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Daniel Cormier heaped praise on Justin Gaethje’s performance against Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286. Gaethje (24-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) outlasted Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) by majority decision in this past Saturday’s co-headliner at The O2 in London and snapped the rising contender’s winning streak in a bloody battle. Cormier credited Gaethje for overcoming Fiziev’s speed and putting

LONDON – Chris Duncan beat Omar Morales with a split decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 286 at The O2 in London. Take a look inside the fight with Duncan, who won his UFC debut and got his third straight victory. Chris Duncan vs. Omar Morales Mar 18, 2023; London, UNITED KINGDOM; Chris

Former ONE Championship title challenger Iuri Lapicus died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Italy. Lapicus was 27. According to reports in Italy, Lapicus crashed his motorcycle into a car driven by a woman in Milan last week. According to Milano Today, Lapicus was in a coma until Monday. His death was confirmed by the

Former UFC fighter Ben Rothwell has his second BKFC bout on the books and it’s against a heavyweight with a knack of playing spoiler. The fourth added fight to BKFC 41 is Rothwell vs. Josh Watson, the fighter who recently knocked out former NFL star Greg Hardy at Knuckle Mania 3 in February. The promotion

LONDON – Jake Hadley made sure to point out that he had a better performance against Malcolm Gordon than Muhammad Mokaev did. Hadley (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) needed just 61 seconds to TKO Gordon on Saturday’s UFC 286 prelims at The O2. Mokaev had to battle through some adversity before he submitted Gordon late at UFC

LONDON – Colby Covington thinks a fight with Conor McGregor would be the highest selling pay-per-view in UFC history. With McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) projected to return at 170 pounds against Michael Chandler later this year, his name could be linked to the title picture with a win. McGregor is undeniably the sport’s biggest

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Farah Hannoun, Brian “Goze” Garcia and Mike Bohn will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: Leon Edwards

LONDON – Marvin Vettori is confident his championship chances still are strong. The former middleweight title challenger is not ready to give up on his dreams of holding the UFC title, and he doesn’t think he’s too far from another championship fight now that he’s back in the win column. Vettori (19-5-1 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC)

What mattered most at UFC 286 at The O2 in London? Here are a few post-fight musings … 5. Has Muhammad Mokaev’s pursuit of history been derailed? [embedded content] Unbeaten flyweight prospect Muhammad Mokaev faced the biggest adversity of his young UFC career thus far en route to a third-round submission of Jafel Filho. The

LONDON – Gunnar Nelson knew where he’d succeed in his return to the octagon. Nelson (19-5-1 MMA, 10-5 UFC) took on a battle-tested Bryan Barberena (18-10 MMA, 9-8 UFC) on the main card of UFC 286 at The O2 in London. It was his first fight in a year, and though his absence was long,

8:44 PM ET Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim react to the biggest moments at UFC 286 and offer thoughts on what might be ahead for the standouts in London. There’s no doubting the welterweight champ after UFC 286 Wagenheim: Are we supposed to be surprised that at the end of a raucous Saturday

LONDON – Justin Gaethje is unhappy not only with how the main event of UFC 286 was judged, but also with the way it was called on the broadcast. The former UFC interim lightweight champion thought his friend and teammate Kamaru Usman did enough to beat British champion Leon Edwards in their trilogy bout for

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What should be next for Leon Edwards after UFC 286 title defense?) Kamaru Usman has hit uncharted waters in his career after he failed to recapture the welterweight title from Leon Edwards in the UFC 286 main event. After he had his near-record winning streak halted by Edwards (21-3 MMA,

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Kamaru Usman after UFC 286 title loss?) Leon Edwards validated his welterweight title reign in the UFC 286 main event when he defeated Kamaru Usman to close out their trilogy. Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) earned a majority decision win over Usman (20-3 MMA, 15-2 UFC) in

LONDON – Jennifer Maia left UFC 286 with her hand raised, but there’s still something that’s not sitting right with her. The former UFC women’s flyweight title challenger claimed her opponent, Casey O’Neill, was greased up entering their main card about at The O2 in London on Saturday. In the end, Maia (21-9-1 MMA, 6-5

Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler recently wrapped their coaching duties for Season 31 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Sunday, former UFC two-division champion McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) released faceoff photos of him and former Bellator lightweight champ Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) with UFC president Dana White in the middle. McGregor offered no commentary with

LONDON – Dana White met with the media following Saturday’s UFC 286 and gave his thoughts on a number of topics. After welterweight champion Leon Edwards defended his title in a trilogy rematch against former champ Kamaru Usman, the UFC president talked about that result, what’s next for the champ, and other fallout from UFC