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Only one fighter might match Daniel Cormier if he’s able to retake the UFC heavyweight belt from Stipe Miocic on Saturday night at UFC 252, according to promotion president Dana White. “He’d be neck and neck for greatest exit with [Georges] St-Pierre,” White said on Wednesday during a live-streamed chat with Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole. […]

Paige VanZant will make her BKFC debut in November against an opponent to be determined. VanZant’s new contract with the bare-knuckle promotion is a four-fight deal that’s worth over $1 million with incentives, BKFC President David Feldman confirmed after an initial report from ESPN. “It tells people we’re serious,” Feldman told MMA Fighting about the […]

Former bantamweight title contender Bethe Correia and veteran lightweight Evan Dunham have both been released from the UFC following recent losses. UFC officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. For Correia, her time with the UFC comes to an end after spending nearly seven years with the promotion, where she earned a shot […]

Featherweights Herbert Burns and Daniel Pineda have been bumped to the UFC 252 main card after Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba was scratched from Saturday’s pay-per-view event. During a live Instagram chat, UFC President Dana White told Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports that Burns vs. Pineda will now serve on the main card. Previously, the […]

The city of Rio de Janeiro has produced some of the most iconic fighters and key moments in the history of jiu-jitsu and MMA – once known as Vale Tudo in Brazil – and finally has a place to pay homage to names from the past and present. Conceptualized by city councilor and jiu-jitsu black […]

Several fighters are facing potential six-month suspensions following UFC Vegas 6 this past weekend in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the medical suspensions for the card. Despite a dramatic ending to the main event, Aleksei Oleinik escaped his loss to Derrick Lewis with minimal time off with the commission issuing […]

Paige VanZant is going bare-knuckle in her next combat venture. After finishing her contract with the UFC, the 26-year-old MMA star has chosen to sign with the upstart Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships, multiple people with knowledge of contract talks told MMA Fighting. Terms of VanZant’s multi-fight deal were not disclosed. The news was first reported […]