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The UFC handed out four post-fight bonuses after Saturday’s card, including one to the main event winner. After UFC Fight Night 218, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Las Vegas. Check out the winners below. Performance of the Night: Serghei Spivac Serghei Spivac def. Derrick Lewis via submission (arm-triangle choke)

Serghei Spivac achieved the most notable victory of his career on Saturday when he topped Derick Lewis in the UFC Fight Night 218 main event. Spivac (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) managed to overcome the most decorated knockout artist in octagon history with a first-round submission win over Lewis (26-11 MMA, 17-9 UFC) in the heavyweight

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. In the main event, two-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis

UFC featherweight Dooho Choi is looking to remind the division of his presence when he makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon. While this Saturday’s Apex-held card serves as somewhat of a stop-off between the promotion’s first two pay-per-view events of 2023, there’s certainly some intriguing matchups set. And perhaps the most notable on the

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Johnny Eblen has picked up the first defense of his Bellator middleweight title. Eblen (13-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) outworked Anatoly Tokov over the course of 25 minutes to earn a one-sided unanimous decision from the official judges, who issued scores of 50-45, 49-46 and 49-46. The middleweight title bout was the Bellator 290 co-main

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Two members of the same corner were caught on camera arguing with each other at Bellator 290, leading to a tense moment that required security to separate them. The incident happened between two men in Ali Isaev’s corner during his heavyweight bout with Steve Mowry on Saturday night at Kia Forum. The

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bellator 290 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). The event takes place at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card airs on CBS following prelims on MMA Junkie. In the main event, heavyweight champion

New UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill is open to fighting Magomed Ankalaev next. Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) battered Glover Teixeira to capture the vacant title in the UFC 283 headliner in January in Brazil. After former champ Jiri Prochazka opted to relinquish his belt due to a severe shoulder injury, he’s projected to be

With Charles Oliveira no longer champion, Daniel Cormier thinks he needs to employ different methods to get Conor McGregor’s attention. Oliveira (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) has long wanted to welcome McGregor back to the octagon and even was willing to let McGregor leapfrog other contenders when he was champion. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) has

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC Fight Night 218. UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. Last event’s results: 3-2 Overall picks for UFC main cards in 2023: 6-4-0

The UFC will feature another season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series as part of its 2023 calendar, and the promotion has recruited its biggest start to coach. UFC president Dana White announced on Saturday that “The Ultimate Fighter 31” will feature Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler as coaches, with a matchup between them slated

LOS ANGELES – Grant Neal thinks big things could be on the horizon. But in order to see the potential through, he has what is on paper his toughest test yet in Karl Albrektsson. Neal (7-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) and Albrektsson (13-4 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) meet Saturday in a light heavyweight bout on the Bellator

Da-un Jung sees Devin Clark gassing out at UFC Fight Night 218. Jung (15-3-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) meets Clark (13-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. Winner of 14 of his past 15, Jung aims to capitalize once Clark starts to slow down. “He

Check out these photos from the fights at 2023 PFL Challenger Series 2, which took place at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL) Michelle Montague def. Shaquita Amador Woods 2023 Challenger Series Week 2 at the Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.… 2023 Challenger Series Week 2

An all-time MMA legend will call it a career Saturday – win or lose, we expect. The stakes will be high for Russian heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko (40-6 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) when he challenges Ryan Bader (30-7 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) for the title in the Bellator 290 main event. The 46-year-old Emelianenko already has said

The PFL’s Challenger Series returned for the second week of 2023, with athletes gunning for a PFL contract that could either serve as a developmental deal or earn them a spot directing into the regular season to compete for its $1 million prize. 2023 PFL Challenger Series 2 took place Friday at Universal Studios in

Boxing star Manny Pacquiao will make his fighting return against Kota Ibushi at an upcoming RIZIN event in Japan. According to a report from Tokyo Sports, the Pacquiao/Ibushi matchup is in the preliminary stages of negotiations but is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. The report comes after Pacquiao appeared at the Bellator

LOS ANGELES – Jornel Lugo had to go through the experience of his first loss nine months ago. Now the bantamweight would be more than happy to give that experience to Jaylon Bates. Lugo (8-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) and Bates (6-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) meet in a fight between a pair of highly touted Bellator