Jake Paul Reignites His Dana White Feud
Jake Paul calls out Dana White over Zuffa Boxing working with the sport's sanctioning bodies, calling it a reversal of White's own earlier public position.
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Back to profileThe Warning Sean Strickland Has For Future UFC Fighters
Sean Strickland warns aspiring fighters about UFC entry-level pay, breaking down how little is left of a 10-and-10 contract after management and taxes.
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Darren Till Lands Fellow UFC Vet For His Next Bareknuckle Bout
Two former UFC middleweight title challengers are set to throw down with no gloves this fall. Darren Till returns to bareknuckle boxing to headline BKFC 94 against Yoel Romero, in another home game for the Liverpudlian. The event takes place September 26 at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, with BKFC president David Feldman announcing […]
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The Booking That Got Dan Hooker Death Threats
Dan Hooker knew signing up to headline in France would make him the villain. He didn't expect death threats. The New Zealand veteran steps into hostile territory to face highly touted prospect Salahdine Parnasse in his octagon debut, headlining UFC Paris on September 5 at the Accor Arena. Hooker has no issue playing spoiler, but […]
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Hall Of Famer Joins UFC 331 Undercard
The UFC's return to Los Angeles is quietly turning into a stacked card. UFC 331 goes down September 19 at Crypto.com Arena, with a reported rematch between Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira for the latter's symbolic BMF title expected to headline. Now the undercard is filling out with notable names, and the latest addition is […]
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The Game Plan Nobody Expects From Islam Makhachev For Ian Machado Garry Fight
Everyone expects Islam Makhachev to drag Ian Machado Garry to the mat. His own coach says don't count on it. Makhachev headlines UFC 330 on August 15 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, defending the welterweight title for the first time since taking it from Jack Della Maddalena eight months ago. The book on […]
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Magomed Ankalaev Has A Condition For Fighting Paulo Costa
Magomed Ankalaev would rather fight for a title. Until one is available, he's happy to shut Paulo Costa up. Ankalaev dominated Bogdan Guskov before finishing him in the fifth round of Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi main event, though the bout and its anticlimactic ending drew a chilly reaction from the Etihad Arena crowd. Costa, who […]
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Justin Gaethje Names The Man Who Deserves It Next Over Ilia Topuria
Justin Gaethje isn't giving Ilia Topuria a quick do-over. The lightweight champion battered Topuria for four rounds at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn last month before the corner threw in the towel, one of the biggest upsets the sport has produced. Topuria's team has floated a December rematch. Gaethje shut that […]
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The Question Dana White Is Tired Of Being Asked
Dana White has seen a lot of stars come through the UFC. He doesn't think he'll ever see another Conor McGregor. The UFC CEO called McGregor a one-of-one, a fighter whose fame and business impact simply can't be replicated. Inside the octagon, McGregor became the promotion's first simultaneous two-division champion. Outside it, he delivered record […]
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Dominick Cruz Spots Good News In Conor McGregor's Injury
Dominick Cruz has spent enough time in rehab to read an injury report properly. His verdict on Conor McGregor's knee is more encouraging than most. McGregor blew out his right knee 69 seconds into his UFC 329 loss to Max Holloway and has since confirmed the damage as an ACL and meniscus tear. Plenty of […]
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The Title Shot Alex Pereira Says He Could Take Back
Alex Pereira has a message for Paulo Costa: keep complaining, and Poatan might just come back and take the title shot himself. Costa moved up to light heavyweight this past April after years of misery at 185 pounds, and it worked immediately. He knocked out Azamat Murzakanov in the third round at UFC 327, the […]
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The Fight Magomed Ankalaev Says He'll Chase Anywhere
Magomed Ankalaev isn't letting the Alex Pereira thing go. The former light heavyweight champion returns this weekend against Bogdan Guskov, looking to get back on track after Pereira took the title back from him in their UFC 320 rematch. Ankalaev has made clear that a third fight with Poatan is still the goal, wherever it […]
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The Reason Rose Namajunas Hasn't Booked A Fight
Rose Namajunas isn't done fighting. She just needs to know why she's doing it. The former strawweight champion has been out since her UFC 324 loss to Natalia Silva, a fight in which she suffered a nasty eye poke that required surgery days later. Namajunas explained on the Weighing In podcast that the recovery was […]
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Bruce Buffer Reveals What He Told Conor McGregor After UFC 329 Loss
The image went everywhere: Conor McGregor, beaten and hurting, with his head on Bruce Buffer's shoulder. Buffer says there was nothing staged about it. The UFC's legendary announcer addressed the viral moment in an interview with Ariel Helwani, days after McGregor's comeback collapsed 69 seconds into his UFC 329 rematch with Max Holloway. Buffer said […]
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Kamaru Usman Responds To Retirement Calls
Kamaru Usman has heard the retirement calls. He isn't listening. The former welterweight champion dropped a unanimous decision to Dricus du Plessis in the UFC Oklahoma City main event, losing the first four rounds on all three scorecards as the bigger man hurt him repeatedly. Both men earned post-fight bonuses. At 39 and now on […]
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Ben Askren Hid How Limited He Was Before RAF 11
Ben Askren didn't tell anyone how bad it really was. Not even his closest friends. Askren returned to competition at RAF 11 on Saturday, a little over a year after a double lung transplant saved his life. He lost to Belal Muhammad, who erased a 3-0 deficit to take the match in the third period, […]
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Matt Brown Still Isn't Sold On Paddy Pimblett
Paddy Pimblett stole the show at UFC 329. Matt Brown still isn't buying him as a future champion. Pimblett was the bright spot on a night McGregor's knee ruined, choking out Benoit Saint Denis in under a minute in the co-main event to send T-Mobile Arena into a frenzy. Brown loved the energy. He's just […]
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Dustin Poirier Sends Warning To Michael Chandler
Dustin Poirier doesn't get what Michael Chandler is still chasing. Chandler has always been box-office, but the results have dried up. He's lost four straight and gone 1-6 in his last seven, stopped four times in that stretch. His latest outing ended with Mauricio Ruffy finishing him in the first round on the UFC Freedom […]
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Paddy Pimblett's Ilia Topuria Stool Claim Gets Debunked
Paddy Pimblett's latest troll job just fell apart. On Monday, "The Baddy" claimed on Instagram that he'd dropped $13,700 on a UFC auction site to buy the stool Ilia Topuria sat on when he lost his lightweight title to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250. It was the stool Topuria slumped on after the fight […]
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Israel Adesanya Praises Dricus Du Plessis After Usman Win
Israel Adesanya wanted Kamaru Usman to win. He still walked away impressed by the man who beat him. Dricus du Plessis returned to form at UFC Oklahoma City, controlling Usman over five rounds for a unanimous decision, rocking the former welterweight champion with a clean knee upstairs along the way. Adesanya, who has his own […]
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