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Justin Jaynes is going home without a paycheck despite fighting three rounds at UFC Vegas 30 on Saturday after wagering his entire fight purse on a win against Charles Rosa. Unfortunately for Jaynes, he came up short after losing a split decision and now it appears he’ll suffer defeat without any actual pay for the

The most stacked card in BKFC history led to a wild night of back-and-forth battles, vicious knockouts, a slew of champions being crowned, and even a post-fight melee featuring former Bellator middleweight titleholder Hector Lombard. Check out how the pros reacted to an action-packed night at BKFC 18 below. Who did Hector just give a

For five minutes, Andre Fili schooled Daniel Pineda in striking and looked to be well on his way to a stoppage finish. Then his accidental eyepoke rendered Pineda unable to see, and a conclusion was denied 46 seconds into the second round. Pineda failed two checks of his vision by the cageside referee, incorrectly guessing

MMA Fighting has BKFC 18 results for the Beltran vs. Shewmaker event Saturday night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Fla. In the main event, BKFC heavyweight champion Joey Beltran will clash with Sam Shewmaker. It will be one of four fights on the main card. Check out BKFC 18 results below. Main card

Watch the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 18 event, which takes place Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Heavyweight Joey Beltran defends his championship against Sam Shewmaker in the main event. Both fighters will have to make the heavyweight championship limit of 265 pounds. Three other title fights take place at BKFC 18.

MMA Fighting has PFL 6 results for the Harrison vs. Dandois card on Friday night from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. PFL 6 features a lightweight headliner between Season 2 champ Kayla Harrison and Cindy Dandois. The co-headliner sees another lightweight contest as ex-UFC champ Anthony Pettis takes on Raush Manfio. Check

MMA Fighting has PFL 6 weigh-in video for Friday’s event at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. In the main event, Kayla Harrison and Cindy Dandois will have to make the lightweight limit of 155 pounds (with one-pound allowance.) The PFL 6 ceremonial weigh-ins are expected to begin at 5 p.m. ET. Kayla

UFC Vegas 31’s new headliner is Islam Makhachev vs. Thiago Moises after the postponement of a featherweight headliner between ex-champ Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez. The bout will be contested over five rounds. The news was confirmed to MMA Fighting by multiple people with knowledge of the shift after an initial report from MMA Junkie.

Ovince Saint Preux is back to heavyweight when he faces Tanner Boser at UFC Vegas 30. It will not be a regular thing, however. The veteran UFC light heavyweight knows his limitations – or rather he was introduced to them by current heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou. “Seeing him in person, I’m like, that’s a big

Four fights in to The Ultimate Fighter 29, Brian Ortega and his team are pitching a shutout. Team Ortega bantamweight Vince Murdock (12-4-1, 1 NC) scored a first-round TKO of Team Volkanovski representative Dustin Lampros to give Ortega a commanding 4-0 lead on the season. The bout was fast-paced, with Murdock and Lampros exchanging quick

All signs are pointing at Nick Diaz making a comeback in 2021, but it appears that a few things still have to be figured out. A few weeks after UFC president Dana White said it looked like the former welterweight contender would fight again this year, Diaz’s longtime coach Cesar Gracie confirmed the plans in

The UFC has found a replacement opponent for Warlley Alves. Alves (14-4) now faces octagon newcomer Jeremiah Wells (8-2-1) this Saturday at UFC Vegas 30 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, following the withdrawal of Alves’ originally scheduled opponent Ramazan Emeev. The change has been made according to the official schedule. Wells has not competed

Middleweight rivals Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori settled their grudge (for now) at UFC 263, and the champ and challenger were the most handsomely paid for it on paper. Partial salaries released Monday by the Arizona Department of Gaming, which oversees the state’s athletic commission, revealed that titleholder Adesanya ($500,000) and challenger Vettori ($350,000) took

ONE Championship has added a couple of high profile fighters to their roster from China including kickboxing star Qui Jianliang as well as former Ultimate Fighter China champion Zhang Lipeng. ONE officials confirmed both signings to MMA Fighting on Sunday. Considered one of China’s biggest combat sports superstars, Jianliang is already well established in the

UFC 263 featured a pair of title fights and the return of Nate Diaz and the result was approximately 600,000 pay-per-view buys for the card. According to the Sports Business Journal, the card headlined by middleweight champion Israel Adesanya as he defended his title against Marvin Vettori was another success for the UFC with around

Watch Anderson Silva vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. full fight video highlights from the co-main event above, courtesy of FITE TV and other outlets. Silva vs. Chavez Jr. took place June 19 at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. Former UFC champion Anderson Silva (2-1) battled Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (52-6-1, 1 no-contest) in the

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MMA Fighting has Chavez Jr. vs. Silva results live for the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Anderson Silva fight card at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Chavez Jr. vs. Silva live round-by-round updates for our live blog. Prior to the