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As the newest season of The Ultimate Fighter prepares for launch, Conor McGregor declared that his fight with Michael Chandler will be at 185 pounds. In a TUF excerpt posted to ESPN’s MMA channel on YouTube, the clip shows the initial meeting of McGregor and Chandler for TUF. McGregor enters the room in a dark

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 27, 2023, 06:11 AM ET Former Bellator champions AJ McKee and Patricky “Pitbull” Freire will compete in the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix quarterfinals July 30 at the storied Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo in one of the headlining fights for a card billed as Bellator x Rizin 2, it

UFC welterweight contenders Vicente Luque and Rafael dos Anjos have booked their returns. ‘The Silent Assassin’ has been out of the octagon since a clash against Geoff Neal last August. In that co-main event outing between ranked contenders, the Brazilian was dominated. Neal wound up scoring a third-round knockout over Luque, handing him his second

The second quarterfinals episode of Road to UFC 2 unfolded earlier this morning (Sat., May 27, 2023) live on UFC Fight Pass from inside the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai, China, and it produced some memorable moments for a few aspiring prospects. The main event of the card featured a featherweight clash between knockout artist

PRESS RELEASE – TOKYO — Following last year’s historic New Year’s Eve co-promotion, BELLATOR MMA and RIZIN Fighting Federation will bring another industry-altering, star-studded event to fight fans in Japan on Sunday, July 30. Headlining the event, which departs from the head-to-head format of last year’s iteration of the crossover card, will be a Bellator Lightweight

Sean O’Malley has blasted Merab Dvalishvili. After Aljamain Sterling defended his bantamweight title against Henry Cejudo, O’Malley went into the Octagon to faceoff with ‘Funkmaster’ to set up their fight. Once O’Malley got into the ring, he handed Dvalishvhili his jacket to hold which he ended up putting on and keeping. ‘The Machine’ later said he

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Fedor Emelianenko is widely regarded as the greatest Heavyweight of all time, and amongst those who saw “The Last Emperor” at his peak, he’s still considered a candidate for the overall GOAT (Uncle Dana disagrees). The retired PRIDE legend came from a fighting family, as his brother Aleksander also fought in

Alexander Volkanovski wishes he faced Conor McGregor at 145 pounds Alexander Volkanovski is the 145-pound GOAT and has beaten the likes of Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, Jose Aldo, and Chan Sung Jung but there’s one man he wished he could have faced … … Conor McGregor. “It’s pretty easy for me in saying Conor McGregor

Mitch Ramirez On Fighting Conor McGregor During an interview with Fight Fluency, Mitch Ramirez was asked if he’d have more aggression toward McGregor if he were to ever be offered a fight against him. Ramirez responded with the following: “I mean, I feel like I’d be throwing from the hips a little harder, maybe,” Ramirez

Undefeated welterweight sensation Ian Machado Garry improved his record to 12-0 by starching Daniel Rodriguez at the UFC Charlotte event earlier this month on ABC, his fifth straight win under the UFC banner and third by way of thunderous knockout. Joaquin Buckley remains unimpressed. In fact, “New Mansa” believes “The Future” is easy work and

UFC superstar Conor McGregor and boxing champion Canelo Alvarez are the latest in a growing number of mixed martial artist vs. boxer spats. The two recently jawwed about who could beat the other, all resulting in much ado about nothing. Jon Jones vs. Tyson Fury gets Dana White endorsement UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has

Joe Pyfer isn’t sure when he will be able to fight again. Pyfer is set to grapple Gerald Meerschaert – who he knocked out at UFC 287 – this Saturday night. However, he says he is using that grappling match as a chance to see if he needs surgery on his injury or if he

Welcome to Midnight Mania! The relationship between Aljamain Sterling and UFC is strained, to say the least. The UFC Bantamweight champion has defended his belt three times, most recently defeating Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 earlier this month. UFC President Dana White quickly lined up Sterling to face Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 in Boston,

UFC president Dana White isn’t a big fan of mixed martial artist vs. boxer bouts. He wasn’t even all that supportive of Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather until the desire for that bout became insurmountable. He’s now, however, a little more quick to back the idea of UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones vs. boxing champion

Reed Kuhn Close Reed Kuhn Special to ESPN.com Reed Kuhn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and strategy and analytics consultant. He is the author of “Fightnomics: The Hidden Numbers and Science in Mixed Martial Arts,” the first book to quantify drivers and performance metrics in combat sports. Ian Parker May 25, 2023, 09:26 AM ET

Khamzat Chimaev’s Unfollow Spree Twitter user RainManMMA recently took notice of Khamzat Chimaev’s Twitter account and saw that he scrubbed some accounts off his follow list. Two of those names are Dana White and Darren Till. Khamzat Chimaev unfollowed everyone but Andrew Tate and Tam Khan 👀… No longer following Dana white, Sean Shelby, Mick

When is Cain Velasquez expected to stand trial for attempted murder? The former UFC heavyweight champion appeared in court earlier this week but had his trial setting postponed until Aug. 2, 2023, according to MMA Fighting, which means Velasquez may not go to trial until some point in 2024. Once he gets there, his attorney

Sean O’Malley has no sympathy for UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling claiming that he needs to see how his body reacts for their scheduled upcoming bout. Sterling defended his belt from former dual-division champion Henry Cejudo in the UFC 288 main event on May 6. When that happened, O’Malley was ushered into the Octagon to