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Loopy Godinez spent the entire 2023 calendar year running through the UFC's strawweight division. She took home four wins without a loss and positioned herself for some big fights in 2024. The first of those fights came back in...

LFA 189 took place on Friday, August 2, with the card a little light following Thursday's official weigh in. That's because Marco Hutch weighed in at 195.8lbs for his middleweight fight with Jake Woodley, 9.8 pounds heavy. For his part,...

ONE Championship brought two title fights to Friday's (Saturday local time) ONE Fight Night 24 on Amazon Prime Video. One of those fights, however, hit a snag on Thursday during the event's official weigh-in, when Gustavo Balart failed to hit...

Abu Dhabi - Former UFC title challenger Marlon 'Chito' Vera faces Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday, but he chimed in on the next bantamweight title fight on media day. "People get confused because (Sean) O'Malley's a funny...

The 2024 PFL semifinals kicked off on Friday, with PFL Nashville hosting heavyweight and women's flyweight action. Denis Goltsov vs. Tim Johnson served as the night's main event, with Johnson having snuck into the playoffs as a short-notice replacement in...

Mexican-Canadian strawweight Loopy Godinez perhaps understands better than most the criticism received by Merab Dvalishvili, who is headlining next month's Noche UFC (UFC 306) card at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Godinez (12-4) faces Mackenzie Dern at UFC Abu Dhabi...

Abu Dhabi - UFC strawweight Mackenzie Dern looks to snap a two-fight losing streak against Loopy Godinez at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Godinez is a wrestle-heavy type of fighter with solid striking, but going to the ground with Dern...

Former ONE strawweight champ Jarred Brooks will be eligible to capture interim gold at Friday's ONE Fight Night 24, but challenger Gustavo Balart will not be claiming a title win or lose. That's because Balart (12-4) missed championship weight at...

Kayla Harrison has accepted her second assignment in the UFC. Harrison (17-1), the former two-time PFL women's lightweight champ and two-time Olympic gold medal winner, now competing as a bantamweight, will face Ketlen Vieira (14-3) at UFC 307 on October...

Former two-time UFC women's strawweight champion Carla Esparza says her next fight will be her last. Esparza (19-7), 36, the UFC's inaugural 115lb champ, announced the news on Friday, revealing that her reported date with Tecia Pennington (13-7) at UFC...