Fights

Edson Barboza | Esther Lin, MMA FightingUFC veteran Edson Barboza is sticking with the promotion he’s called home for over a decade. Barboza’s management told MMA Fighting that Barboza, a longtime lightweight contender currently competing at 145 pounds, has re-signed with the…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesGilbert Burns understands the excruciating pain of defeat. But perhaps more importantly, he knows how to put that suffering to good use. A decade before he was a UFC title challenger, the Brazilian was considered…

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty ImagesLast year, Dominick Cruz returned to MMA from a three-and-a-half year layoff to challenge Henry Cejudo for the UFC bantamweight title. It didn’t go well. Cejudo stopped Cruz in the second round (a stoppage Cruz maintains was…

Photo courtesy of Walt Harris’ InstagramUFC heavyweight Walt Harris and his wife Angela suffered an unspeakable tragedy when their daughter Aniah Blanchard was kidnapped and murdered in 2019. Now they are hoping to prevent other families from suffering the same fate with…

Esther Lin, MMA FightingA matchup between up and coming flyweight contenders has been rebooked for the UFC’s second pay-per-view event in March. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the fight between Gillian Robertson and Miranda…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesCharles Jourdain has a new opponent for his upcoming matchup. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Steve Garcia is out of his scheduled featherweight bout, and Jourdain will…

Bruno Machado is 5-0 since moving to the United Arab Emirates, wining the UAE Warriors belt. | Photo via Bruno MachadoAbu Dhabi-based lightweight Bruno Machado was hoping to impress UFC President Dana White and ink a deal in January, but it didn’t…

Petr Yan (left) trained at Pedro Munhoz's gym American Top Team in Florida for UFC 259. | Esther Lin, MMA FightingPedro Munhoz and Petr Yan have traded shots on social media and interviews over the past few years, but their beef has…

Walker Brown, the MMA-trained man who allegedly put a vicious beating on OU wide receiver Spencer Jones, is seeking help for medical and legal bills as fallout from a viral video grows. A GoFundMe set up for Brown on Monday has…

Seo Hee Ham will be one of the eight women working their way up towards the ONE title. | Esther Lin, MMA FightingEight women will enter a tournament to compete for a chance to challenge Angela Lee for the ONE Championship atomweight…