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Merab Dvalishvili reveals he had a hand injury before fight with Petr Yan Merab Dvalishvili dominated former bantamweight champion Petr Yan earlier this month, making the former champion look like a shell of his former self. Now he’s revealed that he was suffering from a hand injury ahead of the fight and re-injured it during

10:27 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight main event between Jack Hermansson and Brendan Allen for June 3, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. The promotion has not officially announced the 185-pound contest or a location for the UFC Fight Night event, but both sides have agreed to the matchup, per sources. Hermansson

UFC star Jorge Masvidal has vowed to fight Colby Covington again before he decides to retire from mixed martial arts. Last year at UFC 272, Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal finally settled their feud on the big stage. The two had previously been best friends but over time, their relationship deteriorated in a big way.

I guess producers liked what they saw from Donald Cerrone in Terror on the Prairie, and perhaps ignored what they saw from Quinton Jackson in Midnight Meat Train. As for Chael Sonnen; well, he already won four Oscars for his many achievements in film. Just ask him, I’m sure he’ll tell you. The longtime MMA

While he might not have been as active as some fighters were in 2022, flyweight Joe Camacho feels like the year was ultimately a positive one for him. Following a unanimous decision win in June over Alden Coria at LFA 134, Camacho spent the remainder of the year on the sidelines, but remaining undefeated to

Jorge Masvidal is opening up about his knockout loss to Kamaru Usman. It was at UFC 261 in April of 2021 where Jorge Masvidal (35-16 MMA) met up with Kamaru Usman (20-3 MMA) in the welterweight main event at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The result was a KO win for Usman

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Just a few days after declaring himself the most exciting fighter of all time, Justin Gaethje lived up to his words in his three-round war opposite kickboxing ace Rafael Fiziev last weekend (Sat. March 18, 2023) at UFC 286 from inside The 02 Arena in London, England. The former two-time title

Jake Paul among 8 celebrities charged for ‘illegal touting’ of crypto company According to a press release from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jake Paul was among several celebrities charged for “illegally touting” a crypto company. The celebrities were charged alongside Justin Sun and three of his companies Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd.,

11:35 AM ET Holly Holm‘s fight career is showing no signs of slowing down, as the former MMA and boxing champion has signed a new six-fight deal with UFC, her manager, Lenny Fresquez, told the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday. Holm, 41, is scheduled to face Yana Santos at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in San

Colby Covington is taking aim at Ali Abdelaziz. It was just days ago that MMA manager, Ali Abdelaziz, suggested that ‘Chaos’ accepted being a back-up fighter for Leon Edwards (21-3 MMA) vs. Kamaru Usman (20-3 MMA) to avoid fighting Belal Muhammad (22-3 MMA). The Dominance MMA CEO put out a tweet criticizing Covington for not

Pint-sized social media sensation Hasbulla Magomedov is tiny on the outside, but a full-grown adult on the inside. I guess that wasn’t explained to former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who scooped up Lil’ Hazzy and snuggle-kissed him like a baby. Blame Henry Cejudo. The 20-something Hasbulla, who rose to fame under the wing of

No one in the MMA industry tweets and deletes more than Conor McGregor, and he may have leaked which team wins the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. On Tuesday night, McGregor trashed some of the top coaches in the sport in since deleted tweets, and may have revealed more than he wanted to. “Firaz

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has shared harsh assessments for many of the top coaches in MMA. McGregor (22-6 MMA) just wrapped up filming season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter and appears to have developed some strong opinions on coaching. ‘Notorious’ of course coached TUF 31 opposite fellow former MMA champion Michael Chandler. The

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Truly, MMA is the sport of recency bias and pointless pound-for-pound/greatest of all time discussions. Each and every time a new champion is crowned, the accomplishments of the old guard are quickly tossed aside, and the discussion quickly heats up: is this new champion the best yet? Of course he is!

Holly Holm shows off chiseled abs ahead of this weekend’s UFC event Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm takes on No. 6 ranked contender Yana Santos in this weekends UFC on ESPN 43 co-main event. Before this weekend’s event, Holm showed off her chiseled abs in an Instagram post. She appears to be in

12:36 PM ET An up-and-coming UFC bantamweight fighter is going to be on the shelf for a bit. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) temporarily suspended Kyler Phillips for a positive out-of-competition drug test for the banned substance ostarine Tuesday. The suspension is pending a disciplinary hearing, which could come as soon as next month.

The 115th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC San Antonio. We’re first joined by UFC featherweight Steven Peterson (1:44). Next, UFC featherweight Daniel Pineda (16:55) stops by. Closing out the program is UFC featherweight Austin Lingo (28:46). [embedded content] Steven Peterson opens up the show

Newly-crowned UFC flyweight champion Alexa Grasso is eager to rematch former 125-pound titleholder Valentina Shevchenko so that she can prove to the Doubting Thomases her victory over “Bullet” was a result of skill, and not luck. “I’m truly excited for the second fight and I also know that people will love to see it because