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After roughly two years away, Cuban heavyweight Robelis Despaigne is once again on the UFC roster. Per First Round Management, who represent Despaigne, the 37-year old has signed a deal to return to the promotion. The management firm announced the...

Heavyweight Tyrell Fortune was a key part of Bellator MMA's heavyweight division, and finally arrived in the UFC earlier this year, winning a unanimous decision over Marcin Tybura out of the gate (in a hiccup, the fight was initially...

After competing for the UFC flyweight championship in 2024, coming up short as many have against Alexandre Pantoja, Australia's Steve Erceg hit a bit of a slump. Three straight losses (including the one to Pantoja) had him in a rough...

Muay Thai, MMA, and Kickboxing made up ONE Friday Fights 163 and The Inner Circle 23 on Friday, July 24 including an interim strawweight Muay Thai title fight. That saw longtime Thai star Sam-A Gaiyanghadao face off against Malaysia’s Aliff...

The UFC is back in the UAE this Saturday, with UFC Abu Dhabi at the Etihad Arena headlined by Magomed Ankalaev and Bogdan Guskov. After back-to-back fights with Alex Pereira that saw him win, then lose, the UFC's light heavyweight...

Thad Jean will no longer be facing Shamil Musaev in the main event of PFL Washington this Saturday. With Musaev withdrawing due to weight cut complications, Jean (11-0) will instead take on short-notice replacement Ernesto Rodriguez (11-1). The promotion's vacant...

UFC 330 has lost a battle of ranked flyweights, as Erin Blanchfield has been forced out of the event due to injury. Rather than scrap her match-up with Jasmine Jasudavicius, UFC officials have now slotted the fight in for UFC...

Bogdan Guskov was expecting to face Jan Blachowicz, first in March, later in May, then in Serbia at UFC Belgrade on August 1. Instead, he now finds himself in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi this Saturday, where...

Magomed Ankalaev is focused on the light heavyweight division, where he faces Bogdan Guskov in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi this Saturday. That didn't stop the Dagestani from responding to questions about Alex Pereira, arguably Ankalaev's biggest rival,...

Former UFC athlete and current Karate Combat fighter Claudio Ribeiro has been arrested on domestic violence charges. Ribeiro has been charged following an alleged altercation with his wife in Varzea Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil that is reported to have left...