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• UFC 307 main card revealed, including Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree main event

  15-09-2024 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Alex Pereira | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alex Pereira looks to keep the magic going at UFC 307, capping off one of the deepest cards of the year.
  During Saturday’s UFC 306 event, the promotion revealed the full lineup for its upcoming pay-per-view show, slated for Oct. 5 in Salt Lake City.
  The show is topped by two championship bouts, with “Poatan” closing the show in an attempt to defend his 205-pound title for the second time in less than four months as
  
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• UFC Vegas 100 weigh-in video

  08-11-2024 05:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Neil Magny | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC Vegas 100 weigh-in video features 24 fighters stepping on the scale Friday morning in Las Vegas. Watch a live stream of the official weigh-ins above courtesy of Ag. Fight.
  In the main event, Neil Magny and Carlos Prates have to hit the welterweight limit of 171 pounds for the non-title fight. Magny seeks to extend his record for the most wins by a welterweight in UFC history, with his number currently standing at 22.
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• Back after 15-month layoff, Marcus Buchecha enters free agency after ONE 169

  08-11-2024 01:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Marcus Buchecha | Photo via ONE Championship Marcus Buchecha finally re-enters the ONE Championship ring on Friday to face Amir Aliakbari in Bangkok in what could be his last walk to the ring in Asia
  Speaking with MMA Fighting ahead of ONE 169, the jiu-jitsu legend said the winner of his clash with Aliakbari could determine who’s next in line for the heavyweight belt—on the line later that night between Anatoly Malykhin and “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane. However, as it is the fi
  
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• Jon Jones names Alex Pereira as potential opponent if he fights again, Tom Aspinall ‘just hasn’t proven anything’

  08-11-2024 00:01 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC If Jon Jones sticks around beyond his upcoming matchup against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, then he’s got designs on a potential fight against a reigning champion but not the one you might think.
  With rumors of retirement swirling around his return on Nov. 16, the now 37-year-old heavyweight champion doesn’t have anything left to prove when it comes to his accomplishments in the sport. That’s why Jones isn’t interested in just fighting anybody
  
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• Dricus du Plessis believes he can knock out Alex Pereira: ‘I am going to catch you eventually’

  07-11-2024 23:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis has all the respect in the world for light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira, but if the UFC were to book a matchup between the two titleholders, du Plessis can see a real world where he stops Pereira with strikes.“If I’m talking about just the standup exchanges—I’m not fighting a kickboxing fight, I’m fighting an MMA fight,” du Plessis told Submission Radio. “And in a kickboxing fi
  
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• Dana White: Jon Jones or Stipe Miocic won’t just ‘ride off into the sunset’ without fighting Tom Aspinall

  07-11-2024 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Tom Aspinall | Photo by Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images Dana White might just be practicing the art of positive affirmation because he’s certain no matter who walks out with the heavyweight title at UFC 309, the winner will move on to face interim champion Tom Aspinall next.
  The showdown between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic has been anticipated for over a year after they were booked to meet in November 2023 until a torn pectoral muscle suffered by Jones delayed the fight. In Jones
  
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• Kamaru Usman open to fighting Shavkat Rakhmonov on short notice at UFC 310: ‘He’s not my teammate’

  07-11-2024 20:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Kamaru Usman | Photo by Brenton Ho/Zuffa LLC Kamaru Usman and Shavkat Rakhmonov have shared a gym, but that doesn’t mean they can’t share the octagon on fight night.
  UFC 310 is still in flux with welterweight champion Belal Muhammad having withdrawn from the scheduled main event after suffering a foot infection. Muhammad was to defend his title against Rakhmonov and it is not yet known if their fight will be rescheduled or if a new opponent will be found for Rakhmonov to stay on the
  
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• Gillian Robertson Is Eyeing Three In A Row In 2024

  07-11-2024 19:53 via ufc.com
  
  After Claiming Two Big Wins Already In 2024, Ranked Canadian Strawweight Gillian Robertson Is Looking To Complete A Hat Trick Of Successive Victories
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• Best Fights From UFC APEX Fight Nights

  07-11-2024 19:43 via ufc.com
  
  The Special Environment Inside The UFC APEX Has Hosted Some Of The Most Memorable Fights Since 2020
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• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson broadcast team revealed for special Netflix boxing event

