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Is Bryce Mitchell on his way to becoming a UFC superstar? “Thug Nasty” certainly believes that’s the way things will trend after he defeats Dan Ige in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot this weekend. The No. 10 ranked Mitchell is 15-1 and coming off his first career loss to Ilia

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 09:14 PM ET Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) executive director Jeff Mullen said on a judges training call Wednesday that he did not agree with a controversial score in last Saturday night’s UFC women’s featherweight title fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso and Shevchenko fought to

UFC CEO Dana White has announced some major fights for the last two pay-per-views of the year. White announced on the UFC’s social media the co-main event for UFC 295 on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden while also announcing the main and co-main event for UFC 296 in December. 🚨 HUGE FIGHT NEWS 🚨

Israel Adesanya isn’t broken up about his recent title defeat. The former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight kingpin, Adesanya, has remained silent since he suffered a unanimous decision loss (watch highlights) against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 earlier this month (Sept. 9, 2023). Strickland handed Adesanya just his second loss as a Middleweight after

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are going back and forth in a heated exchange on social media. The Irishman has not fought in the Octagon in over two years, but he’s been very active on social media during that same timeframe. With all the controversy surrounding the 10-8 scorecard this past weekend at Noche UFC,

Noche UFC is here to stay. The first Mexican Independence Day event from the UFC was a bit of a shotgun affair, thrown together after UFC president Dana White was hammered endlessly by fans and press for a Mexico event. While the show ended up going down in Las Vegas rather than Mexico, the theme

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 07:48 PM ET Any potential for an Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko trilogy might have to wait a bit. Shevchenko, the former UFC women’s flyweight champion, will need surgery on a fractured right thumb, she wrote Tuesday on Instagram. She suffered the injury in the Noche UFC main

Ciryl Gane has opened up on his house being robbed during his UFC Paris fight against Serghei Spivac. As Gane was headlining the event earlier this month, a robber broke into Ciryl’s house and stole items totaling over $150,000 Euros. Some of the items the robber took included jewelry and a Rolex watch. It was

Stipe Miocic is ready to do the unthinkable at UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden on Nov. 11, 2023. The proud Ohioan was often counted out during his first reign as UFC Heavyweight champion from May 2016 to July 2018 and the same can be said for his upcoming return. Miocic, 41, will look to

The 140th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC Vegas 79 this Saturday. We’re first joined by the 12th-ranked UFC featherweight and one-half of the co-main event, Dan Ige (2:01). Next, 13th-ranked UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson-Gomez (22:55) joins the show. Closing out the program is UFC

Tyson Fury is just 35 years old and at the top of his game, but his promoter Bob Arum suspects we may be getting close to the end of the line for “The Gypsy King.” In a new interview with Sky Sports, Arum gave fans hope for a heavyweight title unification bout between Fury and

ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong recently took to Facebook to announce some massive news. The world’s largest martial arts organization will make history when it holds its first-ever event in Qatar — ONE 165. It’s worth noting that ONE’s maiden venture to that area of the globe took place in August 2014 with

Ciryl Gane isn’t interested in facing Tom Aspinall next. The Heavyweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has seen an emergence of rising talent, looking to stake their claims as future world champions. France’s Gane has been as close to the pinnacle of the sport as possible without holding the title. Going forward, the one-time

Sep 18, 2023, 09:12 AM ET After experiencing the rollercoaster that 2023 has been in MMA, it’s safe to assume that the remainder of the year will be just as chaotic. Jamahal Hill became the first-ever “Dana White’s Contender Series” winner to capture a UFC title. Sean O’Malley followed Hill’s footsteps, dethroning bantamweight great Aljamain

Islam Makhachev’s head coach Javier Mendez has revealed what improvements they expect to see from Charles Oliveira at UFC 294. Last year, Islam Makhachev became the UFC lightweight champion by submitting Charles Oliveira at UFC 280. Now, one year later, the two will run it back as ‘Do Bronx’ attempts to reclaim the gold he

Kevin Holland is barely a day removed from a split decision loss to Jack Della Maddalena and he’s already calling for his next fight. Della Maddalena outstruck Holland in an extremely close and surprisingly cautious fight, winning their Noche UFC showdown. Two judges saw it 29-28 for the Australian, while a third had it 29-28

Jonathan Di Bella got an unexpected message of support from none other than Paulie Malignaggi. This heartwarming gesture couldn’t have come at a better time for Di Bella. After all, he’s gearing up for a crucial title defense against Danial Williams at ONE Fight Night 15 on Prime Video on October 6. The display of

Aljamain Sterling continues to make his case for an immediate rematch against Sean O’Malley. Sterling held the UFC bantamweight title for two and a half years, defending it three times before losing to O’Malley in August. It was a shocking loss: “Suga” caught “Funkmaster” coming in sloppy and knocked him out cold with a perfect