UFC News
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Dana White on Overeem and Dos Santos: ‘Nothing happened behind the scenes‘
The MMA landscape had a shift earlier this week with the UFC releases of former title challenger Alistair Overeem and former heavyweight king Junior dos Santos. Both were removed from the official rankings and somewhat unceremoniously given their walking papers. While Overeem was gracious in his departure, fans have been…
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Sterling confident in wrestling against Petr Yan: ‘I hope you’ve been eating your Wheaties’
Aljamain Sterling has waited a long time to fight for the UFC bantamweight belt, and soon he’ll have his chance, at UFC 259. But that doesn’t mean that the chatter between him and champion Petr Yan won’t be lively in the lead-up to it. WATCH LIVE! UFC 259 – ‘BLACHOWICZ…
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Angela Hill set to rematch Ashley Yoder for this weekend at UFC Vegas 20
Angela Hill has been the busiest strawweight in the UFC, notching 8 fights in two years. And despite having two disappointing close losses to divisional dynamos Michelle Waterson and Claudia Gadelha, she’s back in the saddle this weekend against California’s Ashley Yoder. LIVE! WATCH ‘UFC VEGAS 20: ‘ROZENSTRUIK vs. GANE’…
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Megan Anderson takes Casey Kenney to task over crude comments, Kenney apologizes
Sean O’Malley has been been on quite a run since his loss to Marlon Vera in his last outing, saying more and more outlandish things. But it turns out he’s been saving his truly hottest of hot takes for his podcast, The Timbo Sugarshow. And this time, he’s managed to…
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UFC 257 adds Matt Frevola vs. Arman Tsarukyan after their original opponents withdraw
Things didn’t go so well at the last minute for a few fighters scheduled to fight at UFC 257, but it looks like we’ll get the best of a bad situation. Due to the cancellation of fights between Ottman Azaitar vs Matt Frevola and Arman Tsarukyan vs Nasrat Haqparast, arrangements…
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Ben Askren plans return to wrestling, says ‘never say never’ on MMA comeback
Former Bellator champ and UFC fighter Ben Askren has always been a dogged competitor, all the way back to when he started wrestling in his youth. After his unfortunate retirement due to hip problems, he has now somewhat unsurprisingly expressed the possibility of coming back to putting on 4-ounce gloves.…
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Tony Ferguson doesn’t ‘give a f-ck,’ ready to rebound against any elite lightweight
After a lopsided loss to Justin Gaethje put an end to his lengthy and amazing win streak back at UFC 249, Tony Ferguson is ready to rebound. He had been aiming to return at UFC 254, and fight on the same card as Gaethje vs. Khabib, but since that’s not…
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HBO’s Real Sports dives into weight cutting in MMA, with some disturbing footage
HBO’s Real Sports takes a hard look at MMA’s culture of weight cutting.
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James Krause, Matt Serra take aim at Diego Sanchez’s ‘sham’ coach Joshua Fabia
The unconventional coach and motivator isn’t having a good week.
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Preview: Dana White’s Contender Series 2020 – Week 6
Contender Series has had a wilder year than usual. After being postponed due to COVID-19 and logistical problems, the series has had a robust amount of fighters who are ready, or close to ready, enter the not-quite-UFC cage. SIGN UP FOR ESPN+ — THE HOME TO WATCH DANA WHITE’S CONTENDER…