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• Diana Belbita: ‘I’m Not A Fragile Girl Anymore’

  04-04-2025 22:00 via ufc.com
  
  UFC’s “Warrior Princess” Says She’s Rediscovered Her Power Ahead Of Her Return To Flyweight At UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy.
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• PFL postpones upcoming card in Paris

  08-05-2025 15:30 via mmafighting.com
  Patrice Evra | Photo via PFL Professional Fighters League has once again cancelled an event in Paris, this time pulling the plug on the May 23 show in France. PFL announced the decision Thursday morning, but did not disclose the reason.
  In a statement, PFL worded it as being “rescheduled” with tickets being refunded, but did not mention a new date. Back in October 2024, the promotion also said that a Bellator Paris show had to be “rescheduled for later dates”.
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• Matt Brown argues ‘honeymoon’ is over for women’s MMA in UFC: ‘I don’t find the fights nearly as exciting’

  08-05-2025 15:00 via mmafighting.com
  Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Over the past 12 years, the UFC has headlined 16 different pay-per-view events with a women’s fight with Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes ahead of the crowd by a wide margin with six main events each.
  But with UFC 315 days away, and a flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot serving as the co-main event, it’s been nearly two years since a women’s fight has headlined a PPV ev
  
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• Morning Report: Joe Rogan argues B.J. Penn still lightweight GOAT: ‘I would put him against anybody’

  08-05-2025 14:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Joe Rogan and B.J. Penn | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting B.J. Penn is long removed from his glory days, but his greatness hasn’t been forgotten.
  Joe Rogan spoke about Penn on a recent podcast, first discussing how improvements in fitness brought out the best in the former two-division UFC champion, and then putting forth the suggestion that a prime Penn could give any lightweight a run for their money—including the great Khabib Nurmagomedov.
  “When B.J. Penn was in his prime, he was t
  
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• Can you guess this 8-time UFC fighter in today’s in-5 trivia game?

  08-05-2025 13:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.
  Today’s UFC in-5 gameIf you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.
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• PFL MENA 1 Weigh-in Results: 2025 Season Kicks Off

  08-05-2025 10:05 via sherdog.com
  
  The Professional Fighters League kicks off its second PFL MENA season this week with the start of its lightweight and featherweight tournaments.
  
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• Brendan Allen vs. Marvin Vettori grudge match added to UFC 318 in New Orleans

  08-05-2025 06:27 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori look to settle some bad blood between them when the middleweights clash at the upcoming UFC 318 card on July 19 from New Orleans.
  Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday following an initial report from MMA Mania.
  The fight between Allen and Vettori is the culmination of a long simmering rivalry that dates back to when they were originally scheduled to meet back a
  
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• A Wild Couple Of Weeks For Kyle Prepolec

  08-05-2025 02:23 via ufc.com
  
  Canadian Veteran Discusses Short-Notice Return To UFC Against Benoît Saint Denis
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• No Bets Barred | Will Belal Muhammad and Valentina Shevchenko retain their titles at UFC 315?

  08-05-2025 02:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Belal Muhammad | Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images The UFC is back in Montreal.
  This Saturday, the UFC is headed back to the 514 for UFC 315 which goes down at the Bell Centre and is headlined by a pair of title fights. In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko puts her newly reclaimed flyweight title on the line against the surging Manon Fiorot, and then in the main event, Belal Muhammad puts his welterweight strap up against rising contender Jack Della Maddalena. And, of course, No Bets Barre
  
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• Aiemann Zahabi Offering A Different Perspective

  08-05-2025 01:47 via ufc.com
  
  French-Canadian Bantamweight Explains Mental Approach To Facing Jose Aldo On Saturday Night
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• Manon Fiorot | Journey To The Title Shot

  08-05-2025 01:01 via ufc.com
  
  France’s Manon Fiorot Lived Up To All Expectations As She Surged Up The Flyweight Ladder On The Way To A Title Shot At UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena
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• Watch Jiri Prochazka swim 30 meters under a frozen lake

  08-05-2025 01:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Jiri Prochazka | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Jiri Prochazka continues to test his limits in unconventional ways.
  A former UFC light heavyweight champion, Prochazka is known to be one of the more eccentric personalities in MMA. Back when he was champion, Prochazka spent three days without water in a dark room as a form of mental training, saying it allowed him to “work with his demons.” Before that, Prochazka would punch trees up to 500 times a day in preparation for his fights. N
  
