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6 November 2018 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that newly-signed ONE Championship athletes Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and “The Underground King” Eddie Alvarez will be… Read More

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Recently big name fighters like Dustin Poirier, Nate Diaz, Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee have been pushing for the UFC to add a 165 pound division, and now one of the biggest stars in MMA, Conor… Read More

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Stephen Thompson has campaigned for a bout with Robbie Lawler in the past, and now the welterweight contender’s doing so again.

Thompson (14-3-1), who is coming off a decision loss to Darren Till in May, recently tweeted… Read More

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Eddie Alvarez completed his UFC contract on July 28th, and while Dana White says he’s interested in resigning the vet,  it doesn’t sound like he’s going to break the bank to do so.

Alvarez took on Dusitn… Read More

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Colby Covington has talked about his desire to meet with President Donald Trump, and recently the UFC’s interim welterweight champ did just that.

Covington won the interim belt at UFC 225 in June, by defeating Rafael dos… Read More

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For several weeks the expectation has been that Colby Covington would be next to fight UFC welterweight champ, Tyron Woodley. But it’s being reported that a recently rumored bout between Woodley and Darren Till, is going to… Read More

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A UFC official recently shot down a report that said UFC 225 sold less than 150,000 buys, and a new report backs that denial.

Recently the L.A. Times cited a source that claimed UFC 225’s pay-view-sales were… Read More

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Anthony Pettis has gone 2-4 since he lost the lightweight title to Rafael dos Anjos in 2014, and has slipped out of the UFC’s top ten ranks at 155. But, according to one of the star’s coaches,… Read More

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Following an initial report that claimed the pay-per-view sales for UFC 225 were quite low, an attorney for the promotion is saying the buy rate was much higher than reported.

The L.A. Times recently ran a… Read More

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UFC 225 was widely viewed as one of the most stacked cards of the year, but according to one report, the June 9th event struggled in the pay-per-view market.

Last weekend’s event, which took place in Chicago,… Read More

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After Colby Covington secured the interim welterweight title this past weekend at UFC 225, he resumed verbally blasting Tyron Woodley, and now the champ has responded.

Covington won the interim belt at the Chicago event, by earning… Read More

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In the past, Tyron Woodley had argued that Colby Covington didn’t deserve a shot at the welterweight crown yet, but folllowing UFC 225, the champ sounds more than eager to fight “Chaos”.

Covington faced Rafael dos Anjos… Read More

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Here are the results from UFC 225, which saw Robert Whittaker earn a controversial, split decision win over Yoel Romero.

The middleweight champ bested Romero in the opening two rounds, but in the remaining frames, the contender… Read More

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Weight cutting has once again impacted a UFC card, as Yoel Romero missed weight today in Chicago, Illinois, for a scheduled title fight with middleweight champ, Robert Whittaker.

The decorated wrestler came in at 186 pounds on… Read More

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Stephen Thompson has been assigned the task of halting Darren Till’s rise up the welterweight ranks, and if he does so, what could it mean for the UFC’s #1 ranked welterweight?

Thompson is expected to fight Till… Read More

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The UFC’s upcoming event in Liverpool has its co-main event, as the promotion’s announced Neil Magny will battle Gunnar Nelson.

Nelson (16-3-1) was stopped by Santiago Ponzinibbio in his last bout, after earning consecutive wins over Albert Tumenov… Read More

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Michael Chiesa is booked to fight Anthony Pettis at UFC 223 on April 7th, and the lightweight contender knows he needs to make a big “statement” in the bout, if he hopes to reach his year end… Read More

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Nothing has been finalized or announced yet, but according to a new report, the UFC is working on an interim welterweight title fight between Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington.

The bout, if signed, would be part… Read More

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Although Donald Cerrone ended a three fight losing streak last night at UFC FN 126, by defeating Yancy Medeiros, it looks like the rugged vet plans to return to 155.

Cerrone faced Medeiros in the headliner of… Read More

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Dana White has denied in the past that the UFC is interested in booking a bout between Tyron Woodley and Nate Diaz, and the promotion’s president is repeating that claim, following the latest talk about the match-up.… Read More