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UFC will use the program ProhiBet to expand its compliance with gambling regulations by catching fighters and others around the sport trying to place bets, the promotion revealed Wednesday. Through ProhiBet, wagers made by prohibited…
Steve Carr
The plaintiffs seemingly earned a strategic triumph in an antitrust lawsuit against the UFC in 2020. Nearly three years later, that win has been made official. Federal judge Richard F. Boulware granted the plaintiffs class…
Steve Carr
There have been a lot of special nights over the course of Justin Gaethje’s career. UFC 291, though, has to be at the very top. In his 29th professional fight on Saturday, Gaethje claimed the BMF…
Steve Carr
Islam Makhachev’s next title defense is no longer a mystery. The UFC lightweight champion will defend his belt versus former champ Charles Oliveira in a rematch in the main event of UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in…
Steve Carr
UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira says he went into his title fight versus Israel Adesanya at less than 100%. Pereira told ESPN Brazil’s Gustavo Faldon in an interview Wednesday that he suffered torn ligaments in his right middle…
Steve Carr
The first-ever quadrilogy fight in UFC history will take place early next year in South America. Deiveson Figueiredo will defend his flyweight belt versus former champion and current interim champ Brandon Moreno at UFC 283 on Jan. 21…
Steve Carr
One of MMA’s all-time greats is calling it a career. Former longtime UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, 36, has retired from the UFC, his team told ESPN on Sunday. The promotion also announced…
Steve Carr
Alexander Volkanovski vowed to finish Saturday night, something he has yet to do to an rival since becoming UFC featherweight champion. One of the world’s top fighters lived up to his promise. Volkanovski stopped “The Korean…
Steve Carr
UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot versus Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, UFC officials stated last Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a…
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Israel Adesanya, one of the UFC’s top stars, has signed a new “lucrative” contract with the promotion, his Paradigm Sports Management team revealed Wednesday. At the UFC 271 media day Wednesday, Adesanya described the contract as a…
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Two long-standing championship rivalries will be settled at UFC 272 in March, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will meet Max Holloway in a highly anticipated trilogy fight, while bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will look…
Steve Carr
Isn’t this the way things always seem to play out in mixed martial arts? Fans got hyped to watch one of the sport’s most enduring stars perform — in this case, former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha…
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Carlos Condit, one of the best MMA welterweights of the aughts and beyond, has retired from the UFC, his longtime manager, Malki Kawa of First Round Management, confirmed Thursday with ESPN. Nicknamed “The Natural Born…
Steve Carr
The UFC has added a high-profile lightweight matchup between Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev to UFC 267. Both sides have agreed to the 155-pound contest, which will take place on Oct. 30. The UFC has not revealed a…
Steve Carr
A rematch of one of the best title fights in UFC welterweight history is on deck. Kamaru Usman, ranked as ESPN’s top pound-for-pound MMA fighter, will defend his UFC welterweight title in a second fight…
Steve Carr
Any questions about TJ Dillashaw’s standing in the bantamweight division after a long layoff have been answered — emphatically. Dillashaw, the former two-time UFC bantamweight champion, defeated Cory Sandhagen via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) in a bloody,…
Steve Carr
Brandon Moreno wasn’t even supposed to be competitive with Deiveson Figueiredo the first time they fought in December. And after showing he could be competitive in a majority draw, he still wasn’t supposed to win their rematch Saturday.…
Steve Carr
The UFC’s lightweight division is finally ready to crown a new champion now that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement has been officially acknowledged. While Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will settle their differences in July, either Michael Chandler or Charles Oliveira will earn the career-defining moment on…
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UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou stated he would like to fight twice more this year, and while he’s not sure what’s going on between the UFC and Jon Jones, he said he wants Jones first and at some…
Steve Carr
Khabib Nurmagomedov is still the UFC’s undefeated lightweight champion, although even he considers the belt should belong to Dustin Poirier. Speaking to Match TV, Nurmagomedov (29-0) stated he believes Poirier “deserves” to be the UFC’s 155-pound champion,…
Steve Carr
Just a little more than a week after his career-defining victory over Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier has not yet decided on his next move. There is one thing that is paramount in his mind over all else, though: becoming…
Steve Carr
A few large bets have already shown up on Conor McGregor, and his odds are on the move ahead of Saturday’s UFC 257 main event that’s anticipated to draw significant betting interest at sportsbooks. McGregor is a consensus…
Steve Carr
A limited number of fans will be in presence for the UFC’s first three live events of 2021 — marking the first time UFC events will be open to any spectators since UFC 248 on…
Steve Carr
Deiveson Figueiredo stepped back after the final bell and spread his arms wide. The UFC flyweight champion loosed a full-throated scream as he wrapped a hug around Brandon Moreno, who had just stretched him to…
Steve Carr
Tony Ferguson was on a 12-fight winning streak and programmed to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight championship. For Ferguson, the April title fight could have been a crowning achievement many years in the making. But the…
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Middleweight Kevin Holland’s main event opportunity has been scrapped after he tested positive for COVID-19 one week out from his headline bout at UFC on ESPN 19. Holland was due to take on Jack Hermansson after agreeing…
Steve Carr
The Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with utility player Josh Harrison on Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje is arranged to take place on Saturday, October 24, 2020, in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In one of the matchups…
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Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson choked out American Cortney (Cast Iron) Casey in the third round on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. Quebec City middleweight Marc-Andre (Power Bar) Barriault then stopped Poland’s Oskar…
Steve Carr
It seemed early in Andre Fili’s fight with Charles Jourdain that it might only be a matter of time before someone caught the other with a highlight-reel ending. That finish never came, though not for lack of effort.…
Steve Carr
The much-hyped “UFC Fight Island” now has an formal location, fight dates and fight bookings. Yas Island in Abu Dhabi will host four events; starting with UFC 251 on pay-per-view on July 11, the UFC announced…
