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Josh Barnett has made it clear that he believes Jake Hager needs to stay in his lane. Hager, a former WWE world heavyweight champion and current AEW pro wrestler—as well as a 3-0 (1 NC) fighter in Bellator’s heavyweight division—recently revealed to MMA Fighting that he is actively seeking the fight with the returning Fedor

Omari Akhmedov is no longer on the UFC roster, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. The American Top Team fighter has parted ways with the company after a split decision loss to Brad Tavares this past Saturday at UFC 264 in Las Vegas, which dropped his overall UFC record to 9-5-1

Add Paul Felder to the list of people that weren’t happy with Conor McGregor’s behavior following his UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier. Following his first-round TKO loss due to a doctor’s stoppage when his tibia broke at the end of the opening round, McGregor continued to take shots at Poirier—mentioning his wife to boot—while

Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will return to defend her title against Lauren Murphy at the upcoming UFC 266 card scheduled on Sept. 25 in Las Vegas. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. Recognized as one of the most dominant champions on the entire UFC roster,

On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks with UFC bantamweight Kris Moutinho (7:16) to recap his Fight of the Night bonus earning performance against Sean O’Malley at UFC 264 this past Saturday night in Las Vegas, discusses his first UFC fight week, the staredown with O’Malley after the ceremonial

Israel Adesanya instantly spotted Conor McGregor’s gruesome injury that ended his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. McGregor suffered a broken tibia and fibula in the final seconds of the opening round of UFC 264’s main event, rendering him unable to continue and giving Poirier a first-round TKO win via doctor’s stoppage. In

After the unfortunate ending to UFC 264, Dustin Poirier claimed that Conor McGregor was hurling death threats at the former interim lightweight champion and a video has since surfaced backing that up. Poirier and McGregor met for the third time in the main event of Saturday night’s card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Despite being retired as an active fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov continues to add trophies to his mantle. On Saturday night, ESPN hosted their annual ESPY awards to celebrate the best athletes, moments, games and sports for the year that was. In the “Best MMA Fighter” category, Nurmagomedov—who retired as an undefeated UFC lightweight champion—earned the honor.

Dustin Poirier still has unfinished business with Conor McGregor, but his desire for another fight has nothing to do with the way UFC 264 ended on Saturday night. Following a largely dominant opening round as Poirier bludgeoned McGregor with punches and elbows on the ground, a misstep after throwing a punch ended the Irish superstar’s

MMA Fighting has UFC 264 results for the Poirier vs. McGregor 3 fight card, live blogs of the entire five-fight main card, and live UFC 264 Twitter updates for all the action from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, former UFC interim champion Dustin Poirier and former UFC double

The UFC 264 start time and TV schedule for the Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3 fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night is below. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airs on two different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing

Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor went face-to-face one last time before they make the walk to the octagon on Saturday. At Friday’s UFC 264 ceremonial weigh-ins, UFC president Dana White wasn’t going to let Poirier and McGregor get anywhere near each other, and after an intense faceoff, both men gave their final thoughts on the

Carlos Condit is the one of the last of a dying breed. After nearly 20 years in the fight game, with stops in King of the Cage, Pancrase, Rumble on the Rock, WEC, and the UFC, and a career that reads like an almanac of MMA history, there are few welterweights active today whose résumé

YouTube star turned pro boxer Jake Paul may have never stepped in the cage, but he continues to be one of the loudest voices in support of higher pay for UFC fighters – and biggest critic of UFC President Dana White. On Thursday, Paul refuted White’s recent claim that he wanted to sign with the

Derrick Lewis has never been shy about his feelings towards Greg Hardy and now Hardy is is doing the same. After a successful NFL career that saw him earn Pro-Bowl honors in 2013, Hardy was drummed out of the NFL following a domestic violence dispute (the charges were subsequently dropped) and pivoted to a career

Ever since first arriving in the UFC, Sean O’Malley has been viewed as a future superstar for the promotion. But just because he’s a little loud as he enjoys some flash and flare inside and outside of the cage doesn’t mean he’s mimicking Conor McGregor. As he prepares to share a card with the former

Sean O’Malley is entirely unfazed by his detractors. This Saturday, O’Malley takes on UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho on the main card of UFC 264. Originally, O’Malley was supposed to face Louis Smolka, however, last week a staph infection rendered Smolka unable to compete on Saturday and the UFC was put into scramble mode to find