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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Thursday’s official Bellator 258 fighter weigh-ins. The weigh-ins take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The same venue hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. Among those weighing in are bantamweight champion Juan

UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz has come under scrutiny after filing for unemployment in the city of Huntington Beach, Calif. The problem? Ortiz is city council member and the mayor pro tem of Huntington Beach, positions he’s held — and been paid for — since December.  Public records viewed by the Orange County Register

8:05 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Juan Archuleta will make the first defense of his bantamweight championship against Sergio Pettis in the main event of Bellator 258 on Friday night in Uncasville, Connecticut. That’s the fight most prominently displayed on the event’s promotional poster, but until last week a different bout on the card was drawing

LAS VEGAS – Alex Morono has nothing but respect for Donald Cerrone, but that won’t stop him from trying to take his head off on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 24. Morono (18-7 MMA, 7-4 UFC) stepped in on five days’ notice to fight Cerrone (36-15 MMA, 23-12 UFC) after Diego Sanchez was pulled from

LAS VEGAS – Donald Cerrone doesn’t blame Diego Sanchez for their UFC on ESPN 24 bout falling apart. Cerrone (36-15 MMA, 23-12 UFC) was supposed to fight former Jackson Wink MMA teammate Sanchez (30-13 MMA, 19-13 UFC) in Saturday’s welterweight co-main event at the UFC Apex, but “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner was removed and

LAS VEGAS — Taking a five-round main event on short notice would be a problem for most fighters, even the most well-conditioned ones. But after what Michelle Waterson went through in March, five five-minute rounds against Marina Rodriguez, one of the finest strawweight fighters in the world, will by comparison be a breeze. Just for

The Telegraph Lines drawn in golf’s civil war: Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy split over breakaway Super League Phil Mickelson is known for his mischievous sense of humour, but he was being deadly serious here at Quail Hollow on Wednesday when responding to a question about Super League Golf. “It’s a big deal to give

Aleksandar Rakic sees a fight with Jiri Prochazka as the perfect UFC light heavyweight title eliminator. Prochazka emerged as a top contender when he scored an incredible spinning back elbow knockout of former title challenger Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 23, moving him one spot ahead of Rakic in the official UFC 205-pound rankings.

Getty Images The Bellator 258 card took a hit when Yoel Romero was forced to withdraw from his Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix bout with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. But the event remains a strong card from the prelims to the bantamweight championship main event that sees Juan Archuleta put the title on the line against

9:01 AM ET Ten days after suffering a compound fracture of his right leg, Chris Weidman was at home in New York and preparing for a long road to recovery, saying the pain was unlike anything he had felt in a career that has had its fair share of injuries. “I’ve had 10 knee surgeries,

Getty Images On Friday, the Bellator cage lands in Uncasville, Connecticut once again for Bellator 258 from the Mohegan Sun Arena. In the main event, Juan Archuleta will put the Bellator bantamweight championship on the line against former UFC fighter Sergio Pettis. In the night’s co-main event, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson returns to action for the

UFC Hall of Fame member, winner of the inaugural season of The Ultimate fighter, and former lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez continues to display alarming behavior after being released by the UFC. The 39-year old Sanchez displayed a state of mind filled with paranoia and irrationality during a Tuesday appearance on Sirius XM’s MMA Today.

Before Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor meet inside the cage for the third time, two of the UFC’s top women’s bantamweight contenders will collide on the same card. Irene Aldana and Yana Kunitskaya are set to collide July 10 at UFC 264. The pay-per-view event, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena, will mark the first

Despite his prominent role in preventing mixed martial arts from being legalized in New York, most of the sport’s fans probably never heard of Sheldon Silver. Silver is the corrupt former politician who, as the speaker of the New York State Assembly, repeatedly blocked legislation that would have legalized MMA in the state. What was

5:22 PM ET The Florida State Boxing Commission has made a major change to its policy regarding cannabis. At a meeting Tuesday, the commission voted to essentially eliminate marijuana from its prohibited drug list, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation spokesperson Patrick Fargason told ESPN on Tuesday. Previously in Florida, even trace amounts of

Reuters Ex-Minneapolis policeman Chauvin asks judge for new trial (Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge on Tuesday for a new trial, court records showed, two weeks after he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. In a series of motions filed to District Court Judge

3:09 PM ET The UFC finally has an official main event for this coming weekend. Marina Rodriguez will meet the popular Michelle Waterson in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Tuesday. The originally scheduled main event between former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and top contender Cory Sandhagen was postponed

The Telegraph Giro d’Italia teams 2021: Full list of teams and riders starting in Turin As with all WorldTour races, each of the 19 teams that make up the top-flight of professional cycling receive an invite and in the case of the Giro d’Italia, all teams are contracted to race the first grand tour of