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• Ian Machado Garry concedes if Islam Makhachev wants a welterweight title shot ‘everyone takes a backseat’

  08-05-2025 00:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Ian Machado Garry made it clear to the UFC that accepting a short-notice fight against Carlos Prates came with contingencies, and his biggest demand was that a win would earn him the next shot at the welterweight title.
  He did his part with a decision win over Prates at UFC Kansas City, and now Garry is set to weigh in as the backup for Saturday’s main event between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena. While he’s ultra-confident that the UFC is goi
  
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• UFC 315 Best Bets | DraftKings Sportsbook

  07-05-2025 23:19 via ufc.com
  
  Tim Finnegan of DraftKings Breaks Down UFC 315 And Gives Bets To Consider On DraftKings Sportsbook
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• Valentina Shevchenko reacts to ‘disrespect’ from Manon Fiorot ahead of UFC 315

  07-05-2025 23:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Valentina Shevchenko | Jose Youngs Valentina Shevchenko might be looking to prove a point this weekend.
  This Saturday, Shevchenko defends her flyweight title against Manon Fiorot in the co-main event of UFC 315, and while “Bullet” is always careful to respect her opponents, she seems to have some issues with Fiorot,“I don’t think that it’s appropriate to compare myself to her, because I never will approach to any of my opponents so much disrespect that she did,&rdqu
  
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• Flyweights In The Spotlight In Montreal

  07-05-2025 22:22 via ufc.com
  
  Two Big Fights Set To Go Down At 125 Pounds Saturday Night At UFC 315 In Montreal 
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• UFC mailbag: Is Reinier de Ridder’s win over Bo Nickal the biggest hype train derailment ever?

  07-05-2025 22:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Reinier de Ridder | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC UFC Des Moines is in the books, and it’s on to UFC 315.This past Saturday, the UFC returned to Iowa for the first time in nearly 25 years, and in the main event, Cory Sandhagen put a whooping on Deiveson Figueiredo to re-establish himself as a top contender at 135 pounds. But no one seems to care about that because in the co-main event, former two-division ONE champion Reinier de Ridder scored a huge upset, knocking out American super-pros
  
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• Alex Pereira claims he was ‘hacked’ after controversial UFC tweet

  07-05-2025 21:52 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alex Pereira clarified that the cryptic message where he was allegedly contemplating retirement was in fact posted by a hacker Wednesday afternoon.A message posted on the X account of former UFC light heavyweight champion “Poatan” read that “I’ve already had thoughts of not fighting anymore” after “things I’ve just heard” left him “disheartened” with the UFC.Hours later, the Brazilian sta
  
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• Dricus du Plessis claims Khamzat Chimaev fight agreed upon for ‘two dates’

  07-05-2025 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Dricus du Plessis | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Dricus du Plessis is eager to get back into the cage and his opponent will be Khamzat Chimaev.
  The reigning UFC middleweight champion told The Sias du Plessis Show that he and Chimaev have verbally agreed to fight, with two possible dates in mind. According to du Plessis, their matchup will take place no later than September.
  “So we have a date,” du Plessis said. “But we have potential of two dates. I already agreed to both. A
  
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• UFC 315 media day live stream video

  07-05-2025 20:40 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Matt Jelonek/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC The UFC 315 media day live stream will feature Wednesday’s UFC event in Montreal.
  14 fighters will be featured at UFC 315 media day, including UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad.
  The UFC 315 media day tentative schedule will feature the following below:
  9:15 a.m. ET: Aiemann Zahabi
  9:45 a.m.: Manon Fiorot
  10 a.m.: Charles Radtke
  10:15 a.m.: Jessica Andrade
  11 a.m.: Kyle Prepolec
  11:30 a.m.: Nata
  
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• Alex Pereira posts cryptic message over UFC dispute: ‘I’ve already had thoughts of not fighting anymore’

  07-05-2025 20:20 via mmafighting.com
  
  Alex Pereira | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alex Pereira isn’t happy with the UFC right now and that could mean he doesn’t fight again soon. If ever.
  On Wednesday, the former two-division champion shared a cryptic message to social media in which he spoke of an apparent disagreement with the UFC. Pereira didn’t specify exactly what his issue is with the promotion, writing only, “I always answered the UFC’s calls, but if they want to play with me, we can do that.
  
