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Bellator 296 takes place Friday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The event takes place at Accor Arena in Paris. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. In the main event, former middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (49-8-2 MMA,

UFC on ABC 4 has lost a lightweight matchup. Natan Levy(8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Pete Rodriguez (5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is off Saturday’s prelims at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., due to weight management issues on Rodriguez’s side. UFC officials announced the fight’s removal during the official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel, and

UFC on ABC 4 official weigh-ins take place Friday in North Carolina. Get the results here. The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 4 p.m. ET at Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on

Finishes don’t just happy by accident when Jailton Almeida fights. The UFC heavyweight standout is always looking for them. The proof is in the fact that Almeida (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has scored a finish in all 18 of his career wins. That includes his Dana White’s Contender Series appearance last year that earned him

Jairzinho Rozenstruik didn’t want to fight Jailton Almeida, at least under the current circumstances. Rozenstruik (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) hoped to get someone higher in the rankings and with an established name in the heavyweight division, not a rising contender. But despite not wanting the fight, Rozenstruik finds himself fighting Almeida (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC)

Ian Machado Garry thinks there’s something big in store for him Saturday at UFC on ABC 4. The welterweight prospect takes on veteran Daniel Rodriguez on the main card at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. Garry (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is confident he

DALLAS – Nate Diaz has nothing but praise for UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards. Diaz battled Edwards in a five-round bout in June 2021 at UFC 263, where Edwards put on a clinic before getting clipped and stumbled late in Round 5. Edwards survived the late surge from Diaz and went on to earn a

Check out these photos from the BKFC 42 ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs in Greenville, S.C. (Photos courtesy of BKFC) Josh Marer, BKFC 42 Jon Barnard, BKFC 42 Jon Barnard vs. Josh Marer, BKFC 42 Jon Barnard vs. Josh Marer, BKFC 42 2 Glendel Futrell, BKFC 42 Samuel Samples, BKFC 42 Samuel Samples vs. Glendel Futrell, BKFC

Demetrious Johnson saw Henry Cejudo beating Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288, but he admits it was a close one. Sterling defeated Cejudo by split decision. However, if the UFC bantamweight title fight would’ve been under the ONE Championship ruleset, Johnson is convinced the result would’ve gone the other way. “Oh, 1,000 percent,” Johnson told MMA

It looks like the UFC’s welterweight division  soon will get another big name in the mix. Kelvin Gastelum, “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 17 winner who has 20 UFC fights on his resume, announced his drop back to 170 pounds Thursday. Gastelum (18-8 MMA, 12-8 UFC) said in a video posted on his Twitter account that

UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has called shenanigans on Eric Albarracin’s claim that UFC 288 sold 700K pay-per-views. Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) retained his title against Henry Cejudo (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) by split decision in this past Saturday’s main event at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. According to Cejudo’s coach, Albarracin, the event did

UFC on ABC 4 takes place this Saturday at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., where ranked heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jailton Almeida square off in the main event. Almeida (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who’s No. 12 in the official UFC heavyweight rankings, is a big 5-to-1 favorite over No. 9 Rozenstruik (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC)

Check out these photos of the fighters on the scale and their faceoffs during the Bellator 296 ceremonial weigh-ins in Paris. (Photos courtesy of Bellator MMA/Lucas Noonan) bellator-296-weigh-ins-denis-kielholtz bellator-296-weigh-ins-paula-cristina bellator-296-weigh-ins-denise-kielholtz-paula-cristina bellator-296-weigh-ins-luca-poclit bellator-296-weigh-ins-oliver-enkamp bellator-296-weigh-ins-oliver-enkamp-luca-poclit bellator-296-weigh-ins-saul-rogers bellator-296-weigh-ins-davey-gallon bellator-296-weigh-ins-davey-gallon-saul-rogers bellator-296-weigh-ins-davey-gallon-saul-rogers-1 bellator-296-weigh-ins-kevin-petshi bellator-296-weigh-ins-sarvarjon-hamidov bellator-296-weigh-ins-sarvarjon-hamidov-kevin-petshi bellator-296-weigh-ins-piotr-niedzelski bellator-296-weigh-ins-yves-landu bellator-296-weigh-ins-yves-landu-piotr-niedzelski bellator-296-weigh-ins-tim-wilde bellator-296-weigh-ins-chris-gonzalez bellator-296-weigh-ins-chris-gonzalez-tim-wilde bellator-296-weigh-ins-keir-harvie bellator-296-weigh-ins-fabacary-diatta bellator-296-weigh-ins-fabacary-diatta-keir-harvie bellator-296-weigh-ins-asael-adjoudj bellator-296-weigh-ins-geroges-sasu bellator-296-weigh-ins-asael-adjoudj-geroges-sasu bellator-296-weigh-ins-romain-debienne bellator-296-weigh-ins-bourama-camara bellator-296-weigh-ins-bourama-camara-romain-debienne

Eric Garcia admits Fury FC’s path to the top hasn’t been linear, but it’s been right. Texas has a robust regional scene with the quantity of promotions continually increasing. Fury FC seemingly sits above the state’s unofficial leaderboard in terms of notoriety and crafting top talent in 2023. But rewind a decade, and the demand

Bellator 296 ceremonial fighter weigh-ins take place Thursday, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMA Junkie at 7 a.m. ET (4 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the Bellator host hotel in Paris. The nearby Accor Arena hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime

The weigh-ins for Bellator’s latest trip overseas are in the books. In the middleweight main event, former champion Gegard Mousasi (49-8-2 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) takes on Fabian Edwards (11-2 MMA, 7-2 BMMA). Mousasi came in at 185.6 pounds, and his opponent Edwards came slightly under the middleweight mark at 184.8. In the co-feature, Mansour Barnaoui

For the first time in a long time, Douglas Lima feels healthy going into a fight. A former three-time Bellator welterweight champion, Lima (32-11 MMA, 14-7 BMMA) will move up to middleweight for the first time Friday when he takes on Costello Van Steenis (14-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) in the Bellator 296 co-main event, which

Gilbert Burns expects to be out several months after suffering a shoulder injury in his loss to Belal Muhammad at UFC 288, but he won’t need surgery. Burns (22-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) was noticeably compromised after the opening rounds of his unanimous decision defeat to Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) this past weekend at Prudential