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The UFC's lightweight championship has been one of the hottest titles in professional fighting for years. A deep weight class, with a colorful rogue's gallery, lightweight is must-see TV, and UFC 274 underscored that fact. Three lightweight fights decorated the...

Now competing as a middleweight, former Bellator title challenger and UFC standout Lorenz Larkin returned to action at Bellator 280 in Paris on Friday — with short-notice replacement and fellow UFC alum Kyle Stewart stepping up to face him. Larkin,...

Eight years since their first encounter, strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and former champion Carla Esparza will meet again in a bout expected to show their evolution as fighters at UFC 274. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1518309300304711680?s=20&t=WjfAlEvGF7JDWJJOkew9-Q When discussing what's changed for Rose Namajunas since 2014,...

The Professional Fighters League brought some of their biggest stars with them for PFL 3 on Friday in Arlington, including women's lightweight juggernaut Kayla Harrison. The biggest name on a card full of them, Harrison opened up her 2022 season...

Charles Oliveira blew weight for his title fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 — and is no longer a UFC champion as a result. Oliveira's loss at the scale came as part of a dramatic morning, one that saw...

It's been a while since we last saw lightweight Myles Price in the cage. When Price (11-7) returns to action at PFL 3 on Friday, it will be his first fight in over three years. For those that have forgotten,...

A full 18 fighters are no longer with the UFC after a round of cuts to the promotion's active roster. The "spring cleaning" is the latest round of roster trimming, after the UFC parted ways with over a dozen fighters...

PFL welterweight Brett Cooper has a considerable challenge ahead of him at PFL 3, in the form of former Bellator champion and UFC title challenger Rory MacDonald. Yet like MacDonald, Cooper is a veteran who has been fighting since 2005....

Welsh fighter Lewis Long steps into the cage for the first time in 2022 on Friday night at Bellator 280 in Paris, France. He enters the fight with Thibault Gouti off back-to-back finishes, something he calls "annoying." "The great thing is—...

Bellator MMA returned to Paris, France on Friday night, with Cheick Kongo finally getting his rematch against Ryan Bader. Bellator 280 was a chance for Kongo to not only finally, after two decades in the sport, claim gold in a...