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• Significant Stats | UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena

  07-05-2025 20:10 via ufc.com
  
  Preview The Key Matchups Of The Top Three Fights In Quebec By The Numbers At UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena
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• Jose Aldo trashes ‘sh*tty’ Mario Bautista fight, throws subtle shot at Merab Dvalishvili

  07-05-2025 20:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Jose Aldo talks to Dana White after losing to Mario Bautista | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Jose Aldo is not happy with his performance against Mario Bautista. In fact, he spent a long time refusing to talk about fighting after the “sh*tty” 15 minutes of non-action displayed back in October at UFC 307.
  Now scheduled to face Aiemann Zahabi on May 10, when the promotion returns to Canada for UFC 315, the former UFC and WEC featherweight champion opened up on what infuriated him abou
  
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• Watch UFC 315 Timeline: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena

  07-05-2025 19:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images Before Belal Muhammad defends the UFC welterweight title for the first time against Jack Della Maddalena in the main event of UFC 315, check out MMA Fighting’s UFC 315 Timeline to look back on how both fighters got to their championship bout this Saturday at Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
  
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• Belal Muhammad laughs off Kamaru Usman’s threat, calls Colby Covington a ‘moron’ for his antics

  07-05-2025 18:30 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Belal Muhammad doesn’t seem too concerned that a pair of former champions who are trying to get his attention during UFC 315 fight week.
  While he’s busy preparing for a title defense against Jack Della Maddalena on Saturday, Muhammad responded to a comment from Kamaru Usman after he claimed that the UFC would probably need security to keep them apart if they ran into each other backstage at an event. The bad blood between the welterweig
  
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• VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO | A JOURNEY OF LOVE

  07-05-2025 17:52 via ufc.com
  
  Flyweight Queen Discusses Love Of Martial Arts Ahead Of The First Title Defense Of Her Second Championship Reign
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• Charles Radtke vows revenge for Canadians booing U.S. anthem: ‘Somebody’s going to have to pay for that’

  07-05-2025 17:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Charles Radtke is on a mission when he heads into enemy territory this Saturday.
  The Illinois native fights Mike Malott in a welterweight bout at UFC 315 in Montreal, the lone matchup on the card pitting an American against a Canadian. Given recent political tension between the neighboring countries in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff war, Radtke was asked about how he’s feeling about the current climate as he heads into his
  
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• Johnny Eblen, Dakota Ditcheva will return at PFL Cape Town

  07-05-2025 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Dakota Ditcheva | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Professional Fighters League’s first trip to Africa on July 26 will also include a Champions Series portion that will be headlined by undefeated stars Johnny Eblen and Dakota Ditcheva, the company announced Wednesday.
  Eblen, champion of the now-defunct Bellator and 16-0 in the sport, will defend his 185-pound belt against Costello van Steenis, while 2024 PFL flyweight champion takes on Sumiko Inaba in a non-title affair.
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• Johnny Eblen, Dakota Ditcheva to defend titles at PFL Cape Town

  07-05-2025 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Dakota Ditcheva | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Professional Fighters League’s first trip to Africa on July 26 will also include a Champions Series portion that will be headlined by undefeated stars Johnny Eblen and Dakota Ditcheva, the company announced Wednesday.
  Eblen, champion of the now-defunct Bellator and 16-0 in the sport, will defend his 185-pound belt against Costello van Steenis, while 2024 PFL flyweight champion takes on Sumiko Inaba in a non-title affair.
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• Johnny Eblen, Dakota Ditcheva return at PFL Cape Town

  07-05-2025 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Dakota Ditcheva | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Professional Fighters League’s first trip to Africa on July 26 will also include a Champions Series portion that will be headlined by undefeated stars Johnny Eblen and Dakota Ditcheva, the company announced Wednesday.
  Eblen, champion of the now-defunct Bellator and 16-0 in the sport, will defend his 185-pound belt against Costello van Steenis, while 2024 PFL flyweight champion takes on Sumiko Inaba in a non-title affair.
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