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Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Claudio Ribeiro Set for UFC Vegas 67

The UFC's first show of the new year has added middleweight action to its line-up. Abdul Razak Alhassan (11-5) will face Contender Series winner Claudio Ribeiro (10-2) at the Fight Night event on January 14, 2022. News of the booking...
Ovince Saint Preux (OSP) UFC

OSP Gets Opponent Number Three For UFC 282

Ovince Saint Preux will hopefully be fighting at UFC 282 next month. And maybe, just maybe, he has an opponent finalized. Those "hopefully" and "maybe" comments are due to the fact that OSP is now on opponent number three for...
Francis Ngannou, UFC 270

Francis Ngannou Details Lead Up To UFC 270, Fighting Injured, Decision To Fight

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has taken to the internet to tell his story of how he fought injured at UFC 270 against Ciryl Gane, and the process of deciding whether or not to fight. Ngannou (17-3) last fought in...
Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, UFC 257

Can Conor McGregor Get Exemption From Six Month Testing Window Ahead of Return? Per...

Conor McGregor's removal from the UFC athlete testing pool over the past year has pretty much become the biggest USADA-related story in the MMA realm since Jon Jones and the infamous "picograms" situation. Only, there are far less memes this...
Brendan Loughnane, PFL 2022 World Championship

Sunday MMA Quick Hits: McGregor Wants UFC to Sign Loughnane, Cyborg Reacts to Harrison...

Let's be honest — it was a slow week for MMA with the UFC, Bellator MMA, and ONE Championship all taking the week off. No Invicta FC, RIZIN, KSW, or even LFA cards. That did give the PFL the...
Gokhan Saricam, Bellator MMA

Gokhan Saricam vs. Oleg Popov Heavyweight Scrap Set for Bellator 291 in Dublin

Dublin, Ireland will host the Bellator MMA debut of Russian heavyweight prospect Oleg Popov. Popov (15-1) will face off with Turkey's Gokhan Saricam (8-1) as part of February's Bellator 291 card. Promotion officials announced the match-up on Saturday. The bout...
Conor McGregor, UFC 264 press conference

Conor McGregor Blasts Anthony Smith, Hints At Upcoming Netflix Doc

Conor McGregor has fired back at fellow UFC athlete Anthony Smith — and also revealed that a four part Netflix documentary will accompany his return to action next year. Smith previously suggested that McGregor's absence from the USADA testing pool...
Tecia Torres and Raquel Pennington, UFC

Tecia Torres, Raquel Pennington Announce They Are Expecting

One of MMA's most notable fighting couples is expecting their first child together. UFC stars Raquel Pennington (bantamweight) and Tecia Torres (strawweight) have announced they are expecting their first child, due in June of 2023. "We have a little extra to...
Nikita Krylov UFC

Ryan Spann vs. Nikita Krylov Headlines UFC’s Feb. 25 Event

Light heavyweight action is set to headline a UFC Fight Night event on February 25, 2023. Ryan Spann (21-7) will face Nikita Krylov (29-9) atop the February card, which sees Spann headlining a UFC show for the second time in...
Kayla Harrison, PFL 9

PFL World Championship 2022 Weigh-In Results

New York, NY - PFL World Championships 2022 kicks off Friday afternoon from Madison Square Garden with 6 titles on the line and plenty of money to go around. Headlined by a lightweight title fight between Kayla Harrison and...

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The featured prelim and UFC Vegas 118 saw recently "unretired" flyweight Matt Schnell taking on Alessandro Costa at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The...