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Closing out 2023 for the MMA world, RIZIN 45 went down on New Year's Eve (local time in Japan) at the Saitama Super Arena. The promotion's annual New Year's Eve super-show was headlined by a flyweight title fight, as Kyoji...

It's that time of year again — time to hand out the (virtual) hardware for our 2023 MMA awards. Knockout of the Year had plenty of contenders, including human highlight reel Justin Gaethje, lightweight champ Islam Makhachev, and recent...

Could the long wait for an announcement regarding Conor McGregor's next fight finally be over? The former UFC double-champ has not fought since breaking his leg in the rubber match of his trilogy with Dustin Poirier in July of 2021....

The UFC's first card of 2024 is struggling to make it to Fight Night intact, with the loss of Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira the latest change to hit the card. UFC Vegas 84 at the Apex in Las Vegas...

Juan Archuleta has been stripped of his bantamweight championship after missing weight ahead of RIZIN 45. RIZIN officials announced the news following Saturday's official weigh-in. Archuleta missed the mark by nearly six pounds (63.80kg), leaving only opponent Kai Asakura eligible...

The Tipsport Gamechanger €1 million welterweight tournament concluded on Friday with Oktagon 51: Veličković vs. Michailidis. The main event saw a pair of UFC alumni face off as Serbia's Bojan Veličković took on Andreas Michailidis of Greece, with €300,000 the...

39 and feeling fine is one way to describe flyweight John Dodson these days. The former two-time UFC title challenger sits on a three-fight win streak in MMA as he heads into RIZIN 45, where he's been paired up with...

The UFC's new-look anti-doping program is set to launch in just a matter of days, and in advance of that December 31, 2023 kick-off date, the promotion has released more details about the program. With USADA (the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency)...

ONE 166 in Qatar this March has its main event set, with a rematch that will see Reinier de Ridder look to defend his middleweight crown — while Anatoly Malykhin becomes the latest fighter looking to achieve triple crown...

Jasmine Jasudavicius was already chomping at the bit ahead of UFC 297, when we spoke with the flyweight star ahead of her January 20, 2024 fight with Priscila Cachoeira. In an interview conducted just prior to Christmas 2023, the Canadian...