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Getty Images Ketlen Vieira doubled up on wins over former UFC champions by defeating Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Vieira walked out of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada with a narrow split decision over the boxing legend. Holm and Vieira struck accurately and often. Vieira landed 40 of 45 total

9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of

The UFC continues to churn out fight cards for bettors with UFC Vegas 55 on Saturday. Holly Holm headlines the 11-fight card against Ketlen Vieira in a matchup between two women’s bantamweight contenders. It’s fascinating how these two fighters’ careers have intertwined to this moment. Holm will always have a special place in the hearts

Bellator MMA It may not have been pretty — or without some controversy — but Logan Storley is the new Bellator interim welterweight champion. Storley defeated Michael “Venom” Page in the main event of Bellator 281 this past weekend to claim the interim belt that was created when the invasion of Ukraine sidelined division champ

LAS VEGAS — Charles Oliveira wasn’t much different than any young boy when he was growing up in Brazil. He was playing one sport or another during nearly all of his waking hours. In his quiet moments, he’d dream of himself as the big star in one of them. For as long as he could

8:51 AM ET With big fights happening every week and new champions being crowned along with current championship forging their legacy, it’s easy to forget that Kamaru Usman is still the pound-for-pound best in MMA today. But is it possible for Usman to catch a former pound-for-pound champ and arguably the greatest ever welterweight in

LAS VEGAS — Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to change things in his approach after he lost the UFC’s light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira last year. The joy was gone from the game for Blachowicz and he knew that at 39 years old, he’d have to find it quickly. Blachowicz on Saturday looked like

Combate Global Combate Global continues to be one of the most exciting promotions in mixed martial arts and has another loaded Combate Global fight card scheduled for Friday. The five fights will be headlined by a pair of 25-year-old Mexican fighters with matching 3-1 records as Maximiliano Gonzalez takes on Axel Osuna. Both are submission

Logan Storley is the interim Bellator welterweight champion whether you like it or not. In the Bellator 281 main event, Storley (14-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) utilized his wrestling for the duration of five rounds en route to a split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) over Michael Page (20-2 MMA, 16-2 BMMA). The decision came much to

2:28 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Vicente Luque and Geoff Neal for Aug. 5, sources told ESPN Thursday. Contracts have not been signed but the bout has been verbally agreed to. The UFC has not announced an official location for the UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 6. Luque (21-8-1)

Getty Images Charles Oliveira may no longer be the official UFC lightweight champion after forfeiting his title on the scales last Friday. His subsequent performance, however, submitting Justin Gaethje in the first round at UFC 274 in Phoenix, has gone a long way in making that key footnote nothing more than a moot one for

2:36 AM ET A 14-fight card at UFC 274 produced some big wins, fantastic action, memorable knockouts and a lackluster co-main event sandwiched between two amazing bouts. Jeff Wagenheim and Carlos Contreras Legaspi react to the pay-per-view and offer up their biggest thoughts on the night. Big fight nights headlined by championship bouts typically provide

It’s virtually unforgivable to miss weight in a world championship fight. Charles Oliveira missed weight on Friday by a half-pound. That normally would earn him a well-deserved roasting from UFC president Dana White, particularly since he’s a multi-time offender. Oliveira, though, earned himself a bit of a reprieve from the tongue lashing by what he

Charles Oliveira entered the Octagon on Saturday as the lightweight champion. He left it without a belt, but also with the recognition that he is clearly the best 155-pounder on the planet. In a wild, spectacular fight, Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje with a rear naked choke at 3:22 of the first round in the main

Justin Gaethje will have to overcome Charles Oliveira as well as the curse of musician Drake Saturday at UFC 274 as he bids for the lightweight championship. Oliveira was stripped of the title on Friday after missing weight by a half-pound. Gaethje will earn the title with a win, but if Oliveira wins, the title

Charles Oliveira wants two things to be clear. One, he still considers himself champion – and two, he was as surprised as everyone else when he missed weight Friday at the UFC 274 official weigh-ins. Oliveira, who came in one-half-pound over the championship lightweight limit ahead of his main event scheduled for Saturday against Justin

Getty Images Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira makes the second defense of his title Saturday in the main event of UFC 274 when he faces top-ranked challenger Justin Gaethje. Their championship fight headlines the pay-per-view portion of the main UFC 274 fight card (10 p.m. ET) from the Footprint Center in Phoenix. Oliveira is currently on

8:00 AM ET The art of the submission is rooted in a fighter’s ability to seize an opening. An opportunity. A mistake. An action leading to a reaction. Close-quarters combat turns into an ongoing battle for positioning and leverage. It all plays on a constant loop until there’s an escape. Or an ending. The very