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Looking back on his 31-second submission win over Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Fight Night on Sept. 12, not only is the evening a blur for lightweight Kevin Croom, but the whole process of making his UFC debut following 11 years as a pro was as well. In the span of about 48 hours, Croom went

4:02 PM ET Conor McGregor‘s representatives reacted angrily to a report that the UFC star has been arrested and accused of sexual assault while on a trip to Italy. On Saturday, the Agence France Press reported that a complaint was filed Thursday against McGregor in Corsica for alleged attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibitionism. The

Dana White’s Contender Series 33 takes place tonight (Sep. 15) from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card features five bouts, including three from the featherweight division. The featured bout will see middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Jordan Williams vying for a UFC contract. Who will earn a contract tonight? Refresh this page for

UFC President Dana White suggested on Tuesday that Dustin Poirier had negotiated himself out of a fight with Tony Ferguson. Earlier this month it was reported that a massive lightweight fight between Poirier and Ferguson would serve as the co-headliner of October’s UFC 254 pay-per-view event. However, shortly following that news Dustin Poirier revealed that

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor is once again going through it. The Irish superstar was recently detained following allegations of sexual exhibition and sexual assault over an incident in France. McGregor denies the allegations, but that did not stop further information from being revealed and accusing McGregor of drunkenly flashing “his private bits.” While

Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier recently revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19 during his training camp in preparation to face Stipe Miocic at UFC 252. Cormier had already been preparing for the Aug. 15 bout when one of his American Kickboxing Academy teammates tested positive for COVID-19 on July 1, according to comments

8:44 AM ET The first portion of the fourth season of Dana White’s Contender Series comes to a close Tuesday, as the UFC heads back to Abu Dhabi later this month. So far, 23 UFC contracts have been given out through six weeks this season. There surely will be more Tuesday, with several intriguing names

Artem Lobov believes he has two years left of fighting. Lobov is a fan-favorite and after his UFC stint had a few fights in Bare Knuckle FC. Although Lobov has made this a successful career, he did not expect fighting to become his full-time job. “I never thought that this was going to be my

Image: UFC on Instagram Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington have had a heated rivalry in the lead up to their UFC Vegas 11 fight and it appears their feud will last longer than that. Woodley and Covington have trashed talked one another for years. Nearly two years to the date they were supposed to fight.

If you ask most mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, they will be quick to tell you that the actual fighting part of the sport is sometimes the easiest, as lengthy training camps leading up to it is the most brutal part if it all. Of course, that portion of the MMA game is accompanied by

For featherweight Dinis Paiva, the lockdown imposed by the novel coronavirus didn’t derail his year as much as it has for other fighters. In both his personal life and fighting career, Paiva was able to keep things moving forward and maintain a positive outlook. “Fortunately I have a job that I’ve been able to work

1:19 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim A Bellator star was born Saturday night. And another walked off into the sunset. Juan Archuleta, who has toiled mostly under the radar during a run of success that extends back half a decade, scored his highest-profile victory in the main event of Bellator 246, defeating previously unbeaten Patchy Mix

Paulo Costa released a video showing USADA testing him ahead of his UFC 253 title fight against Israel Adesanya. In the lead up to the fight, Adesanya has questioned whether or not USADA is testing Costa but said it will make his win look better if the Brazilian tests positive later on. “I think it’s

Image Credit: UFC.com UFC light heavyweight Mike Rodriguez is telling fans to lay off of veteran Ed Herman after their fight at UFC Vegas 10 ended in controversy. The recent bout between Rodriguez and Herman was one of the most controversial fights we have seen in the UFC in years. In the second round, Rodriguez

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dustin Poirier is a pretty incredible fighter. The former interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight strap-hanger has fought an outrageously high-level of competition over the years. Justin Gaethje, Eddie Alvarez, Max Holloway — Poirier goes toe-to-toe with champions, consistently putting on all-time great fights, at no small cost to his own

As if things haven’t been difficult enough for MMA fighters and the world as a whole due to the novel coronavirus, for middleweight Jordan Williams, things have been further complicated due to injury. Coming off a loss in July of last year to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Contender Series 2019, Williams has had to sit on

8:47 AM ET If Colby Covington is able to get by Tyron Woodley in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event, he’ll be calling for another shot at the welterweight title. But would he deserve it? Kamaru Usman defended his title by stopping Covington — who argued the fight shouldn’t have been stopped — in the

Dustin Poirier has responded to Tony Ferguson telling the UFC to pay him more money to make the fight happen. Poirier and Ferguson were expected to fight at UFC 254 yet the UFC and Poirier could not come to terms on pay. It was disappointing news but Ferguson took to social media to tell the