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Brunno Ferreira stepped in on short notice and scored an upset victory when he finished Gregory Rodrigues in their fight at UFC 283. The matchup was highlighted as this week’s Sleeper Scrap largely due to the finishing skills of both men, and the middleweights got to work right from the opening bell. Rodrigues entered the

Jose Aldo is a lot of things, and come this summer, he can add “UFC Hall of Famer” to the list. Regarded by many as the greatest featherweight fighter in MMA history, Aldo will be inducted as part of the 2023 UFC Hall of Fame class, the promotion announced Saturday in a video package during

RIO DE JANEIRO – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Saturday’s UFC 283 event at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT). You can discuss the event here. Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC 283 live results post,

RIO DE JANEIRO – UFC 283 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT). UFC 283 takes place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC and early prelims on ESPN+. In the main event, former

UFC 283 takes place Saturday as the year’s first pay-per-view, but before the fights get underway, join MMA Junkie’s Farah Hannoun for a preview show right here at 5 p.m. ET. In the main event, the vacant light heavyweight title is up for grabs as former champion Glover Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) takes on

Henry Cejudo thinks Merab Dvalishvili will give Petr Yan fits. Dvalishvili (15-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) faces Yan (16-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 221 headliner March 11 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Olympic gold medalist wrestler Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) is confident he’d give both bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and Dvalishvili problems

Brazilian MMA fans have waited almost three years for the UFC to return to their country, but they’ve had to be even more patient than that if you think about it. The last time the UFC held an event in Brazil was March 14, 2020 for UFC Fight Night 170 at Ginásio Nilson Nelson in

Although Brandon Moreno believes he’s better than Deiveson Figueiredo, he’s aware that he doesn’t hold all the cards. The Mexican star is set to take on Figueiredo (21-2-1 MMA, 10-2-1 UFC) on Saturday for a fourth time in a flyweight title-unification bout in the co-main event of UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro. After having

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC 283. UFC 283 takes place Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC and early prelims on ESPN+. Last event’s results: 3-2 Overall picks for

Gilbert Burns feels his highlight finishing reel will get a little bigger on Saturday. The former UFC title challenger and top welterweight contender strongly believes he’ll get a stoppage win in his return to the octagon. Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) takes on veteran Neil Magny (27-9 MMA, 20-8 UFC) in the main card of UFC

As expected, Zhang Weili was well received in her return to her home country. UFC women’s strawweight champion was greeted by multitudes of fans, as she triumphantly returned to China after re-claiming the UFC title at 115 pounds. Weili (23-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) did so by submitting then-champion Carla Esparza in the co-main event of

Alexander Volkanovski thinks Jon Jones is in for a unique challenge against Ciryl Gane. Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) returns from a three-year layoff to face Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant heavyweight title in the UFC 285 headliner on March 4. Jones has faced the who’s who in MMA, but UFC featherweight champion

RIO DE JANEIRO – Ihor Potieria knows he’s fighting someone that’s in the MMA history books. The UFC rookie is taking on one of the most respected and legendary names still active in MMA – Mauricio Rua. Potieria (18-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is scheduled to take on ‘Shogun’ (27-13-1 MMA, 11-11-1 UFC) in the final

UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo has assessed why he finds himself preparing to fight Brandon Moreno for the fourth consecutive time. This weekend, Figueiredo will make history as the first athlete in history to stand across from the same opponent inside the Octagon four times in a row. He’ll defend his 125-pound gold against Moreno

The UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2023 is just two days away, and there’s plenty of anticipation for it. In the UFC 283 main event in Brazil, former light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) meets Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a fight for the vacant title. And in the co-feature, flyweight

Things looked grim for “The Lazy King” Abdoul Abdouraguimov as the clock ticked down to less than one minute remaining in his ARES 11 main event title challenge at middleweight. For the majority of five rounds, Abdouraguimov (16-1), typically a welterweight, struggled with the strength of the much larger Rafal Haratyk (16-5-1) – until an

Former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is sad to see one of his biggest, if not the biggest matchup walk away. Miocic wasn’t pleased to see Francis Ngannou refuse a contract renewal and walk away from the UFC. Ngannou, who was the undisputed heavyweight champion, has been stripped, and a vacant title fight between Jon

RIO DE JANEIRO – If Jamahal Hill becomes champion at UFC 283, he wants Jiri Prochazka as his first challenger. Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) takes on Glover Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) for the vacant light heavyweight title in Saturday’s main event at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims