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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Bellator 293 takes place Friday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results. The event takes place at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. In the main event, Marcelo Golm (10-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on

Biaggio Ali Walsh says his grandfather, Muhammad Ali, would have appreciated Conor McGregor’s trash talk. Legendary boxer Ali, who is widely considered as one of the most influential athletes of all time, was known for his sharp tongue and his ability to back it up in the ring. Ali passed away in 2016 after a

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Jared Gordon feels his story with Paddy Pimblett is far from over. The veteran UFC lightweight is confident he’ll fight the English star once again, given the controversial and much talked about result in their contest last December at UFC 282. Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) edged out Gordon (19-6 MMA,

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Gilbert Burns thinks Khamzat Chimaev will remain a fixture of the UFC’s welterweight division. The former title challenger and seasoned contender thinks fans haven’t seen the last of Chimaev at 170 pounds, despite recent comments from UFC president Dana White that Chimaev is moving up to middleweight. Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5

Anthony Pettis has returned to Milwaukee to fight in his home city for the first time in nearly a decade, but the circumstances are nothing like they were back then. The last time Pettis competed in Milwaukee was in MMA for the UFC lightweight championship, which he claimed after submitting Benson Henderson in the first

Just shy of the four-year anniversary of their all-time classic encounter, Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum will both take to the cage at UFC 287. In the main event of the April 8 card, which takes place at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+, Adesanya (23-2 MMA,

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LAS VEGAS – Chris Wade thinks Bubba Jenkins has lost the mental battle ahead of their rematch. Wade sees his opponent too emotional as they gear up to fight a second time on the main card of Saturday’s PFL 2023, Week 1 event at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Wade (22-8) doesn’t

LAS VEGAS – Josh Silveira is feeling great as he returns to the cage coming off his first professional loss. You read that correctly. The PFL light heavyweight is thankful to have come up short in a unanimous decision against American Top Team teammate Omari Akhmedov this past August. It was a tough pill to

One of those proverbial bouts with “Fight of the Night written all over it” appears to be headed to UFC 289. A featherweight fight between Nate Landwehr (17-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Dan Ige (16-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is being targeted for UFC 289 this summer. People with knowledge of the booking confirmed the planned matchup

LAS VEGAS – After nearly nine years in the UFC, Krzysztof Jotko is about to get a new start. Jotko made his UFC debut in December 2013 and went 11-6 with the promotion. His resume includes wins over the likes of Gerald Meerschaert, Misha Cirkunov and Eryk Anders. But after a submission loss to Brendan

All the pre-fight activities are in the books for Bellator 293 following Thursday’s ceremonial weigh-ins. In the main event, Marcelo Golm (10-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on Daniel James (14-6-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) at heavyweight. Golm is a slight betting favorite. In the co-feature, Leah McCourt (7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) meets former UFC title challenger Cat

The UFC is headed back to Charlotte, N.C. for the first time since 2018. Thursday, the promotion officially announced its upcoming May 13 event will be held at Spectrum Center. MMA Junkie reported Thursday that Charlotte was the frontrunner for the event, which also had been linked to Nashville. While a fight card was not

Corey Anderson and Phil Davis have been atop major promotions’ light heavyweight divisions for nearly a decade but have never crossed paths. That will change June 16 as a 205-pound bout between Anderson (16-6 MMA, 10-5 BMMA) and Davis (24-6 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) has been added to Bellator 297 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The

Official weigh-ins for Bellator 293 took place Thursday at the Bellator host hotel. The nearby Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif., hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. All fighters who actually made it to the scale Thursday made weight. Among those who weighed in were Marcelo

Justin Gaethje sees Dustin Poirier as a logical next fight in his pursuit of gold. Gaethje (24-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) snapped Rafael Fiziev’s winning streak earlier this month at UFC 286 in London and is looking to re-enter the title picture. A rematch with Poirier is on Gaethje’s mind, as he looks to avenge his 2018

Anthony Joshua will never again be seen as the near-perfect fighting machine who knocked out 21 of his first 22 professional opponents, including future Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko in 2017. The 2012 Olympic champion’s stunning seventh-round knockout loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. in 2019 and back-to-back setbacks against former cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in

Bryce Meredith thinks he might be cut out for this MMA thing. Meredith, a three-time Division-I All-American wrestler and the 2018 Big 12 Conference champion at 141 pounds at the University of Wyoming, is three fights into his MMA career with a trio of bouts under theLFA banner. Friday, Meredith (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will