MMA News

Erick Gonzalez will not fight on March's UFC 272 card as planned. On Thursday, the fighter known as "Ghost Pepper" announced that due to an injury requiring stitches to the bottom of his foot, he'd been forced to pull out...

Bantamweight action is lined up for UFC 274, as Journey Newson and Fernie Garcia will throw down at the event this May. ESPN was first to report the news, with Newson subsequently confirming the match-up on social media. Newson (9-3, 1NC)...

A battle between Japanese veterans has been added to next month's ONE X card, as Shinya Aoki will face former UFC fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama. Aoki (47-9, 1NC) confirmed the booking on social media, following an initial report by Ariel Helwani....

Friday's PFL Challenger Series 2 card in Orlando, Florida was to put the spotlight on the welterweight division. And it still will — although two of the four fights set to unfold at Universal Studios will now take place...

Bellator MMA returns to Dublin, Ireland this Friday, bringing a middleweight title fight with them atop Bellator 275. That fight will see Gegard Mousasi put his title on the line against the unbeaten Austin Vanderford. The affable "Mr. VanZant" had...

Miranda Maverick is the latest UFC fighter stepping up for a short-notice opportunity. Maverick (9-4) is set to replace Mandy Bohm at the promotion's March 12, 2022 Fight Night event. There, she'll go up against "Colombian Queen" Sabina Mazo (9-3). Mazo...

Former UFC women's bantamweight title challenger Alexis Davis is no longer part of the promotion's active roster. Davis, and light heavyweight Danilo Marques, have both exited the company. In both cases, it appears the fighters completed their contracts, and were...

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate won Season 3 of Celebrity Big Brother Wednesday night, winning by an 7-1 vote from the jury, which consisted of every evicted cast member from the season (actor and comedian Chris Kattan did...

The women's strawweight match-up between Jinh Yu Frey and Hannah Goldy, planned for the UFC Vegas 49 preliminary card on Saturday, has been pulled from the event. UFC officials announced the news Wednesday, citing an undisclosed illness suffered by Goldy....

Georgian bantamweight Zviad Lazishvili has fallen afoul of the UFC's Anti-Doping Policy. In a press release distributed Wednesday, USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) officials announced that Lazishvili, who fights out of Alexandria, Virginia, had accepted a 10-month sanction after failing in-competition...