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After a lengthy injury layoff, Tristan Connelly returns. MMA Junkie was first to report the news that Canada's Connelly will welcome Pat Sabatini to the UFC on April 24 at UFC 261. Promotion officials would later announce the fight on...

Tyler McGuire's lone loss in ONE Championship, and as a professional mixed martial artist period, came for welterweight gold. "That was a pretty interesting fight for me. I think that was like my 18th fight to that point," he recalled,...

Former UFC and Bellator MMA lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez returns to the ONE Championship this week, as part of the promotion's coming out party on U.S. broadcast home TNT. ONE on TNT 1 takes place Wednesday, April 7. And...

A fight between strawweight contenders Amanda Ribas and Angela Hill is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night on May 8. Two of the rising contenders in the flyweight division are being targeted for the UFC's Fight Night on May...

This summer, Dana White's Contender Series is back for season 5. So far the show has produced talents like Sean O'Malley, Alex Perez, Kevin Holland, Ricky Simon, Ryan Spann, Johnny Walker, Sodiq Yusuff, Miguel Baeza,  Jamahal Hill, Uros Medic,...

Hunter Azure busted out of the gates of his MMA career like a bat out of hell. He rattled off eight wins to start which included a contract-winning performance on Contender Series and a UFC debut win over Ultimate...

A bantamweight fight that will be guaranteed fireworks will happen at a UFC event in June. Brett Okamoto of ESPN was first to report the news that Brazil's Raoni Barcelos will fight Timur Valiev on June 26 at a yet-to-be-announced...

John Makdessi is a traditional martial artist in every sense of the word. Unlike a lot of the younger MMA fighters, who begin their martial arts career pretty much right in MMA, Makdessi started tae kwon do at the...

Demian Maia returns to the UFC octagon in June! Brett Okamoto of ESPN was first to report the news that No. 8 ranked welterweight Maia will return to fight No. 13 ranked Belal Muhammad at UFC 263 on June 12....

Bellator 256 sees Nainoa Dung returning to the cage after taking a loss (via leg kicks) at Bellator 243 in 2020. Dung is 3-2 in his five professional fights, but is only 22 years of age, and believes he...