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Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Yoel Romero appears to be in good spirits following news that he has parted ways with his longtime employer the UFC. On Friday evening ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Twitter that the former UFC middleweight title challenger, Romero (13-5 MMA), was now a free agent. “Yoel Romero’s

In moving up to the UFC’s heavyweight division, Jon Jones is looking to leave his comfort zone and venture into a greatness that no one else has ever been. Jon Jones’s light heavyweight run is as good as any fighter’s stint in any division. When you consider his title defenses, finishes, and all the names

1:18 PM ET UFC 256 has lost two more fights because of coronavirus, but the event also has named a replacement fighter for a third bout that previously had been canceled because of COVID-19. Dwight Grant (10-3), who was to face middleweight Li Jingliang (17-6) in an early prelim on Saturday’s card in Las Vegas,

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently staged UFC Vegas 16 on ESPN+ last weekend (Sat., Dec. 5, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring a Middleweight bout that saw Marvin Vettori stun Jack Hermansson after 25 minutes of action. “The Italian Dream’s” upset win over “The Joker” was good enough to move him up

UFC 256 Embedded: All Episodes Go behind the scenes of UFC 256, where flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is slated to defend his belt against No. 1 contender Brandon Moreno. The UFC 256 co-main event pits top light contenders Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira against one another in a fight the promises to be electric. Watch

Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram Arena Fight Championship 2, an event that was slated to include the MMA return of Artem Lobov, has been cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests. The promotion announced this unfortunate news in a public statement. “Some COVID-19 cases have been detected among the ARENA FIGHT Championship teams,” the statement

Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has every intention of taking her time in her transition to MMA, but there is a certain somebody she expects to meet during her journey. As premature as it may be, there is no way around it: A fight between Claressa Shields and Kayla Harrison is now possible, and

7:27 AM ET Jon Jones was in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, living room in front of a projection television on July 25. UFC Fight Night aired that evening, and Jones had a keen eye on the undercard as Alexander Gustafsson, one of Jones’ main light heavyweight rivals, was making his heavyweight debut against former champion

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Yoel Romero is one of the best fighters in MMA history without a major title to his name. He came damn close to capturing the UFC title on several occasions, but the strap eluded “Soldier of God.” Now, UFC has released the knockout artist onto the world, pointing to Romero’s recent

Watch Deiveson Figueiredo’s swift finish of Alex Perez ahead of UFC 256 title defense [embedded content] UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo made the first defense of his belt at UFC 255 with a stunning first-round finish of Alex Perez. Just three weeks removed from the first title defense, Figueiredo is being called upon to again

UFC welterweight Anthony Pettis is promising a new “Showtime signature move” a decade after his infamous kick on Benson Henderson at WEC 53. On December 16, 2010, Pettis challenged then-WEC lightweight champion Henderson for his belt in the main event of WEC 53, the last show the promotion ever held. The fight between Pettis and

Dana White loves the idea of Marvin Vettori vs. Paulo Costa. After Vettori defeated Jack Hermansson on Saturday night, he called out Costa in his post-fight interview. Immediately, many fans loved the idea of the scrap and so too did UFC president, Dana White. “I love that fight. Love it,” White said post-fight. Although White

6:27 PM ET Popular women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich is the latest victim of UFC’s planned cuts, the promotion confirmed on Monday. UFC president Dana White said Saturday following UFC Fight Night that they would be making “serious cuts” — about 60 fighters would be released before the first of the year. The UFC released

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, recently revealed that the promotion would be making a huge amount of cuts to its bloated roster after announcing he had released multiple-time Middleweight title contender, Yoel Romero. Prior to parting ways with “Soldier of God,” the promotion released top Flyweight contender Jussier Formiga, Justin Ledet, Bevon Lewis,

Floyd Mayweather decides to fight again, but not Conor McGregor Floyd Mayweather this week announced that he is once again returning to the boxing ring. It will not, however, be the rematch that former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor was hoping for opposite him. Just a week removed from YouTube sensation Jake Paul’s second boxing

Following his release from the UFC, middleweight Yoel Romero is reportedly drawing no interest from Bellator or PFL on the free-agent market. Romero was surprisingly released by the world’s leading MMA promotion last week as part of UFC president Dana White’s plan to cut 60 fighters from the roster. At 43 years of age, having

Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul have decided to capitalize on the buzz of exhibition boxing and pull the trigger on a fight that has been rumored for weeks. Floyd Mayweather announced Sunday evening that he will be boxing for the first time since 2018 when he takes on Logan Paul in an exhibition bout on

8:01 AM ET Already a breakout star in 2020, UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is looking to make a rather extraordinary statement on Saturday. Figueiredo will defend his title against top contender Brandon Moreno in the main event of UFC 256 in Las Vegas. That fight will go down as the fastest turnaround in history