One Championship is looking to challenge UFC Fight Pass as a streaming option for feeder leagues to its organization. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

With his first title defense under his belt, Deiveson Figueiredo is making moves. Figueiredo, the reigning UFC flyweight champion, looked impressive this past Saturday at UFC 255, where he defeated Alex Perez by first-round submission. That result was good enough have him climb two spots in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie pound-for-pound rankings, moving […]

Bantamweights will collide at UFC on ESPN 18. Nate Maness and Luke Sanders will square off at the Nov. 28 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Maness […]

At UFC on ESPN+ 40 this past Saturday, Glover Teixeira cemented himself as the light heavyweight No. 1 contender when he submitted Thiago Santos in the third round of their headlining bout. Teixeira (32-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC), 41, also climbed in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings and leapfrogged a few notable names in […]

Featherweights are on tap for Nov. 28. Pending finalization, promotional sophomore Bill Algeo will return from a “Fight of the Night”-earning debut to take on “The Alpha Ginger” Spike Carlyle at the final UFC Fight Night event of 2020. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of […]

Raufeon Stots will square off against Keith Lee in a bantamweight affair at Bellator 253. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC and […]

Miguel Baeza will lock horns with Takashi Sato in a welterweight bout at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Nov. 28. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting A welterweight matchup has been added to the UFC’s Nov. 28 fight card. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Takashi Sato and Miguel Baeza has been added to the event, which is scheduled to take place at the UFC APEX in […]

Bryan Barberena will not face Daniel Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 182 as expected after undergoing emergency surgery. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

UFC welterweight Bryan Barberena has undergone emergency surgery and will miss his fight next week. Barberena, who was booked against Daniel Rodriguez on the UFC Fight Night 182 main card Nov. 14, had an “emergency exploratory laparotomy due to internal bleeding from a couple ruptured arteries in his omentum.” The news was announced Saturday on […]

Kyrgyzstan native Kiamrian Abbasov will defend his welterweight title for the first time against American James Nakashima at One Championship “Inside the Matrix 2” on Nov. 6 at Singapore Indoor Stadium. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Gloria de Paula (right) will have to wait two more weeks to make her first octagon appearance. | Photo via Mayra Bueno Silva A strawweight clash between UFC hopefuls Gloria de Paula and Pauline Macias has been pushed back to the Nov. 17 Dana White’s Contender Series card after the Brazilian fighter tested positive for […]

Saturday night marked one of the finest nights in the career of Uriah Hall as he earned a fourth-round TKO over the legendary Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 39 in Las Vegas. It was an impressive moment for the veteran middleweight, for sure. But it was also a victory over […]

The event schedule for Legacy Fighting Alliance continues to roll on, as the promotion announced that its Phase 4 slate of events will kick off later this month. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Veteran action fighter Tim Means will replace Robbie Lawler and lock horns with Mike Perry at UFC 255. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Keri Melendez will return to action when she faces Emilee King in a preliminary strawweight clash at Bellator 252. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Islam Makhachev vs. Rafael dos Anjos has been rebooked – but with a twist. Unlike their first booking, Makhachev (18-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) vs. dos Anjos (30-13 MMA, 18-11 UFC) will be a five-round affair and serve as the headliner for UFC on ESPN+ 41 on Nov. 14 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. […]

A light heavyweight matchup will take place on the final Dana White’s Contender Series event of 2020. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Nick Maximov will take on Matheus Scheffel on the Nov. 17 DWCS fight card. The event takes place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. […]

Three new bouts have been added to the lineup for Invicta Fighting Championships 43. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com