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Sep 9, 2022 Editor’s note: Khamzat Chimaev missed weight and Nate Diaz will now fight Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279. STOCKTON, Calif. — GILBERT MELENDEZ, NATE Diaz‘s longtime teammate, was in Stockton with some of his students from El Niño Training Center in South San Francisco for a night training session

UFC 279 will look different than initially planned after Khamzat Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds on Friday morning. Chimaev was initially supposed to headline the UFC 279 card on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a welterweight bout with Nate Diaz. While Diaz weighed in at 171 pounds, Chimaev missed weight

Nate Diaz will face Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of UFC 279 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, a fight Diaz says will be the last of his epic UFC career. Diaz’s name is all over the UFC record books, as he’s second among active fighters with 15 post-fight bonuses, tied for

Getty Images If Saturday’s UFC 279 main event turns out to be the final walk to the Octagon for Nate Diaz after 15 unpredictable years, the circumstances surrounding this pay-per-view headliner couldn’t be more bizarre.  On the surface, Diaz’s 170-pound clash with unbeaten rising star Khamzat Chimaev inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is a

9:02 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Five of the last six UFC pay-per-view fight cards have been headlined by not just one championship bout but a pair of them. That’s a lot of gold and glory on the line. By contrast, UFC 279 will have not even a single title contest. What Saturday’s event in Las

There is almost an embarrassment of riches in the UFC’s heavyweight division right now. The only thing that’s holding it back is that many of them are injured and unable to fight. Ciryl Gane was the latest heavyweight to show his stuff, winning a Fight of the Night battle by stopping Tai Tuivasa at 4:23

Getty Images Heavyweights are set to collide in UFC’s premiere event France on Saturday. French native Ciryl Gane is set to take on fan-favorite Tai Tuivasa in the main event from the Accor Arena with a potential title shot on the line. Gane (10-1) fell one round short of dethroning UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou

Tai Tuivasa and coach Shaun Sullivan go back a long way. Growing up playing rugby league in western Sydney — Sullivan played with one of Tuivasa’s older brothers — their sporting endeavors have long been intertwined. Now, more than a decade on from when a 15-year-old Tuivasa was the second heaviest player at Penrith Panthers

Fighting at home and headlining the first UFC show in Paris is like a Christmas and New Year’s celebration combined, former interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane said. The top-rated Gane, who is coming off a loss in a heavyweight unification bout to Francis Ngannou, will meet slugger Tai Tuivasa in the main event of UFC

Jake Paul was a multi-millionaire long before he dreamed of being a boxer, thanks to his wit, his business savvy and his gift of gab. It just so happens that those traits go a long way toward making one successful in professional boxing, as well. Particularly for pay-per-view fights, name recognition is critical, and few

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