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It’s not often one promotion’s star will enter the fighting surface of another promotion, title in hand, and square off with another promotion’s poster boy. Even though that’s what Conor McGregor did with Mike Perry at Saturday’s BKFC 41, UFC president Dana White said the unusual decision by his fighter did not bother him. “I

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Movsar Evloev thinks he’s the one to dethrone UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Nobody’s had an answer for Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) at 145 pounds, but undefeated Evloev (16-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is confident that he does. Evloev picked Volkanovski to beat interim champ Yair Rodriguez on July 8 at UFC

Ali Abdelaziz agrees with Patchy Mix claiming stake as the No. 1 bantamweight in the world. Abdelaziz, of Dominance MMA, represents Mix (18-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA), who captured the interim title by knocking out Raufeon Stots with a vicious knee in Round 1 at Bellator 295, winning the bantamweight grand prix and $1 million prize. After

Henry Cejudo sees a win over UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling making him one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time. Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 288 headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. A

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Former UFC double champion Henry Cejudo is ending a three-year retirement to return to the cage, but his peers feel relatively good about his chances to regain gold. Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) is set to challenge bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in the UFC 288 main event Saturday

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Belal Muhammad said he was chillin’ in Toronto when he received an important call from the UFC, a call that he ultimately hopes is life changing. UFC 288 suddenly was in need of a co-main event last month after Charles Oliveira withdrew from his fight with Beneil Dariush, and the call Muhammad

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – After nearly four years away from the public eye, Kron Gracie needed approximately two minutes to answer 10 questions Wednesday at UFC 288 media day. Soft-spoken and somewhat introverted, Gracie (5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was polite despite his brevity. Perhaps he’s just waiting for Saturday at Prudential Center to do the talking.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from April 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for April. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by

7:44 AM ET One recent day, as Saturday’s UFC bantamweight championship defense against Henry Cejudo approached, Aljamain Sterling chose not to dwell on the pressure attached to the most important night of his career. Instead, he did what he always does when the moment is magnified. He grabbed his phone and played chess to steady

Crossing over with other fighting sports, WWE has drawn some of the biggest boxing and MMA stars to the squared circle over the years. The likes of Mike Tyson and Tyson Fury have competed in matches while Ken Shamrock and Ronda Rousey (who’s still competing) signed full time. Arguably MMA’s top talent of the past decade, Conor

You can watch a live stream of Invicta FC 53 headlined by atomweight champion Jillian DeCoursey vs. Rayanne dos Santos from ReelWorks Denver right here on MMA Junkie beginning at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). Below is the complete Invicta FC 53 lineup and results: Champ Jillian DeCoursey vs. Rayanne dos Santos – for

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – For her most recent octagon appearance in February, Jessica Andrade took a tough fight with Erin Blanchfield on one weeks’ notice and lost by second-round rear-naked choke submission. While losing wasn’t ideal, the former UFC strawweight champion admits she didn’t exactly enter the headlining flyweight bout with the right mindset. Or the

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Just five months into 2023, Gilbert Burns is already gearing up for his third fight of the year. Despite being promised a backup role for the expected UFC welterweight title bout between Leon Edwards and Colby Covington, which would eventually lead to a title shot, Burns accepted a fight against fellow contender

The UFC is back with its sixth pay-per-view of the year, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 288 takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. In the main event, bantamweight champion Aljamain

Dan Hardy wouldn’t like Aljamain Sterling’s chances against Alexander Volkanovski. UFC bantamweight champion Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) mapped out a plan in which he eventually moves up to featherweight to challenge champ Volkanovski, but Hardy thinks Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) would present too many problems for “The Funkmaster.” “I think he (Sterling) struggles against

On Friday night, Adriano Moraes will have an item to cross from his fight-career bucket list. Along with ONE Championship, Moraes will finally make his U.S. debut. ONE Championship, which has been operating for well over a decade, will host its first event on U.S. soil with ONE Fight Night 10 at 1stBank Center in

Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is leaning towards Henry Cejudo dethroning Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288. Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. Cejudo returns from a three-year layoff. But prior to retiring,

Jon Jones doesn’t intend on sticking around after facing Stipe Miocic – but one fight could change his mind. Heavyweight champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) is expected to make his first title defense against Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in November, and the all-time great thinks it will likely be his final fight. “Right now,