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The UFC closes its busy April schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 223, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a main card that streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2. A bantamweight main event will close the card. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) will try to make good

Belal Muhammad is confident Gilbert Burns will have a hard time dealing with his style at UFC 288. Muhammad (22-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) takes on Burns (22-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) in a five-round co-main event May 6 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Unbeaten in his past nine fights, Muhammad has emerged victorious against multiple

When top-ranked middleweight Sean Strickland’s next fight was announced by the UFC, it turned heads. Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) was booked against Abus Magomedov (25-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a UFC headliner on July 1 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Strickland is ranked No. 7 by the UFC at 185 pounds, whereas

LAS VEGAS – Ricky Simon is about to headline a UFC event for the first time, but there’s no reason to make a big deal about it. At least that’s the way he sees it. Simon, who’s No. 10 in the official UFC bantamweight rankings, meets No. 8 Song Yadong in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night

At Bellator 295 in Honolulu, Patchy Mix created the highlight of the weekend with his Knockout of the Year candidate against Raufeon Stots to win the bantamweight grand prix. Mix is now $1 million richer and interim champ, setting up a unifier with the winner of Sergio Pettis vs. Patricio Freire, who fight on June

LAS VEGAS – The UFC schedule for April closes out Saturday with UFC Fight Night 223, which takes place at the UFC Apex with a main card that streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2. A bantamweight main event serves as the final act on the card. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) will take

HONOLULU – Levan Chokheli is targeting two former title challengers after his Bellator 294 win. Chokheli (12-2 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) strung together his first winning streak with Bellator after he scored a unanimous decision win over Michael Lombardo this past Friday at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. The Georgian fighter is ready for a step up in competition

HONOLULU – Kai Kamaka is ready to jump straight back to action after Bellator 295. Kamaka (11-5-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) defeated Adli Edwards by unanimous decision this past Saturday at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. Kamaka wants a ranked opponent or Weber Almeida – who was booked to face Keoni Diggs on the same night before the

LAS VEGAS – William Gomis’s determination to leave victorious in his return to the octagon was high, to say the least. The UFC featherweight defeated Francis Marshall by split decision at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 222 preliminary card at the UFC Apex. That result was put in jeopardy in the final seconds of the fight,

Ben Rothwell can breathe easy heading into his return to bareknuckle boxing. Fighting in Denver may be worrisome to many, given it’s over 5,000 feet above sea level, but not for Rothwell. Ahead of his BKFC 41 bout against Josh Copeland, the former UFC heavyweight contender took his training camp to Team Elevation in Denver

Tang Kai and Thanh Le are running it back. At ONE Fight Night 12, Kai (15-2) will put his featherweight title on the line for the first time and does so against the man he took it from, Le (13-3). A promotion official Tuesday informed MMA Junkie of the booking. The card takes place July

After a busy combat sports weekend featuring a number of important fights, there were a few big statements made by rising contenders. Patchy Mix is one of those fighters who made an impact at Bellator 295, and is no longer just a contender, he’s an interim champion. Mix quickly knocked out Raufeon Stots in the

Sergei Pavlovich is on a tear and setting UFC records. In the main event of UFC Fight Night 222, the hard-hitting Russian made quick work of Curtis Blaydes, recording his sixth consecutive first-round knockout. Pavlovich wants to wait for the winner of the expected heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, as

HONOLULU – Bruna Ellen hopes her fight with Keri Melendez gets rescheduled. Ellen (7-4 MMA, 5-4 BMMA) was scheduled to face Melendez (5-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) at Bellator 292 in March, but the bout was scrapped when Melendez withdrew due to injury. Ellen ended up getting booked one month later against Ilara Joanne in this

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 223 looks a little different than it did one week ago. Two bouts originally scheduled for the event have been postponed to later dates, while a third has been canceled with one fighter rebooked against a new opponent. One affected bout was scheduled for the main card, while the other two

LAS VEGAS – Brady Hiestand knows exactly what he wants next. The UFC bantamweight is targeting a fight with Christian Rodriguez following his latest win in the octagon, as he wants to steal the hype that Rodriguez took from then-unbeaten sensation Raul Rosas earlier this month at UFC 287. Hiestand (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) called

Molly McCann is coming home for her next fight. The fan-favorite UFC women’s flyweight is set to return to the octagon on July 22 as she’s been added to the UFC Fight Night event set for The O2 in London. McCann (13-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on Julija Stoliarenko, who’s dropping down from 135 pounds.

In the world of mixed martial arts, terms like “pound for pound” and “legend” are constantly misused when describing a fighter’s skills and achievements. But in the case of Anderson Silva, you can be forgiven for getting behind bold or grand descriptors. Silva, in spite of any perceived language or marketability barriers, was able to