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Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Henry Cejudo needs a big name if he is to fight again. Cejudo has been retired ever since he called it a day following his TKO win over Dominick Cruz to defend his bantamweight title at UFC 249 in May last year. However, the former two-weight champion...

A highly-anticipated headliner between current champion Patricio Pitbull and AJ McKee is taking place now (Saturday, July 31, 2021) in the finals of the featherweight grand prix at Bellator 263. Round 1. McKee starts things off with a teep kick to the leg. McKee attacks the lead leg again soon...

A lightweight bout between Usman Nurmagomedov and Manny Muro is taking place now (Saturday, July 31, 2021) at Bellator 263. It was light work for Nurmagomedov who was the more active striker with kicks before he managed to take Muro down. Muro did well to get to his feet multiple times even with his back being taken and being mounted, but was ultimately kneed and dropped to the ground before Nurmagomedov ended things with hammer strikes. An impressive showing from the Dagestan native.

A middleweight headliner between Uriah Hall and Sean Strickland is taking place now (Saturday, July 31, 2021) at UFC Vegas 33. Both fighters start by jabbing each other. They are certainly striking heavy early. Strickland is starting to walk Hall down. Strickland lands a right during an exchange. Strickland starts to establish a jab. Hall lands a nice counter right and is starting toland more on the counter. Hall connects with a big leg kick. Strickland continues to jab Hall up. Strickland starting to unload a lot more as Hall continues to back up. This round’s all about the jab from Strickland. Hall lands a nice counter right that gets Strickland’s attention. Strickland with a one two that connects. Hall blocks a head kick. Hall starts to get aggressive and is moving his head a lot more. The round ends.

Weili Zhang has nothing but respect for Rose Namajunas. That said, she’s still targeting the champion. Namajunas became a two-time women’s strawweight champion after an emphatic head kick knockout of Zhang at UFC 261 back in April. Zhang — who was already receiving plenty of boos from the Florida crowd...

It’s taken a while, but it looks like we’re finally going to witness Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler. That’s according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto who reported Friday that both sides have verbally agreed to a matchup at the upcoming UFC 268 pay-per-view event with the contracts just needing to be signed.

Earlier today at the weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 33, former flyweight champ Nicco Montano missed weight for her bantamweight bout with Wu Yanan. Following this, she posted to social media to explain the situation. Montano came in a hefty 7lb over the bantamweight limit for her featured prelim bout with...

Fans were not exactly thrilled when the UFC announced that Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane would be fighting for the interim heavyweight title. Former ref and current commentator “Big” John McCarthy agrees, and says that the UFC is making a mistake. McCarthy has been the third man in the Octagon...

Let’s face it, in today’s day and age it is tough to get away with making jokes about transgender people. To that end, someone apparently reported memes that Darren Till posted on Instagram to police, and he is not too happy about it. As much as Till is known for...

The biggest MMA organization in the world is back in the Apex Center for another event with a middleweight clash at the helm. This is the complete weigh-in results for UFC Vegas 33: Uriah Hall vs Sean Strickland. This is the first time back in the Octagon for Hall, since...

Future UFC Hall of Fame competitor Daniel Cormier isn’t a fan of Conor McGregor’s recent behavior. After a series of disrespectful actions, DC is worried about Conor’s mindset. Since losing to Dustin Poirier for a second time at UFC 264, McGregor has become more vocal about his disdain for Dustin....

MMA fans know the name Artem Lobov very well, due to his stint in the UFC and closer relationship with Conor McGregor. At 34 years of age, and following another recent setback, the Russian Hammer has decided to call it a career. Lobov had far from the best record in...

Juancamilo Ronderos has received a one-month suspension from fighting to do to a recent failed drug test from USADA. Ronderos tested positive for traces of cocaine. His sample was collected for his UFC debut on May 22 at UFC Vegas 27 from USADA. Juancamilo Ronderos Recieves USADA suspension. Yesterday, USADA...

Joe Rogan has been very vocal about the leg injury of Conor McGregor. Recently, Rogan gave his honest assessment of the leg break on his podcast. Joe has been opening up lately about the aftermath of UFC 264. During the main event trilogy bout between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor, the Irishman broke his leg, leading to a TKO defeat.

Lamar Odom will be back in a boxing ring soon and will face a step up in competition. The former NBA star most recently defeated pop star Aaron Carter via TKO in a bizarre celebrity boxing match last month. He is now stepping things up a notch by taking on former boxing heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe next.

It seems that UFC 265 has lost one of its marquee attractions, just just over a week out from the event. Featherweight and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing her out of her bout with Julianna Peña. Nunes was expected to defend her bantamweight title against...

As the new flyweight champion, Brandon Moreno has a list of athletes he can face to defend his title the first time. He is looking to fight Cody Garbrandt, and continued to make the case for this fight. Moreno won the title in his second fight with then-champ Deiveson Figueiredo,...

It has been a few months since training partner to the likes of Israel Adesanya and Dan Hooker, Fau Vake was murdered. Now two of these suspects involved in his death have been named. 25-year old Vake was a former XFC middleweight champ who trained out of City Kickboxing in...

Fans were understandably pumped to finally see Tatiana Suarez back in action at UFC 266, against Roxanne Modafferi. Unfortunately those same fans are likely now devastated to hear that she will no longer be competing at this card after yet another injury. Having not competed since June of 2019, due...

An exciting heavyweight matchup between Tai Tuivasa and Walt Harris has been added to UFC 267. The stacked card is set to take place in Abu Dhabi and will be the promotion’s return to “Fight Island.”. Tuivasa vs. Harris Announced. UFC 267 is scheduled to take place one day before...