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The women's bantamweight bout between ex-flyweight champ Nicco Montano and "The Raging Panda" Julia Avila is on the move. MyMMANews was first to report that noted MMA coach John Wood, of Syndicate MMA, had tested positive for COVID-19. Wood happens...

Bantamweight Karol Rosa stepped into the octagon for nearly the first time in a year at UFC 251. She left with her hand raised. Rosa (13-3) had be lined up with "The Raging Panda" Julia Avila over the past 11...

Deiveson Figueiredo is back on track for Fight Island. Figueiredo (18-1) was grounded, stopped from boarding a flight to Abu Dhabi following a positive COVID-19 test. The Brazilian was expected to meet Joseph Benavidez this coming weekend, in a rematch...

Four days after a prestigious UFC 251 card the UFC is back to Fight Island, this time on a Wednesday. The UFC on ESPN 13 card is headlined by a featherweight bout in Dan Ige and Calvin Kattar in...

UFC 251 was a shaky night for the officials, according to UFC President Dana White. White took umbrage with both the stoppage in the Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo fight — late, in his opinion — and the judge's scoring...

"The King of Kung Fu" continued to build a foothold in the UFC welterweight division Saturday night. UFC 251 saw Muslim Salikhov (17-2) earn his fourth straight victory, this time against the always-tough Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. That split decision...

TUF Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos has arguably had his biggest struggle outside of the cage: consistency. The lightweight (who won his season of The Ultimate Fighter at 170lbs) is undefeated in the UFC. 7-0-1 as of UFC 251 on...

Despite a huge win is his octagon debut, UFC 251's Jiri Prochazka was not a fan of his own performance. A wildly entertaining slugfest with Volkan Oezdemir was just that: wild. The former RIZIN light heavyweight champion was rocked in...

Following a quick submission (arm-bar) win over Paige VanZant at UFC 251 on Saturday, Amanda Ribas was equally quick to tell Jon Anik that she was headed back to strawweight. The upbeat Brazilian has historically fought at strawweight, where she...

After the dust had settled and his fight with Volkan Oezdemir was over, Jiri Prochazka was not happy with his UFC debut. The light heavyweight bout topped the preliminary card at UFC 251 on Saturday. In front of a massive...