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Jon Jones’ UFC career has been marred by long layoffs caused by suspensions due to a number of legal run-ins and positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs, but that hasn’t stopped many from calling him the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. Since making his professional debut in 2008, Jones is 26-1 with one no

Alexa Grasso has proven for a while that she’s one of the best female strikers in the UFC. And in a few days, she’ll get a chance to further that claim. Grasso is set to challenge women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 285 in Las Vegas. This is a

Valentina Shevchenko will never take lightly an opponent, and that includes Alexa Grasso. The UFC women’s flyweight champion is scheduled to make her eighth consecutive title defense, as she takes on a streaking Grasso (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 285 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Shevchenko (23-3 MMA,

After a lengthy layoff due to multiple injuries, Tatiana Suarez has successfully returned to MMA. At UFC Fight Night 220, Suarez (9-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) made her long-awaited return to action, defeating Montana De La Rosa by submission in the second round. It was her first fight since June 2019, where she left as a

Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has joined Aljamain Sterling’s camp for Sterling’s fight with Henry Cejudo. Sterling and Cejudo are rumored to fight at UFC 288 later this year, although nothing has been formally announced by the promotion. Sterling recently underwent evaluation on a bicep injury but appears to be nearing a return to

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

LAS VEGAS – Sean Strickland wants a potential title eliminator with Paulo Costa for his next trip to the octagon this year. After snapping a two-fight losing skid with a short-notice decision win over Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night 217 in January, Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) is looking to build his stock back up

LAS VEGAS – Francis Ngannou has no issue seeing the UFC heavyweight title he never lost up for grabs when Jon Jones makes his heavyweight debut, but is curious about which version of the former light heavyweight king will show up. Although Ngannou is no longer in the UFC after failed negotiations with the promotion,

DUBLIN – Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen thinks a grand prix in his division would help ramp up his activity. Eblen (13-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) notched his first title defense earlier this month when he defeated Anatoly Tokov by unanimous decision in the Bellator 290 co-main event. The undefeated American Top Team fighter sees a grand

Ailin Perez did it all in the end, but fight. The UFC women’s bantamweight went through a full training camp, traveled to Las Vegas, and did all the pre-fight media for the UFC Fight Night 220. She then cut and successfully made weight, but was informed there be no fight on Saturday night. Her opponent,

The crown jewel of the UFC’s first-quarter schedule for 2023 takes place Saturday with UFC 285. The loaded fight card goes down at T-Mobile Arena with a main card scheduled to air on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+. Two championship fights top the card, and they feature arguably the greatest

DUBLIN – Norbert Novenyi Jr. knows he still has work to do but warns Johnny Eblen that he’s coming for him. Novenyi (6-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) made quick work of Andy Manzolo this past Saturday at Bellator 291 in Dublin by knocking him out in the first round. Despite still being young in his career,

DUBLIN – Sinead Kavanagh is ready to rematch Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. Kavanagh (9-5 MMA, 6-5 BMMA) fell short in her title pursuit when she was knocked out by Cyborg in the first round at Bellator 271 in November 2021. Since then, the Dublin native has rebounded with back-to-back wins over Leah McCourt, followed

On Sunday, YouTube-star-turned-professional-boxer Jake Paul lost for the first time after Tommy Fury claimed a split decision in their pay-per-view headliner in Saudi Arabia. Paul’s young boxing career has been quite the ride as up until Fury he’d only defeated a fellow YouTuber, a former NBA All-Star and a trio of past-their-prime former MMA champions

LAS VEGAS – Nurullo Aliev beat Rafael Alves with a majority decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 220 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Aliev, who won his UFC debut despite a first-round point deduction for biting. Aliev on the fight’s key moment LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

LAS VEGAS – Jasmine Jasudavicius beat Gabriella Fernandes with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 220 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Jasudavicius, who got back in the win column after a loss in June 2022 snapped a three-fight winning streak. Jasudavicius on the fight’s key

A judge has ruled that Harry Goularte, the man accused of molesting former UFC champion Cain Velasquez’s 5-year-old son, will stand trial for his alleged crime after the boy publicly implicated Goularte for the first time during a key preliminary hearing Monday. Goularte, 44, was charged in February 2022 with one felony count of lewd

UFC lightweight contender Rafael Fiziev expects the magnitude of his upcoming fight to hit him when he’s standing across from Justin Gaethje inside the Octagon. After an impressive rise up the 155-pound rankings, Fiziev is set for his biggest test on MMA’s biggest stage to date. Since a debut loss to Magomed Mustafaev blemished his