  07-11-2024 19:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix The broadcast team calling the fights for the upcoming Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson card has finally been revealed ahead of the event airing on Netflix on Nov. 15 from AT&T Stadium just outside Dallas.
  Leading the commentary and handling play-by-play duties is veteran broadcaster Mauro Ranallo, who has called dozens of championship fights during his career dating back to his days working with PRIDE Fighting Championships.
  Ranallo is joined in the bro
  
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• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson broadcast team announced for Netflix boxing event special

  07-11-2024 19:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Mike Tyson and Jake Paul | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix The broadcast team calling the fights for the upcoming Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson card has finally been revealed ahead of the event airing live on Netflix on Nov. 15 from AT&T Stadium just outside Dallas.
  Leading the commentary and handling play-by-play duties is veteran broadcaster Mauro Ranallo, who has called dozens of championship fights during his career dating back to his days working with PRIDE Fighting Championshi
  
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• Journey To Main Event Carlos Prates

  07-11-2024 18:40 via ufc.com
  
  In Just Three Trips To The Octagon, Brazil’s Carlos Prates Earned His Way To A Main Event Opportunity Against Neil Magny
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• Carlos Prates' Journey To Main Event

  07-11-2024 18:40 via ufc.com
  
  In Just Three Trips To The Octagon, Brazil’s Carlos Prates Earned His Way To A Main Event Opportunity Against Neil Magny
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• Between the Links: Max Holloway to 155, Shavkat Rakhmonov shoots shot, Brandon Moreno shines

  07-11-2024 18:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  After getting knocked out for the first time in his career in the main event of UFC 308 by Ilia Topuria, Max Holloway’s featherweight career appears to be over for good, as he recently confirmed he’ll be making the move to the UFC lightweight division. Is it the right move for the current “BMF” champion?
  On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel reacts to Holloway’s full-time lightweight jump, discuss who he could face next at 155, and if a third meetin
  
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• Colby Covington targets Jack Della Maddalena fight, future matchups with Shavkat Rakhmonov, Paddy Pimblett

  07-11-2024 17:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Colby Covington | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington sees plenty of big fights ahead when he returns to action.
  December will mark a year since Covington’s most recent fight, a loss to then-welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 296. Since then, Covington has been relatively quiet, though he has spent much of 2024 campaigning for President Donald Trump. With Trump once again having been elected to office, Covington is free to focus on his o
  
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• UFC owners staying flexible with any potential broadcast partner but ‘pay-per-view is still a strong model’

  07-11-2024 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Conor McGregor | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC is set to embark on potentially the biggest year in the history of the promotion with a new broadcast rights deal arriving in 2025.
  While executives at TKO Group Holdings—the combined parent company to UFC and WWE—remain flexible when addressing any potential business partners moving forward, it’s also possible that nothing much changes when a new deal is struck. TKO President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro has s
  
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• BKFC champ Kai Stewart explains beef with Sean O’Malley, ‘door open’ for crossover fight thanks to Conor McGregor

  07-11-2024 15:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Kai Stewart | BKFC BKFC champion Kai Stewart wasn’t necessarily looking for a fight against fellow Montana native Sean O’Malley, but now he actually likes that idea.
  As he prepares to defend his title on home soil against UFC veteran Jimmie Rivera on Saturday, Stewart addressed his beef with O’Malley, which dates back to UFC 292, the night that the flamboyant Contender Series veteran first captured the bantamweight championship. It was an odd interaction when O’Malley was
  
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• Morning Report: Daniel Cormier thinks Max Holloway should not fight Dustin Poirier next

  07-11-2024 14:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Daniel Cormier and Max Holloway | Photo by Matt Davies/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Daniel Cormier doesn’t love the idea of Max Holloway jumping right back into the deep end.
  Holloway came up short in his bid to reclaim the featherweight title when he got knocked out by Ilia Topuria in the main event of UFC 308. It was the first knockout loss of Holloway’s career and afterwards the former featherweight champion declared he will be moving up to lightweight full time. Fans
  
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• Reinier de Ridder Reinier de Ridder: ‘A Win Is Not Enough’

  07-11-2024 03:15 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Newcomer Reinier de Ridder Aims For Nothing Less Than A Spectacular Finish In His Promotional Debut Against Gerald Meerschaert At UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Prates
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• Reinier de Ridder: ‘A Win Is Not Enough’

  07-11-2024 03:15 via ufc.com
  
  UFC Newcomer Reinier de Ridder Aims For Nothing Less Than A Spectacular Finish In His Promotional Debut Against Gerald Meerschaert At UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Prates
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• No Bets Barred: Can Carlos Prates earn a ranking at UFC Vegas 100, or will Neil Magny add another upset to his resume?

