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Raulian Paiva stepped in to replace Raphael Assuncao on Saturday at UFC Vegas 32, taking on Kyler Phillips in his first octagon bout as a bantamweight. If victorious in Las Vegas, Paiva will ask for a quick turnaround against Assuncao. Once ranked a top-10 in the UFC flyweight division, Paiva hopes to be “thrown at

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At the UFC Vegas 32 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday for Saturday’s event at UFC APEX which can be watched above. In the main event, Cory Sandhagen and former UFC champion T.J. Dillashaw will have to weigh 135 pounds (with one-pound

MMA Fighting has BKFC 19 results for the VanZant vs. Ostovich event Friday night and more from the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla. In the main event, UFC veteran Paige VanZant will try to bounce back from her opening BKFC loss in a rematch against Rachael Ostovich. VanZant defeated Ostovich via submission (armbar) in

Kane Trujillo has never been in a fight before. Up until a month ago, he’d never even been punched in the face. So why, then, is a 21-year-old newbie getting ready to fight rapper Blueface at BKFC 19? “Honestly, the first week after I accepted the offer and the fight, that’s exactly what I was

A matchup between top Bellator bantamweights has a new target date. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a rebooking of a bout between Patchy Mix and James Gallagher is in the works for a Bellator event on Nov. 5. Sources also confirmed that the bout—as well as the

Few men in the world know Conor McGregor better than Artem Lobov. “The Russian Hammer” has been a close friend and training partner of McGregor for years, with their relationship entering the broader MMA consciousness when Lobov was cast to be part of McGregor’s team on The Ultimate Fighter 22 in 2015. Lobov made the

The last bout of The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight quarterfinals didn’t go off as planned, but that wasn’t a problem for Gilbert Urbina. Urbina (6-1)* was to face Miles Hunsinger (7-0) on this week’s episode of TUF 29, but disaster struck when Hunsinger injured his knee while training for the fight. Hunsinger received an MRI

There were plenty of finishes featured on the UFC Vegas 31 card this past Saturday night, but once the night was over, only three fighters on the entire card faced a potentially lengthy medical suspension. At the top of the list was bantamweight veteran Marion Reneau, who suffered a third-round TKO loss in her fight

UFC president Dana White is backing up the notion that Conor McGregor’s ankle wasn’t 100 percent heading into his UFC 264 grudge match against Dustin Poirier. McGregor suffered a grisly loss via doctor’s stoppage to Poirier after breaking his tibia and fibula in the closing seconds of the first round of UFC 264’s main event.

Conor McGregor’s night ended at UFC 264 with a broken leg but that came after he endured a rough opening round where Dustin Poirier was blasting away at him with punches and elbows on the ground. While McGregor did manage a guillotine choke attempt along with some upkicks off his back, Poirier largely dominated the

Dana White’s Contender Series is officially set for its fifth season and it will kick off later this summer. The UFC announced the return of the series during Saturday’s UFC Vegas 31 broadcast, which begins on Aug. 31. The promotion revealed that four additional cards will also take place every Tuesday throughout the month of

Renowned head coach Firas Zahabi was not at all impressed with Conor McGregor’s UFC 264 behavior, both before and after his loss to Dustin Poirier. The longtime head coach of Georges St-Pierre and other notable names in the MMA space was a viewer — like 1.8 million others — of the UFC’s most recent pay-per-view

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 31 results for the Makhachev vs. Moises fight card, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 31 Twitter updates. In the main event, Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises will clash in a pivotal lightweight battle. Makhachev has won seven straight fights, while Moises has racked up

Ian Garry has arrived. The Cage Warriors welterweight champion announced Friday via an Instagram video post that he has been signed to the UFC roster. MMA Fighting also confirmed the news with a source with knowledge of the signing. Garry, 23, is 7-0 as a pro and has been touted as a potential star at

Said Sowma made short work of his friend and occasional training partner. Sowma (7-2) slept UFC veteran Ronny Markes just 69 seconds into the pair’s undercard bout Friday night at Bellator 262. The 28-year-old stalked his American Top Team from the opening bell before landing a wicked left hook that turned Markes’ lights out. Markes

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. It’s no secret that there’s a large portion of the fighting fan base that is loath