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The UFC featherweight title unification bout between champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim champion Yair Rodriguez is being targeted for UFC 290 to cap off International Fight Week on July 8. News of the match-up was first reported by Fox Sports...

Kamaru Usman will look to end the hype of Khamzat Chimaev this coming Saturday at UFC 294. This will mark "The Nigerian Nightmare's" middleweight debut in what feels like a well overdue move up from welterweight. The opportunity came in unpredictable...

What is expected to be the final Bellator MMA event of 2023 goes down Friday in the "Windy City" of Chicago, IL, with Bellator 301 headlined by a pair of title fights. Questions about the promotion's future abound, and there...

Raleigh, NC — Angela Hill once again stepped in as a replacement opponent in her latest outing. Against Hannah Cifers at UFC Raleigh, Hill replaced Brianna Van Buren. A second round TKO over the hometown favorite (Cifers is a...

James Gallagher is out, and Benson Henderson is in at Bellator 196 next month in Budapest, Hungary. Just a few weeks away, there has been a major shakeup to the Bellator 196 card. Main event star James Gallagher has been...

For Francis Ngannou, boxing may still represent his immediate future, but MMA remains his bread and butter — and it appears he's close to finding a new home. Speaking to The MMA Hour on Wednesday, "The Predator," who exited the...

Las Vegas, NV — UFC flyweight contender and former RIZIN bantamweight champ Manel Kape sees himself as the next man in line in the 125lb division. Kape (19-6) faces Matheus Nicolau at UFC Vegas 84 this weekend, heading into the...

Bellator MMA has bolstered its lightweight ranks, adding former RIZIN lightweight grand prix winner Tofiq Musayev. The signing, first reported by Ariel Helwani, adds the 18-4 RIZIN veteran to the division currently topped by Patricky Pitbull — a name very...

The undefeated Shamil Gamzatov gets a big step up in competition when he faces Ovince Staint Preux at UFC Lincoln. Von Flue expert Ovince Saint Preux has his next opponent set: Russian prospect Shamil Gamzatov. Gamzatov, who made his octagon...

'Gunni' is getting back in the cage, as Iceland's Gunnar Nelson has been lined up with Elevation Fight Team's Neil Magny. The UFC's Liverpool date continues to fill out, with an intriguing welterweight scrap the most recent addition to the...