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After announcing several weeks back that he had narrowed down his options in MMA to the PFL and ONE Championship, Francis Ngannou has seen the latter drop out of the race. Ngannou (17-3) vacated the UFC heavyweight championship earlier this...

New Zealand flyweight Kai Kara-France says his June 3 match-up with Amir Albazi is now a five-round affair. The Fight Night card, numerically UFC on ESPN 46, had been expected to be headlined by Jack Hermansson vs. Brendan Allen. However,...

Las Vegas, NV — As the saying goes, the weight cut is the "fight before the fight," and on that front, debuting bantamweight Irina Alekseeva lost the battle ahead of UFC Vegas 72. Coming in four pounds heavy saw the...

BKFC 41 turned out the be the biggest event of a busy Saturday in combat sports, with the bareknuckle promotion easily stealing the show from an underwhelming UFC Fight Night card. Big performances from Ben Rothwell and Eddie Alvarez had...

Las Vegas, NV — Marcus McGhee certainly made an impression in his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 72 on Saturday — both during and after his fight. McGhee (7-1) earned a submission win against Journey Newson after stepping up on...

Tim Sylvia returned to combat sports after years away, while Chris Weidman is targeting his own return to the UFC later this year. It's Sunday, and we've got that and some really quick KOs in your Sunday MMA Quick...

Las Vegas, NV — A win over Cody Brundage on the UFC Vegas 72 main card on Saturday night was no walk in the park for ADCC champ Rodolfo Vieira. "It was a hard fight, because I wasn't expecting he...

Las Vegas, NV — Middleweight Caio Borralho is undefeated through four fights in his burgeoning UFC career, but his star turn arrived on Saturday at UFC Vegas 72. Borralho (14-1) faced Poland's Michal Oleksiejczuk in the co-main event of the...

Las Vegas, NV — Song Yadong returned to the win column at UFC Vegas 72 on Saturday, putting away Ricky Simon in the fifth round of a fight that the Chinese bantamweight was already winning. Yadong (20-7-1) is now 4-1...

Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold made his bareknuckle debut Saturday at BKFC 41, paired up with the always game, not to mention colorful, Mike Perry. Case in point, Perry suggesting he would headbutt Rockhold's hands to break...