The final USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings update of 2020 is in, and retired UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov closes the year in the No. 1 spot on our pound-for-pound list. Sure, Nurmagomedov (29-0 MMA, 13-0 UFC) technically retired following his October win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, but like UFC president Dana White, we […]

UFC bantamweight Rob Font (18-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) couldn’t hold back the emotions he felt following a big win at UFC Fight Night 183, and rightfully so. After a year on the sidelines, Font made a big splash in his return, earning a first-round stoppage of recent UFC title challenger Marlon Moraes. Font started 2020 […]

A pair of events this past week saw some key movement in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings. In a fight between a pair of unbeaten standouts, Juliana Velasquez unseated champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane to ascend to the women’s flyweight throne at Bellator 254. Naturally, that was enough to overtake Macfarlane – but was it enough […]

Rizin Fighting Federation is jamming its final event of the year full of MMA fights. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Marvin Vettori made the most of his big opportunity at UFC on ESPN 19. The Italian middleweight accepted a main event against one of the division’s toughest customers in Jack Hermansson. And not only did Vettori (16-4-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) earn the biggest victory of his career with a unanimous decision, but the way he did […]

The lineup for UFC Fight Night 183 has two new flyweight additions, as Taila Santos will meet Gillian Robertson, while Jimmy Flick will face Cody Durden. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Ryan Loco, PFL PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison will get another fight in before 2020 comes to close. Harrsion will face Jozette Cotton in a rematch at Titan FC 66, promotional COO Lex McMahon confirmed to MMA Fighting. The bout will serve as co-headliner to a middleweight main event featuring Bruno Assis (9-5) vs. Jeremiah […]

KSW is ending the year in style with a trio of title fights on tap at KSW 57. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

iKon Fighting Federation is going all-in on Bella Mir, giving the 17-year-old her first headlining spot in her second career match. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

A welterweight matchup between Alex Morono and Anthony Pettis is a late addition to UFC Fight Night 183, bringing the current lineup to 15 fights. MMA Junkie today verified with multiple people close to the situation that Morono (18-6 MMA, 7-3) and Pettis (23-10 MMA, 10-9 UFC) have agreed to match up on the Dec. […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis hopes to build a winning streak at 170 pounds after snapping a skid earlier this year. Pettis and welterweight veteran Alex Morono have verbally agreed to face off at a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Dec. 19 in Las Vegas. The news was first […]

Anthony Smith put in exactly the type of performance he needed on Saturday night in the main event of UFC on ESPN 18. Not only did Smith (34-16 MMA, 9-6 UFC) get a much-needed victory in his bout with Devin Clark, but he did so in a dominant manner. Smith put on a textbook display of […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting A new main event is in the works for the upcoming UFC event on Dec. 19 with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Geoff Neal expected to take the headline spot on the card. Originally, Leon Edwards was scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev in a five-round fight on the card, but the British […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The highly-anticipated welterweight showdown between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev will have to wait. The main event fight has been scrapped from the upcoming UFC card on Dec. 19 after Edwards tested positive for COVID-19, which has forced the promotion to move the matchup to a later date. Sources close to […]

Kayla Harrison is issuing an open challenge for an opponent at Titan Fighting Championship’s Dec. 18 event. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Kayla Harrison is determined to fight once more in 2020. The 2019 PFL women’s lightweight champion is targeting a return to action under the Titan FC banner on Dec. 18. Harrison (8-0) , is struggling to find an opponent, though, and took to Twitter on Monday to issue an open challenge to anyone willing to face […]

Kevin Holland will get his chance to go 5-0 in 2020 after all. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

A heavyweight showdown between Linton Vassell and Ronny Markes has been targeted for Bellator 254. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

A pivotal lightweight clash is in the works for UFC 256, as Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira are expected to square off on Dec. 12. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Marcin Tybura will look to score his fourth consecutive triumph when he faces Greg Hardy at UFC Fight Night 183. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com