Former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is expected to return to the ONE Championship Circle against former title challenger Iuri Lapicus. News of this fight, which is expected to occur in or around April, was first reported by Nolan King of MMA Junkie, and later confirmed by Al Zullino for Italian outlet Fatti
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10:25 PM ET UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya has long targeted 2021 as the year he would move up and try to become a double champion, but the plan was always to challenge Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title. But with Jones pursuing his first heavyweight bout, Adesanya will instead take on Jan Blachowicz
Dana White is not excited about the prospect of Nick Diaz competing in the Octagon again. It is approaching six full years since Nick Diaz has had a mixed martial arts fight. Part of the reason for the layoff is the fact that Diaz has been dealing with suspensions, first from the Nevada State Athletic
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, after years of dominating the 205-pound weight class, is giving back to the division by moving up to heavyweight and letting the rest of the field learn how to dream again. “The reason why I decided to vacate the light heavyweight belt and not hang
Watch Amanda Nunes KO Ronda Rousey in 48 seconds at UFC 207 [embedded content] UFC two-division champion Amanda Nunes is now considered not only one of the greatest female fighters of all time, but simply one of the greatest fighters of all time. Her win over Ronda Rousey was one huge step toward that greatness.
Leon Edwards will not be fighting on January 20 after all. Edwards was set to headline the card against Khamzat Chimaev in a really intriguing bout. However, it was revealed the Swede was out of the fight due to COVID-19, but Edwards made it clear he still wanted to fight on that date which won’t
9:23 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will attempt to become a two-weight champion on March 6, when he moves up in weight to challenge light heavyweight title-holder Jan Blachowicz. UFC president Dana White broke the news to ESPN on Wednesday. The 205-pound title fight will take place at UFC 259. The promotion has
Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny will now headline UFC Fight Night 185 after the promotion made the decision to reschedule Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev for the second time. It was reported Tuesday morning that Khamzat Chimaev was forced to withdraw from his UFC Fight Night 185 bout against Leon Edwards. It was later revealed
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The Paul brothers are becoming a staple of the combat sports world. Like it or not, there’s big money in boxing with these YouTubers, and everyone from Ben Askren to Amanda Nunes is willing to chase that (seemingly) easy payday. Of course, if a fighter contracted to the UFC wants to
Michael Chiesa vs. Neil Magny elevated to UFC Fight Island 8 main event It appears that Leon Edwards will not remain on the UFC Fight Island 8 card after Khamzat Chimaev dropped out of the bout. A welterweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny will instead be elevated to main event status. Edwards vs.
9:00 AM ET Mike Brown had a decision to make. In early November, the Japanese government announced that select noncitizens could enter the country for business purposes if they quarantined for two weeks before mixing with the general population. That meant Brown, one of American Top Team’s main coaches, would be able to corner one
Scott Coker believes AJ McKee can be one of the biggest stars in MMA. The undefeated featherweight contender, is set to face the winner of Patricio Pitbull vs. Emmanuel Sanchez for the featherweight title. The fight will also be the finals of the featherweight grand prix and if McKee wins, Coker knows it would be
British MMA legend Brad Pickett says former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard is a bit of a nightmare in the gym. Speaking to Fightful recently, Pickett looked back on some of his training sessions with Lombard, recounting a time the hulking Cuban flatlined a training partner in a warm-up round. [embedded content] [embedded content] “A
I like dogs, and even have one of those animal-rescue license plates, so it’s not like I’m against canines or anything. But I’m also not one of those weirdos who throws birthday parties for my pooch or creates dummy Instagram accounts for my pets. That kind of stuff might be better suited for ex-PRIDE champion
COVID-19 complications knocked Khamzat Chimaev out of UFC Fight Island 8 Khamzat Chimaev’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, on Wednesday revealed that his client’s withdrawal from the UFC Fight Island 8 headliner was caused by lingering health complications stemming from COVID-19. Chimaev had COVID-19 in early December. He is well beyond the window of being contagious, but
1:16 PM ET A highly anticipated welterweight bout between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev on Jan. 20 is now off, after Chimaev was forced to withdraw for undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed. The 170-pound matchup was scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20 in Abu Dhabi. The UFC has not formally announced the cancellation
Leon Edwards is likely to remain on the January 20 Fight Night card, and we now have information on what caused Khamzat Chimaev out of the event. Leon Edwards was scheduled to return from his year-and-a-half layoff to headline UFC Fight Night 185 against Khamzat Chimaev on January 20, but unfortunately, the fight would be
Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) Early into 2020, Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk put on an instant classic in what many are touting as the fight of the year. The co-main event of March’s UFC 248 pay-per-view saw the new strawweight champion from China defending opposite Poland’s former queen. For a full