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The Great Divide is a recurring feature here at MMA Fighting in which two of our staff debate a topic in the world of MMA – news, a fight, a crazy thing somebody did, a crazy thing somebody didn’t do, or some moral dilemma threatening the very foundation of the sport — and try to

Top middleweight contenders Paulo Costa and Jared Cannonier will headline a UFC fight card scheduled for Aug. 21. Multiple people with knowledge of the booking confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following a report from ESPN.com. The city and venue of the late summer event has yet to be confirmed. Costa returns to the cage

After building a six-fight win streak in arguably the UFC’s toughest division, Beneil Dariush just wanted a chance to prove himself by facing a top-ranked opponent. He’ll finally get that opportunity on Saturday night when facing Tony Ferguson in the UFC 262 co-main event, and after waiting so long to earn a fight like this,

Jose Augusto was a big underdog in his second Bellator appearance this past Friday, when he replaced Yoel Romero against Anthony Johnson in the company’s light heavyweight grand prix, but managed to impress in defeat at Bellator 258. “Gugu” welcomed “Rumble” back to the sport after a four-year absence and dropped the former two-time UFC

Francisco Antonio da Silva and Ozana Pereira de Oliveira da Silva refused to give up when one doctor said there was a chance their son would never walk again. They had faith that Charles Oliveira, a young child that loved playing soccer in the streets of Guaruja, Brazil, would not only walk again as any

Manon Fiorot is getting a veteran test for her second UFC fight. The top flyweight prospect meets Maryna Moroz (10-3) on June 5 at a UFC event with a location still to be determined, the promotion announced Monday. The Beast! @ManonFiorot_MMA faces @Moroz_MMA on June 5 pic.twitter.com/U7PZEC2ZCT — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) May 10, 2021 The

On the 43rd episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 26 event at the APEX. Future matchups were discussed for Marina Rodriguez following her unanimous decision victory in the main event, Michelle Waterson, Alex Morono, Neil Magny, Gregor

Bellator President Scott Coker wasn’t nearly as disappointed with Anthony Johnson’s debut as Johnson was immediately after Bellator 258. A visibly emotional Johnson called his showing “a piss-poor performance” despite a second-round knockout of Jose Augusto on the main card of Friday’s event at Mohegan Sun Arena. Johnson was upset that Augusto dropped him in

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has some tough questions to answer after suffering a fifth loss in his past six fights but this isn’t the end of the line for him yet. After his original opponent Diego Sanchez was pulled from UFC Vegas 26 and then released by the promotion, Cerrone had to decide if he wanted

MMA Fighting has Canelo vs. Saunders results live for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders fight card at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Canelo vs. Saunders live blog for round-by-round updates. Prior to the main event, we’ll have

Just when you thought the Diego Sanchez-Joshua Fabia saga couldn’t get any stranger. On Friday, training footage featuring Sanchez and Fabia began to circulate that featured the recently released UFC veteran in two bizarre scenes with Fabia providing his questionable brand of coaching. The first part of the video is comprised of Sanchez hanging upside

Bellator’s first interim heavyweight title fight is set for next month. With current heavyweight champion Ryan Bader moving on in the light heavyweight grand prix, promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Tim Johnson and Valentin Moldavsky will compete for an interim title at Bellator 261. The event takes place June 25 at Mohegan Sun

Conor McGregor rarely bites his tongue and that definitely includes when he’s taking aim at a former opponent like Floyd Mayweather. On Thursday, Mayweather got into a physical altercation with YouTube celebrity turned boxer Jake Paul following a press conference where the undefeated former multi-division champion was promoting his upcoming exhibition bout with Logan Paul.

Ahead of Bellator 258 on Friday, Josh Thomson joins MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck to break down all of the action taking place this weekend including the bantamweight title fight between reigning champion Juan Archuleta and Sergio Pettis. Thomson will also discuss the Bellator debut for Anthony “Rumble” Johnson as well as the return to action

At UFC 261, Chris Weidman suffered one of the most catastrophic injuries in UFC history when Uriah Hall checked a leg kick just 17 seconds into their bout and shattered Weidman’s leg. The injury was eerily reminiscent of Weidman’s own victory over Anderson Silva in their second fight and given the nature of the injury

UFC Vegas 25 still managed to produce solid ratings for the promotion while airing on ESPN2 this past Saturday night. According to the Nielsen Ratings System, the card headlined by Jiri Prochazka vs. Dominick Reyes averaged 538,000 viewers over the broadcast that kicked off at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. With a .17 rating in

This past weekend, the main fight on the UFC Vegas 26 prelims played host to some controversy when Randa Markos was disqualified in the first round of her bout with Luana Pinheiro for throwing an illegal upkick that rendered Pinheiro unable to continue. After the bout, Markos accused Pinheiro of taking a dive to get

Until 2019, fighters who popped for pot in Florida could expect a suspension with the state’s boxing commission’s zero-tolerance policy on the plant. On Tuesday, the Florida State Athletic Commission voted to remove marijuana from the list of banned substances for which it monitors, commission spokesperson Patrick Fargason confirmed to MMA Fighting. The vote came