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The UFC Fight Night lineup for May 20 continues to fill as a main event is among new official additions. Women’s bantamweight contenders Irene Aldana and Raquel Pennington will headline the event in a five-round bout, the promotion announced Tuesday. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Aldana (14-6 MMA, 7-4

Outside of Alexander Volkanovski, no one has had an answer for Max Holloway in the past decade. Holloway (24-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC), the former champion at 145 pounds, continued to take out top featherweight contenders when he defeated Arnold Allen in this past Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 44 headliner. “Blessed” handed Allen his first octagon

Sergei Pavlovich’s run through the heavyweight division has been as scary as they come. After dropping his debut against Alistair Overeem in 2018, Pavlovich (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has picked up five consecutive first-round finishes, putting away all of his opponents in devastating fashion. The latest casualty in this run was top contender Tai Tuivasa.

Max Holloway is back in the No. 2 featherweight ranking slot after his UFC on ESPN 44 win over Arnold Allen. Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., Holloway defeated Allen by unanimous decision in a competitive masterclass of a five-round fight. With the win, Holloway is only behind three-time rival (and UFC featherweight

Former featherweight champion Max Holloway held serve as the division’s top contender by winning a unanimous decision against Arnold Allen this past Saturday in the UFC on ESPN 44 headliner. The result continued to prove that, at 145 pounds, it’s champion Alexander Volkanovski, Holloway and then everyone else is behind them. But as we know,

It’s actually happening. Can you believe it? Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz is official for Aug. 5 in Dallas, where the pair will meet in an eight-round boxing match contested at 185 pounds. This matchup has been talked about for so long, even well before Diaz left the UFC late last year. Now that it’s

No titles are at stake. Neither fighter has a particularly deep resume, at least compared to some elite rivals. Neither is among the best handful of fighters pound-for-pound yet. And no one is bothered by any of that. The 136-pound fight between Gervonta Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) and Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) is simply

The UFC returns to Las Vegas on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 222, which takes place at the UFC Apex and streams on ESPN+. Heavyweight contenders clash in the main event, with Sergei Pavlovich (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Curtis Blaydes (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) for five rounds in a matchup with high championship implications

Robert Whittaker won’t get himself involved in a Paulo Costa fight again. Whittaker (24-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC) was scheduled to meet Costa (14-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) this past February at UFC 284, but the fight fell apart when Costa failed to come to terms with the UFC. That wasn’t the first time Costa didn’t make

Bellator returns to Hawaii on Friday with two events in two nights, both of which take place at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and air on Showtime following prelims streaming on MMA Junkie. Bellator 294 marks the first half of the doubleheader, and the event is headlined by a women’s flyweight championship bout. Reigning

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Joselyne Edwards defeated Lucie Pudilova by split decision to kick off the prelims this past Saturday at UFC on ESPN 44 from T-Mobile Center. Afterward, Edwards (13-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) addressed the media and discussed her performance, the controversial nature of her victory, which stunned the cageside commentators, her weight miss,

Chad Mendes could be competing for the final time later this month. Mendes meets fellow UFC alum Eddie Alvarez in the co-main event of BKFC 41, which takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point. A former three-time UFC featherweight

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ion Cutelaba vows he’s a changed fighter after snapping his losing skid at UFC on ESPN 44. Cutelaba (18-8-1 MMA, 5-7-1 UFC) needed just more than 2 minutes to spoil Tanner Boser’s (20-10-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC) light heavyweight debut when he knocked him out in Round 1 this past Saturday at

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look

A key UFC bantamweight bout has received a new date, and elevation to top billing. Ricky Simon (20-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) was set as the co-headliner of UFC Fight Night 222 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas this Saturday, which airs on ESPN+. The promotion announced Monday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Gillian Robertson defeated Piera Rodriguez by second-round armbar submission for her second win in a row this past Saturday at UFC on ESPN 44 from T-Mobile Center. Afterward, Robertson (12-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) addressed the media and discussed her performance, called out Tabatha Ricci, and more. You can watch her full

Gilbert Burns isn’t 100 percent sold that Jorge Masvidal will stay retired from MMA. “Right now he’s retired, and as a title contender he’s retired, but for big money fights against (Conor) McGregor or Nate Diaz or another big name, I think he returns,” Burns recently told MMA Junkie in Spanish. Burns (22-5 MMA, 15-5

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has etched her name in the mixed martial arts (MMA) history books. As one of Hawaii’s finest, Macfarlane, 33, has fought all but one of her 14 professional career bouts inside the Bellator cage. Macfarlane (12-2) managed to pick up her biggest wins along the way when the lights shined brightest, becoming the