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Bantamweights Davey Grant and Da'Mon Blackshear collided as part of Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi prelims at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Grant, coming off a win over Ramon Taveras, was running into Blackshear while he was on a...

A battle of ranked strawweights and fellow Brazilians Amanda Ribas and Tabatha Ricci played out at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Ribas sat at #7 in the UFC's 115lb division, Ricci at #10. It was less than a minute in when...

Turkish light heavyweight Ibo Aslan faced off against Billy Elekana as part of Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi preliminary card at the Etihad Arena. Aslan was looking to bounce back from his first loss in the UFC, opposite Ion Cutelaba. Elekana...

Featherweights Mohammad Yahya and Steven Nguyen were the second fight in on Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi preliminary card. Yahya was making his debut in the weight class, after losing his first two fights under the UFC banner at lightweight. Yahya vs....

Heavyweight Marcus Buchecha, a ONE Championship veteran and decorated BJJ champ, made his promotional debut at UFC Abu Dhabi opposite Martin Buday. "Buchecha" (properly Marcus Almeida) struggled to stay active in ONE, where he posted a  5-1 record with his...

Conor McGregor's Dublin-based pub, The Black Forge Inn, was the target of a suspected arson attack on Friday morning. The UFC star opened the establishment in July of 2021 and has seen it become to a big part of the...

Last week, Friday Night Fights was straight-up legendary at the AMP Summer House, as streaming superstar Kai Cenat and his wild AMP crew handed the keys to internet culture AND combat sports mayhem. The vibe was off-the-charts as the house...

Undefeated featherweight Akbar Abdullaev will look to keep his undefeated record intact against Ibragim Dauev at ONE Fight Night 35 on Sept. 5 in at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Abdullaev (12-0) is 4-0 in ONE Championship finishing all of those...

MMA, kickboxing, and Muay Thai comprised ONE Friday Fights 117 at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok on July 25. The main event featured Thailand’s Yod-IQ Or Pimolsri squaring off against Italian Alessio Malatesta in a bantamweight Muay Thai showdown. As...

Former middleweight champ Robert Whittaker returns to action in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi, set to take on surging ex-ONE double champ Reinier de Ridder. RDR is a perfect 3-0 to start his UFC career and recently became...