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A lightweight bout between Jared Gordon and Bobby Green is the latest addition to a UFC Fight Night event in April. Gordon (19-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) and Green (29-14-1 MMA, 10-9-1 UFC) have agreed to meet at UFC Fight Night on April 22. The event does not have an announced location or venue at this

Charles Oliveira hopes to be in title contention by the end of 2023. The former lightweight champ is coming off a title loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280, but is looking to rebound in two fights. “April or May – I think that’s the time that I need,” Oliveira told The MacLife through an

With UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling still not ready to fight, Sean O’Malley wants an interim title shot. Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) currently is healing from a bicep injury and doesn’t want to risk rushing for his likely title defense against former two-division champ Henry Cejudo. Sterling even recently said on The MMA Hour

RIO DE JANEIRO – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 283 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 7 a.m. ET (4 a.m. PT). The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Rio de Janeiro and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 3 p.m.

Francis Ngannou will be watching the UFC 285 main event closely, but believes the label that will be attached to the winner will have empty meaning. After his recent release from the promotion due to failed negotiations, the undisputed UFC heavyweight title Ngannou held is now vacant. However, it will be claimed at UFC 285

Leon Edwards was hoping the stars would align for him to fight Jorge Masvidal. Edwards hasn’t let go of their backstage altercation in March 2019, in which Masvidal sucker-punched him during a UFC event in London. But with their career trajectories currently in opposite directions, welterweight champion Edwards knew making his first title defense against

Henry Cejudo is impressed with Jon Jones’ ability to keep growing his skills. Former light heavyweight king Jones widely is considered one of the greatest fighters of all time and has just one blemish on his resume: a disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in 2009 in a fight he was dominating. Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1

Bare Knuckle FC middleweights Lorenzo Hunt and Mike Richman brawled about a month before their fight. Hunt and Richman attended a KnuckleMania 3 pre-fight press conference on Thursday in Albuquerque. The two fighters will square off for the BKFC middleweight title on February 17th. Hunt and Richman, two of the most successful fighters in BKFC,

Paul Craig doesn’t see himself very far from the UFC championship belt. The light heavyweight contender believes he’s one or two good wins away from a title shot, depending on his performances and how some results at the top shake out. Craig (16-5-1 MMA, 8-5-1 UFC) returns to the octagon this Saturday on the main

Brandon Moreno firmly believes he continues to make history. The UFC interim flyweight champion, and former undisputed titleholder, already put his name in the history books by becoming the first Mexico-born champion in UFC history. Well, on Saturday night Moreno (20-6-2 MMA, 8-3-2 UFC) is set to make history once again, as he takes on

Former WWE wrestler and neuroscientist Chris Nowinski took aim at UFC president Dana White and TBS following the premiere episode of “Power Slap: Road to the Title,” a reality series about the UFC-backed slap fighting league, which premiered Wednesday on cable TV. Nowinski, one of the country’s leading experts on concussions, shared a video Thursday

Thursday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,328, the guys welcome in UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez, discuss Francis Ngannou addressing his UFC exit, preview UFC 283, and more. Tune in! Stream or download this and all episodes of MMA Junkie Radio over at OmnyStudio. You

The UFC is back with its first pay-per-view of the year, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 283 takes place Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+. In the

UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira sees two viable options for his first title defense. Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dethroned Israel Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) to become middleweight champion at UFC 281. He thinks either a rematch with Adesanya or a matchup with former champ Robert Whittaker will be next – and he doesn’t have a

Belal Muhammad has an explanation for why he’s ranked higher than Gilbert Burns. During UFC 283 media day, Burns took issue with Muhammad being higher than him in the UFC’s official welterweight standings. Muhammad is unbeaten in his past nine fights and most recently bounced Sean Brady out of the ranks of the unbeaten with

A former Bellator welterweight champion is moving back up a division, and he has his first assignment. Douglas Lima (32-11 MMA, 14-7 BMMA) has been booked for a middleweight matchup against Costello van Steenis (14-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) when Bellator returns to France this spring. Bellator officials announced the new booking Thursday, as well as

RIO DE JANEIRO – UFC 283 hasn’t even happened yet, but simply getting to fight week was a bit of a logistical struggle for Gilbert Burns. While some might thinks Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) would be a tad disappointed to fight UFC 283 opponent Neil Magny (27-9 MMA, 20-8 UFC), rather than partake in

Daniel Cormier says a loss to Rafael Fiziev would be a major setback for Justin Gaethje. Gaethje (23-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) faces Fiziev (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in the UFC 286 co-main event March 18 in London. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. The former interim lightweight champion has