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Jeff Wagenheim Jul 30, 2023, 01:50 AM ET Bellator MMA took to a grand stage on Saturday with plans to crown an inaugural men’s flyweight champion, but the bout between Kyoji Horiguchi and Makoto Shinryu was waved off after just 25 seconds as a no contest after an accidental eye poke, leaving the title vacant

Ferguson (25-9 MMA) and Green (30-14-1 MMA) collided on the main card of last night’s pay-per-view event in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tony Ferguson had entered the contest with hopes of snapping his five-fight losing skid. ‘El Cucuy’ was coming off a submission loss to Nate Diaz in his most previous effort back at UFC

Alex Pereira made his UFC light heavyweight debut on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, taking a split decision victory over Jan Blachowicz. While the fight was close, it was still an impressive performance: Pereira hung with a former 205 pound champion that handily beat Israel Adesanya when “The Last Stylebender” attempted to make the

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 30, 2023, 12:57 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun SALT LAKE CITY — There have been a lot of special nights over the course of Justin Gaethje‘s career. UFC 291, though, has to be at the very top. In

Dustin Poirier On UFC 291 Loss During the UFC 291 post-fight press conference, Dustin Poirier admitted that while losing is never fun, he has nothing to be down in the dumps for (via MMAJunkie). “It sucks,” Poirier said. “Losing sucks, but I’ve lost before. It’s not cool to be acquainted with these feelings, but I’ve

Derrick Lewis busted back into the win column on Saturday night at UFC 291, knocking out Marcos Rogerio de Lima with a flying knee just 33 seconds into their fight. After the fast knockout win, Lewis celebrated in classic “Black Beast” style. He dropped to the canvas and snarled like an animal. He stood up,

Jul 30, 2023, 01:34 AM ET Brett Okamoto and Marc Raimondi react to the biggest moments at Saturday’s UFC 291 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and offer thoughts on what might be ahead for the standouts. Jeff Wagenheim adds his perspective on the Bellator and Rizin co-branded event. The Highlight has options: Makhachev or McGregor?

Blachowicz (29-10-1 MMA) returned to action in the co-headliner of tonight’s event in Salt Lake City for a light heavyweight matchup with former middleweight champion Alex Pereira (8-2 MMA). The Polish powerhouse was competing for the first time since fighting Magomed Ankalaev to a split draw for the vacant light heavyweight title at UFC 282.

Bellator MMA and RIZIN are set to link up yet again to stage another historic event TONIGHT (Sat., July 29, 2023) inside the famed Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In the revamped headlining bout, Patricky Pitbull will be taking on RIZIN Lightweight champion, Roberto de Souza, in a non-title fight after A.J. McKee was

Thompson (17-6-1 MMA) and Pereira (28-11 MMA) were slated to collide on the main card of tomorrow night’s pay-per-view event in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, after Pereira missed weight by three pounds at today’s weigh-ins, ‘Wonderboy’ and his team decided not to proceed with the contest. Shortly following news of the fight cancellation, Stephen

The scheduled boxing match between OnlyFans star, Astrid Wett, and fellow social media influencer, Alexia Grace, ended before it even started earlier today (Sat., July 29, 2023) live on YouTube from inside the Bronx Boxing Gym in London, England. That’s because the two women got into a ringside tussle during warmups and Grace ended up

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 28, 2023, 06:59 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — An anticipated welterweight fight between Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Michel Pereira has been pulled from Saturday’s UFC 291 card, the promotion announced Friday. Pereira missed weight by three pounds Friday morning, coming in at 174 pounds. The non-title welterweight limit is

UFC 291 takes places tomorrow, Saturday July 29th at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headlining the event is a ‘BMF’ title fight between Dustin Poirier (29-7 MMA) and Justin Gaethje (24-4 MMA). It will be the second time ‘The Diamond’ and ‘The Highlight’ have battled it out in the cage. The duo

Welcome to Midnight Mania! We’re just hours away from the highly anticipated rematch between Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier. The two threw down in the 2018 “Fight of the Year,” which saw “The Diamond” pull forth a knockout victory in the fourth round following much back-and-forth action. Five years later, the two will battle once

Jul 28, 2023, 07:56 AM ET Nate Diaz had just had his hand raised after ending a three-year absence from the Octagon with a rugged victory over Anthony Pettis in summer 2019. It was a crowd-pleasing performance, as Diaz’s fights typically are, and when he stepped to the microphone for an interview inside the cage,

Weigh-ins are taking place today, Friday July 28th at the UFC host hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature former interim lightweight champions Dustin Poirier (29-7 MMA) vs Justin Gaethje (24-4 MMA) battling it out  for the “BMF” title. ‘The Diamond’ and ‘The Highlight’ originally met back in April of 2018

Alex Pereira successfully made the light heavyweight limit. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise considering “Poatan” previously made the cut to middleweight. Sacrifices to his conditioning and durability, along with a knockout loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287, were the catalyst for a jump to the 205-pound weight class. LIVE! Watch UFC 291

Trevin Giles eyes stoppage win “I haven’t been familiar. I’m not a huge mixed martial arts fan, to be honest. I don’t watch a whole bunch of fights, I enjoy doing it, I enjoy practicing it,” Giles said. “But, a lot of the guys who are up and coming, if it isn’t people who aren’t