Jake Paul releases ‘diss track’ video targeting Dana White, Conor McGregor, and Jorge Masvidal

The scorecards from the UFC Vegas 55 main event between Ketlen Vieira and Holly Holm created a lot of controversy, thus continuing a heated debate in regards to whether or not open scoring is the answer. On this episode of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck reacts to...

Conor McGregor is going to have some options when he’s ready to return to action. During his time healing from a broken leg sustained in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier last year, McGregor has continued to interject himself into several conversations regarding future matchups. Whether it be with titleholders at lightweight or welterweight, or top contenders like Michael Chandler, anything is always possible for MMA’s all-time biggest star.

Khabib Nurmagomedov is speaking out in support of former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. A longtime teammate of Velasquez at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, Calif., Nurmagomedov told TMZ that he stands by Velasquez, who is currently in prison and awaiting trial after being arrested and charged for attempted murder. Velasquez was arrested on Feb. 28 after allegedly engaging in a high speed chase and firing multiple rounds of a handgun into a vehicle carrying Harry Goularte, a man charged with molesting a close family member of Velasquez. Goularte’s father-in-law was struck twice by gunfire during the alleged incident.

Nick Diaz is working to step back into the octagon this year and he wants only the biggest opportunity he can get if he does. The UFC star told TMZ Sports that he plans to fight in 2022 and is currently training to make that a possibility. “I’m working on...

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Ariel Helwani kicks off the show and introduces today’s lineup. 1:05 p.m.: Invicta...

Featherweights Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez will clash in a five-round main event at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card in Long Island, N.Y. on July 16. UFC officials announced the pairing on Thursday. A two-time title contender at 145 pounds, Ortega has remained near the top of the rankings...

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin get another chance to settle their rivalry. DAZN and Matchroom Boxing announced Tuesday that the boxing stars will meet in a trilogy bout on Sept. 17 with a location still to be determined. Five middleweight titles will be on the line between the two fighters.

Alex Polizzi will need a lot of time to recover after apparently suffering a broken jaw in his third-round knockout loss to Yoel Romero at Bellator 280. The light heavyweight prospect revealed the damage done from the fight on his Instagram, showing the X-ray he received following the bout earlier this month in Paris.

Marlon Vera has his eyes on the bantamweight title, but he’s willing to take a detour if that’s what the UFC wants. In April, Vera won a unanimous decision over Rob Font, battering him for 25 minutes in the main event of UFC Vegas 53. The win was Vera’s third in a row and catapulted him into the top-five of the UFC’s rankings. Now, on the cusp of true contention, “Chito” is hoping to punch his ticket to a title shot with a win over former champion Petr Yan.

Alistair Overeem and Badr Hari will battle it out one last time this fall. Promotional officials announced on Wednesday that the rubber match between Overeem and Hari will headline GLORY Collision 4. The event takes place Oct. 8 and is expected to take place at GelreDome Stadium in Arnhem, Netherlands.

The UFC has given two of the best lightweight up and comers on the planet an opportunity to close the show in June. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the previously reported matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot is now set to headline the UFC’s event on June 25, which will take place at the APEX in Las Vegas. Eurosport Nederland was first to report the bout’s elevation.

Judging and scoring in MMA has been quite a hot topic among the community following Holly Holm’s split-decision loss to Ketlen Vieira this past Saturday night in the UFC Vegas 55 main event. For a headliner bout that a lot of fans seemed to hate on beforehand, it sure...

Laura Gallardo made the most of a last-second opportunity and is now one step closer to a UFC contract. The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 30 saw Team Julianna Peña’s Laura Gallardo (4-1) become the most unlikely of semifinalists in the season’s flyweight tournament as she defeated Team Amanda Nunes’ Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)* by majority decision after being brought in as an alternate fighter for Chantel Coates. Gallardo wasn’t the only part of the bout switched, as Paprocki stepped in for teammate Brogan Walker.

On the new episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, UFC welterweight Kevin Holland and new Bellator interim welterweight champion Logan Storley join the show. Holland will discuss his latest heroics after he rescued a truck driver from an overturned tractor-trailer in Texas. Beyond moonlighting as a superhero, Holland will also detail his move down to welterweight and how he’s feeling now that he’s fighting regularly at 170 pounds.

Fabricio Werdum wants to join the trend and make the transition from MMA to boxing, and he is doing it for another championship. Away from the cage since getting knocked out by Renan Ferreira in his PFL debut in May 2021, Werdum said he’s not retired from MMA, but it is no longer his focus.

Heavyweights, featherweights and Anthony Pettis will be featured at the upcoming PFL 5 card scheduled on June 24 at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. Pettis makes his second appearance in the 2022 PFL season after picking up a win over Myles Price in May, which served as his first victory for the promotion after dropping back-to-back fights in 2021.

T.J. Dillashaw appears to be the frontrunner for the next UFC bantamweight title shot, and Dominick Cruz isn’t sure where that leaves him. Cruz doesn’t seem thrilled with the idea of Dillashaw getting to fight champ Aljamain Sterling, but he also understands why the UFC would book it.

Glover Teixeira may be the champion heading into his UFC 275 matchup with Jiri Prochazka, but not many people are giving him a chance to retain. Could that be a little bit shortsighted?. On this episode of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck pumps the brakes (for the...

Beneil Dariush considers himself one of the most even-tempered fighters on the entire UFC roster. But lately, his frustration has started to boil over whenever he addresses ex-lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. His issues with Oliveira date back nearly two years, when he was offered and accepted a fight against the...

Renan Barao is once again scheduled to make his MMA return. The former UFC bantamweight champion is set to face William Gomis in a featherweight bout at ARES FC 7 on June 25 in Paris. The promotion announced the matchup Tuesday via Instagram. If it happens, the fight will be Barao’s first since his release from the UFC in 2019.