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Bellator MMA After suffering a loss in the opening round of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, former champion Phil Davis needed a win at Bellator 266 to remain a player in the division. Davis got the job done at Bellator 266, picking up a big win over Yoel Romero in the night’s main

7:46 AM ET HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Brian Ortega was feeling good, like his career and his life had been elevated to the next level. It was December 2018, and Ortega was invited to a holiday party at the Los Angeles home of actor Robert Downey Jr. Sure, a few weeks earlier Ortega had lost

LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski laughs easily and has a self-effacing way about him. He’s just one of the guys, someone who is a blast to swap stories with while drinking a few beers and grilling up some steaks. The UFC featherweight champion is as unpretentious and normal as can be, though he’s moving into

LAS VEGAS — Men have been talking trash before they fought since the first time two of them squared off and threw punches in anger at each other. UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith is not only bright and articulate, but he’s easygoing and lets most things slide off his back. But when his opponent Saturday,

Bellator MMA The Bellator World Light Heavyweight Grand Prix has lost another fighter. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has been forced out of his semifinal bout with Vadim Nemkov due to an undisclosed illness. The fight, which was also for the light heavyweight championship held by Nemkov, was set to be the main event of Bellator 268

8:07 AM ET Just one year ago, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith‘s career was in jeopardy. At least that’s surely how it felt. At this time in 2020, Smith (35-16) was coming off back-to-back losses to Glover Teixeira and Aleksandar Rakic. The losses came just three months apart, which was remarkable considering the amount of

LAS VEGAS — Ryan Spann doesn’t much care if he’s recognized while walking down the street, or if he doubles his social media following in the next month. The UFC light heavyweight isn’t fighting for fame or glory or anything other than cold, hard cash. He and his wife live in a two-bedroom apartment with

LAS VEGAS — Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira has 39 professional fights, which is three more than light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz. And Blachowicz’s 36 bouts are 10 more than the next UFC champion on the list, flyweight Brandon Moreno, who has 26. None of the No. 1 contenders in any of the UFC’s divisions has

Getty Images UFC is set to return to PPV on Sept. 25 with a trio of big fights topping the marquee. UFC 266 will go down inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as the culmination of this year’s International Fight Week and see featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski put his title on the line against

1:00 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor and singer Machine Gun Kelly got into an altercation Sunday night that nearly turned physical. McGregor and Kelly were both on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet at Barclays Center in Brooklyn when things turned heated. McGregor could be seen in videos lunging at Kelly, who was

Conor McGregor is up to his old antics once again. The recently defeated MMA star got into a physical altercation with musician and rapper Machine Gun Kelly on the red carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, which nearly culminated in a full blown fight.  The reasons behind the incident are still unclear,

Anderson Silva needed less than 90 seconds to knock out Tito Ortiz on Saturday night. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) Anderson Silva wasted no time on Saturday night in Florida. He ended Tito Ortiz’s boxing debut almost before it even got going. Silva — in the co-main event of Triller Fight Club’s card led by Evander

Combate Global is back with another exciting seven-fight card in Miami on Friday that begins at 10:30 p.m. ET on Paramount+. Undefeated Mexican fighter Cristian Perez has been one of the brightest young stars in Combate Global, fighting every one of his professional bouts with the promotion and producing four submission victories. Now, he’ll take

8:00 AM ET The UFC is down to 13 live events remaining in 2021 (not including Dana White’s Contender Series). As of now, the schedule consists of one more trip to Fight Island for UFC 267, the promotion’s first visit to New York since 2019 and a consistent lineup of events in Las Vegas to

Week 2 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2021) took place on Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the four-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex. With a simple but digestible format that has had the MMA fanbase responding, this series has shown to have legs in multiple ways

7:14 AM ET UFC fans love to be in the know. We’re here to help. Derek Brunson shined this weekend against Darren Till, but despite Brunson’s incredible run and dominant finish over a legitimate contender, a title shot may not be coming as quickly as Brunson hopes. Someone who is likely to get a title

LAS VEGAS — Darren Till spent most of the first two rounds in his main event bout Saturday at Apex against Derek Brunson flat on his back, trying to fend off fists and elbows from a very determined opponent. Before the fight, Till had boasted that Brunson wouldn’t be able to take him down and

Getty Images Derek Brunson’s late career surge is showing no signs of coming to an end anytime soon.   The 37-year-old middleweight contender, a betting underdog entering Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas, recorded his fifth straight victory in an impressive third-round submission of former 170-pound title challenger Darren Till.   Brunson