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The UFC is back with its fourth pay-per-view of the year and second of March, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 286 takes place Saturday at The O2 in London. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims

SAN JOSE, Calif. – One of the biggest reasons Sara McMann jumped ship from the UFC to Bellator was for a potential matchup with the champion. Cris Cyborg currently holds sway over Bellator’s women’s featherweight division and has been dominant since coming to the promotion from the UFC not long after a loss to UFC

The MMA world was stunned this past August when UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman lost his title thanks to a Hail Mary kick. Leon Edwards was dominated by Edwards for nearly five full rounds. He was on his way to a landslide decision loss when he drilled Usman with a head kick and put him

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Enrique Barzola said he doesn’t like to predict the future, but has an inkling he might bounce between a pair of weight classes. Barzola (19-7-2 MMA, 7-3-1 BMMA) this past Friday outworked fellow former UFC fighter Erik Perez (20-9 MMA, 1-3 BMMA) for a unanimous decision to close out the preliminary

Every champion in MMA history started out somewhere. For those who make it to the highest stage, the journey begins long before they strap on UFC, Bellator, or PFL gloves. Modern-era fighters progress through the regional ranks with hopes of accomplishing the highest accolades. Many will try, few will succeed. This month, five fighters on

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 286 event in London. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will

A flyweight bout between Amir Albazi and Kai Kara-France is the first addition for a new UFC event date in June. Albazi (16-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) announced through his social media on Monday that he has been booked to face Kara-France (24-10 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in a key 125-pound matchup on UFC’s June 3 fight

Aaron Pico is set to resume his career after shoulder surgery when he competes at Bellator 295 in April. Pico will welcome promotional newcomer Otto Rodrigues to the Bellator cage in a main card featherweight bout at the April 22 event, which takes place at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The main card airs

Former UFC champ Petr Yan finds himself at something of a crossroads after losing four of five fights since dropping the bantamweight title. Yan (16-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) rough stretch continued on Saturday when he suffered a lopsided unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 221m headliner

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

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Cris Cyborg remains the Bellator women’s featherweight champion. But for how much longer? That is the question. Cyborg, who’s ruled the promotion’s 145-pound division since her arrival in January 2020, fought out her contract last April after winning a unanimous decision in a rematch with Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279. Cyborg isn’t

“Power Slap: Road to the Title,” Season 2 won’t be on TBS. Monday, TBS media relations confirmed to MMA Junkie that the slap-fighting reality series headed by UFC president Dana White will not return to the network for a second season, after an initial report by MMA Fighting. Power Slap 1, the first live-streamed event

Stephen Thompson can’t ignore the way the rematch between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman was going before it ended. Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) was up 3-1 on the judges’ scorecards in his welterweight title fight against Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) last August at UFC 278 before Edwards rallied to knock him out with

The UFC is back with its fourth pay-per-view of the year and second of March, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 286 takes place Saturday at The O2 in London. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims

Henry Cejudo wasn’t too impressed with Merab Dvalishvili’s dominant win over Petr Yan at UFC Fight Night 221. Dvalishvili (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) attempted a UFC record 49 takedowns en route to a shutout unanimous decision win this past Saturday at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Although Cejudo predicted that outcome, he

Did you miss the debut of UFC 286 “Countdown” or just want to watch it again? Check out the main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the welterweight title-fight trilogy between champion Leon Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) and former champ Kamaru Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC). UFC 286 takes place Saturday at

LAS VEGAS – Bruno Silva beat Tyson Nam with a second-round technical submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 221 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Silva, who returned for the first time in 22 months. Silva on the fight’s key moment Mar 11, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada,

LAS VEGAS – Alexander Volkov is pleased with his victory, even if it took a little longer than he expected. At UFC Fight Night 221, Volkov (36-10 MMA, 10-4 UFC) finished opponent Alexandr Romanov (16-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) with punches 2:16 into Round 1. Even though 136 seconds inside the cage wouldn’t seem very long