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LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 222 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 222 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. In the main event, Sergei Pavlovich (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) takes

Check out these photos from the fights at BKFC 38, which took place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. (Photos courtesy of BKFC) Bareknuckle Fighting Championship Chris Garcia def. Ryan Carroll BKFC 38 Bareknuckle Fighting Championship Chris Garcia def. Ryan Carroll BKFC 38 Bareknuckle Fighting Championship Chris Garcia def. Ryan Carroll

Check out these photos fromLiz Carmouche’s win against DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 294 in Honolulu. (Photos courtesy of Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA) Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett Bellator 294 Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett Bellator 294 Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett Bellator 294 Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett Bellator 294 Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett

Liz Carmouche took a risk Friday but it paid off. In the Bellator 294 main event at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Carmouche (19-7 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) defeated DeAnna Bennett (13-8-1 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) with an arm-triangle choke submission at 4:29 of Round 4. Due to a weight miss by Bennett at Thursday’s official

Check out these photos from the fights at Bellator 294, which takes place at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. (Photos courtesy of Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA) (Gallery updated throughout the event.) Sharaf Davlatmurodov def. Anthony Adams Bellator 294 Sharaf Davlatmurodov def. Anthony Adams Bellator 294 Sharaf Davlatmurodov def. Anthony Adams Bellator 294 Sharaf Davlatmurodov

LAS VEGAS – It’s been a long time since Bruno Silva fought in home soil. The last time “Blindado” fought in Brazil was back in 2017, which was four years prior to joining the UFC roster. Silva (13-5-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) returns to the octagon this Saturday, as he takes on fellow veteran Brad Tavares

LAS VEGAS – After an intense and emotional build, Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are just over 24 hours away from finally sharing the ring in an anticipated boxing clash. The two undefeated boxers had their final fight week staredown ahead of their mega boxing fight this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. The bout will be contested

HONOLULU – Bellator’s return to Hawaii has led to some disappointing news for a pair of fighters. The promotion has released Ray Borg and Keoni Diggs after they struggled to make weight for Bellator 295 and never made their trips to the scale at Friday’s official weigh-ins. Those weight failures resulted in the cancellation of

HONOLULU – The stage is set for the conclusion of the Bellator bantamweight grand prix after finalists Raufeon Stots and Patchy Mix made weight on Friday. After going through the eight-man tournament, interim champ Stots (19-1 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) will meet Mix (17-1 MMA, 6-1 BMA) for the belt and $1 million grand prix prize in

Check out these photos of the UFC Fight Night 222 official weigh-ins and faceoffs at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas. (Photos by Ken Hathaway, MMA Junkie) UFC Fight Night 222 – Batgerel Danaa Weigh-In Danaa Batgerel UFC Fight Night 222 – Brady Hiestand Brady Hiestand UFC Fight Night 222 – Karine Silva Karine

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 222 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The Theater at Virgin Hotels hosts Saturday’s card, which streams on ESPN+. Among those weighing in

Liz Carmouche proved she still has power in Bellator. Back in the summer of 2021, Carmouche (18-7 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) picked up her first TKO victory since putting away Jessica Andrade in 2013 during her UFC days, as she quickly dispatched Kana Watanabe in a first-round TKO win at Bellator 261. It was a quick

It didn’t take long for the UFC to get the crucial lightweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush back on the books. After an injury to former champion Oliveira (33-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) caused a postponement to his clash against Dariush (22-4-1 MMA, 16-4-1 UFC) at UFC 288 on May 6, the promotion has

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A big UFC middleweight matchup is taking the marquee spot in Las Vegas on June 17. UFC president Dana White announced Thursday on Instagram Live that the UFC Fight Night event will now be headlined by Jared Cannonier (16-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) vs. Marvin Vettori (19-6-1 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC). The clash of former middleweight title

Another key middleweight bout is headlining a UFC event this summer. On July 1, Sean Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) returns to action to take on Abus Magomedov (25-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs live on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m. ET. UFC president

Top featherweight contenders will still collide in a UFC main event, but now they have a new date. Originally set for June 17, Josh Emmett will now compete in his second promotional main event against Ilia Topuria, who will compete in his first five-round UFC fight, a week later on June 24. UFC president Dana

Unfortunately for Joselyne Edwards, her latest career triumph hasn’t received the usual praise that comes with getting your hand raised in the octagon. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite. The Panamanian fighter has been threatened, racially insulted, and even called to commit suicide in overwhelming online attacks made by part of the MMA fan