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UFC president Dana White and his family have all tested positive for COVID-19 after a Thanksgiving gathering, he said on Wednesday. White, speaking on “The Jim Rome Podcast,” said that he is now in isolation after a family trip to Maine for Thanksgiving. Everyone who attended the trip, he said, has now tested positive for

7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of

Nick Cannon interviews Kubrat Pulev after his victory over Frank Mir at Triad Combat at Globe Life Field on November 27, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) Frank Mir’s fight against Kubrat Pulev didn’t go well on Saturday night, and fans weren’t happy about it for a number of reasons. Mir was knocked out

Diego Sanchez said on Twitter that he has had complications with blood clots and pneumonia during his battle with the coronavirus. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC) Longtime UFC veteran Diego Sanchez has been hospitalized after a lengthy battle with COVID-19, he announced on Twitter. Sanchez, who has been keeping fans updated with his battle with the coronavirus

[embedded content] Joel Alvarez is confident his home country is ready to host a UFC event. The rising UFC lightweight contender would love to see a UFC card go down in Spain. Alvarez (19-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who’s from Gijon, Spain, thinks there’s a big enough fan base and support in the country to not

Getty Images A big lightweight showdown is set to headline UFC Fight Night on Feb. 27 when Beneil Dariush battles Islam Makhachev. The fight could determine a future title contender as both men will enter the fight on lengthy winning streaks. The fight was first reported by ESPN. Dariush will enter the fight riding a

Getty Images Former longtime UFC lightweight and welterweight Diego Sanchez is in the hospital battling COVID-19, according to his social media. Sanchez, 39, began sharing his complications with the virus last week when he recommended an antibody treatment, one which health officials have said can be effective but should not be prioritized over getting vaccinated.

7:59 AM ET Valentina Shevchenko was inside of a boxing gym in Newark, New Jersey, preparing to go on a run. It was the fall of 2019, and the next day Shevchenko would start filming an MMA movie alongside A-list star Halle Berry. To prepare for the shoot, Shevchenko was cutting weight, and the run

With his first fight in nearly two years lined up, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones made an announcement early on Sunday morning. He said he’s 60 days sober. The announcement comes after he was arrested in September on a domestic violence charge. “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like

Getty Images Miesha Tate entered the Octagon in the main event of Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night looking to pick up her second win since ending a near five-year retirement this past July. Unfortunately for Tate, her opponent, Ketlen Vieira, did not arrive in Las Vegas to play opponent. Vieira picked up a hard-fought unanimous

One MMA pioneer’s attempted comeback was a younger fighter’s opportunity on Saturday. Ketlen Vieira took full advantage in her matchup with Miesha Tate, defeating the former champion by unanimous decision in Las Vegas. The fight had been Tate’s second since returning to the UFC after a four-and-a-half year layoff from the sport following her loss

9:30 PM ET Ketlen Vieira defeated Miesha Tate via unanimous decision in a five-round main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. It was Tate’s second appearance since returning from a nearly five-year layoff, as she was retired from 2016 to 2021. Two takeaways from this one for me. First off, Tate

LAS VEGAS — It’s hardly a secret that a happy worker is a better, more productive and more successful worker. It’s why so many top companies go out of their ways to make their company more attractive to employees. Miesha Tate is no longer miserable, or confused, or doing things that she believes are correct

Former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano said on a podcast appearance Wednesday that she feels exploited by a documentary film that showed her nude body.  Montano issued the charge while speaking with host Damon Martin on MMA Fighting’s “The Fighter vs. The Writer” podcast while discussing a film titled “Warrior Spirit.” Per MMA Fighting, the

8:00 AM ET Miesha Tate reached out to UFC president Dana White in the summer of 2020. Tate and her husband, Johnny Nunez, had just had their second child, Daxton, and Tate was contemplating a comeback to the Octagon. At the time, Tate and Nunez were living in Singapore. Tate was working in an office

Getty Images Max Holloway has taken a lot of pride in his claims of being the best boxer in the UFC. This past Saturday night, Holloway had to rely on more than his boxing to survive a five-round war with Yair Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Fight Night. Holloway, the former featherweight champion,

LAS VEGAS — Sean Brady is one of the most impressive fighters to come into the UFC in the last four years. He’s 4-0 since debuting in 2019 and has finished his last two fights. On Saturday, he’s a slight favorite to defeat Michael Chiesa when they meet at Apex in the co-main event of

Getty Images If Max Holloway wanted to earn another shot at the UFC featherweight championship, he had to first handle business in the Octagon against Yair Rodriguez in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night. After five brutal rounds, Holloway managed to walk out bloodied and bruised, but as a winner. The fight opened