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Los Angeles — Lineal heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou did exactly what was expected at the inaugural MMA event on Netflix on Saturday night. Jake Paul's MVP, who hosted the card, had tried to secure bigger name opponents for "The Predator,"...

Los Angeles — Ronda Rousey (13-2) took all of 17 seconds to submit Gina Carano at the inaugural MMA event on Netflix on Saturday. A little anticlimactic, but not unexpected, given Carano had been out of the sport for 17...

While UFC CEO and President Dana White has long been adverse to cross-promotion, the same is not true of Most Valuable Promotion's Co-Founder Nakisa Bidarian. On the heels of MVP's first-ever MMA event, Rousey vs. Carano, Bidarian spoke with Cageside...

Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2 wasn't the only addition to UFC 329 announced on Saturday. In the midst of UFC Vegas 117, and not coincidentally, Rousey vs. Carano (just as Francis Ngannou was about to make his walk), promotion...

UFC Vegas 117 may have been overshadows by Netflix's Rousey vs. Carano card in terms of star power, but the Fight Night event at the Meta Apex still turned out to be historic. While there wasn't much to excite fans...

Arman Tsarukyan was busy doing Arman Tsarukyan things at Saturday's Rousey vs. Carano card at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. UFC lightweight Tsarukyan, who was recently booted from a plane, and is set to be the backup for Ilia...

Much has been said about the relevance of Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano in 2026, but when they threw down at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday, at least their star power was not in question. In a...

Nate Diaz and Mike Perry faced off in a welterweight battle at MVP MMA's Rousey vs. Carano card at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday. While billed as one of three "main events," the fight was in fact...

In the shadow of Netflix's Rousey vs. Carano card, a rare spot for the UFC to find itself in these days, UFC Vegas 117 unfolded at the Meta Apex on Saturday, with featherweights Arnold Allen and Mequizael Costa headlining. Allen,...

Lineal MMA heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, undefeated in the sport since exiting the UFC as their heavyweight kingpin, returned to action at MVP MMA's inaugural event in Los Angeles on Saturday, taking on fellow PFL and UFC vet Philipe...