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LAS VEGAS – Movlid Khaybulaev beat Ryoji Kudo with a unanimous decision Friday on the main card at 2023 PFL 1 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Khaybulaev, the 2021 featherweight season winner who missed all of 2022. Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Ryoji Kudo Gallery Movlid

LAS VEGAS – PFL president Ray Sefo is still pursuing of one of the biggest free agents in the market. Former heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou parted ways with the UFC in 2022, but is yet to find a new home. Among the offers he’s received is from the PFL, who appear willing to work around

Israel Adesanya won’t let the outcome of his fights with Alex Pereira deter him. Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) has lost to Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) three times in combat sports – twice in kickboxing and once in MMA. After defending the middleweight title five times, Adesanya was dethroned by Pereira at November’s UFC 281 –

LAS VEGAS – Francis Ngannou isn’t playing his cards correctly, according to former UFC and Bellator fighter Chael Sonnen. Initially, Sonnen indicated, he gave now-free agent Ngannou the benefit of the doubt upon exit of the UFC in pursuit of other, perhaps more lucrative ventures. But upon further examination and the every-second tick of the

The UFC returns to Miami for the first time in more than 20 years Saturday with UFC 287, which takes place at Miami-Dade Arena with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. A highly anticipated middleweight championship rematch receives top billing on the card. Reigning titleholder Alex Pereira (7-1

Is Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. on? The welterweight titleholders and pound-for-pound stars will fight for the undisputed championship on pay-per-view June 17 in Las Vegas, unnamed sources told RingTV.com. That report seems to confirm rumors that the fighters are near a final agreement on one of the biggest possible fights. The sources told RingTV.com that

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

Vitor Belfort doesn’t see more MMA in his future and rather focuses on boxing matches or hybrid-rules bouts that only involve striking. The main goal for the 46-year-old former UFC champion Belfort at this stage is to “share the ring with someone who has made an impact.” That includes fellow MMA legends, upstart influencers-turned-boxers and

LAS VEGAS – Check out these photos from Tuesday’s BKFC 41 news conference in Las Vegas, that featured Luke Rockhold, Mike Perry, Eddie Alvarez, Chad Mendes, Ben Rothwell, and Christine Ferea. The two fighters will square off in a 185-pound bout at BKFC 41, which takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The

UFC Charlotte has a new main event, but the original headliner still remains, just elsewhere on the same card. A heavyweight bout between contenders Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) and Jailton Almeida (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has been elevated from a three-round undercard fight to a five-round headliner May 13 at Spectrum Center in

Kayla Harrison wanted to be a part of the PFL’s 2023 season, but thinks the promotion has other plans for her. Two-time lightweight season winner Harrison (15-1) failed to win her third straight season when she was upset by Larissa Pacheco this past November in the 2022 PFL Championships main event. The loss hit Harrison

The UFC is back with its fifth 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 287 takes place Saturday at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+. In the main

George Sotiropoulos is coming out of retirement. Sotiropoulos, 45, hasn’t competed since a 2014 decision loss to Mike Ricci at Titan FC 29. The Australian MMA pioneer will step back in the cage when he takes on Josh Togo in a lightweight bout at Hex Fight Series 26 on May 26 at Melbourne Pavilion, promotion

Israel Adesanya admits he didn’t expect oddsmakers to favor him against Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) will look to reclaim the middleweight belt from Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early

If Sean O’Malley was betting $10,000, he’d put it on Israel Adesanya to beat Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) will seek revenge in Saturday’s headliner when he looks to reclaim the middleweight title from Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami. The main card airs on pay-per-view

In a UFC off-week that featured PFL and Bellator, perhaps the most eye-catching event of the weekend for MMA fans wasn’t an MMA event at all. Gamebred Boxing 4 took place Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc., as a rare UFC Fight Pass pay-per-view event. In the main event, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony

Alex Pereira didn’t like how Israel Adesanya disregarded his legacy, so he followed him to the UFC. Less than a year after he suffered his second loss to Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in kickboxing, Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) signed with the UFC and went on to become a middleweight great. He captured the

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