Ilima-Lei Macfarlane might get her wish. The former Bellator flyweight champion won a narrow split decision over Kana Watanabe this past Saturday in Honolulu, then called for a fight with close friend and longtime training partner Liz Carmouche. Macfarlane has won two straight fights and holds the Bellator record for the most defenses of the
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The UFC middleweight was scheduled to face Gregory Rodrigues at UFC 283: Teixeira vs Hill in Brazil, until a minor undisclosed injury hindered Tavares’ training camp. Despite the injury, Tavares was still going to make the walk on fight night, until news reporting his injury was leaked a couple weeks before the fight. Now with
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Colby Covington isn’t convinced Jorge Masvidal is hanging up the gloves for good. After losing his fourth consecutive fight at the hands of Gilbert Burns earlier this month at UFC 287, Masvidal announced his retirement in front of a sold-out home crowd in Miami. Following the bout, Masvidal said he’s now beginning to feel like a 38-year-old
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5:21 AM ET The UFC has announced it will return to London to stage a Fight Night on July 22. The MMA promotion was last in English capital in March when Leon Edwards (21-3) recorded his first defense of the UFC’s 170-pound championship in front of a home crowd at O2 Arena, earning a majority
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Don’t expect Olympic gold medalist Rafaela Silva to follow the footsteps of fellow judokas Ronda Rousey and Kayla Harrison to MMA. A two-time judo world champion (2013 and 2022) and one-time Olympic champion (2016), Silva flirted with mixed martial arts during her two-year suspension for fenoterol, a substance used to treat asthma. Silva claimed innocence
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1:32 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim One stunning knee earned Patchy Mix two championship belts. Mix landed a knee to the chin of Raufeon Stots barely a minute into the Bellator 295 main event on Saturday night in Honolulu, taking away Stots’ interim bantamweight championship in a bout that also served as the final of the
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Sergei Pavlovich cemented his place in the heavyweight title conversation with his quick win over Curtis Blaydes on Saturday at UFC Vegas 71. Now he’s ready to bide his time and let the chips fall where they may between UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former titleholder Stipe Miocic. “I’ll rest, I’ll eat, I’ll sleep,
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When we asked if his brother has given him any advice coming in, he sarcastically said, “Always, always. Stop drinking, stop smoking.” There’s that personality again. He quickly recovers and says that his brothers give him all the advice he needs to come in and get the job done. Being around such seasoned competitors really
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