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Bellator 290 kicks off 2023 for the promotion, and does so in a big way, bringing with it the retirement of legendary heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor has the opportunity this Saturday to do something few retiring fighters ever get to...

Early this Saturday, Dana White scheduled another 'special announcement' on all of the UFC's social media accounts, breaking the news of Conor McGregor's return to the cage. For a few weeks now, there have been rumblings of the Irishman's return...

Trevin Jones has landed a five-star opponent for his next fight. A former UFC bantamweight champion, in fact. Jones (13-9, 1NC) has stepped up to replace Julio Arce against Cody Garbrandt (12-5) at UFC 285 this March. The card takes...

A noticeably svelte Derrick Lewis has many wondering if the UFC's all-time knockout leader has reinvented himself at a key time against tough veteran Serghei Spivac at UFC Vegas 68. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1621689763567923200?s=20&t=6bLs_aSkTM3Dd3octaVdGw Somewhat surprisingly, the difference of a few months is rather...

Hamdy Abdelwahab, the Egyptian heavyweight who joined the ranks of the UFC last year, will not be competing for some time. In a press release distributed Friday, USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) officials announced that Abdelwahab (5-0, 1NC) had accepted a...

The Professional Fighters League is the latest promotion to sign on with Globo's Combate platform in Brazil. On Friday, PFL officials announced via press release that all of the league's 2023 events would air on the network, the former home...

In what will be his final MMA bout, Russian great Fedor Emelianenko will return to The Forum in Inglewood, CA to face reigning heavyweight champion Ryan Bader at Bellator 290. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1619863092053032960?s=20&t=TRqnutEOrMclY6LMjwtMXw Almost four years ago to the day, Ryan Bader stopped...

Los Angeles, CA — Alejandra Lara returns to action at Bellator 290, with the former title challenger paired up against Russian standout Diana Avsaragova. As has been known to happen in MMA, Lara's opponent missed weight. Avsaragova tipped the scales...

Welterweight Michael Chiesa has revealed a big match-up for April's UFC 287. On Friday, Chiesa (18-6) announced that he would face Li Jingliang (19-8) at the Pay-Per-View event, set to take place on April 8, 2023. No location or venue...

With Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen moved to UFC San Antonio, this month's UFC Vegas 69 has a new main event. On Friday, UFC officials announced that the women's flyweight match-up between Taila Santos (19-2) and Erin Blanchfield (10-1) had...