  07-11-2024 03:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Carlos Prates | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Fresh off the heels of UFC Edmonton, the world’s leading MMA promotion heads back to the APEX for a historic event: UFC Vegas 100, headlined by a welterweight matchup between Neil Magny and Carlos Prates. And No Bets Barred is back to break it all down.
  Host Jed Meshew runs solo this week to break down this legendary event with all his favorite plays. Topics discussed include Prates’s incredible run through 2024 and whether Magny can pu
  
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• UFC owners pump the brakes on going ‘guns blazing’ into boxing 

  07-11-2024 02:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images Dana White has long talked about getting involved in the sport of boxing but the owners at the UFC aren’t ready to commit to anything just yet.
  Back in September, White commented that he was finally ready to dive head first into boxing with plans to start making some major announcements about his commitment to the sport in early 2025. White has already been backing undefeated Irish prospect Callum Walsh but he made it clear that a bigge
  
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• Reinier de Ridder interested in potential fight against Bo Nickal after making UFC debut

  07-11-2024 00:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Christopher Colon/Pximages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Reinier de Ridder had a lot of reasons he wanted to sign with the UFC after leaving ONE Championship but staying busy might sit near the top of his list.
  After he was shelved for all of 2023 with only one fight booked in 2024, the former two-division champion was happy to leave the Singapore based promotion so he could begin working towards a much more active schedule with his new fighting home. He didn’t have to wait lon
  
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• Azamat Murzakanov out of UFC 309 fight with Nikita Krylov

  06-11-2024 23:37 via mmafighting.com
  
  Azamat Murzakanov | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Azamat Murzakanov is out of UFC 309.
  On Wednesday, MMA Fighting confirmed that Murzakanov is out of his scheduled fight against Nikita Krylov next Saturday. It is unclear at this time if the UFC is seeking a replacement fighter for Murzakanov. Nolan King was first to report the news.Currently ranked No. 11 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings, Murzakanov is undefeated in his MMA career, with four wins in the UFC since joining t
  
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• Neil Magny: 10 Years Running

  06-11-2024 22:55 via ufc.com
  
  Tenured Welterweight Discusses Longevity, Consistency Ahead Of Main Event Clash With Carlos Prates
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• UFC revenue drops in third quarter but TKO still delivers overall gains ahead of huge expectations in 2025

  06-11-2024 22:52 via mmafighting.com
  
  Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC experienced a rare decrease in revenue for the third quarter in 2024 but TKO Group Holdings as a whole still earned a profit with a massive year ahead in 2025.
  New financial disclosures were released on Wednesday with the UFC revenue dropping 11 percent — $42.6 million to $354.9 million — primarily due to one less pay-per-view and two less Fight Night events compared to the same time period in 2023. The revenue loss from media r
  
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• ‘He just needs one touch’: Watch Mike Tyson drop sparring partner ahead of Jake Paul showdown

  06-11-2024 21:30 via mmafighting.com
  
  Mike Tyson sparring session Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is nearly here and Tyson looks ready.
  Next Friday, Tyson and Paul face off in an eight-round boxing match broadcast live on Netflix. The fight figures to be one of the biggest combat sports events of the year and while some have concerns about the 58-year-old Tyson returning to the ring, his coaches are not among them.On Wednesday, Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions released training footage of Tyson training and though the former heavyweig
  
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• Stipe Miocic Career Highlights

  06-11-2024 21:28 via ufc.com
  
  From A Record-Setting Title Reign To An Epic Trilogy, Check Out Stipe Miocic's Best Moments From His Hall Of Fame Career
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• Watch Jon Jones’ new training footage days away from UFC 309

  06-11-2024 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  
  Jon Jones is ready for UFC 309 and his first heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic.
  Jones and Miocic headline next weekend’s pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. “Bones” makes his first walk to the octagon since winning the heavyweight title at with a first-round submission of former interim champ Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 in March 2023, and just his second outing in nearly five years.
  Ahead of the matchup, Jones released new training footage as h
  
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• Lucas Almeida out of UFC 309 fight with David Onama

  06-11-2024 20:24 via mmafighting.com
  
  Lucas Almeida | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images David Onama needs a new opponent for next week’s UFC 309 after Lucas Almeida was forced off the card due to undisclosed reasons, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting.
  UFC 309 will take place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16, and the promotion is currently seeking a replacement to fight the Ugandan featherweight on just over a week’s notice.
  Onama (12-2) hopes to keep
  
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