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Daniel James returns to the Bellator cage Friday night, taking on Marcelo Golm in the main event of Bellator 293 in Temecula, Calif. James (14-6-1 MMA, 2-0 Bellator) made an emphatic return to the big show in Nov. 2022, rallying to defeat top-10 heavyweight Tyrell Fortune in his home city of Chicago, Ill. While James

Welcome to Midnight Mania! The 15 pound jump between Lightweight and Welterweight is not an easy adjustment to make. One man who knows that better than most is Gilbert Burns, who struggled to find much momentum in the talent-rich Lightweight division while enduring a severe weight cut. “Durinho” eventually jumped up to Welterweight, where he

Having been a couple years since he picked up a win in MMA, having gotten a second round TKO of Salaiman Ahmadyar at UNF 4 this past January was a big thing for middleweight Curtis Millender. In particular, the win was a huge boom to Millender’s mental state going into what he’s labeled his final

9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN If you’ve ever watched an evening of PFL fights, you know the company runs its show differently from other mixed martial arts promotions. In a sport fueled by star power and talking a good game, the PFL’s season format shifts the focus to the nitty-gritty of fight results. Viral tweets

Conor McGregor has responded to Justin Gaethje’s recent comments on the possibility of the “Notorious” one receiving a title shot with a win over Michael Chandler. McGregor and Chandler will be serving as opposing coaches on season 31 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and the UFC plans to book them in a fight at some point

UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal, when he’s not busy training for his upcoming Gilbert Burns fight at UFC 287 in Miami, is promoting his pay-per-view (PPV) lineup for the Gamebred Boxing 4 event, scheduled for this Sat. (April 1, 2023) at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Headlining the card will be aging boxing icon Roy Jones

Former UFC champ Tim “the Maine-iac” Sylvia is set to make his debut in SlapFIGHT Championship, America’s first regulated slap competition league, on April 22 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Though Sylvia hasn’t fought for the better part of a decade, this is a big moment for the sport and, more specifically, for SlapFIGHT. Sylvia is

Josh Emmett will look to return to the win column in June. According to KoImenero, Emmett is set to headline a UFC Fight Night card against Ilia Topuria on Saturday, June 17. The location of the event was not reported. This will be Topuria’s first ever UFC main event, as he has been calling for someone

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ever since UFC was sold to Endeavor, the promotion’s focus has been on cutting costs and raising revenue above all else. Record profits are seen as more important than previously prioritized factors like growth or quality, which is why UFC Apex cards have remained in vogue long after the arenas and

Conor McGregor posts video of him sparring on TUF Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor coached the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter and released video of him sparring on the show. While coaching his team, McGregor regularly worked out with them, including sparring. On Wednesday, McGregor released video of him sparring with an unknown

8:32 AM ET After the UFC’s March schedule gifted MMA fans with four straight weeks of exciting fight cards capped by stellar main events, including the much-anticipated return of Jon Jones, the promotion takes a one-week break this weekend. The UFC returns on April 8 will return with another can’t-miss main event as former UFC

Henry Cejudo has shared his opinion on who is a true threat in the UFC’s bantamweight division. Cejudo has made it clear that he’s gunning to become a two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion, and he’ll have the chance to do so against titleholder Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 on May 6. With that said, Cejudo thinks

Jorge Masvidal wants fellow welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev to sit down and shut up. “Gamebred” appears to be sick and tired of listening to “Borz” complain about not getting booked to fight while talking smack about whooping current UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira — despite failing to make weight (by a lot) for his last

Chris Weidman recounts foot injury that’s sidelined him from MMA for more than 2 years There could be heard a collective gasp when Chris Weidman suffered his horrific injury in April 2021. The moment seemed unreal and incredibly painful to the viewers, and Weidman confirmed it was just as painful as it looked. “As soon

Conor McGregor continues his tweet and delete antics, and this time he’s taking aim at Justin Gaethje. McGregor caught wind of a Twitter post, which featured a clip from season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Gaethje served as a coach during that season, and the clip shows him giving advice to Gillian Robertson. “The Highlight”

Welcome to Midnight Mania! There’s an original rule of the Internet that eventually inspired a crowd-sourced investigation into a serial killer and subsequent Netflix documentary. That rule states simply: Don’t f—k with cats! Miniature social media sensation Hasbulla Magomedov appears to be in violation of that sacred tenant. I wouldn’t go as far to describe

Earlier this month Conor McGregor and the UFC’s anti-doping agency got into a bit of an online feud after McGregor implied he had something in the works with USADA to allow him to bypass the six-month testing period prior to returning to the cage. Those statements then forced USADA to release a statement of their

Beneil Dariush believes Conor McGregor is cheating the system. Much has been made over the fighting future of McGregor. While he’ll serve as a coach on season 31 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and UFC has plans of booking him against Michael Chandler, McGregor finds himself in a dilemma with USADA. The two sides are at