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Getty Images Bellator MMA is off and rolling in 2022. The year has brought exciting action back to the cage in the first four months, and the next two are already packed to the gills with massive matchups.  April kicked off with a massive upset as Patricio Ptibull regained his throne atop the featherweight division

Bellator MMA ONE Championship makes its debut on Amazon Prime Video with a fight card heavy on action. Flyweight champion Adriano Moraes vs. Demetrious Johnson 2 headlines an event that also features the semifinals of the flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix. Moraes (20-3) silenced doubters by defeating the former UFC flyweight champion, considered among the

Aug 26, 2022 The sport of mixed martial arts loves itself a good set of rankings and awards, doesn’t it? Every year, we debate topics such as best fighter, best submission and best knockout. Heck, nearly every week, the UFC awards for performances of the night and fight of the night. We rank athletes within

Dave Lovell isn’t ready for Leon Edwards to grant Jorge Masvidal a title shot. Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC) and Lovell’s star pupil Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) have been on a collision since 2019, but now that Edwards is UFC welterweight champion and Masvidal on a three-fight skid, Lovell said Masvidal has to wait

8:08 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — It began with a text message with an invitation to dinner. It was the start of a friendship set up by Shane Victorino. At the time, the two-time Philadelphia Phillies All-Star outfielder didn’t know Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota and UFC featherweight Max Holloway had never met. Victorino

Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled

1:27 AM ET As the fifth round progressed in Salt Lake City, the headlines were already being written. With one minute left in the main event, Kamaru Usman had coasted in his title defense against Leon Edwards. Then came the head kick that shocked the world. Edwards became the new UFC welterweight champion with the

Getty Images There are endless possibilities for the welterweight division in the aftermath of UFC 278. Leon Edwards shocked the world with a come-from-behind, head-kick knockout of Kamaru Usman in the closing minute of their world title fight. A new champion means an abundance of new matchups. Edwards and Usman are now 1-1 against each

Leon Edwards’ last-minute, out-of-nowhere head-kick KO of Kamaru Usman in a fight he was about to lose is the stuff that happens once every two or three decades. Rarely in professional sports does an athlete or a team turn a certain loss into an emphatic win the way Edwards did Saturday at Vivint Arena in

Leon Edwards waited until the very last minute of a fight he was losing to unleash a perfectly placed head kick to knock out Kamaru Usman and lift the UFC welterweight title. Edwards’ stunning last-minute victory at UFC 278 on Saturday in Salt Lake City ended Usman’s 19-fight winning streak. [Full recap.] UFC 278 live

By all rights, Jared Gordon shouldn’t be in Salt Lake City this week, putting his body through torture to sweat it down to no more than 156 pounds by Friday morning so that on Saturday, he can fight Leonardo Santos at Vivint Arena as part of the UFC 278 card. The fact that he’s alive

In 2006, I received a phone call from a very prominent UFC fighter. He was in the midst of final preparations for a big fight, but was also in the midst of marital turmoil. The fighter begged and pleaded with me not to include his purse in the story I was working on. He didn’t

Kamaru Usman is on the cusp of tying the UFC’s greatest record. Anderson Silva won 16 fights in a row in the UFC, beginning with a 49-second knockout of Chris Leben on June 28, 2006, and concluding with a mauling of Stephan Bonnar in the first round on Oct. 13, 2012. Usman, the UFC’s welterweight

Getty Images Kamaru Usman will make the sixth defense of his welterweight title on Saturday in the main event of UFC 278 against No. 2-ranked contender Leon Edwards. Their title fight tops the main UFC 278 fight card (10 p.m. ET) from Vivint Arena in Utah. The combatants met nearly seven years ago, with Usman

Aug 15, 2022 The California State Athletic Commission wants Tyson Nam to move up in weight after the UFC fighter violated the board’s fight-night weight regulations Saturday at UFC San Diego. Nam weighed 126 pounds Friday at the weigh-ins, successfully making the nontitle flyweight limit. But on fight night, the CSAC weighed Nam again and

In an interview with GQ last week, UFC president Dana White remained adamant that fighters under his promotional banner will continue to earn what they earn as long he’s running the show. “It’s never gonna happen while I’m here, believe me. These guys get paid what they’re supposed to get paid,” White replied when asked

Getty Images Marlon Vera hit a home run at UFC Fight Night in San Diego. Vera uncorked a nasty head kick that sent Dominick Cruz crashing into the canvas on Saturday night in the main event from the Pechanga Arena. Cruz and Vera fought true to expectations. Cruz perplexed his opponent with boxing combinations, kicks

Marlon Vera remains the UFC’s top knockout artist in the bantamweight division. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) For three and a half rounds, Dominick Cruz looked like the Dominick Cruz of old, the man who dominated the bantamweight division for years. As he said all week, Marlon Vera didn’t give a f***. One of the