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Former UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis spoke out for the first time since losing his title to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 in Chicago, IL.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Dricus du Plessis (@dricusduplessis) Du Plessis (23-3)...

Hollywood, FL — After becoming the first to defeat the formerly unbeaten Bellator alum Bryce Meredith, one of the PFL's blue chip prospects, Lazaro Dayton (9-0-1) is hoping to land in next year's World Tournament. The Goat Shed fighter, who...

Hollywood, FL — Featherweight Alexei Pergande improved to 7-0 at PFL Hollywood this past Thursday, care of a submission victory against Ethan Gross. He came out of the bout seemingly without a scratch. "It's everything you can dream for. The last...

The UFC’s second trip to China in 9 months, but first to Shanghai since 2017 was headlined by a rising Chinese star in a matchup that guaranteed fireworks. Though the fight itself delivered on the fireworks, rising no more...

UFC Shanghai went down on Saturday in what was an incredibly early card for the western hemisphere. In the main event, Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang received his first loss in the UFC when he was finished by Johnny...

Hollywood, FL — After losing back-to-back fights, first in the 2024 PFL light heavyweight final and then in his first fight of the PFL World Tournament at middleweight earlier this year, Impa Kasanganay returned to the win column at...

Hollywood, FL — Following in the footsteps of Kayla Harrison, Larissa Pacheco, and Ray Cooper III, Antonio Carlos Junior is now a two-time PFL tournament champion. He just did it a bit differently. ACJ won his first title with the PFL...

Hollywood, FL — Jonathan Coachman (you might know him from his days on WWE television as just "Coach") has been with the PFL for years now, taking over the post-fight media duties from Ray Sefo and other execs during...

Hollywood, FL — Russian heavyweight Oleg Popov claimed victory in the PFL World Tournament on Friday, defeating UFC vet Alexander Romanov to do so. Now, he has his sights set on another former UFC star: Francis Ngannou. Ngannou has fought just...

Episode 3 of DWCS 2025 arrives this Tuesday, with the latest crop of Contender Series fighters and UFC hopefuls including some familiar names. Among them, Bellator vet Manoel Sousa and Cage Warriors alum Damon Wilson. Dana White was a little...