to answer

Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming bout. The former PRIDE champion makes his return against recent interim title challenger Tim Johnson at the upcoming Bellator Moscow event scheduled for Oct. 23 at VTB Arena. Bellator officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following a report from Russian outlet TASS. Considered arguably

Dustin Poirier has a case to be the best lightweight in the world right now, but when he fought Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 two years ago, he met an opponent that was on another level. At least that’s the case when it comes to the grappling department as Poirier became one of countless fighters

Former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano was let go by the promotion after missing weight for a bantamweight fight with Wu Yanan on July 31, multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting. Montano (4-3) came in over the bantamweight limit by seven pounds this past weekend in Las Vegas. The fight was

Conor McGregor will have a long road of recovery before he reenters the octagon, if that’s what he decides with his life after suffering a leg break in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on July 10. UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, who was sitting cageside that night in Las Vegas, is