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Dan Ige is back to winning ways after earning a brutal KO of Damon Jackson at UFC Vegas 67 tonight. Ige took the advantage in the first round, wobbling Jackson multiple times. And in round two, he opened up a huge cut on Jackson. Then in the final minute, Ige unleashed a devastating left hook

Raquel Pennington is on a five-fight winning streak after beating Ketlen Vieira at UFC Fight Night 217, and now she wants a title opportunity. Pennington (15-9 MMA, 12-5 UFC) extended her streak on Saturday with the split decision victory over Vieira (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in a critical bout for the weight class. The scorecards

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 217 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results. UFC Fight Night 217 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. In the main event, Sean Strickland (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC), who headlined UFC Fight Night 216 a month

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 217 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, which kicks off at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). You can discuss the event here. Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC Fight Night 217

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC Fight Night 217. UFC Fight Night 217 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.- Last event’s results: 0-0 Overall picks for UFC main cards in 2023: 0-0-0

Leon Edwards thinks Khamzat has been overvalued by the UFC. The UFC welterweight champion has no problem recognizing Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) as a top fighter in his division, but won’t go as far as giving him the full credit his hype has generated. Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) thinks the UFC has built

Neiman Gracie’s most recent win was perhaps his most brutal. The grappling standout surprised many back at Bellator 266 in September 2021 when he stopped Mark Lemminger in a welterweight bout. And it wasn’t because Gracie (11-4 MMA, 9-4 BMMA) won the contest, but more because of the nature in which he won it. Gracie

LAS VEGAS – All the pre-fight activities are in the books for UFC Fight Night 217, the first UFC event of 2023, following Friday’s official weigh-ins and faceoffs. A short-notice light heavyweight matchup between Nassourdine Imavov (12-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Sean Strickland (25-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) is the main event. Normally middleweights, Imavov and

Michael Johnson wants to give Tony Ferguson an opportunity to avenge the first loss of his UFC career. Nearly 11 years ago at UFC on FOX 3 in May 2022, Johnson (21-18 MMA, 13-14 UFC) earned a unanimous decision victory over Ferguson (25-8 MMA, 15-6 UFC) in a lightweight bout. Ferguson suffered a broken arm

LAS VEGAS – UFC middleweight Punahele Soriano thinks an infection nearly took his life. Soriano (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) returns to action after six months on the sideline at UFC Fight Night 217 to face Roman Kopylov. The bout takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. After his

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Jon Jones says he’s on the cusp of a return, and he promises it’s going to be big. We know it’ll be big, literally, given the former light heavyweight champion gave up his belt nearly three years ago to focus on a move to heavyweight. We still

Former two-division champion Aung La N Sang gave the raucous crowd at ONE Fight Night 6 exactly what they wanted to see. Myanmar’s N Sang (29-13) needed 89 seconds to get the job done against Gilberto Galvao, much to the delight of the crowd, which showered “The Burmese Python” with the loudest cheers of the

Nassourdine Imavov expects that fans will see his older brother join him on the UFC roster at some point in the near future. Imavov is set to compete in his first UFC main event at UFC Vegas 67, but he’ll be taking on an entirely different opponent from the one he spent his training camp

Garry Tonon didn’t need much time to get the job done on Friday evening. The black belt grappler made quick work of his opponent Johnny Nunez at ONE Fight Night 6, ending the fight in just 1:53. The event took place at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, and aired on Amazon Prime Video. After a

Erik Perez is back. The Mexican star is set to take on Peru’s Enrique Barzola on March 10 as part of the line-up for Bellator 292 in San Jose. The bout will be contested at bantamweight. Two people with knowledge of the booking recently informed MMA Junkie of the matchup, but asked to remain anonymous

Leon Edwards expects to be fighting Kamaru Usman soon. The UFC welterweight champion recently revealed he’s training for a trilogy rematch with Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) for UFC 286 in London on March 18. Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) is confident the fight will go down on that date and on his side of

The UFC kicks off its 2023 with a home game, and a short-notice light heavyweight fight tops the lineup. UFC Fight Night 217 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. (Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.) In the main event,

The UFC’s first show of 2023 has lost its opening fight the day before the event. Sijara Eubanks (7-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has been forced out of her women’s flyweight bout against Priscila Cachoeira (12-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) a UFC Fight Night 217 due to weight-cutting issues. A UFC official announced the fight’s cancellation during